1972 AFC Asian Cup

1972 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Thailand 1972 เอเชียนคัพ 2515
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	7–19 May
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Khmer Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	38 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hossein Kalani (5 goals)

The Asian Football Confederation's 1972 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Thailand between May 7 and May 19. It was won by Iran.^[1]

Qualification

Main article: 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Thailand qualified automatically as host.
Iran qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 4 qualifying teams were:

Squads

Main article: 1972 AFC Asian Cup squads

Venue

Bangkok	Bangkok
	National Stadium
	Capacity: 26,000

Group allocation matches

Winners divided over different groups

South Korea v Iraq

7 May 1972

South Korea	0–0	Iraq

	Penalties
Cha Bum-Kun Hwang Jae-Man Park Su-Deok	2–4	Aziz Noori Kadhim Fathi

National Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 2,000

Iran v Khmer Republic

7 May 1972

Iran	2–0	Khmer Republic
Kalani 45' Iranpak 51'

National Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kim Jo-Wong (South Korea)

Thailand v Kuwait

8 May 1972

Thailand	0–2	Kuwait
		Khalaf 42' Marzouq 87'

National Stadium, Bangkok

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	4
Thailand	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
Iraq	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Iran v Iraq

9 May 1972

Iran	3–0	Iraq
Kalani 34', 70', 78'

National Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)

Thailand v Iraq

11 May 1972

Thailand	1–1	Iraq
Meelarpkit 57'		Yousif 6'

National Stadium, Bangkok

Thailand v Iran

13 May 1972

Thailand	2–3	Iran
Tantariyanond 69', 70'		Jabbari 80', 86', 88'

National Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Matolzi (Malaysia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	1	1	5	3	+2	2
Khmer Republic	2	1	1	5	4	+1	2
Kuwait	2	1	1	2	5	−3	2

South Korea v Khmer Republic

10 May 1972

South Korea	4–1	Khmer Republic
Park Su-Deok 37' Lee Hoi-Taek 59' Cha Bum-Kun 69' Park Lee-Chun 78'		Doeur Sokhom 82'

National Stadium, Bangkok

South Korea v Kuwait

12 May 1972

South Korea	1–2	Kuwait
Park Lee-Chun 2' (pen.)		Sultan 25' Duraiham 73'

National Stadium, Bangkok

Khmer Republic v Kuwait

14 May 1972

Khmer Republic	4–0	Kuwait
Doeur Sokhom 23' Sok Sun Hean 56' Tes Sean 59' Sea Cheng Eang 80'

National Stadium, Bangkok

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

16 May–Bangkok
Iran	2
Khmer Republic	1

			19 May–Bangkok
			Iran (a.e.t.)	2
			South Korea	1


			Third place
17 May–Bangkok		19 May–Bangkok
South Korea (pen.)	1 (2)	Khmer Republic	2 (3)
Thailand	1 (1)		Thailand (pen.)	2 (5)

Semi-finals

Iran v Khmer Republic

16 May 1972

Iran	2–1	Khmer Republic
Iranpak 13' Ghelichkhani 47'		Doeur Sokhom 18'

National Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Matolozi (Malaysia)

South Korea v Thailand

17 May 1972

South Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Thailand
Park Lee-Chun 115'		Tantariyanond 98'
	Penalties
	2–1

National Stadium, Bangkok

Third place play-off

Khmer Republic v Thailand

19 May 1972

Khmer Republic	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Thailand

	Penalties
	3–5

National Stadium, Bangkok

Final

Iran v South Korea

19 May 1972

Iran	2–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Jabbari 48' Kalani 108'		Park Lee-Chun 65'

National Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)

Winners

AFC Asian Cup 1972 Winners
Iran Second title

Goalscorers

5 goals

Hossein Kalani

4 goals

3 goals

Doeur Sokhom
Prapon Tantariyanond

2 goals

Safar Iranpak

1 goal

Parviz Ghelichkhani
Ammo Yousif
Sea Cheng Eang
Sok Sun Hean

Tes Sean
Fayez Marzouq
Ibrahim Duraiham
Jawad Khalaf
Mohammad Sultan
Cha Bum-Kun

Lee Hoi-Taek
Park Su-Deok
Supakit Meelarpkit

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	5	5	0	0	12	4	+8	10
2	South Korea	5	1	2	2	7	6	+1	4
3	Thailand	5	0	3	2	6	9	−3	3
4	Khmer Republic	5	1	1	3	8	10	−2	3
Eliminated in the First Stage
5	Kuwait	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	4
6	Iraq	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

References

↑ "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988)". Goal.com. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2015-05-03.

External links

1972 AFC Asian Cup finalists

Champions	Iran

Runners-Up	South Korea

Third Place	Thailand

Fourth Place	Khmer Republic

Eliminated in Group Stage	Iraq Kuwait

AFC Asian Cup

Tournaments	Hong Kong 1956 South Korea 1960 Israel 1964 Iran 1968 Thailand 1972 Iran 1976 Kuwait 1980 Singapore 1984 Qatar 1988 Japan 1992 United Arab Emirates 1996 Lebanon 2000 China 2004 Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam 2007 Qatar 2011 Australia 2015 United Arab Emirates 2019 2023

Qualification	1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019

Finals	1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015

Squads	1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015

Statistics	Records Team appearances Teams with no Appearances Droughts

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