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
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! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! Previous appearance
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| || and || 30 May 1971 || 0 (debut)
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| || || 19 May 1968 ||
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| || || 30 May 1971 || 0 (debut)
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| || || 1971 ||
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| || || 22 December 1971 || 0 (debut)
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| || || 21 December 1971 || 0 (debut)
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Squads
Venue
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! Bangkok
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| National Stadium
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| Capacity: 26,000
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Group allocation matches
- Winners divided over different groups
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Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
Final
Goalscorers
;5 goals
- Hossein Kalani
;4 goals
- Ali Jabbari
- Park Lee-Chun
;3 goals
- Doeur Sokhom
- Prapon Tantariyanond
;2 goals
- Safar Iranpak
- Ich Narding
- Tol Kimchi
;1 goal
- Parviz Ghelichkhani
- Ammo Yousif
- 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
- Supakit Meelarpkit
Notes
References
External links
- Details at RSSSF
- FIFA results record, used to update dates and locations
- AFC Report