The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th 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 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 ...

(AFC). The finals were hosted by

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Ku ...

between 15 and 30 September 1980. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five.

won their first championship, beating

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

in the final 3–0.

Qualification

Venues

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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Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;7 goals * Choi Soon-ho * Behtash Fariba ;5 goals *

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;4 goals * Jasem Yaqoub * Xu Yonglai ;3 goals * Shen Xiangfu * Hossein Faraki * Chung Hae-won ;2 goals * Abdolreza Barzegari *

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* 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 *

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* Chen Jingang * Li Fubao *

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Abdah Alif Abdah Alif (born 1955 in Terengganu) was a Malaysia footballer who played for Terengganu, Pahang and the Malaysia national team. Career overview A midfielder, Abdah was a squad player for Malaysia national team in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup. He s ...

* * * Hwang Sang-hoi * Kim Jong-man * * Hwang Seok-keun * Lee Jung-il *

Jawdat Suleiman Jawdat is a male given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi Ali Jawdat al-Ayoubi (Arabic: علي جودت الأيوبي; November 11, 1886 – March 3, 1969) was Prime Minister of Iraq from 1934–1935, 1949&n ...

* Ghanem Al-Hajri

Awards

Top scorer * Choi Soon-ho * Behtash Fariba Team of the Tournament

Final standings

References

External links

South Korea International Matches

Kuwait Football Association

All-Star Team
New Straits Times, 2 October 1980, Page 27

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