1980 AFC Asian Cup

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name =
year = 1980
other_titles = Asian Cup Kuwait 1980


size =
caption =
country = Kuwait
dates = September
num_teams = 10
confederations =
venues =
cities =
champion = KUW
count = 1
second = South Korea
third = IRN
fourth = North Korea
matches = 24
goals = 77
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|Iran Behtash Fariba (7 goals)
player = flagicon|Iran Behtash Fariba&flagicon|KOR Choi Soon-Ho
updated =The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the seventh edition of the Asian Nations Cup, the football (soccer) championship of Asia (AFC). It was hosted by Kuwait between September 15 and 30. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five. Kuwait won their first championship, beating Korea Republic in the final 3-0. Midway through the tournament Iraq invaded Iran. Kuwaiti television supported the attack and aired propaganda in favor of the Iraqis. This led to a very poor atmosphere in the Iranian camp, especially for Hassan Roshan whose brother was killed in the attacks and was one of the main reasons the team fell apart late in the tournament.

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Qualification

*fb|KUW qualified automatically as host
*fb|IRN qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 8 qualifying teams were:
*fb|BAN
*fb|CHN
*fb|MAS
*fb|PRK
*fb|QAT
*fb|KOR
*fb|SYR
*fb|UAE

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

September 17

September 20

September 24

September 15

September 18

September 21

September 25

Knockout Stages

Knockout Map

Round4-with third
September 28 - Kuwait|fb|KOR|2|fb|PRK|1
September 28 - Kuwait|fb|KUW|2|fb|IRN|1
September 30 - Kuwait|fb|KUW|3|fb|KOR|0
September 30 - Kuwait|fb|IRN|3|fb|PRK|0

Semi finals

footballbox
date = September 28, 1980
team1 = fb-rt|IRN
score = 1–2

team2 = fb|KUW
goals1 = Faraki 90'
goals2 = Yacob 63'
Al-Dakhil 85'
stadium = Al-Arabi Stadium, Kuwait City

footballbox
date = September 28, 1980
team1 = fb-rt|KOR
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|PRK
goals1 = Hae-Won Chung 80', 89'
goals2 = Jong-Hon Park 19' (pen)
stadium = Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

3rd/4th Playoff

footballbox
date = September 30, 1980
team1 = fb-rt|IRN
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|PRK
goals1 = Fariba 49'
Faraki 66', 76'
goals2 =
stadium = Al-Arabi Stadium, Kuwait City

Final

footballbox
date = September 30, 1980
team1 = fb-rt|KUW
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|KOR
goals1 = Karam 7'
Al-Dakhil 30', 67'
goals2 =
stadium = Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Winners

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/80asch.html Details at RSSSF]