1976 AFC Asian Cup

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name =
year = 1976
other_titles = Asian Cup Iran 1976


size =
caption =
country = Iran
dates = June
num_teams = 6
confederations =
venues = 1
cities = 2
champion = Iran
count = 3
second = KUW
third = CHN
fourth = IRQ
matches = 10
goals = 25
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|Iran|1964 Naser Nouraei
flagicon|Iran|1964 Gholam Hossein Mazloomi
flagicon|Kuwait Fathi Kamel
(3 goals)
player = flagicon|Iran|1964 Ali Parvin
updated =The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the sixth edition of the Asian Nations Cup, the football (soccer) championship of Asia (AFC). It was hosted by Iran. The field of six teams was split into two groups of three. Iran won their third title in a row, beating Kuwait in the final 1-0.

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Qualification

* qualified automatically as host
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*- withdrew
*- withdrew
*- withdrew

Squads

First round

In the following tables:
* Pts = total points accumulated
* Pld = total games played
* W = total games won
* D = total games drawn (tied)
* L = total games lost
* GF = total goals scored (goals for)
* GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
* GD = goal difference (GF−GA)

Group A

footballbox
date = June 3, 1976
team1 = fb-rt|KUW
score = 2–0

team2 = fb|MAS
goals1 = Al-Anberi 10'
Al-Dakhil 42'
goals2 =
stadium = Tabriz----footballbox
date = June 5, 1976
team1 = fb-rt|CHN
score = 1–1

team2 = fb|MAS
goals1 = Wang 58'
goals2 = Dahari 50'
stadium = Tabriz----footballbox
date = June 7, 1976
team1 = fb-rt|KUW
score = 1–0

team2 = fb|CHN
goals1 = Kamel 1'
goals2 =
stadium = Tabriz

Group B

footballbox
date = June 3, 1976
team1 = fb-rt|Iran|1964
score = 2–0

team2 = fb|IRQ|1963
goals1 = Noorei 45'
Rowshan 58'
goals2 =
stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran----footballbox
date = June 5, 1976
team1 = fb-rt|IRQ|1963
score = 1–0

team2 = fb|South Yemen
goals1 = Waal 84'
goals2 =
stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran----footballbox
date = June 7, 1976
team1 = fb-rt|Iran|1964
score = 8–0

team2 = fb|South Yemen
goals1 = Azizi 17', 73'
Noorei 40', 42'
Khorshidi 45'
Mazloomi 63', 74', 80'
goals2 =
stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Knockout stage

emi finals

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date = June 10, 1976
team1 = fb-rt|Iran|1964
score = 2–0
(AET)
team2 = fb|CHN
goals1 = Khorshidi 100'
Rowshan 119'
goals2 =
stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran----footballbox
date = June 10, 1976
team1 = fb-rt|KUW
score = 3–2
(AET)
team2 = fb|IRQ|1963
goals1 = Ibrahim 11'
Kamel 77', 100'
goals2 = Abdul Jalil 46'
Hassan 85'
stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

3rd/4th Playoff

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date = June 13, 1976
team1 = fb-rt|CHN
score = 1–0

team2 = fb|IRQ|1963
goals1 = Hu 61'
goals2 =
stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Final

footballbox
date = June 13, 1976
team1 = fb-rt|Iran|1964
score = 1–0

team2 = fb|KUW
goals1 = Parvin 71'
goals2 =
stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Knockout Map

Round4-with third
June 10 - Tehran|fb|KUW|3|fb|IRQ|1963|2
June 10 - Tehran|fb|Iran|1964|2|fb|CHN|0
June 13 - Tehran|fb|Iran|1964|1|fb|KUW|0
June 12 - Tehran|fb|CHN|1|fb|IRQ|1963"'|0

Winners

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/76asch.html Details at RSSSF]