Kuwait qualified as hosts, Iran as holders
Group 1 (tournament in Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Pakistan and South Yemen withdrew.
16-11-1979 UAE 0-0 Lebanon
18-11-1979 Syria 1-1 Bahrain [abandoned* at 76' due to fighting]
20-11-1979 UAE 0-0 Syria
20-11-1979 Lebanon n/p Bahrain
22-11-1979 Syria 1-0 Lebanon
23-11-1979 UAE n/p Bahrain
1.SYRIA 2 1 1 0 1- 0 3
2.UAE 2 0 2 0 0- 0 2
3.Lebanon 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1
-.Bahrain withdrew after one match
* The tournament committee initially awarded the match 3-0 to Bahrain, but Syria
threatened to withdraw unless the match was replayed, or the 1-1 score was allowed
to stand. The committee met again and decided to replay the match (on 25-11-79).
Bahrain immediately withdrew from the competition.
Group 2 (tournament in Dacca, Bangladesh)
India, Iraq, Jordan, Nepal, and Saudi Arabia withdrew.
1- 3-1979 Bangladesh 2-2 Afghanistan
2- 3-1979 Qatar 3-0 Afghanistan
3- 3-1979 Bangladesh 1-1 Qatar
5- 3-1979 Bangladesh 3-2 Afghanistan
6- 3-1979 Qatar 3-0 Afghanistan
7- 3-1979 Bangladesh 1-3 Qatar
1.QATAR 4 3 1 0 10- 2 7
2.BANGLADESH 4 1 2 1 7- 8 4
3.Afghanistan 4 0 1 3 4-11 1
Group 3 (tournament in Bangkok, Thailand)
Brunei and Burma withdrew.
Group allocation matches (winners divided over different groups)
1- 5-1979 Thailand 3-1 Indonesia
2- 5-1979 Malaysia 3-1 Sri Lanka
2- 5-1979 North Korea 3-0 Hongkong
Singapore bye
Group 3-A
5- 5-1979 Malaysia 4-1 Indonesia
7- 5-1979 North Korea 3-1 Indonesia
9- 5-1979 Malaysia 1-1 North Korea
1.Malaysia 2 1 1 0 5- 2 3
2.North Korea 2 1 1 0 4- 2 3
3.Indonesia 2 0 0 2 2- 7 0
Group 3-B
4- 5-1979 Hongkong 3-1 Singapore
4- 5-1979 Thailand 4-0 Sri Lanka
6- 5-1979 Hongkong 5-0 Sri Lanka
6- 5-1979 Thailand 4-0 Singapore
8- 5-1979 Sri Lanka 4-0 Singapore
8- 5-1979 Thailand 1-0 Hongkong
1.Thailand 3 3 0 0 10- 0 6
2.Hongkong 3 2 0 1 8- 2 4
3.Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 4- 9 2
4.Singapore 3 0 0 3 1-11 0
Semifinals
11- 5-1979 Malaysia 0-0 Hongkong [5-4 pen]
12- 5-1979 Thailand 0-1 North Korea
Third Place Match
14- 5-1979 Thailand 1-2 Hongkong
Final
14- 5-1979 North Korea 1-0 Malaysia
North Korea and Malaysia qualified for final tournament
Group 4 (tournament in Manila, Philippines)
Japan, Kampuchea, Laos, and Vietnam withdrew.
23-12-1978 Philippines 1-2 Macao
25-12-1978 South Korea 4-1 Macao
25-12-1978 Philippines 0-3 China
27-12-1978 Philippines 0-5 South Korea
27-12-1978 China 2-1 Macao
29-12-1978 South Korea 1-0 China
1.SOUTH KOREA 3 3 0 0 10- 1 6
2.CHINA 3 2 0 1 5- 2 4
3.Macao 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
4.Philippines 3 0 0 3 1-10 0
Group A 16- 9-1980 North Korea 3-2 Bangladesh (2-0 HT) 17- 9-1980 Iran 0-0 Syria 18- 9-1980 North Korea 2-1 China (1-1 HT) [Kim Bok-Man 20', ? / Li Fubao 7'] 19- 9-1980 Syria 1-0 Bangladesh 20- 9-1980 Iran 2-2 China (1-0 HT) [Hamid Alidosti, Behtash Fariba 56' / Chen Jingang 75', Huang Xiangdong 90'] [Note: second Chinese scorer also reported as Cai Jinbiao] 22- 9-1980 Iran 7-0 Bangladesh (4-0 HT) [Behtash Fariba 11' 37' 80' 82', Hassan Rowshan 21', Abdulreza Barzaghari 32' 87'] 23- 9-1980 China 0-1 Syria (0-0 HT) [Mohamed Jamal Kishek 89'] 24- 9-1980 Iran 3-2 North Korea (1-0 HT) [Hamid Alidosti 28', Iraj Danaei-fard 56', Behtash Fariba 59' / Hwang Sang-Hoi 68', Pak Jong-Hun 73'] [Note: Korean goals also reported as Kim Bok-Man 68' 86'] 25- 9-1980 China 6-0 Bangladesh (3-0 HT) 26- 9-1980 North Korea 2-1 Syria 1.IRAN 4 2 2 0 12- 4 6 2.NORTH KOREA 4 3 0 1 9- 7 6 3.Syria 4 2 1 1 3- 2 5 4.China 4 1 1 2 9- 5 3 5.Bangladesh 4 0 0 4 2-17 0 Group B 15- 9-1980 Kuwait 1-1 UAE (1-1 HT) [Saad Al-Houti 18' / Ahmed Shombi 40'] 16- 9-1980 South Korea 1-1 Malaysia (0-0 HT) [Choi Soon-Ho 68' / Abdul Ali 90'] 17- 9-1980 Qatar 2-1 UAE 18- 9-1980 Kuwait 3-1 Malaysia 19- 9-1980 South Korea 2-0 Qatar (2-0 HT) [Lee Jung-Il 4', Choi Soon-Ho 21'] 20- 9-1980 Malaysia 2-0 UAE (1-0 HT) [Abdah Alif 32', Tukamin Bahari 89'] 21- 9-1980 South Korea 3-0 Kuwait (0-0 HT) [Hwang Seok-Geun 49', Choi Soon-Ho 72' 79'] 23- 9-1980 Malaysia 1-1 Qatar 24- 9-1980 South Korea 4-1 UAE (1-0 HT) [Choi Soon-Ho 26' 53' 78' pen, Chung Hae-Won 84' / Ahmed Shombi 79'] 25- 9-1980 Kuwait 4-0 Qatar (1-0 HT) 1.SOUTH KOREA 4 3 1 0 10- 2 7 2.KUWAIT 4 2 1 1 8- 5 5 3.Malaysia 4 1 2 1 5- 5 4 4.Qatar 4 1 1 2 3- 8 3 5.UAE 4 0 1 3 3- 9 1 Semifinals 28- 9-1980 Kuwait 2-1 Iran (1-0 HT) [Jassim Yaqoub 17', Faisal Al-Dakheel 85' / Hussain Faraki 89'] 28- 9-1980 South Korea 2-1 North Korea (0-1 HT) [Chung Hae-Won 80' 89' / Pak Jong-Hon 19' pen] Third Place Match 29- 9-1980 Iran 3-0 North Korea (0-0 HT) [Behtash Fariba 49', Hussain Faraki 66' 76'] Final 30- 9-1980 Kuwait 3-0 South Korea (2-0 HT) [Saad Al-Houti 8', Faisal Al-Dakheel 34' 77'] [Note: the first goal scorer is also reported as Mohamed Karam]
Sources: Xinhua News Agency, United Press International, Team Melli, RDFC (Yansfield); thanks to "Tanaka" and Mark Cruickshank
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