1968 AFC Asian Cup

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. It was organized on a round robin basis, with the home team Iran winning with a perfect record of four wins.[1]

1968 AFC Asian Cup

جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۶۸
Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	10–19 May
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	Burma
Third place	Israel
Fourth place	Republic of China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	32 (3.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Homayoun Behzadi Moshe Romano Giora Spiegel (4 goals each)

Except Iran, none of the other four teams that played in this tournament has ever appeared again in the Asian Cup finals as of 2019.

Qualification

Main article: 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Qualifiers

•  Iran (as hosts)
•  Israel (Winners of Western zone 1)
•  Burma (Winners of Western zone 2)
•  Hong Kong (Winners of Central zone)
•  Republic of China (Winners of Eastern zone)

Squads

Main article: 1968 AFC Asian Cup squads

Venues

Tehran	Tehran
	Amjadieh Stadium
	Capacity: 30,000

Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran (C)	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	8
Burma	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	5
Israel	4	2	0	2	11	5	+6	4
Republic of China	4	0	2	2	3	10	−7	2
Hong Kong	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1

Source:
(C) Champion.

10 May 1968

16:00

Iran	2–0	Hong Kong
Behzadi  70' Jabbari  89'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)

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11 May 1968

18:00

Republic of China	1–1	Burma
Wong Chi-keung  64'		Hla Htay  14'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)

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12 May 1968

18:00

Hong Kong	1–6	Israel
Yuan Kuan Yick  75'		Spiegler  10', 65' Spiegel  52', 53' Romano  61' Young  70'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Alex Vaz (India)

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13 May 1968

18:00

Iran	4–0	Republic of China
Behzadi  34' Kalani  35' Eftekhari  51' Farzami  57'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)

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14 May 1968

18:00

Burma	1–0	Israel
Ye Nyunt  42'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)

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15 May 1968

18:00

Hong Kong	1–1	Republic of China
Li Kwok Keung  14'		Mak Tian-fu  37'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)

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16 May 1968

18:00

Burma	1–3	Iran
Hla Htay  50'		Kalani  2' Eftekhari  60' Behzadi  70'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Alex Vaz (India)

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17 May 1968

18:00

Israel	4–1	Republic of China
Romano  2', 60' Rosenthal  70' Spiegel  76'		Li Huan-wen  45+1'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)

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18 May 1968

18:00

Burma	2–0	Hong Kong
Aung Khin  80' Suk Bahadur  85'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)

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19 May 1968

18:00

Iran	2–1	Israel
Behzadi  75' Ghelichkhani  87'		Spiegel  52'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Alex Vaz (India)

Winners

AFC Asian Cup 1968 Winners
Iran First title

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 19 or 20 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals

• Homayoun Behzadi
• Giora Spiegel
• Moshe Romano

2 goals

• Akbar Eftekhari
• Hossein Kalani
• Mordechai Spiegler

1 goal

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• Aung Khi
• Maung Hla Htay
• Suk Bahadur
• Ali Jabbari
• Gholam Hossein Farzami
• Parviz Ghelichkhani
• Shmuel Rosenthal
• Li Kwok Keung
• Yuan Kuan Yick
• Lim Lu-shoor
• Li Huan-wen
• Lo Kwok Tai

References

1. "Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956–1988)". Goal.com. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

External links

• Garin, Erik; Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1968". RSSSF.
• AFC Report for 1968 Asian Cup