1976 AFC Asian Cup

The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the 6th 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 Iran between 3 and 13 June 1976. The field of six teams was split into two groups of three. Iran won their third title in a row, beating Kuwait in the final.

Qualification

 * Note: (Group 2  runners-up), 🇰🇵 north korea (Group 3 winners) and 🇹🇭 thailand (Group 4 runners-up) had qualified for the final tournament but withdrew later.

Venues
The two host cities, Tehran and Tabriz, with two venues was used for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup.

Group stage
All times are Iran Standard Time (UTC+3:30)

Goalscorers
With three goals, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Nasser Nouraei and Fathi Kameel are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 25 goals were scored by 16 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.


 * 3 goals


 * Fathi Kameel
 * 🇮🇷 Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
 * 🇮🇷 Nasser Nouraei


 * 2 goals


 * 🇮🇷 Alireza Azizi
 * 🇮🇷 Alireza Khorshidi
 * 🇮🇷 Hassan Roshan


 * 1 goal


 * Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
 * 🇮🇷 Ali Parvin
 * Faisal Al-Dakhil
 * 🇮🇶 Falah Hassan
 * Faruq Ibrahim
 * 🇨🇳 He Jia
 * 🇮🇶 Kadhim Waal
 * Mokhtar Dahari
 * 🇮🇶 Sabah Abdul-Jalil
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Jilian