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AFC Asian Cup 1972

7 May 1972 – 19 May 1972 · Thailand · ← AFC Asian Cup 1968 · AFC Asian Cup 1976 →

Winner: Iran
Runner-up: South Korea
Teams: 6
Matches: 13
Goals: 38
Per match: 2.92

Final: Iran 2–1 South Korea · Biggest win: Cambodia 4–0 Kuwait

Knockout bracket

The side that went through is in bold. Click a match to open it.

Semi-finals

Thailand1South Korea1pens

Final

Iran2South Korea1aet

Third place

Thailand2Cambodia2pens

Groups2

Points, then goal difference, then goals — two for a win. Head-to-head tie-breaks and lots aren't applied.

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Iran	2	2	0	0	+4	4
2Thailand	2	0	1	1	-1	1
3Iraq	2	0	1	1	-3	1

Group B

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1South Korea	2	1	0	1	+2	2
2Cambodia	2	1	0	1	+1	2
3Kuwait	2	1	0	1	-3	2

Where everyone finished6


Iran	Winner	5	5	0	0	12	4	+8	A · 1
South Korea	Runner-up	5	1	2	2	7	6	+1	B · 1
Thailand	Third place	5	0	3	2	6	9	-3	A · 2
Cambodia	Fourth place	5	1	1	3	8	10	-2	B · 2
Kuwait	Group stage	3	2	0	1	4	5	-1	B · 3
Iraq	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	4	-3	A · 3

Scorers21

Own goals aside.


Hossein Kalani	Iran	5	0
Ali Jabbari	Iran	4	0
Park Lee-chun	South Korea	4	1
Doeur Sokhom	Cambodia	3	0
Prapon Tantariyanond	Thailand	3	0
Ich Narding	Thailand	2	0
Safar Iranpak	Iran	2	0
Tol Kimchi	Cambodia	2	0
Ammo Yousif	Iraq	1	0
Bum-kun Cha	South Korea	1	0
Fayez Marzouq	Kuwait	1	0
Ibrahim Al Duraihem	Kuwait	1	0
Jawad Khalaf	Kuwait	1	0
Lee Hoi-taek	South Korea	1	0
Mohammad Sultan	Kuwait	1	0

Goals per match

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Tallest: 4 · Goals in the match

Every match13


7 May 1972	Group allocation match	Iran	2–0	Cambodia
7 May 1972	Group allocation match	South Korea	0–0 (Iraq on pens)	Iraq
8 May 1972	Group allocation match	Thailand	0–2	Kuwait
9 May 1972	Group stage	Iran	3–0	Iraq
10 May 1972	Group stage	Cambodia	1–4	South Korea
11 May 1972	Group stage	Thailand	1–1	Iraq
12 May 1972	Group stage	South Korea	1–2	Kuwait
13 May 1972	Group stage	Thailand	2–3	Iran
14 May 1972	Group stage	Cambodia	4–0	Kuwait
16 May 1972	Semi-final	Iran	2–1	Cambodia
17 May 1972	Semi-final	Thailand	1–1 (South Korea on pens)	South Korea
19 May 1972	Final	Iran	2–1	South Korea
19 May 1972	Third-place play-off	Thailand	2–2 (Thailand on pens)	Cambodia

Every AFC Asian Cup18


AFC Asian Cup 2024	Qatar	3–1	Jordan	Qatar	24
AFC Asian Cup 2019	Qatar	1–3	Japan	United Arab Emirates	24
AFC Asian Cup 2015	Australia	2–1	South Korea	Australia	16
AFC Asian Cup 2011	Japan	0–1	Australia	Qatar	16
AFC Asian Cup 2007	Iraq	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam	16
AFC Asian Cup 2004	Japan	1–3	China PR	China PR	16
AFC Asian Cup 2000	Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Lebanon	12
AFC Asian Cup 1996	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (pens)	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	12
AFC Asian Cup 1992	Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Japan	8
AFC Asian Cup 1988	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (pens)	South Korea	Qatar	10
AFC Asian Cup 1984	Saudi Arabia	2–0	China PR	Singapore	10
AFC Asian Cup 1980	Kuwait	3–0	South Korea	Kuwait	10