1978 President Park's Cup Football Tournament Explained

Tourney Name:	President Park's Cup
Country:	South Korea
Year:	1978
Dates:	9–21 September
Num Teams:	15
Champion:	KOR
Count:	5
Champion-Flagvar:	1949
Second Other:	Washington Diplomats
Third Other:	South Korea B
Fourth Other:	AS FAR
Matches:	29
Goals:	104
Top Scorer:	Kim Jae-han ^[1]
Prevseason:	1977
Nextseason:	1979

The 1978 President Park's Cup Football Tournament (Korean: 제8회 박대통령컵 쟁탈 국제축구대회) was the eighth competition of Korea Cup. It was held from 9 to 21 September 1978, and was won by South Korea for the fifth time, who defeated Washington Diplomats in the final.

Group stage

Group A

Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	5
Washington Diplomats	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	4
	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	3
	3	0	0	3	4	8	-4	0

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Group B

width=175	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
PAS Tehran	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6
AS FAR	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	2
Eintracht Frankfurt II	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1

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Group C

width=185	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
Mexico XI	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	4
United States Olympic	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	2
	2	0	0	2	2	13	-11	0

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Group D

width=175	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
Paulista U21	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	6
South Korea B	3	1	1	1	5	7	-2	3
	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	2
	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See also

• Korea Cup
• South Korea national football team results

External links

• President Park's Cup 1978 (South Korea) at RSSSF

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1978092100209208003&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1978-09-21&officeId=00020&pageNo=8&printNo=17527&publishType=00020 . ko:박대통령배 축구 필사의 대결 화랑·미국프로 . ko . . . 21 September 1978 . 3 November 2020.