1976 AFC Asian Cup


The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation. The finals were hosted by Iran between 3 and 13 June 1976. The field of six teams was split into two groups of three. Iran won their third title in a row, beating Kuwait in the final.

Qualification

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearance
Automatically qualified from 1976 AFC [Asian Cup qualification#Group 1|Group 1]1975
Automatically qualified from Group 119750
2 December 1975
2 December 19750
24 June 19750
23 June 19750
23 March 19750
24 March 19751

Venues

The two host cities, Tehran and Tabriz, with two venues was used for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup.

TehranTabriz
Aryamehr StadiumReza Pahlavi Stadium
Capacity: 100,000Capacity: 25,000


Group stage

All times are Iran Standard Time

Group A


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Group B


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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Goalscorers

With three goals, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Nasser Nouraei and Fathi Kameel are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 25 goals were scored by 16 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
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