1980 AFC Asian Cup


The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation. The finals were hosted by Kuwait between 15 and 30 September 1980. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five each. football team|Kuwait] won their first championship, beating South Korea in the final 3–0.

Qualification

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearance
13 June 1976
22 November 19790
23 November 19790
15 January 19790
16 January 19790
12 May 19790
11 May 1979
29 December 1978
29 December 1978

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
;5 goals
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
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Top scorer
Team of the Tournament
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards