1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

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1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
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Aryamehr, now Azadi Stadium
hosted the first leg
Cancelled
First leg
Date19 May 1978
Venue Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Referee Abdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait)
Attendance8,000
Second leg
Cancelled
Date1978
Venue Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
1985

The 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations was the first edition of the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, it was contested by Ghana, winners of the 1978 African Cup of Nations, and Iran, winners of the 1976 AFC Asian Cup. The tournament planned to be played into two legs. The first leg was played in Tehran and Iran beat Ghana 3–0. However the second leg which was to be played in Accra was cancelled due to the Iranian Revolution. [1]

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Qualified teams

CountryQualified asPrevious appearance in tournament
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1978 African Cup of Nations championsDebut
State Flag of Iran (1964).svg  Iran 1976 Asian Cup championsDebut

Match details

First leg

Iran  State Flag of Iran (1964).svg3–0Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
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Report
Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Abdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait)
Iran:
GK Karim Boostani
DF Mehdi Dinvarzadeh Sub off.svg3
DF Kazem Seyed Alikhani
DF Mohammad Dadkan
MF Ahmad Sanjari Sub off.svg1
MF Kamal Khalilian
MFHossein HosseiniSub off.svg2
MF Majeed Salimpour
MF Ali Akbar Yousefi
FW Parviz Ghelichkhani
FW Gholam Hossein Mazloomi
Substitutes:
DF Habib Khabiri
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MF Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Sub on.svg1
MF Alireza Heydari Sub on.svg2
Manager:
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Ghana:
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Second leg

The trophy was not awarded, because the second leg was cancelled.

References

  1. "بهترین نتایج تاریخ تیم‌ملی با ذخیره‌ها". varzesh3.com. 6 January 2015.