1980 Asian Football Championship

The 7th Asian Football Championship took place from December 15 to 30, 1980 in Kuwait . Host Kuwait was able to prevail in the field of ten teams and defeated South Korea 3-0 in the final.

qualification

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Automatically qualified

•  Kuwait as a host
•  Iran as defending champion

The following 8 teams were also able to qualify:

•  Bangladesh
•  People's Republic of China
•  Malaysia
•  North Korea
•  Qatar
•  South Korea
•  Syria
•  United Arab Emirates

Preliminary round

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iran	4th	3	0	1	012: 400	+8	06th
2.	North Korea	4th	3	0	1	009: 700	+2	06th
3.	Syria	4th	2	1	1	003: 200	+1	05
4th	People's Republic of China	4th	1	1	2	009: 500	+4	03
5.	Bangladesh	4th	0	0	4th	002:170	−15	00

September 15, 1980
North Korea	-	Bangladesh	3: 2
September 16, 1980
Iran	-	Syria	0-0
17th September 1980
China	-	Bangladesh	6-0
September 18, 1980
North Korea	-	Syria	2: 1
September 19, 1980
Iran	-	China	2: 2
20th September 1980
Syria	-	Bangladesh	1-0
September 21, 1980
Iran	-	North Korea	3: 2
September 22, 1980
Syria	-	China	1-0
September 24, 1980
Iran	-	Bangladesh	7-0
September 25, 1980
North Korea	-	China	2: 1

Group 2

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	4th	3	1	0	010: 300	+7	07th
2.	Kuwait	4th	2	1	1	008: 500	+3	05
3.	Malaysia	4th	2	0	2	005: 500	± 0	04th
4th	Qatar	4th	1	1	2	004: 800	−4	03
5.	United Arab Emirates	4th	0	1	3	003: 900	−6	01

September 15, 1980
Kuwait	-	UAE	1: 1
September 16, 1980
South Korea	-	Malaysia	1: 1
17th September 1980
Qatar	-	UAE	2: 1
September 18, 1980
Kuwait	-	Malaysia	3: 1
September 19, 1980
South Korea	-	Qatar	2: 1
20th September 1980
Malaysia	-	UAE	2-0
September 21, 1980
Kuwait	-	South Korea	0: 3
September 22, 1980
Malaysia	-	Qatar	1: 1
September 24, 1980
South Korea	-	UAE	4: 1
September 25, 1980
Kuwait	-	Qatar	4-0

Final round

Semifinals

September 28, 1980
Kuwait	-	Iran	2: 1
September 28, 1980
South Korea	-	North Korea	2: 1

3rd place match

September 30, 1980
Iran	-	North Korea	3-0

final

September 30, 1980
Kuwait	-	South Korea	3-0