Football at the 1978 Asian Games#Group A
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox sports competition event
| event = Football
| games = 1978 Asian Games
| image = Football pictogram.svg
| venue =
| image_size = 100px
| dates = 10–20 December
| competitors =
| nations = 14
| prev = 1974
| next = 1982
}}
Football at the 1978 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 10 to 20 December 1978.
Medalists
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
rowspan=2|Men {{DetailsLink|Football at the 1978 Asian Games–Men}} |{{flagIOC2|PRK|1978 Asian Games}} |rowspan=2|Shared gold |rowspan=2|{{flagIOC2|CHN|1978 Asian Games}} |
{{flagIOC2|KOR|1978 Asian Games}} |
Draw
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1974 Asian Games.{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19781209-1.2.108.9.aspx|title=Games Draw|publisher=The Straits Times|access-date=8 August 2014}}
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;Group A
- {{fb|MAS}}
- {{fb|BAN}}
- {{fb|IND}}
{{fb|Iran|1964}}
{{col-4}}
;Group B
- {{fb|QAT}}
- {{fb|KSA}}
- {{fb|IRQ|1963}}
- {{fb|CHN|name=China}}
{{col-4}}
;Group C
- {{fb|KOR|1949}}
- {{fb|BHR|1972}}
- {{fb|KUW}}
- {{fb|JPN|1947}}
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;Group D
- {{fb|PRK|1948}}
- {{fb|THA}}
- {{fb|Burma|1974}}
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Squads
{{main|Football at the 1978 Asian Games – Squads}}
Results
=Preliminary round=
==Group A==
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!width=160|Team !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{fb|MAS}} |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 |
bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{fb|IND}} |2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 2 |
align=left|{{fb|BAN}}
|2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
{{footballbox|date=10 December
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fb|MAS}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=12 December
|team1={{fb-rt|BAN}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fb|MAS}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=14 December
|team1={{fb-rt|BAN}}
|score=0–3
|team2={{fb|IND}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
==Group B==
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90% "
!width=160|Team !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{fb|IRQ|1963}} |3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{fb|CHN|name=China}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
align=left|{{fb|KSA}}
|3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
align=left|{{fb|QAT}}
|3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
{{footballbox|date=10 December
|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fb|QAT}}
|goals1 = Subhi {{goal|35}}
Farhan {{goal|90}}
|goals2 =
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=10 December
|team1={{fb-rt|CHN|name=China}}
|score=1–0
|team2={{fb|KSA}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=12 December
|team1={{fb-rt|QAT}}
|score=2–2
|team2={{fb|KSA}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=12 December
|team1={{fb-rt|CHN|name=China}}
|score=0–2
|team2={{fb|IRQ|1963}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Saeed {{goal|44}}
{{goal|62|o.g.}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
----
{{footballbox|date=14 December
|team1={{fb-rt|CHN|name=China}}
|score=3–0
|team2={{fb|QAT}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=14 December
|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = Ali {{goal|40}}
|goals2 =
|stadium= Bangkok }}
==Group C==
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90% "
!width=160|Team !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{fb|KOR|1949}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 |
bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{fb|KUW}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
align=left|{{fb|JPN|1947}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
align=left|{{fb|BHR|1972}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
{{footballbox|date=11 December
|team1={{fb-rt|BHR|1972}}
|score=1–5
|team2={{fb|KOR|1949}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=11 December
|team1={{fb-rt|JPN|1947}}
|score=0–2
|team2={{fb|KUW}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=13 December
|team1={{fb-rt|BHR|1972}}
|score=0–4
|team2={{fb|JPN|1947}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=13 December
|team1={{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score=2–0
|team2={{fb|KUW}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=15 December
|team1={{fb-rt|JPN|1947}}
|score=1–3
|team2={{fb|KOR|1949}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=15 December
|team1={{fb-rt|BHR|1972}}
|score=0–3
|team2={{fb|KUW}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
==Group D==
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90% "
!width=160|Team !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{fb|PRK|1948}} |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 |
bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{fb|THA}} |2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
align=left|{{fb|Burma|1974}}
|2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
{{footballbox|date=11 December
|team1={{fb-rt|Burma|1974}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{fb|THA}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=13 December
|team1={{fb-rt|Burma|1974}}
|score=0–3
|team2={{fb|PRK|1948}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=15 December
|team1={{fb-rt|PRK|1948}}
|score=3–0
|team2={{fb|THA}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
=Semifinals=
==Group 1==
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90% "
!width=160|Team !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{fb|PRK|1948}} |3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
bgcolor=ffffcc
|align=left|{{fb|IRQ|1963}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 |
align=left|{{fb|KUW}}
|3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 |
align=left|{{fb|IND}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
{{footballbox|date=17 December
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score=1–6
|team2={{fb|KUW}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=17 December
|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fb|PRK|1948}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=18 December
|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}
|score=3–0
|team2={{fb|KUW}}
|goals1 = Mahmoud {{goal|40}}
Saeed {{goal|55|}}
Abdul-Sahib {{goal|85}}
|goals2 =
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=18 December
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score=1–3
|team2={{fb|PRK|1948}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=19 December
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score=0–3
|team2={{fb|IRQ|1963}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Mahmoud {{goal|20}}
Shaker {{goal|25|}}
Saeed {{goal|63}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=19 December
|team1={{fb-rt|PRK|1948}}
|score=2–2
|team2={{fb|KUW}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
==Group 2==
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90% "
!width=160|Team !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{fb|KOR|1949}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
bgcolor=ffffcc
|align=left|{{fb|CHN|name=China}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 4 |
align=left|{{fb|THA}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 |
align=left|{{fb|MAS}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
{{footballbox|date=17 December
|team1={{fb-rt|CHN|name=China}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fb|KOR|1949}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=17 December
|team1={{fb-rt|MAS}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{fb|THA}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=18 December
|team1={{fb-rt|CHN|name=China}}
|score=4–1
|team2={{fb|THA}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=18 December
|team1={{fb-rt|MAS}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fb|KOR|1949}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=19 December
|team1={{fb-rt|CHN|name=China}}
|score=7–1
|team2={{fb|MAS}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
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{{footballbox|date=19 December
|team1={{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score=3–1
|team2={{fb|THA}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
=Final round=
==Bronze medal match==
{{footballbox|date=20 December
|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}
|score= 0–1
|team2={{fb|CHN|name=China}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
==Gold medal match==
{{footballbox|date=20 December
|team1={{fb-rt|PRK|1948}}
|score= 0–0
|aet=yes
|team2={{fb|KOR|1949}}
|stadium= Bangkok }}
Final standing
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90% "
!width=35|Rank !width=160|Team !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | ||||||||
{{Gold1}}
| align=left|{{fb|KOR|1949}} | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 13 |
{{Gold1}}
| align=left|{{fb|PRK|1948}} | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 10 |
{{Bronze3}}
| align=left|{{fb|CHN|name=China}} | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 10 |
4
| align=left|{{fb|IRQ|1963}} | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 |
5
| align=left|{{fb|KUW}} | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 7 |
6
| align=left|{{fb|THA}} | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 |
7
| align=left|{{fb|MAS}} | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 |
8
| align=left|{{fb|IND}} | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 2 |
9
| align=left|{{fb|JPN|1947}} | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
10
| align=left|{{fb|KSA}} | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
11
| align=left|{{fb|QAT}} | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
12
| align=left|{{fb|Burma|1974}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
13
| align=left|{{fb|BAN}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
14
| align=left|{{fb|BHR|1972}} | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
References
{{reflist}}
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames78.html RSSSF]
- [https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/indian-football-team-at-the-asian-games-1978-bangkok Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1978 Bangkok]
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