Football at the 1978 Asian Games

Summary

Football at the 1978 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 10 to 20 December 1978.

Football
at the 1978 Asian Games
Dates10–20 December
Nations14
← 1974
1982 →

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
  North Korea
An Chang-nam
An Se-uk
Cha Jong-sok
Hong Song-nam
Hwang Sang-hoi
Jon Gwang-hwan
Kim Bok-man
Kim Gang-il
Kim In-chan
Kim Jong-min
Kim Mu-gil
Kim Mun-chol
Myong Dong-chan
Pak Jong-hun
Pak Kyong-won
Ri Chang-ha
Ri Sung-gil
Ri Sung-gun
Shared gold   China
  South Korea

Draw edit

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1974 Asian Games.[1]

Squads edit

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Malaysia 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4
  India 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 2
  Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
India  0–1  Malaysia

Bangladesh  0–1  Malaysia

Bangladesh  0–3  India

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iraq 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
  China 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4
  Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
  Qatar 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Iraq  2–1  Qatar
Subhi   35'
Farhan   90'

China  1–0  Saudi Arabia

Qatar  2–2  Saudi Arabia

China  0–2  Iraq
Saeed   44'
  62' (o.g.)

China  3–0  Qatar

Iraq  1–1  Saudi Arabia
Ali   40'

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 6
  Kuwait 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 4
  Japan 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 2
  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Bahrain  1–5  South Korea

Japan  0–2  Kuwait

Bahrain  0–4  Japan

South Korea  2–0  Kuwait

Japan  1–3  South Korea

Bahrain  0–3  Kuwait

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  North Korea 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 4
  Thailand 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2
  Burma 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Burma  1–2  Thailand

Burma  0–3  North Korea

North Korea  3–0  Thailand

Semifinals edit

Group 1 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  North Korea 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
  Iraq 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 4
  Kuwait 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 3
  India 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
India  1–6  Kuwait

Iraq  0–1  North Korea

Iraq  3–0  Kuwait
Mahmoud   40'
Saeed   55'
Abdul-Sahib   85'

India  1–3  North Korea

India  0–3  Iraq
Mahmoud   20'
Shaker   25'
Saeed   63'

North Korea  2–2  Kuwait

Group 2 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 6
  China 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 4
  Thailand 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 2
  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
China  0–1  South Korea

Malaysia  1–2  Thailand

China  4–1  Thailand

Malaysia  0–1  South Korea

China  7–1  Malaysia

South Korea  3–1  Thailand

Final round edit

Bronze medal match edit

Iraq  0–1  China

Gold medal match edit

North Korea  0–0 (a.e.t.)  South Korea

Final standing edit

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    South Korea 7 6 1 0 15 3 +12 13
    North Korea 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 10
    China 7 5 0 2 16 5 +11 10
4   Iraq 7 4 1 2 11 4 +7 9
5   Kuwait 6 3 1 2 13 8 +5 7
6   Thailand 5 2 0 3 6 12 −6 4
7   Malaysia 5 2 0 3 4 10 −6 4
8   India 5 1 0 4 5 13 −8 2
9   Japan 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 2
10   Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
11   Qatar 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
12   Burma 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
13   Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
14   Bahrain 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Games Draw". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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