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Football at the 1978 Asian Games

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Football
at the 1978 Asian Games
Dates10–20 December
Nations14
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Football at the 1978 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 10 to 20 December 1978.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details 		 North Korea Shared gold  China
 South Korea

Draw

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

Squads

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Main article: Football at the 1978 Asian Games – Squads

Results

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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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

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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
Shangbin 9' Report
Qatar 2–2 Saudi Arabia
Muftah 67', 68' Report Mohammed 14', o.g'
Al-Saqeer 60'
China 0–2 Iraq
Saeed 44'
62' (o.g.)
China 3–0 Qatar
Iraq 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Ali 53', pen.' Report Sultan 85'

Group C

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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

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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

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Group 1

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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

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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

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Bronze medal match

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Iraq 0–1 China

Gold medal match

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North Korea 0–0 (a.e.t.) South Korea

Final standing

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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

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