Football at the 1978 Asian Games

Football
at the 1978 Asian Games
Dates10–20 December
Nations14

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

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  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

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

Squads

Results

Preliminary round

Group A
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
10 December
India 0–1 Malaysia
Bangkok 12 December
Bangladesh 0–1 Malaysia
Bangkok 14 December
Bangladesh 0–3 India
Bangkok Group B
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
10 December
Iraq 2–1 Qatar
Subhi 35'
Farhan 90'
Bangkok 10 December
China 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Bangkok 12 December
Qatar 2–2 Saudi Arabia
Bangkok 12 December
China 0–2 Iraq
Saeed 44'
62' (o.g.)
Bangkok 14 December
China 3–0 Qatar
Bangkok 14 December
Iraq 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Ali 40'
Bangkok Group C
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
11 December
Bahrain 1–5 South Korea
Bangkok 11 December
Japan 0–2 Kuwait
Bangkok 13 December
Bahrain 0–4 Japan
Bangkok 13 December
South Korea 2–0 Kuwait
Bangkok 15 December
Japan 1–3 South Korea
Bangkok 15 December
Bahrain 0–3 Kuwait
Bangkok Group D
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
11 December
Burma 1–2 Thailand
Bangkok 13 December
Burma 0–3 North Korea
Bangkok 15 December
North Korea 3–0 Thailand
Bangkok

Semifinals

Group 1
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
17 December
India 1–6 Kuwait
Bangkok 17 December
Iraq 0–1 North Korea
Bangkok 18 December
Iraq 3–0 Kuwait
Mahmoud 40'
Saeed 55'
Abdul-Sahib 85'
Bangkok 18 December
India 1–3 North Korea
Bangkok 19 December
India 0–3 Iraq
Mahmoud 20'
Shaker 25'
Saeed 63'
Bangkok 19 December
North Korea 2–2 Kuwait
Bangkok Group 2
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
17 December
China 0–1 South Korea
Bangkok 17 December
Malaysia 1–2 Thailand
Bangkok 18 December
China 4–1 Thailand
Bangkok 18 December
Malaysia 0–1 South Korea
Bangkok 19 December
China 7–1 Malaysia
Bangkok 19 December
South Korea 3–1 Thailand
Bangkok

Final round

Bronze medal match 20 December
Iraq 0–1 China
Bangkok Gold medal match 20 December
North Korea 0–0 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Bangkok

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 7 6 1 0 15 3 +12 13
1st place, gold medalist(s)  North Korea 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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