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1968 AFC Asian Cup
جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۶۸
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates10–19 May
Teams5
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Burma
Third place Israel
Fourth place Taiwan
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored32 (3.2 per match)
Attendance182,000 (18,200 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Homayoun Behzadi
Israel Moshe Romano
Israel Giora Spiegel
(4 goals each)
← 1964
1972 →
International football competition

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.[1]

The home team Iran won with a perfect record of four wins.[2]

Qualification

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Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
 IranHostsN/A0 (debut)
 Hong KongCentral Zone winners2 April 19672 (1956, 1964)
 TaiwanEastern zone winners7 August 19671 (1960)
 IsraelWestern Zone 1 winners19673 (1956, 1960, 1964)
 BurmaWestern Zone 2 winners16 November 19670 (debut)
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Venues

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Tehran
Amjadieh Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Results

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran (H) 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 8 Champions
2  Burma 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 5 Runners-up
3  Israel 4 2 0 2 11 5 +6 4 Third place
4  Taiwan 4 0 2 2 3 10 −7 2 Fourth place
5  Hong Kong 4 0 1 3 2 11 −9 1 Fifth place
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

All times are Iran Standard Time (UTC+3:30)

Iran 2–0 Hong Kong
Behzadi 70'
Jabbari 89'
Attendance: 28,000
Taiwan 1–1 Burma
Wong Chi-keung 64' Hla Htay 14'
Attendance: 6,000
Hong Kong 1–6 Israel
Yuan Kuan Yick 75' Spiegler 10', 65'
Spiegel 52', 53'
Romano 61'
Young 70'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)
Iran 4–0 Taiwan
Behzadi 34'
Kalani 35'
Eftekhari 51'
Farzami 57'
Attendance: 25,000
Burma 1–0 Israel
Ye Nyunt 42'
Attendance: 20,000
Hong Kong 1–1 Taiwan
Li Kwok Keung 14' Mak Tian-fu 37'
Attendance: 3,000
Burma 1–3 Iran
Hla Htay 50' Kalani 2'
Eftekhari 60'
Behzadi 70'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)
Israel 4–1 Taiwan
Romano 2', 60'
Rosenthal 70'
Spiegel 76'		 Li Huan-wen 45+1'
Attendance: 20,000
Burma 2–0 Hong Kong
Aung Khin 80'
Suk Bahadur 85'
Attendance: 2,000
Iran 2–1 Israel
Behzadi 75'
Ghelichkhani 87'		 Spiegel 52'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)

Winners

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 1968 AFC Asian Cup winners 

Iran
First title

Goalscorers

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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
2 goals
1 goal

References

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  1. ↑ "Inside World Football - Asian Cup 1968". Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956–1988)". Goal.com. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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