1978 President Park's Cup Football Tournament

The 1978 President Park's Cup Football Tournament (Korean: 제8회 박대통령컵 쟁탈 국제축구대회) was the eighth competition of Korea Cup. It was held from 9 to 21 September 1978, and was won by South Korea for the fifth time, who defeated Washington Diplomats in the final.

1978 President Park's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	9–21 September
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (5th title)
Runners-up	Washington Diplomats
Third place	South Korea B
Fourth place	AS FAR
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	104 (3.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kim Jae-han (6 goals)[1]
← 1977 1979 →

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
South Korea	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	5	Qualification to quarter-finals
Washington Diplomats	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	4
Malaysia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3
Bahrain	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

South Korea	3–2	Washington Diplomats
Kim Jae-han 32', 82' Kim Kang-nam 68'	Report Newscast	Irwin 25' Graydon 48' (pen.)

9 September 1978

15:30 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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Malaysia	2–1	Bahrain
Abdah 32' ? 82'	Report	Salman 34'

9 September 1978

15:30 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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Washington Diplomats	3–2	Bahrain
Bakić[2] ?'

11 September 1978

18:00 UTC+9

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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South Korea	2–2	Malaysia
Kim Jae-han 67', 77'	Report 1 Report 2	Bakri 19' Hamidon[a] 47'

11 September 1978

19: 45 UTC+9

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

1. Korea Football Association documented Reduan Abdullah as Malaysian second goalscorer unlike newspapers of that time.^[3]

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Malaysia	0–2	Washington Diplomats

13 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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South Korea	3–1	Bahrain
Huh Jung-moo 23' Lee Young-moo 28' Kim Sung-nam 64'	Report	I. Farhan 16'

13 September 1978

19:00 UTC+9

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
PAS Tehran	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6	Qualification to quarter-finals
AS FAR	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2
Eintracht Frankfurt II	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

PAS Tehran	2–1	New Zealand
? ?' Hejazi 42'	Report	? ?'

11 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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Eintracht Frankfurt II	1–1	AS FAR

11 September 1978

19:00 UTC+9

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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New Zealand	0–3	AS FAR

13 September 1978

18:00 UTC+9

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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PAS Tehran	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt II

13 September 1978

19:45 UTC+9

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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New Zealand	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt II

15 September 1978

18:00 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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PAS Tehran	2–0	AS FAR

15 September 1978

19:45 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Mexico XI	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	4	Qualification to quarter-finals
United States Olympic[a]	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	2
Lebanon	2	0	0	2	2	13	−11	0

1. The United States, which was possessing a professional league, could call up non-professional players for the Olympic team until 1980.

Lebanon	1–7	Mexico XI
Kapila 15'	Report	Morales 20' Sánchez 32' Montes ?', ?', ?' ? ?' ? ?'

10 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

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Mexico XI	2–0	United States Olympic

12 September 1978

15:00 UTC+9

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

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Lebanon	1–6	United States Olympic

14 September 1978

19:00 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Paulista U21	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	6	Qualification to quarter-finals
South Korea B	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	3
Thailand	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2
Indonesia	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Indonesia	0–2	Thailand

10 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

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South Korea B	0–4	Paulista U21
	Report	Ricardo 4' Carlos Roberto 44', 88' Taddei 58'

10 September 1978

15:00 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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Paulista U21	2–0	Thailand
Carlos Roberto 31' Taddei 39'	Report

12 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

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South Korea B	1–1	Indonesia
Park Chang-sun 14'	Report	Ismanto 28'

12 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

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Paulista U21	3–0	Indonesia

14 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

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South Korea B	4–2	Thailand
Park Min-jae 18', 31', 45' Kim Chang-ho 57'	Report 1 Report 2	Boonlert 14' Thaweerat 40'

14 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 September – Seoul
	South Korea	4
					19 September – Seoul
	United States Olympic	1
					South Korea	1
	17 September – Seoul
					South Korea B	0
	PAS Tehran	1
									21 September – Seoul
	South Korea B	2
									South Korea	6
	16 September – Seoul
									Washington Diplomats	2
	Mexico XI	0
					19 September – Seoul
	Washington Diplomats	3
					Washington Diplomats	3
	17 September – Seoul
					AS FAR	1			Third place play-off
	Paulista U21	0
									21 September – Seoul
	AS FAR	1
									South Korea B	2
									AS FAR	1

Quarter-finals

Mexico XI	0–3	Washington Diplomats
	Report	Child ?', ?' Bakić ?'

16 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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South Korea	4–1	United States Olympic
Cha Bum-kun 46', 68' Kim Kang-nam 57', 59'	Report	Garcia 19'

16 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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PAS Tehran	1–2	South Korea B
Fariba 38'	Report	Oh Seok-jae 14' Park Chang-sun 83'

17 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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Paulista U21	0–1	AS FAR
	Report	Larbi 71'

17 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Semi-finals

South Korea	1–0	South Korea B
Kim Jae-han 26'	Report

19 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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Washington Diplomats	3–1	AS FAR
Child 55', 86' Graydon 89'	Report	Driss 29' (pen.)

19 September 1978

18:45 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Third place play-off

South Korea B	2–1	AS FAR
Park Chang-sun 10', 73'	Report Newscast	Mustapha 47'

21 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Final

South Korea	6–2	Washington Diplomats
Cho Kwang-rae 1' Huh Jung-moo 16' Kim Kang-nam 29' Kim Jae-han 48' Park Sang-in 67' Shin Hyun-ho 75'	Report Newscast	Bakić 53' Stokes 89'

21 September 1978

18:45 UTC+9

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

See also

• Korea Cup
• South Korea national football team results

References

1. 박대통령배 축구 필사의 대결 화랑·미국프로. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 21 September 1978. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
2. 미국팀 골게터「바시스」는 유고출신. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 12 September 1978. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
3. "Match results - 1978" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

External links

• President Park's Cup 1978 (South Korea) at RSSSF