The 1968 AFC Asian Cup was the 4th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the

Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly i ...

(AFC). The finals were held in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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 * Homayoun Behzadi * Giora Spiegel * Moshe Romano ;2 goals * Akbar Eftekhari * Hossein Kalani * Mordechai Spiegler ;1 goal * Aung Khi * Maung Hla Htay *

Suk Bahadur Suk Bahadur Thapa ( my, ဆွတ်ဗဟာဒူး) is a Burmese footballer who served as the major for 4th Infantry Battalion (4th Gurkha) of Myanmar Army. He was also a dominating tennis and field hockey player as well as the national 10 ...

* Ali Jabbari * Gholam Hossein Farzami * Parviz Ghelichkhani * Shmuel Rosenthal * Li Kwok Keung * Yuan Kuan Yick * Lim Lu-shoor * Li Huan-wen * Lo Kwok Tai

References

External links

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