Football Asian Cup 1972

The 5th Asian Football Championship took place from May 7th to 19th, 1972 in the Thai capital Bangkok . The defending champion Iran won .

With Hossein Kalani (5 hits) and Ali Jabbari (4 hits), Iran had the best strikers in Asia at the time, who also became the record shooters in this final round.

Qualification phase

See main article: Qualifying for the 1972 Asian Cup

Automatically qualified:

•  Thailand (host)
•  Iran (defending champion)

The following teams were also able to qualify:

•  Iraq
•  Khmer Republic
•  Kuwait
•  South Korea

Game results

Group decision games

May 7, 1972
Iran	-	Cambodia	2: 0 (1: 0)
May 7, 1972
Iraq	-	South Korea	0: 0, 4: 2 i. E.
May 8, 1972
Kuwait	-	Thailand	2: 0 (1: 0)

Composition of the groups:

• Group 1: 2 winners, 1 loser
• Group 2: 1 winner, 2 losers

Preliminary round

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iran	2	2	0	0	006: 200	+4	04-00
2.	Thailand	2	0	1	1	003: 400	−1	01: 30
3.	Iraq	2	0	1	1	001: 400	−3	01: 30

May 9, 1972
Iran	-	Iraq	3: 0 (1: 0)
May 11, 1972
Thailand	-	Iraq	1: 1 (0: 1)
May 13, 1972
Iran	-	Thailand	3: 2 (0: 0)

Group 2

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	2	1	0	1	005: 300	+2	02: 20
2.	Khmer Republic	2	1	0	1	005: 400	+1	02: 20
3.	Kuwait	2	1	0	1	002: 500	−3	02: 20

May 10, 1972
South Korea	-	Cambodia	4: 1 (1: 0)
May 12, 1972
Kuwait	-	South Korea	2: 1 (1: 1)
May 14, 1972
Cambodia	-	Kuwait	4: 0 (1: 0)

Finals

Semifinals				final
May 16, 1972
Iran	2
Khmer Republic	1
				May 19, 1972
				Iran	2
				South Korea	1
				Game for third place
17th May 1972				May 19, 1972
South Korea	1 (2) 1			Thailand	2 (5) 1
Thailand	1 (1)			Khmer Republic	2 (3)

¹ win on penalties

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