Kuwait qualified as hosts, Iran as holders
Group 1 (tournament in Abu Dhabi, UAE)
UAE 0-0 Lebanon
Syria abd Bahrain [abandoned at 1-0]
UAE 0-0 Syria
Lebanon awd Bahrain [awarded 2-0, Bahrain had withdrawn]
Syria 1-0 Lebanon
UAE awd Bahrain [awarded 2-0, Bahrain had withdrawn]
1.SYRIA 3 2 1 0 2- 0 5
2.UAE 3 1 2 0 2- 0 4
3.Lebanon 3 1 1 1 2- 1 3
4.Bahrain 3 0 0 3 0- 5 0
Group 2 (tournament in Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Bangladesh 1-1 Qatar
Qatar 3-0 Afghanistan
Bangladesh 2-2 Afghanistan
Bangladesh 0-4 Qatar
Qatar 2-1 Afghanistan
Bangladesh 4-1 Afghanistan
1.QATAR 4 3 1 0 10- 2 7
2.BANGLADESH 4 1 2 1 7- 8 4
3.Afghanistan 4 0 1 3 4-11 1
Group 3 (tournament in Bangkok, Thailand)
Group allocation matches (winners divided over different groups)
9- 1-1979 Thailand 3-1 Indonesia
9- 1-1979 Malaysia 3-1 Sri Lanka
9- 1-1979 North Korea 3-0 Hongkong
Singapore bye
Group 3-A
11- 1-1979 Malaysia 1-1 North Korea
13- 1-1979 Malaysia 4-1 Indonesia
16- 1-1979 North Korea 3-1 Indonesia
1.Malaysia 2 1 1 0 5- 2 3
2.North Korea 2 1 1 0 4- 2 3
3.Indonesia 2 0 0 2 2- 7 0
Group 3-B
- 1-1979 Hongkong 3-1 Singapore
- 1-1979 Thailand 4-0 Sri Lanka
- 1-1979 Hongkong 5-0 Sri Lanka
- 1-1979 Thailand 4-0 Singapore
- 1-1979 Sri Lanka 4-0 Singapore
- 1-1979 Thailand 1-0 Hongkong
1.Thailand 3 3 0 0 10- 0 6
2.Hongkong 3 2 0 1 8- 2 4
3.Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 4- 9 2
4.Singapore 3 0 0 3 1-11 0
Semifinals
- 1-1979 Malaysia 0-0 Hongkong [5-4 pen]
- 1-1979 Thailand 0-1 North Korea
Third Place Match
- 1-1979 Thailand 1-2 Hongkong
Final
- 1-1979 North Korea 1-0 Malaysia
North Korea and Malaysia qualified for final tournament
Group 4 (tournament in Manila, Philippines)
25-12-1978 South Korea 4-1 Macao
25-12-1978 Philippines 0-3 China
27-12-1978 Philippines 0-5 South Korea
27-12-1978 China 2-1 Macao
29-12-1978 South Korea 1-0 China
29-12-1978 Philippines 1-2 Macao
1.SOUTH KOREA 3 3 0 0 10- 1 6
2.CHINA 3 2 0 1 5- 2 4
3.Macao 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
4.Philippines 3 0 0 3 1-10 0
NB: Japan, Cambodia, Laos, South Vietnam, Brunei, India, Iraq, Nepal, Jordan,
South Yemen and Saudi Arabia all did either not play or withdrew.
Group 1 - 9-1980 Iran 7-0 Bangladesh - 9-1980 North Korea 2-1 China - 9-1980 Syria 1-0 Bangladesh - 9-1980 Iran 2-2 China - 9-1980 North Korea 2-1 Syria - 9-1980 China 6-0 Bangladesh - 9-1980 Iran 0-0 Syria - 9-1980 North Korea 3-2 Bangladesh - 9-1980 China 0-1 Syria - 9-1980 Iran 3-2 North Korea 1.IRAN 4 2 2 0 12- 4 6 2.NORTH KOREA 4 3 0 1 9- 7 6 3.Syria 4 2 1 1 3- 2 5 4.China 4 1 1 2 9- 5 3 5.Bangladesh 4 0 0 4 2-17 0 Group 2 16- 9-1980 South Korea 1-1 Malaysia 19- 9-1980 South Korea 2-0 Qatar 21- 9-1980 South Korea 3-0 Kuwait 24- 9-1980 South Korea 4-1 UAE - 9-1980 Kuwait 4-0 Qatar - 9-1980 Malaysia 1-1 Qatar - 9-1980 Kuwait 1-1 UAE - 9-1980 Kuwait 3-1 Malaysia - 9-1980 Qatar 2-1 UAE - 9-1980 Malaysia 2-0 UAE 1.SOUTH KOREA 4 3 1 0 10- 2 7 2.KUWAIT 4 2 1 1 8- 5 5 3.Malaysia 4 1 2 1 5- 5 4 4.Qatar 4 1 1 2 3- 8 3 5.UAE 4 0 1 3 3- 9 1 Semifinals 28- 9-1980 Kuwait 2-1 Iran 28- 9-1980 South Korea 2-1 North Korea Third Place Match 30- 9-1980 Iran 3-0 North Korea Final 30- 9-1980 Kuwait 3-0 South Korea
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