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1980 AFC Asian Cup

Field	Value
year	1980
other_titles	كأس آسيا 1980
country	Kuwait
dates	15–30 September
num_teams	10
venues	1
cities	1
champion	KUW
count	1
second	KOR
second-flagvar	1949
third	IRN
fourth	PRK
fourth-flagvar	1948
matches	24
goals	76
attendance	169200
top_scorer	Iran Behtash Fariba
KOR Choi Soon-ho
(7 goals each)
prevseason	[1976](1976-afc-asian-cup)
nextseason	[1984](1984-afc-asian-cup)

| second-flagvar =1949 | fourth-flagvar = 1948 KOR Choi Soon-ho (7 goals each)

The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th 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 Kuwait between 15 and 30 September 1980. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five each. Kuwait won their first championship, beating South Korea in the final 3–0.

Qualification

Main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
		13 June 1976
		22 November 1979	0 (debut)
		23 November 1979	0 (debut)
		15 January 1979	0 (debut)
		16 January 1979	0 (debut)
		12 May 1979	0 (debut)
		11 May 1979
		29 December 1978
		29 December 1978

Venues

{{location map	Kuwait	float=none	width=300	caption=	lat=29.369722	long=47.978333	label=Kuwait City	position=left	Kuwait City
Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
Capacity: 22,000
[[File:ArabiStagium.jpg	200px]]

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1980 AFC Asian Cup squads.

Group stage

Group A

Kim Jong-man Chunnu

Hwang Sang-hoi

Xu Yonglai Fariba

Roshan Barzegari

Danaeifard Fariba Pak Jong-hun

Xu Yonglai

Kim Gwang-Un 2T

Group B

Yaqoub

Choi Soon-ho

Tukamin Bahari

Choi Soon-ho

Chung Hae-won

Yaqoub Al-Anberi

Knockout stage

|28 September – Kuwait||1||2 |28 September – Kuwait||2||1 |30 September – Kuwait||3||0 |29 September – Kuwait||3||0

Semi-finals

Al-Dakhil

Third place play-off

Faraki

Final

Main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup final

Al-Dakhil

Statistics

Goalscorers

;7 goals

KOR Choi Soon-ho
IRN Behtash Fariba ;5 goals
KUW Faisal Al-Dakhil ;4 goals
KUW Jasem Yaqoub
CHN Xu Yonglai ;3 goals
CHN Shen Xiangfu
IRN Hossein Faraki
KOR Chung Hae-won ;2 goals
IRN Abdolreza Barzegari
IRN Hamid Alidousti
KUW Saad Al-Houti
MAS Tukamin Bahari
MAS Zulkifli Hamzah
PRK Choi Jae-pil
PRK Kim Bok-man
PRK Pak Jong-hun
QAT Mansoor Muftah
SYR Jamal Keshek
UAE Ahmed Chombi ;1 goal
BAN Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu
BAN Kazi Salahuddin
CHN Chen Jingang
CHN Li Fubao
IRN Hassan Roshan
IRN Iraj Danaeifard
KUW Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
KUW Fathi Kameel
MAS Abdah Alif
PRK
PRK
PRK Hwang Sang-hoi
PRK Kim Jong-man
QAT
KOR Hwang Seok-keun
KOR Lee Jung-il
SYR Jawdat Suleiman
UAE Ghanem Al-Hajri

Awards

Top scorer

KOR Choi Soon-ho
IRN Behtash Fariba

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards

References

(7 January 2011). "Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956–1988)". Goal.com.
"1980 AFC Asian Cup".
"Asian Cup 1980 Kuwait » Schedule".

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