1980 AFC Asian Cup explained

Year:	1980
Other Titles:	كأس آسيا 1980
Country:	Kuwait
Dates:	15–30 September
Num Teams:	10
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champion:	KUW
Count:	1
Second:	KOR
Second-Flagvar:	1949
Third:	IRN
Fourth:	PRK
Fourth-Flagvar:	1948
Matches:	24
Goals:	76
Top Scorer:	Behtash Fariba Choi Soon-ho (7 goals each)
Prevseason:	1976
Nextseason:	1984

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

See main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
		13 June 1976
		22 November 1979	0 (debut)
		23 November 1979	0 (debut)
		15 January 1979	0 (debut)
		16 January 1979	0 (debut)
		12 May 1979	0 (debut)
		11 May 1979
		29 December 1978
		29 December 1978

Venues

	Kuwait City
	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
	Capacity: 22,000

Squads

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

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup Final.

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

Top scorer

• Choi Soon-ho
• Behtash Fariba

Team of the Tournament

width=180	Goalkeeper	width=180	Defenders	width=180	Midfielders	width=180	Forwards
align=left valign=top	Nasser Hejazi	align=left valign=top	Naeem Saad Soh Chin Aun Mahboub Juma'a Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	align=left valign=top	Abdolreza Barzegari Saad Al-Houti Lee Young-moo	align=left valign=top	Choi Soon-ho Faisal Al-Dakhil Jasem Yaqoub

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956–1988) . Goal.com . 7 January 2011 . 3 May 2015.
2. Web site: 1980 AFC Asian Cup. 4 December 2021.
3. Web site: Asian Cup 1980 Kuwait » Schedule. 4 December 2021.