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1972 AFC Asian Cup

Field	Value
year	1972
other_titles	Asian Cup Thailand 1972
เอเชียนคัพ 2515
country	Thailand
dates	7–19 May
num_teams	6
venues	1
cities	1
champion_other
count	2
second	South Korea
second-flagvar	1949
third	THA
fourth_other
matches	13
goals	38
attendance	155000
top_scorer	IRN Hossein Kalani
(5 goals)
player	IRN Ebrahim Ashtiani
prevseason	[1968](1968-afc-asian-cup)
nextseason	[1976](1976-afc-asian-cup)

เอเชียนคัพ 2515 | second-flagvar = 1949 (5 goals)

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

Main article: 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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

Main article: 1972 AFC Asian Cup squads

Venue

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National Stadium
Capacity: 26,000
[[File:Suphachalasai 3116.JPG	200px]]

Group allocation matches

Winners divided over different groups

Hwang Jae-man Park Su-deok Nouri Kadhim Fathi

Iranpak

Fayez Marzouq

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Lee Hoi-taek Cha Bum-kun Park Lee-chun

Ibrahim Duraiham

Sok Sun Hean Tes Sean Sea Cheng Eang

Knockout stage

|16 May–Bangkok||2| |1 |17 May–Bangkok| (pen.)|1 (2)||1 (1) |19 May–Bangkok|**** |2| |1 |19 May–Bangkok||2 (3)|**** (pen.)|2 (5)

Semi-finals

Ghelichkhani

Third place play-off

Final

Main article: 1972 AFC Asian Cup final

Kalani

Goalscorers

;5 goals

IRN Hossein Kalani ;4 goals
IRN Ali Jabbari
KOR Park Lee-Chun ;3 goals
CAM Doeur Sokhom
THA Prapon Tantariyanond ;2 goals
IRN Safar Iranpak
THA Ich Narding
CAM Tol Kimchi ;1 goal
IRN Parviz Ghelichkhani
IRQ Ammo Yousif
CAM Sea Cheng Eang
CAM Sok Sun Hean
CAM Tes Sean
KUW Fayez Marzouq
KUW Ibrahim Duraiham
KUW Jawad Khalaf
KUW Mohammad Sultan
KOR Cha Bum-Kun
KOR Lee Hoi-Taek
KOR Park Su-Deok
THA Supakit Meelarpkit

Notes

References

(2011-01-07). "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988)". Goal.com.
"Asian Cup of Nations 1972; RSSSF".
Shilarze Saha Roy. "Cambodia's football story: From the highs of the 1972 Asian Cup to depths of despair". FIFA.

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