Football at the
1978 Asian Games
The 8th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, was de ...
was held in
Bangkok
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Thailand
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from 10 to 20 December 1978.
Medalists
Draw
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the
1974 Asian Games.
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Squads
Results
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Semifinals
Group 1
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Group 2
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Final round
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
References
RSSSFIndian football team at the Asian Games: 1978 Bangkok
{{1978 in Japanese football
1978 Asian Games events
1978
Asia
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1978 Asian Games
The 8th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, was de ...