1980 AFC Asian Cup

1980 AFC Asian Cupكأس 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)
Attendance| 169,200 (7,050 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Behtash Fariba
Choi Soon-ho
(7 goals each)

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1984 →

International football competition

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).[1] 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.[2][3]

## Qualification

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Main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Team  | Qualified as  | Qualified on  | Previous appearance

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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

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Kuwait City

| Kuwait City

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Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
Capacity: 22,000

## Squads

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

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

Source: RSSSF

16 September 1980

North Korea | 3–2|  Bangladesh

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Choi Jae-pil 44', 45'
Kim Jong-man 88' |  | Salahuddin 60' (pen.)
Chunnu 90'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 200

* * *

17 September 1980

Iran | 0–0|  Syria

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Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 12,000

* * *

18 September 1980

North Korea | 2–1|  China

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Kim Bok-man  20'
Hwang Sang-hoi |  | Li Fubao 7'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,000

* * *

19 September 1980

Bangladesh | 0–1|  Syria

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|  | Keshek 7'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,500

* * *

20 September 1980

China | 2–2|  Iran

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Chen Jingang 74'
Xu Yonglai 89' |  | Alidousti 35'
Fariba 70'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 10,000

* * *

22 September 1980

Bangladesh | 0–7|  Iran

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|  | Fariba 11', 34', 80', 82'
Roshan 21'
Barzegari 27', 87'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 2,000

* * *

23 September 1980

Syria | 1–0|  China

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Keshek 86' |  |

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 3,000

* * *

24 September 1980

Iran | 3–2|  North Korea

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Alidousti 27'
Danaeifard 57'
Fariba 60' |  | Hwang Sang-hoi 68'
Pak Jong-hun 90'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)

* * *

25 September 1980

China | 6–0|  Bangladesh

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Shen Xiangfu
Xu Yonglai |  |

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 500

* * *

26 September 1980

North Korea | 2–1|  Syria

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Kim Gwan-Mo 1T
Kim Gwang-Un 2T |  | Suleiman 2T (1-1)

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 2,000

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

15 September 1980

United Arab Emirates | 1–1|  Kuwait

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Chombi 35' |  | Al-Houti 19'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 18,000

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16 September 1980

18:30

South Korea | 1–1|  Malaysia

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Choi Soon-ho 69' |  | Zulkifli Hamzah 90'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Sudarso Hardjowasito (Indonesia)

* * *

17 September 1980

Qatar | 2–1|  United Arab Emirates

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Muftah 50', 60' |  | Al-Hajri 58'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 3,000

* * *

18 September 1980

Kuwait | 3–1|  Malaysia

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Kameel 20'
Yaqoub 53' (pen.), 77' (pen.) |  | Zulkifli Hamzah 44'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 15,000

* * *

19 September 1980

18:30

Qatar | 0–2|  South Korea

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|  | Lee Jung-il 7'
Choi Soon-ho 21'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Vichai Charupunt (Thailand)

* * *

20 September 1980

Malaysia | 2–0|  United Arab Emirates

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Abdah Alif 32'
Tukamin Bahari 89' |  |

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 3,000

* * *

21 September 1980

16:30

Kuwait | 0–3|  South Korea

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|  | Hwang Seok-keun 47'
Choi Soon-ho 71', 78'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

* * *

23 September 1980

Malaysia | 1–1|  Qatar

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Tukamin Bahari 33' |  | Muftah 52'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,000

* * *

24 September 1980

18:30

South Korea | 4–1|  United Arab Emirates

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Choi Soon-ho 26', 53', 78' (pen.)
Chung Hae-won 84' |  | Chombi 79'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Melvyn Victor D’Souza (India)

* * *

25 September 1980

Kuwait | 4–0|  Qatar

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Al-Dakhil 32', 57'
Yaqoub 50' (pen.)
Al-Anberi 66' |  |

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 10,000

## Knockout stage

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

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28 September 1980

Iran | 1–2|  Kuwait

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Faraki 90' |  | Yaqoub 63'
Al-Dakhil 85'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Kok Lee (Singapore)

* * *

28 September 1980

19:30

South Korea | 2–1|  North Korea

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Chung Hae-won 80', 89' |  | Pak Jong-hun 19' (pen.)

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

### Third place play-off

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29 September 1980

Iran | 3–0|  North Korea

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Fariba 49'
Faraki 66', 76' |  |

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)

### Final

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Main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup final

30 September 1980

18:30

Kuwait | 3–0|  South Korea

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Al-Houti 8'
Al-Dakhil 34', 69' |  |

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Sudarso Hardjowasito (Indonesia)

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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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

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Top scorer

* Choi Soon-ho
* Behtash Fariba

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Nasser Hejazi

Naeem Saad
Soh Chin Aun
Mahboub Juma'a
Mehdi Dinvarzadeh

Abdolreza Barzegari
Saad Al-Houti
Lee Young-moo

Choi Soon-ho
Faisal Al-Dakhil
Jasem Yaqoub

## References

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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

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

* v
* t
* e

1980 AFC Asian Cup finalists

Champions|

*  Kuwait

Runners-up|

*  South Korea

Third place|

*  Iran

Fourth place|

*  North Korea

Group stage|

*  Bangladesh
*  China
*  Malaysia
*  Qatar
*  Syria
*  United Arab Emirates

* v
* t
* e

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
* Qatar 2023
* Saudi Arabia 2027
* TBD 2031

Qualification|

* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023
* 2027

Finals|

* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

Squads|

* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

Bids|

* 2019
* 2023
* 2027

Records and lists|

* Awards
* Records and statistics
* Hat-tricks
* Qualification
* Finals

Miscellaneous|

* Music
* Mascots
* Match balls

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
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