1972 AFC Asian Cup
The 1972 AFC Asian Cup was the 5th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation, that was hosted in Thailand. The finals were held in Thailand between 7 May and 19 May 1972. It was won by Iran.
Qualification
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
| and | 30 May 1971 | 0 | |
| 19 May 1968 | |||
| 30 May 1971 | 0 | ||
| 1971 | |||
| 22 December 1971 | 0 | ||
| 21 December 1971 | 0 |
Venue
| Bangkok | |
| National Stadium | |
| Capacity: 26,000 | |
Group allocation matches
- Winners divided over different groups
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Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
----Goalscorers
;5 goals;4 goals
;3 goals
- Doeur Sokhom
- Prapon Tantariyanond
- Safar Iranpak
- Ich Narding
- Tol Kimchi
- Parviz Ghelichkhani
- Ammo Yousif
- Sea Cheng Eang
- Sok Sun Hean
- Tes Sean
- Fayez Marzouq
- Ibrahim Duraiham
- Jawad Khalaf
- Mohammad Sultan
- Cha Bum-Kun
- Lee Hoi-Taek
- Park Su-Deok
- Supakit Meelarpkit