1968 AFC Asian Cup
Football tournament
Top 3 1968 AFC Asian Cup related articles
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Contents
جام ملتهای آسیا ۱۹۶۸ | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Iran |
Dates | 10–19 May |
Teams | 5 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Fourth place |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 32 (3.2 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
(4 goals each) |
The 1968 AFC Asian Cup was the 4th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Iran between 10 and 19 May 1968. It was organized on a round robin basis, with the home team Iran winning with a perfect record of four wins.[1]
Except Iran, none of the other four teams that played in this tournament has ever appeared again in the Asian Cup finals as of 2019.
1968 AFC Asian Cup Intro articles: 2
Qualification
- Qualifiers
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Iran (as hosts) -
Israel (Winners of Western zone 1) -
Burma (Winners of Western zone 2) -
Hong Kong (Winners of Central zone) -
Republic of China (Winners of Eastern zone)
Squads
Venues
Tehran | |
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Amjadieh Stadium | |
Capacity: 30,000 | |
Results
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 8 | Champions |
2 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
3 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 | |
4 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 | |
5 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 |
(H) Host.
Republic of China
| 1–1 |
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Wong Chi-keung
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Hla Htay
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Iran
| 4–0 |
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Behzadi
Kalani Eftekhari Farzami |
Hong Kong
| 1–1 |
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Li Kwok Keung
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Mak Tian-fu
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Israel
| 4–1 |
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Romano
Rosenthal Spiegel |
Li Huan-wen
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Burma
| 2–0 |
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Aung Khin
Suk Bahadur |
Iran
| 2–1 |
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Behzadi
Ghelichkhani |
Spiegel
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Winners
AFC Asian Cup 1968 Winners |
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Iran First title |
Goalscorers
With 4 goals, Homayoun Behzadi of Iran, Giora Spiegel and Moshe Romano of Israel are the top scorers of the tournament. In total, 32 goals were scored by 19 or 20 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
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Aung Khi -
Maung Hla Htay -
Suk Bahadur -
Ali Jabbari -
Gholam Hossein Farzami -
Parviz Ghelichkhani -
Shmuel Rosenthal -
Li Kwok Keung -
Yuan Kuan Yick -
Lim Lu-shoor -
Li Huan-wen -
Lo Kwok Tai
1968 AFC Asian Cup Qualification articles: 15
References
- ^ "Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956–1988)". Goal.com. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
External links
- Garin, Erik; Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1968". RSSSF.
- AFC Report for 1968 Asian Cup