جام ملتهای آسیا ۱۹۶۸ | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Iran |
Dates | 10–19 May |
Teams | 5 |
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 played | 10 |
Goals scored | 32 (3.2 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Homayoun Behzadi Moshe Romano Giora Spiegel (4 goals each) |
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, with five teams competing in a round-robin format with no final for what would be the last time. It was also the first tournament with 90-minute games, after 80-minute games in the first three editions. [1]
The home team Iran won with a perfect record of four wins. [2]
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
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Iran | Hosts | N/A | 0 (debut) |
Hong Kong | Central Zone winners | 2 April 1967 | 2 (1956, 1964) |
Republic of China | Eastern zone winners | 7 August 1967 | 1 (1960) |
Israel | Western Zone 1 winners | 1967 | 3 (1956, 1960, 1964) |
Burma | Western Zone 2 winners | 16 November 1967 | 0 (debut) |
Tehran | |
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Amjadieh Stadium | |
Capacity: 30,000 | |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Iran (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 8 | Champions |
2 | Burma | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Runners-up |
3 | Israel | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 | Third place |
4 | Republic of China | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 | Fourth place |
5 | Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | Fifth place |
Republic of China | 1–1 | Burma |
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Wong Chi-keung 64' | Hla Htay 14' |
Hong Kong | 1–1 | Republic of China |
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Li Kwok Keung 14' | Mak Tian-fu 37' |
Israel | 4–1 | Republic of China |
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Romano 2', 60' Rosenthal 70' Spiegel 76' | Li Huan-wen 45+1' |
Burma | 2–0 | Hong Kong |
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Aung Khin 80' Suk Bahadur 85' |
Iran | 2–1 | Israel |
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Behzadi 75' Ghelichkhani 87' | Spiegel 52' |
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