The 1968 AFC Asian Cup was the 4th edition of the men's

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

, a quadrennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(AFC). The finals were held in

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between 10 and 19 May 1968. It was organized on a round robin basis, with the home team

winning with a perfect record of four wins.

Qualification

Squads

Venues

Results

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Goalscorers

With 4 goals, Homayoun Behzadi of Iran, Giora Spiegel and Moshe Romano of Israel are the top scorers of the tournament. In total, 32 goals were scored by 18 players, with none of them credited as own goal. ;4 goals *

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;2 goals * Akbar Eftekhari *

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* Ali Jabbari *

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* Shmuel Rosenthal *

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* Lim Lu-shoor * Li Huan-wen *

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References

External links

* Garin, Erik; Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter
"Asian Nations Cup 1968".
RSSSF.
AFC Report for 1968 Asian Cup
{{DEFAULTSORT:1968 Afc Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup tournaments AFC AFC

International association football competitions hosted by Iran May 1968 sports events in Asia