Asian Cup 1972
ChampionsIran
Iran won, ahead of South Korea. 6 teams, 13 games, 2.92 goals a game; hosted by Thailand.
Every game
This edition’s format (two-legged ties and play-offs) can’t be worked out from the results alone, so its games are listed in date order.
- 1972-05-07Iran2–0CambodiaBangkok76%
- 1972-05-07South Korea0–0Iraq (Iraq won on penalties)Bangkok52%
- 1972-05-08Thailand0–2KuwaitBangkok39%
- 1972-05-09Iran3–0IraqBangkok44%
- 1972-05-10Cambodia1–4South KoreaBangkok16%
- 1972-05-11Thailand1–1IraqBangkok27%
- 1972-05-12South Korea1–2KuwaitBangkok65%
- 1972-05-13Thailand2–3IranBangkok22%
- 1972-05-14Cambodia4–0KuwaitUpsetBangkok20%
- 1972-05-16Iran2–1CambodiaBangkok80%
- 1972-05-17Thailand1–1South Korea (South Korea won on penalties)Bangkok23%
- 1972-05-19Iran2–1South KoreaBangkok57%
- 1972-05-19Thailand2–2Cambodia (Thailand won on penalties)Bangkok53%
Top scorers
- Hossein Kalani Iran 5
- Park Lee-chun South Korea 4
- Ali Jabbari Iran 4
- Doeur Sokhom Cambodia 3
- Prapon Tantariyanond Thailand 3
- Safar Iranpak Iran 2
- Ich Narding Thailand 2
- Tol Kimchi Cambodia 2
- Jawad Khalaf Kuwait 1
- Fayez Marzouq Kuwait 1
Upsets
Winners whose Elo expectation before the game was under 30%.
Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.