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1980 AFC Asian Cup

كأس آسيا 1980
Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	15–30 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (1st title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	76 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Behtash Fariba Choi Soon-ho (7 goals each)
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The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Kuwait between 15 and 30 September 1980. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five each. Kuwait won their first championship, beating South Korea in the final 3–0.

Qualification

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
Kuwait	Hosts	N/A	2 (1972, 1976)
Iran	1976 AFC Asian Cup champions	13 June 1976	3 (1968, 1972, 1976)
Syria	Group 1 winners	22 November 1979	0 (debut)
United Arab Emirates	Group 1 runners-up	23 November 1979	0 (debut)
Qatar	Group 2 winners	15 January 1979	0 (debut)
Bangladesh	Group 2 runners-up	16 January 1979	0 (debut)
North Korea	Group 3 winners	12 May 1979	0 (debut)
Malaysia	Group 3 runners-up	11 May 1979	1 (1976)
South Korea	Group 4 winners	29 December 1978	4 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972)
China	Group 4 runners-up	29 December 1978	1 (1976)

Venues

Kuwait City	Kuwait City
	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
	Capacity: 22,000

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1980 AFC Asian Cup squads.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	4	2	2	0	12	4	+8	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	North Korea	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	6
3	Syria	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5
4	China	4	1	1	2	9	5	+4	3
5	Bangladesh	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

North Korea	3–2	Bangladesh
Choi Jae-pil 44', 45' Kim Jong-man 88'		Salahuddin 60' (pen.) Chunnu 90'

Iran	0–0	Syria

North Korea	2–1	China
Kim Bok-man 20' Hwang Sang-hoi		Li Fubao 7'

Bangladesh	0–1	Syria
		Keshek 7'

China	2–2	Iran
Chen Jingang 74' Xu Yonglai 89'		Alidousti 35' Fariba 70'

Bangladesh	0–7	Iran
		Fariba 11', 34', 80', 82' Roshan 21' Barzegari 27', 87'

Syria	1–0	China
Keshek 86'

Iran	3–2	North Korea
Alidousti 27' Danaeifard 57' Fariba 60'		Hwang Sang-hoi 68' Pak Jong-hun 90'

China	6–0	Bangladesh
Shen Xiangfu Xu Yonglai

North Korea	2–1	Syria
Kim Gwan-Mo 1T Kim Gwang-Un 2T		Suleiman 2T (1-1)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait (H)	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	5
3	Malaysia	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
4	Qatar	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	3
5	United Arab Emirates	4	0	1	3	3	9	−6	1

United Arab Emirates	1–1	Kuwait
Chombi 35'		Al-Houti 19'

South Korea	1–1	Malaysia
Choi Soon-ho 69'		Zulkifli Hamzah 90'

Qatar	2–1	United Arab Emirates
Muftah 50', 60'		Al-Hajri 58'

Kuwait	3–1	Malaysia
Kameel 20' Yaqoub 53' (pen.), 77' (pen.)		Zulkifli Hamzah 44'

Qatar	0–2	South Korea
		Lee Jung-il 7' Choi Soon-ho 21'

Malaysia	2–0	United Arab Emirates
Abdah Alif 32' Tukamin Bahari 89'

Kuwait	0–3	South Korea
		Hwang Seok-keun 47' Choi Soon-ho 71', 78'

Malaysia	1–1	Qatar
Tukamin Bahari 33'		? 52'

South Korea	4–1	United Arab Emirates
Choi Soon-ho 26', 53', 78' (pen.) Chung Hae-won 84'		Chombi 79'

Kuwait	4–0	Qatar
Al-Dakhil 32', 57' Yaqoub 50' (pen.) Al-Anberi 66'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 September – Kuwait
	Iran	1
					30 September – Kuwait
	Kuwait	2
					Kuwait	3
	28 September – Kuwait
					South Korea	0
	South Korea	2
	North Korea	1
					Third place
					29 September – Kuwait
					Iran	3
					North Korea	0

Semi-finals

Iran	1–2	Kuwait
Faraki 90'		Yaqoub 63' Al-Dakhil 85'

South Korea	2–1	North Korea
Chung Hae-won 80', 89'		Pak Jong-hun 19' (pen.)

Third place play-off

Iran	3–0	North Korea
Fariba 49' Faraki 66', 76'

Final

Kuwait	3–0	South Korea
Al-Houti 8' Al-Dakhil 34', 69'

Statistics

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Choi Soon-ho
• Behtash Fariba

5 goals

• Faisal Al-Dakhil

4 goals

• Jasem Yaqoub
• Xu Yonglai

3 goals

• Shen Xiangfu
• Hossein Faraki
• Chung Hae-won

2 goals

• Abdolreza Barzegari
• Hamid Alidousti
• Saad Al-Houti
• Tukamin Bahari
• Zulkifli Hamzah
• Choi Jae-pil
• Kim Bok-man
• Pak Jong-hun
• Mansoor Muftah
• Jamal Keshek
• Ahmed Chombi

1 goal

• Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu
• Kazi Salahuddin
• Chen Jingang
• Li Fubao
• Hassan Roshan
• Iraj Danaeifard
• Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
• Fathi Kameel
• Abdah Alif
• 
• 
• Hwang Sang-hoi
• Kim Jong-man
• 
• Hwang Seok-keun
• Lee Jung-il
• Jawdat Suleiman
• Ghanem Al-Hajri

Awards

Top scorer

• Choi Soon-ho
• Behtash Fariba

Team of the Tournament

References

1. "Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956–1988)". Goal.com. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
2. "1980 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
3. "Asian Cup 1980 Kuwait » Schedule". Retrieved 4 December 2021.

External links

• South Korea International Matches
• Kuwait Football Association
• All-Star Team New Straits Times, 2 October 1980, Page 27
• Details at RSSSF

• 1980 AFC Asian Cup
• 1980 in Asian football
• AFC Asian Cup tournaments
• International association football competitions hosted by Kuwait
• 1979–80 in Kuwaiti football
• September 1980 sports events in Asia