१९७२ एएफसी एसिया कप
The Asian Football Confederation's 1972 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Thailand between May 7 and May 19. It was won by Iran.

Qualification

 qualified automatically as host.
 qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 4 qualifying teams were:

Squads

Venue

Group allocation matches

 Winners divided over different groups

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Winners

Goalscorers

5 goals
 Hossein Kalani
4 goals
 Ali Jabbari
 Park Lee-Chun
3 goals
 Doeur Sokhom
 Prapon Tantariyanond
2 goals
 Safar Iranpak
1 goal

 Parviz Ghelichkhani
 Ammo Yousif

 Sea Cheng Eang
 Sok Sun Hean

 Tes Sean
 Fayez Marzouq
 Ibrahim Duraiham
 Jawad Khalaf
 Mohammad Sultan
 Cha Bum-Kun

 Lee Hoi-Taek
 Park Su-Deok

 Supakit Meelarpkit

Final positions

References

External links
Details at RSSSF
FIFA results record, used to update dates and locations
AFC Report

 
AFC
AFC
AFC Asian Cup tournaments
International association football competitions hosted by Thailand
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Group stage

Group A

Group B

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