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 (AFC), 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 (debut) 19 May 1968 30 May 1971 0 (debut) 1971 22 December 1971 0 (debut) 21 December 1971 0 (debut)
Squads
Venue
Bangkok National Stadium Capacity: 26,000
Group allocation matches All times are Indochina Time (UTC+7).
Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winners
Goalscorers With 5 goals, Hossein Kalani of Iran is the top scorer of the tournament. In total, 38 goals were scored by 21 players, with none of them credited as own goal.
5 goals Hossein Kalani 4 goals Ali Jabbari Park Lee-chun Prapon Tantariyanond 3 goals Doeur Sokhom 2 goals Safar Iranpak 1 goal
Parviz Ghelichkhani Ahmed Fathi Hammadi Doeuk Miladord Nihim Samkol 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 Preecha Kitboon Supakit Meelarpkit
Notes
References
External links Details at RSSSF FIFA results record, used to update dates and locations AFC Report