Asian Nations Cup 1976

Qualifying Tournament

Iran qualified as hosts and holders

Group 1 

Kuwait and South Yemen qualified after Bahrain, Lebanon, Pakistan and
Syria withdrew

Group 2 (tournament in Bagdad, Iraq)
Iraq           1-1 Saudi Arabia
Iraq           1-0 Qatar
Iraq           3-1 Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia   2-1 Qatar
Saudi Arabia   2-0 Afghanistan
Qatar          2-1 Afghanistan
Iraq           2-1 Saudi Arabia
Iraq           3-0 Qatar
Iraq           4-0 Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia   0-1 Qatar
Saudi Arabia   6-0 Afghanistan
Qatar          1-1 Afghanistan

 1.IRAQ                    6  5  1  0  14- 3 11
 2.SAUDI ARABIA            6  3  1  2  12- 5  7
 3.Qatar                   6  2  1  3   5- 8  5
 4.Afghanistan             6  0  1  5   3-18  1

Group 3 (tournament in Bangkok, Thailand)
15- 3-1975 Thailand       3-1 Indonesia
16- 3-1975 Malaysia       2-1 South Korea
17- 3-1975 Indonesia      2-1 South Vietnam
18- 3-1975 Thailand       0-1 Malaysia
19- 3-1975 South Korea    1-0 South Vietnam
20- 3-1975 Malaysia       0-0 Indonesia
21- 3-1975 Thailand       4-0 South Vietnam
22- 3-1975 South Korea    1-0 Indonesia
23- 3-1975 Malaysia       3-0 South Vietnam
24- 3-1975 Thailand       1-0 South Korea

 1.MALAYSIA                4  3  1  0   6- 1  7
 2.THAILAND                4  3  0  1   8- 2  6
 3.South Korea             4  2  0  2   3- 3  4
 4.Indonesia               4  1  1  2   3- 5  3
 5.South Vietnam           4  0  0  4   1-10  0

Group 4 (tournament in Hongkong) (data uncertain)

Group allocation matches (winners divided over different groups)
  -  -1975 Hongkong       0-0 Japan            [4-3 pen]
  -  -1975 China          1-0 North Korea
  -  -1975 Singapore      6-0 Brunei        

Group 4-A
 1- 5-1975 Hongkong       3-0 Brunei
 4- 5-1975 China         10-1 Brunei
  - 5-1975 Hongkong       0-1 China

 1.China                   2  2  0  0  11- 1  4
 2.Hongkong                2  1  0  1   3- 1  2
 3.Brunei                  2  0  0  2   1-13  0

Group 4-B
           North Korea    1-0 Japan
           North Korea    1-0 Singapore
           Japan          2-1 Singapore

 1.North Korea             2  2  0  0   2- 0  4
 2.Japan                   2  1  0  1   2- 2  2
 3.Singapore               2  0  0  2   1- 3  0

Semifinals
           China          2-1 Japan
           North Korea    3-3 Hongkong         [11-10 pen]

Third Place Match
           Hongkong       0-0 Japan

Final
           North Korea    2-0 China

North Korea and China qualified for final tournament


Final Tournament (Iran, June 1976)


North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Thailand withdrew

Group 1 [in Tabriz]
 3- 6-1976 Kuwait         2-0 Malaysia     
             [Abdul Aziz Al Anbari 10, Faysal Al Dakhil 42]
 5- 6-1976 China          1-1 Malaysia 
             [Wang Shang Pin 58; Mokhtar Dahri 50]
 7- 6-1976 Kuwait         1-0 China      
             [Fathi Kamil 1]

 1.KUWAIT                  2  2  0  0   3- 0  4
 2.CHINA                   2  0  1  1   1- 2  1
 3.Malaysia                2  0  1  1   1- 3  1

Group 2 [in Tehran]
 4- 6-1976 Iran           2-0 Iraq   
             [Naser Nouraei 45, Hasan Roshan 57]
 6- 6-1976 Iraq           1-0 South Yemen    
             [Kadhem Va'al 84]
 8- 6-1976 Iran           8-0 South Yemen 
             [Alireza Azizi 17, 73, Naser Nouraei 40, 42,
              Alieza Khorshidi 45, Gholam Hosein Mazlomi 63, 74, 80]

 1.IRAN                    2  2  0  0  10- 0  4
 2.IRAQ                    2  1  0  1   1- 2  2
 3.South Yemen             2  0  0  2   0- 9  0

Semifinals 
11- 6-1976 Iran           2-0 China            [aet]
             [Alireza Khorshidi 100, Hasan Roshan 119]
11- 6-1976 Kuwait         3-2 Iraq             [aet] 
             [Faroq Ebrahim 11, Fathi Kamil 77, 100; 
              Sabah Abdul Jalil 46, Fallah Hasan 85]

Third Place Match
13- 6-1976 China          1-0 Iraq
             [Hu Chaiou 61]

Final [Azadi stadium, Tehran; att: 50,000; ref: Dubach (Swi)]
13- 6-1976 Iran           1-0 Kuwait
             [Ali Parvin 71]
Iran: Mansour Rashidi, Hasan Nazari, Bijan Zolfaghar Nasab, 
      Nasroullah Abdullahi, Anderanik Eskandarian, Ali Parvin,
      Parviz Qelichkhani (c), Ebrahim Qasempour, Alireza Khorshidi,
      Naser Nouraei (55 Gholam Hosein Mazlomi), Hassan Roushan;
      coach: Heshmat Mohajerani;
Kuwait: Ahmed Al Terablousi, Saleh AL Osfour, Abdullah Mayuof,
        Mahbob Jema, Ebrahim Al Dourahim (c), Faroq Ebrahim,
        Sa'ad Al Hoti, Hamd Bou Hamd, Fathi Kamil, Faysal Al Dakhil,
        Mohamad Abdullah; coach: Mario Zagallo (Brazil).

Topscorers
3  Naser Nouraei         (Iran)
   Gholam Hosein Mazlomi (Iran)
   Fathi Kamil           (Kuwait)   


Squad Iran:
GK: Mansour Rashidi (Esteghlal Tehran)
    Mehdi Asgarkhani(Abomoslem Mashhad)
DF: Hasan Nazari (Esteghlal Tehran)
    Bijan Zolfaghar Nasab (Perspolis Tehran)          
    Nasroullah Abdullahi (Shahbaz Tehran)
    Anderanik Eskandarian (Esteghlal Tehran)
    Hasan Nayebagha (Homa Tehran) 
    Saham Mirfakhraei (Homa Tehran)
MF: Ali Parvin (Perspolis Tehran) 
    Parviz Qelichkhani (Daraei Tehran)   
    Ebrahim Qasempour (Naft Abadan)      
    Mohamad Sadeqi (Pas Tehran) 
    Alireza Azizi (Perspolis Tehran) 
    Garnik Shahbandari (Daraei Tehran)
FW: Alireza Khorshidi (Homa Tehran)
    Naser Nouraei (Homa Tehran)
    Gholam Hosein Mazlomi (Shahbaz Tehran)
    Hassan Roushan (Esteghlal Tehran)

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