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1968 AFC Asian Cup

Football tournament

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1 AFC Asian Cup
The AFC Asian Cup is an international association football tournament run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the second oldest continental football championship in the world after Copa América. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and until 2015 qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup.More
2 Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of 11 players. It is played by approximately 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to outscore the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal. The team with the higher number of goals wins the game.More
3 Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is one of the six continental confederations within FIFA and is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia. It has 47 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent, but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey – which are instead members of UEFA. Three other states located geographically along the western fringe of Asia – Cyprus, Armenia and Israel – are also UEFA members. On the other hand, Australia, formerly in the OFC, joined the Asian Football Confederation in 2006. Guam, a territory of the United States, and the Northern Mariana Islands, one of the two Commonwealths of the United States are also AFC members that are geographically in Oceania. Hong Kong and Macau, although not independent countries, are also members of the AFC.More
1968 AFC Asian Cup
جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۶۸
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates10–19 May
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iran (1st title)
Runners-up  Burma
Third place  Israel
Fourth place  Republic of China
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored32 (3.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Homayoun Behzadi
Moshe Romano
Giora Spiegel
(4 goals each)
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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
1 Iran
Iran, also called Persia, and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and Azerbaijan, to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the northeast by Turkmenistan, to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. Its central location in Eurasia and proximity to the Strait of Hormuz give it significant geostrategic importance. Tehran is the capital and largest city, as well as the leading economic and cultural hub; it is also the most populous city in Western Asia, with more than 8.8 million residents, and up to 15 million including the metropolitan area. With 83 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's 17th most populous country. Spanning 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), it is the second largest country in the Middle East and the 17th largest in the world.More
2 Iran national football team
The Iran national football team, also known as Team Melli, represents Iran in international football and is controlled by the Iran Football Federation. From December 2014 until May 2018, the men's national football team of Iran remained the highest-ranked team in Asia, representing the longest continuous period of time a team has been top of the continent in the rankings.More

Qualification

Main article: 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Qualifiers

Squads

Main article: 1968 AFC Asian Cup squads

Venues

 Tehran
Amjadieh Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Iran (H) 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 8 Champions
2  Burma 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 5
3  Israel 4 2 0 2 11 5 +6 4
4  Republic of China 4 0 2 2 3 10 −7 2
5  Hong Kong 4 0 1 3 2 11 −9 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Iran  2–0  Hong Kong
Behzadi  70'
Jabbari  89'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Republic of China  1–1  Burma
Wong Chi-keung  64' Hla Htay  14'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Hong Kong  1–6  Israel
Yuan Kuan Yick  75' Spiegler  10', 65'
Spiegel  52', 53'
Romano  61'
Young  70'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)
Iran  4–0  Republic of China
Behzadi  34'
Kalani  35'
Eftekhari  51'
Farzami  57'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Burma  1–0  Israel
Ye Nyunt  42'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Hong Kong  1–1  Republic of China
Li Kwok Keung  14' Mak Tian-fu  37'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Burma  1–3  Iran
Hla Htay  50' Kalani  2'
Eftekhari  60'
Behzadi  70'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)
Israel  4–1  Republic of China
Romano  2', 60'
Rosenthal  70'
Spiegel  76'		 Li Huan-wen  45+1'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Burma  2–0  Hong Kong
Aung Khin  80'
Suk Bahadur  85'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Iran  2–1  Israel
Behzadi  75'
Ghelichkhani  87'		 Spiegel  52'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)

Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 1968 Winners 

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

1968 AFC Asian Cup Qualification articles: 15
1 Homayoun Behzadi
Homayoun Behzadi was an Iranian footballer and coach. He usually played as a striker.More
2 Israel
Israel, formally known as the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel's economic and technological center is Tel Aviv, while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although recognition of the state's sovereignty over Jerusalem is limited.More
3 Giora Spiegel
Giora Spiegel, is a former Israeli footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli international career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.More
4 Moshe Romano
Moshe Romano is an Israeli former international footballer.More
5 Akbar Eftekhari
Akbar Eftekhari was an Iranian football midfielder who played for Iran. He also played for Taj SC and Persepolis.More
6 Hossein Kalani
Hossein Kalani is a retired Iranian football striker who played for Shahin, Persepolis, Paykan Tehran, Shahbaz and the Iran national football team. He was named as one of the members of Persepolis F.C. Hall of Fame and the club thanked him for his great performance during his senior career at Persepolis. The club presented him with a bust of his likeness and named him as one of the twelve great players of Persepolis in the 1970s.More
7 Mordechai Spiegler
Mordechai "Motaleh" Shpigler is an Israeli former footballer and manager. He remains Israel's record goalscorer, with 32 goals in 82 caps.More
8 Myanmar
Myanmar or Burma, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, is a country in Southeast Asia. Myanmar is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest. Myanmar is the largest in Mainland Southeast Asia and 10th largest in Asia by Area. As of 2017, the population is about 54 million. Its capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city is Yangon (Rangoon). Myanmar has been a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1997.More
9 Suk Bahadur
Suk Bahadur is a Burmese footballer who served as the major for 4th Infantry Battalion of Myanmar Army. He was also a dominating tennis and field hockey player as well as the national 100-meter sprint champion which he held under 11 seconds.More
10 Ali Jabbari
Ali Jabbari is a retired Iranian football Midfielder who played for Iran in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also played for Taj SC. On 13 May 1972 during a group match at the 1972 AFC Asian Cup, Iran were trailing 0-2 vs Thailand. Ali Jabbari turned the match around with a hat-trick in the space of 8 minutes, with goals in 80', 86' and 88', giving Iran first place in the group. He scored again in the final which Iran won vs. South Korea.More
11 Parviz Ghelichkhani
Parviz Ghelichkhani is an Iranian-French retired football player and former captain of Iran national football team. He is now based in France, where he is the editor and publisher of a political magazine.More
12 Shmuel Rosenthal
Shmuel Rosenthal, is a former Israeli international footballer. With Israel he participated in the Olympic Games of 1968 and the World Cup 1970. When he moved from Hapoel Petah Tikva to the German club Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1972 he became the first Israeli professional hired by a European club.More
13 Hong Kong
Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR), is a metropolitan area and special administrative region of the People's Republic of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta of the South China Sea. With over 7.5 million people of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world.More
14 Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. Neighbouring countries include the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The main island of Taiwan has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. Taipei is the capital as well as the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan and Taoyuan. With 23.7 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries, and is the most populous country and largest economy that is not a member of the United Nations (UN).More
15 Law Kwok-tai
Law Kwok-tai, is a football coach and a former Republic of China (Taiwan) international footballer, but born and spent his entire playing and coaching career in the British Hong Kong, a colony that geographically located in the southern China. Law retired as a professional footballer in 1976, aged 47. That season he was a player-manager. He coached until the 1990s, at aged 60s. At international level he played for Republic of China (Taiwan) in the Olympics as well as Asian Games and AFC Asian Cup. He also played for Hong Kong League XI in non-official match in Merdeka Tournament, as well as "Hong Kong Chinese" team in another friendly tournament, Ho Ho Cup.More

References

  1. ^ "Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956–1988)". Goal.com. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

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