1976 AFC Asian Cup#Group A

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name =

| year = 1976

| other_titles = Asian Cup Iran 1976
جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۷۶

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| country = Iran

| dates = 3–13 June

| num_teams = 6

| confederations =

| venues = 2

| cities = 2

| champion = Iran

| champion-flagvar = 1964

| count = 3

| second = KUW

| third = CHN

| fourth = IRQ

| fourth-flagvar = 1963

| matches = 10

| goals = 25

| attendance = 334000

| top_scorer = {{Flagicon|Kuwait}} Fathi Kamel
{{Flagicon|Iran|1964}} Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
{{Flagicon|Iran|1964}} Nasser Nouraei
(3 goals each)

| player = {{Flagicon|Iran|1964}} Ali Parvin

| updated =

| prevseason = 1972

| nextseason = 1980

}}

The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the 6th 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 Iran between 3 and 13 June 1976. The field of six teams was split into two groups of three. Iran won their third title in a row, beating Kuwait in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2011/01/07/2293901/asian-cup-know-your-history-part-one-1956-1988 |title=Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988) |publisher=Goal.com |date=2011-01-07 |access-date=2015-05-03}}{{cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/afc-asian-cup-qualification-1976-iran/semi-finals/16393/|title= 1976 Asian Cup|access-date=4 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/competitions/afc-asian-cup/1976/finals/|title=AFC Asian Cup finals 1976|access-date=4 December 2021}}

Qualification

{{Main|1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification}}

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Team

! Qualified as

! Qualified on

! Previous appearance

{{fb|IRN|1964}}{{Sort|*|Hosts}}{{N/A|N/A}}{{sort|02|2 (1968, 1972)}}
{{fb|KUW}}Automatically qualified from Group 11975{{sort|01|1 (1972)}}
{{Fb|South Yemen}}Automatically qualified from Group 119750 (debut)
{{fb|IRQ|1963}}{{Sort|B1|Group 2 winners}}2 December 1975{{sort|01|1 (1972)}}
{{fb|KSA}}{{refn|group="note"|name=withdrew|Withdrew after qualifying}}{{Sort|B2|Group 2 runners-up}}2 December 19750 (debut)
{{fb|PRK}}{{refn|group="note"|name=withdrew|Withdrew after qualifying}}{{Sort|C1|Group 3 winners}}24 June 19750 (debut)
{{fb|CHN}}{{Sort|C2|Group 3 runners-up}}23 June 19750 (debut)
{{fb|MAS}}{{Sort|D1|Group 4 winners}}23 March 19750 (debut)
{{fb|THA}}{{refn|group="note"|name=withdrew|Withdrew after qualifying}}{{Sort|D2|Group 4 runners-up}}24 March 19751 (1972)

Venues

The two host cities, Tehran and Tabriz, with two venues was used for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup.

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{{location map~|Iran|lat=38.04|long=46.18|label=Tabriz|position=right}}

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!Tehran

!Tabriz

Aryamehr Stadium

|Reza Pahlavi Stadium

Capacity: 100,000

|Capacity: 25,000

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Squads

{{Details|1976 AFC Asian Cup squads}}

Group stage

= Group A =

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|team1=KUW|name_KUW={{Fb|Kuwait}}

|team2=CHN|name_CHN={{Fb|China}}

|team3=MAS|name_MAS={{Fb|Malaysia}}

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|win_CHN=0|draw_CHN=1|loss_CHN=1|gf_CHN=1|ga_CHN=2

|win_MAS=0|draw_MAS=1|loss_MAS=1|gf_MAS=1|ga_MAS=3

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage

|result1=A|result2=A

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{{Football box

|date = 3 June 1976

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{Fb|MAS}}

|goals1 = Al-Anberi {{goal|10}}
Al-Dakhil {{goal|42}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 12,000

|referee= Alex Wazs (India)

|stadium = Reza Pahlavi Stadium, Tabriz

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 5 June 1976

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CHN}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{Fb|MAS}}

|goals1 = Wang Jilian {{goal|58}}

|goals2 = Mokhtar {{goal|50}}

|attendance= 5,000

|referee= Talib Sabar (Qatar)

|stadium = Reza Pahlavi Stadium, Tabriz

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 7 June 1976

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{Fb|CHN}}

|goals1 = Kameel {{goal|1}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 4,000

|referee= Adolf Matius (Austria)

|stadium = Reza Pahlavi Stadium, Tabriz

}}

= Group B =

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|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=IRI|name_IRI={{Fb|Iran|1964}}

|team2=IRQ|name_IRQ={{Fb|Iraq|1963}}

|team3=SYM|name_SYM={{Fb|South Yemen}}

|win_IRI=2|draw_IRI=0|loss_IRI=0|gf_IRI=10|ga_IRI=0|status_IRI=H

|win_IRQ=1|draw_IRQ=0|loss_IRQ=1|gf_IRQ=1|ga_IRQ=2

|win_SYM=0|draw_SYM=0|loss_SYM=2|gf_SYM=0|ga_SYM=9

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/76asch.html RSSSF]

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{{Football box

|date = 4 June 1976

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|Iran|1964}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{Fb|IRQ|1963}}

|goals1 = Nouraei {{goal|45}}
Roshan {{goal|58}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 50,000

|referee= Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)

|stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 6 June 1976

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{Fb|South Yemen}}

|goals1 = Waal {{goal|84}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 1,000

|referee= Ibrahim Aido (Bahrain)

|stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 8 June 1976

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|Iran|1964}}

|score = 8–0

|team2 = {{Fb|South Yemen}}

|goals1 = Azizi {{goal|17||73}}
Nouraei {{goal|40||42}}
Khorshidi {{goal|45}}
Mazloumi {{goal|63||74||80}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 10,000

|referee= Akram Ul Haq (India)

|stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

}}

Knockout stage

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|13 June–Tehran|{{Fb|KUW}}|0|{{Fb|Iran|1964}}|1

|13 June–Tehran|{{Fb|IRQ|1963}}|0|{{Fb|CHN}}|1

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= Semi-finals =

{{Football box

|date = 11 June 1976

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 3–2

|aet=yes

|team2 = {{Fb|IRQ|1963}}

|goals1 = Ibrahim {{goal|11}}
Kameel {{goal|77||100}}

|goals2 = Abdul-Jalil {{goal|46}}
Hassan {{goal|85}}

|attendance= 15,000

|referee= Dahilon (Singapore)

|stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 11 June 1976

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|Iran|1964}}

|score = 2–0

|aet=yes

|team2 = {{Fb|CHN}}

|goals1 = Khorshidi {{goal|100}}
Roshan {{goal|119}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 60,000

|referee= Asami (Japan)

|stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

}}

= Third place play-off =

{{Football box

|date = 13 June 1976

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{Fb|CHN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =He Jia {{goal|61}}

|attendance= 30,000

|referee= Hata (Indonesia)

|stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

}}

= Final =

{{Main|1976 AFC Asian Cup Final}}

{{Football box

|date = 13 June 1976

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|IRN|1964}}

|score = 1–0

|report = http://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/matchdetails.php?id=1994

|team2 = {{Fb|KUW}}

|goals1 = Parvin {{goal|71}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 112,000{{cite web|url=https://mashruteh.org/wiki/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%3AEttelaat13550324.pdf&page=32|title=Ettelaat13550324}}

|referee= Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

|stadium = Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

}}

Goalscorers

With three goals, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Nasser Nouraei and Fathi Kameel are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 25 goals were scored by 16 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

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;1 goal

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Notes

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References

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