1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

First edition of the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

Football match

1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

Aryamehr, now Azadi Stadium
hosted the first leg

| Iran | Ghana

|

Cancelled
First leg
| Iran | Ghana

|

3 | 0
Date| 19 May 1978
Venue| Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Referee| Abdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait)
Attendance| 8,000
Second leg
| Ghana | Iran

|

Cancelled
Date| 1978
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]

## Qualified teams[edit]

Country  | Qualified as  | Previous appearance in tournament

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Ghana | 1978 African Cup of Nations champions | Debut
Iran | 1976 Asian Cup champions | Debut

## Match details[edit]

### First leg[edit]

19 May 1978

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Iran | 3–0|  Ghana

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|

Ghelichkhani
Khalilian
Mazloomi | Report |

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Abdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait)

| Iran:

GK | – | Karim Boostani
DF | – | Mehdi Dinvarzadeh |  | 3
DF | – | Kazem Seyed Alikhani
DF | – | Mohammad Dadkan
MF | – | Ahmad Sanjari |  | 1
MF | – | Kamal Khalilian
MF | – | Hossein Hosseini |  | 2
MF | – | Majeed Salimpour
MF | – | Ali Akbar Yousefi
FW | – | Parviz Ghelichkhani
FW | – | Gholam Hossein Mazloomi
Substitutes:
DF | – | Habib Khabiri
MF | – | Mohammad Mayeli Kohan |  | 3
MF | – | Mohammad Ahmadzadeh |  | 1
MF | – | Alireza Heydari |  | 2
Manager:
... ...
|  | Ghana:

GK | – | ...
DF | – | ...
DF | – | ...
DF | – | ...
DF | – | ...
MF | – | ...
MF | – | ...
MF | – | ...
MF | – | ...
FW | – | ...
FW | – | ...
Substitutes:
GK | – | ...
DF | – | ...
MF | – | ...
FW | – | ...
Manager:
... ...

### Second leg[edit]

Ghana | Cancelled|  Iran

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|

|  |

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

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

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations \- rsssf.com
* 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations \- teammelli.com

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