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 (AFC). 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
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance Automatically qualified from Group 1 1975 Automatically qualified from Group 1 1975 0 (debut) 2 December 1975 2 December 1975 0 (debut) 24 June 1975 0 (debut) 23 June 1975 0 (debut) 23 March 1975 0 (debut) 24 March 1975 1 (1972)
Venues The two host cities, Tehran and Tabriz, with two venues was used for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup.
TehranTabrizAryamehr StadiumReza Pahlavi StadiumCapacity: 100,000Capacity: 25,000
Squads
Group stage All times are Iran Standard Time (UTC+3:30)
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winners
Goalscorers
With three goals, Fathi Kameel from Kuwait, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi and Nasser Nouraei from Iran 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.
3 goals
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Nasser Nouraei Fathi Kameel
2 goals
Alireza Azizi Alireza Khorshidi Hassan Roshan
1 goal
He Jia Wang Jilian Ali Parvin Falah Hassan Kadhim Waal Sabah Abdul-Jalil Abdulaziz Al-Anberi Faisal Al-Dakhil Farouq Ibrahim Mokhtar Dahari
Notes
References
External links Details at RSSSF