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1968 AFC Asian Cup
جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۶۸
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates10–19 May
Teams5
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma
Third placeFile:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Fourth placeFile:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored32 (3.2 per match)
Attendance182,000 (18,200 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Homayoun Behzadi
Israel Moshe Romano
Israel Giora Spiegel
(4 goals each)
← 1964
1972 →

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 (AFC). The finals were held in Iran between 10 and 19 May 1968, with five teams competing in a round-robin format with no final for what would be the last time. It was also the first tournament with 90-minute games, after 80-minute games in the first three editions.[1]

The home team Iran won with a perfect record of four wins.[2]

Qualification

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Main article: 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
File:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran Hosts N/A 0 (debut)
File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong Central Zone winners 2 April 1967 2 (1956, 1964)
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China Eastern zone winners 7 August 1967 1 (1960)
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel Western Zone 1 winners 1967 3 (1956, 1960, 1964)
File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma Western Zone 2 winners 16 November 1967 0 (debut)

Squads

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Main article: 1968 AFC Asian Cup squads

Venues

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 Tehran
Amjadieh Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
File:Amjadieh Stadium.jpg

Results

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran (H) 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 8 Champions
2 File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 5 Runners-up
3 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 4 2 0 2 11 5 +6 4 Third place
4 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China 4 0 2 2 3 10 −7 2 Fourth place
5 File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong 4 0 1 3 2 11 −9 1 Fifth place
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Iran File:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg2–0File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong
Behzadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'
Jabbari File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Republic of China File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg1–1File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma
Wong Chi-keung File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Hla Htay File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg1–6File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Yuan Kuan Yick File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Spiegler File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 65'
Spiegel File:Soccerball shade.svg 52', 53'
Romano File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'
Young File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)
Iran File:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg4–0File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China
Behzadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'
Kalani File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'
Eftekhari File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'
Farzami File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Burma File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg1–0File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Ye Nyunt File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg1–1File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China
Li Kwok Keung File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Mak Tian-fu File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Burma File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg1–3File:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran
Hla Htay File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Kalani File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'
Eftekhari File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Behzadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)
Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg4–1File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China
Romano File:Soccerball shade.svg 2', 60'
Rosenthal File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'
Spiegel File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'		 Li Huan-wen File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Burma File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg2–0File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong
Aung Khin File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'
Suk Bahadur File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Iran File:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg2–1File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Behzadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'
Ghelichkhani File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		 Spiegel File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)

Goalscorers

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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
2 goals
1 goal

References

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