1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 4

• * Withdrew
• {{fb|Iran|1964}} qualified as defending champions
• {{fb|KUW}} qualified as hosts

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group 1

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=N

|winpoints=2

|team1=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|SYR|1972}}

|team2=UAE|name_UAE={{fb|UAE}}

|team3=LIB|name_LIB={{fb|LBN|1943}}

|team4=BHR|name_BHR={{fb|BHR|1972}}|hth_BHR=

|win_SYR=1|draw_SYR=1|loss_SYR=0|gf_SYR=1|ga_SYR=0

|win_UAE=0|draw_UAE=2|loss_UAE=0|gf_UAE=0|ga_UAE=0

|win_LIB=0|draw_LIB=1|loss_LIB=1|gf_LIB=0|ga_LIB=1

|win_BHR=0|draw_BHR=0|loss_BHR=0|gf_BHR=0|ga_BHR=0

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=1980 AFC Asian Cup

|col_B=#BBBBBB|text_B=Withdrawn{{efn|name=fn1|In the 17 November match between Syria and Bahrain, the referee awarded a penalty to Bahrain. The Syrian head coach entered the pitch, threatening the referee, who stopped the match in the 81st minute. The committee initially awarded the match 3–0 in favour of Bahrain, but Syria threatened to withdraw; the committee adjusted its decision to a replay of the match on 25 November, but then Bahrain withdrew. All matches involving Bahrain were annulled.Al Anwar, November 1979}}

|result1=A|result2=A|result4=B

|update=complete|source=

}}

• All matches played in the United Arab Emirates.

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{{football box

| date = 16 November 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

| score = 0–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

| attendance =

| referee = Muhib Al Jaid (Saudi Arabia)

}}

{{football box

| date = 17 November 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1972}}

| score = 1–1{{efn|name=fn1}}
Cancelled

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|BHR|1972}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{football box

| date = 20 November 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

| score = 0–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|SYR|1972}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{football box

| date = 20 November 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|LBN|1943}}

| score = Cancelled

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|BHR|1972}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{football box

| date = 22 November 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1972}}

| score = 1–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}

| goals1 =

• Qaddour {{goal|21}}

| goals2 =

• Saleh {{sent off|0|60}}
• Abboud {{sent off|0|63}}
• E. Rustom {{sent off|0|70}}

| stadium = Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

| attendance =

| referee = Abdulwahab Binai (Kuwait)

}}

{{football box

| date = 23 November 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

| score = Cancelled

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|BHR|1972}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{notelist}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group 2

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|team1=QAT|name_QAT={{fb|QAT}}

|team2=BAN|name_BAN={{fb|BAN}}

|team3=AFG|name_AFG={{fb|AFG|1978}}

|win_QAT=3|draw_QAT=1|loss_QAT=0|gf_QAT=10|ga_QAT=2

|win_BAN=1|draw_BAN=2|loss_BAN=1|gf_BAN=7|ga_BAN=8

|win_AFG=0|draw_AFG=1|loss_AFG=3|gf_AFG=4|ga_AFG=11

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=1980 AFC Asian Cup

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/80asch.html RSSSF]

}}

• All matches played in Bangladesh.
• Iraq were originally drawn in this group but they withdrew before the start of the qualifiers.{{cite web|url=https://niiiis.com/r1980.html|title=منتخبنا خارج حسابات امم اسيا|publisher=NIIIIS.com|access-date=17 January 2024|language=ar}}

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{{football box

| date = 1 March 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}

| score = 2–2

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|AFG|1978}}

| goals1 =

• Halim {{goal|?||48}}

| goals2 =

• Safdari {{goal|11}}
• Hashimi {{goal|?}}

| stadium = Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

| attendance =

| referee = Mubarak Waleed Saeed (Qatar)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 2 March 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|QAT}}

| score = 3–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|AFG|1978}}

| goals1 =

• Mattar {{goal|20}}
• Anbar {{goal|?|pen.}}
• Muftah {{goal|90}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

| attendance =

| referee = Munir Hossain (Bangladesh)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 3 March 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}

| score = 1–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|QAT}}

| goals1 =

• Mohsin {{goal|23}}

| goals2 =

• Muftah {{goal|58}}

| stadium = Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

| attendance =

| referee = Sultan Najand (Afghanistan)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 5 March 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}

| score = 3–2

| report = https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=135203605884139&set=pcb.135205402550626

| team2 = {{fb|AFG|1978}}

| goals1 =

• Chunnu {{goal|50}}
• Halim {{goal|53}}
• Salahuddin {{goal|90}}

| goals2 =

• Najibullah {{goal|5}}
• Saber {{goal|61}}

| stadium = Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

| attendance =

| referee = Mubarak Waleed Saeed (Qatar)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 6 March 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|QAT}}

| score = 3–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|AFG|1978}}

| goals1 =

• Mattar {{goal|49||61}}
• Muftah {{goal|?}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

| attendance =

| referee = Daliluddin Khan (Bangladesh)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 7 March 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}

| score = 1–3

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|QAT}}

| goals1 =

• Salahuddin {{goal|44}}

| goals2 =

• Muftah {{goal|11||51}}
• Mattar {{goal|21}}
• Ghanim {{sent off|0|78}}

| stadium = Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

| attendance =

| referee = Sultan Najand (Afghanistan)

}}

• All matches played in Thailand.

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;Allocation matches to determine groups

• {{fb|SIN}} received a bye

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{{football box

| date = 1 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

| score = 3–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|INA}}

| goals1 = Daoyod Dara {{goal|12}}
Withaya Laohakul {{goal|24}}
Manus R. {{goal|35}}

| goals2 = Timo Kapissa {{goal|18}}

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{football box

| date = 2 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

| score = 3–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|SRI}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{football box

| date = 2 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK|1948}}

| score = 3–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|HKG|1959}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group 3A

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|team1=MAS|name_MAS={{fb|MAS}}

|team2=PRK|name_PRK={{fb|PRK|1948}}

|team3=INA|name_INA={{fb|INA}}

|win_MAS=1|draw_MAS=1|loss_MAS=0|gf_MAS=5|ga_MAS=2

|win_PRK=1|draw_PRK=1|loss_PRK=0|gf_PRK=4|ga_PRK=2

|win_INA=0|draw_INA=0|loss_INA=2|gf_INA=2|ga_INA=7

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=Advance to semi-finals

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{football box

| date = 5 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

| score = 4–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|INA}}

| goals1 = Santokh Singh {{goal|35}}
James Wong {{goal|51}}
Bakri Ibni {{goal|55}}
Mokhtar Dahari {{goal|88}}

| goals2 = Iswadi Idris {{goal|71}}

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{football box

| date = 7 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK|1948}}

| score = 3–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|INA}}

| goals1 = Pak Jong-hun {{goal|22||75}}
Hong Song-nam {{goal|32}}

| goals2 = Andi Lala {{goal|35}}

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{football box

| date = 9 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

| score = 1–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|PRK|1948}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group 3B

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|team1=THA|name_THA={{fb|THA}}

|team2=HKG|name_HKG={{fb|HKG|1959}}

|team3=SRI|name_SRI={{fb|SRI}}

|team4=SIN|name_SIN={{fb|SIN}}

|win_THA=3|draw_THA=0|loss_THA=0|gf_THA=9|ga_THA=0

|win_HKG=2|draw_HKG=0|loss_HKG=1|gf_HKG=8|ga_HKG=2

|win_SRI=1|draw_SRI=0|loss_SRI=2|gf_SRI=4|ga_SRI=9

|win_SIN=0|draw_SIN=0|loss_SIN=3|gf_SIN=1|ga_SIN=11

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=Advance to semi-finals

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{football box

| date = 4 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|HKG|1959}}

| score = 3–1

| report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19790505-1.2.138.1

| team2 = {{fb|SIN}}

| goals1 = Chung Chor Wai {{goal|21||65||85}}

| goals2 = Wong Kok Choy {{goal|19}}

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{football box

| date = 4 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

| score = 4–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|SRI}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{football box

| date = 6 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|HKG|1959}}

| score = 5–0

| report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19790507-1.2.115.7

| team2 = {{fb|SRI}}

| goals1 = Chung Chor Wai {{goal|?||50}}
Lau Wing Yip {{goal|23||27}}
Derek Currie {{goal|75}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{football box

| date = 6 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

| score = 4–0

| report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19790507-1.2.115.7

| team2 = {{fb|SIN}}

| goals1 = Witthaya Laohakul {{goal|9||52||61}}
Jesdaporn Na Pattalung {{goal|43}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance = 15,000

| referee =

}}

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{{football box

| date = 8 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|SRI}}

| score = 4–0

| report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19790509-1.2.71

| team2 = {{fb|SIN}}

| goals1 = Mohamed Zaheer {{goal|20||35||?}}
Sohan Fernando {{goal|?}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{football box

| date = 8 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

| score = 1–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|HKG|1959}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{football box

| date = 11 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

| score = 0–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|HKG|1959}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore = 5–4

|penalties2 =

}}

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{{football box

| date = 12 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

| score = 0–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|PRK|1948}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{football box

| date = 14 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

| score = 1–2

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|HKG|1959}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{football box

| date = 14 May 1979

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK|1948}}

| score = 1–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|MAS}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{fb-rt|PRK|1948}} and {{fb|MAS}} qualified for the final tournament

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group 4

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|team1=KOR|name_KOR={{fb|KOR|1949}}

|team2=CHN|name_CHN={{fb|CHN}}

|team3=MAC|name_MAC={{fb|MAC|municipal}}

|team4=PHI|name_PHI={{fb|PHI|1936}}

|win_KOR=3|draw_KOR=0|loss_KOR=0|gf_KOR=10|ga_KOR=1

|win_CHN=2|draw_CHN=0|loss_CHN=1|gf_CHN=5|ga_CHN=2

|win_MAC=1|draw_MAC=0|loss_MAC=2|gf_MAC=4|ga_MAC=7

|win_PHI=0|draw_PHI=0|loss_PHI=3|gf_PHI=1|ga_PHI=10

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=1980 AFC Asian Cup

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

• All matches played in the Philippines.

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{{football box

| date = 25 December 1978

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}

| score = 4–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|MAC|municipal}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{football box

| date = 25 December 1978

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PHI|1936}}

| score = 0–3

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|CHN}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{football box

| date = 27 December 1978

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PHI|1936}}

| score = 0–5

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|KOR|1949}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{football box

| date = 27 December 1978

| time =

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

| score = 2–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|MAC|municipal}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{football box

| date = 29 December 1978

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}

| score = 1–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|CHN}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

{{football box

| date = 29 December 1978

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PHI|1936}}

| score = 1–2

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|MAC|municipal}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

In the 17 November match between Syria and Bahrain, the referee awarded a penalty to Bahrain. The Syrian head coach entered the pitch, threatening the referee, who stopped the match in the 81st minute. The committee initially awarded the match 3–0 in favour of Bahrain, but Syria threatened to withdraw; the committee adjusted its decision to a replay of the match on 25 November, but then Bahrain withdrew. All matches involving Bahrain were annulled.Al Anwar, November 1979

{{Reflist}}

• Morrison, Neil; Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/80asch.html "Asian Nations Cup 1980"]. RSSSF.
• "A-Cup: Singapore in Group Three"
• [http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19780919.2.104.1.aspx The Straits Times, 19 September 1978, Page 24]
• "Champions Iran out of Asian Cup final round"
• [http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19790525.2.111.2.aspx The Straits Times, 25 May 1979, Page 35]
• Al Anwar, November 1979

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