The 1968 AFC Asian Cup was the 4th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Iran between 10 and 19 May 1968, with five teams competing in a round-robin format with no final for what would be the last time. It was also the first tournament with 90-minute games, after 80-minute games in the first three editions.
The home team Iran won with a perfect record of four wins.
Qualification
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance 0 (debut) Central Zone winners 2 April 1967 Eastern zone winners 7 August 1967 Western Zone 1 winners 1967 Western Zone 2 winners 16 November 1967 0 (debut)
Squads
Venues Tehran Amjadieh Stadium Capacity: 30,000
Results
All times are Iran Standard Time (UTC+3:30)
Winners
Goalscorers
With 4 goals, Homayoun Behzadi of Iran, Giora Spiegel and Moshe Romano of Israel are the top scorers of the tournament. In total, 32 goals were scored by 18 players, with none of them credited as own goal.
4 goals
Homayoun Behzadi Giora Spiegel Moshe Romano
2 goals
Hla Htay Akbar Eftekhari Hossein Kalani Mordechai Spiegler
1 goal
Aung Khin Suk Bahadur Ye Nyunt Ali Jabbari Gholam Hossein Farzami Parviz Ghelichkhani Shmuel Rosenthal Li Kwok Keung Yuan Kuan Yick Li Huan-wen Mak Tian-fu Wong Chi-keung
References
External links Garin, Erik; Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1968". RSSSF. AFC Report for 1968 Asian Cup