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Thailand - 7 May 1972 - 19 May 1972

Winner : Iran

 

Podium

1	Iran
2	Republic of Korea
3	Thailand

 

Preliminary Round (Thailand - 07/05/1972)

7 May 1972
	Republic of Korea	0 - 0 (2 pen 4)	Iraq
	Thailand	0 - 2	Kuwait
	Iran	2 - 0	Cambodia

Detail of the results

Group A (Thailand - 09/05/1972 - 13/05/1972)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Iran	4	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
2	Thailand	1	2	0	1	1	3	4	-1
3	Iraq	1	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3

Last matches

9 May 1972
	Iran	3 - 0	Iraq
11 May 1972
	Thailand	1 - 1	Iraq
13 May 1972
	Thailand	2 - 3	Iran

Detail of the results

Group B (Thailand - 10/05/1972 - 14/05/1972)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Republic of Korea	2	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
2	Cambodia	2	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
3	Kuwait	2	2	1	0	1	2	5	-3

Last matches

10 May 1972
	Republic of Korea	4 - 1	Cambodia
12 May 1972
	Republic of Korea	1 - 2	Kuwait
14 May 1972
	Cambodia	4 - 0	Kuwait

Detail of the results

Final Round (Thailand - 16/05/1972 - 19/05/1972)

Semi-Finals

16 May 1972
	Thailand	1 - 1 (1 pen 2)	Republic of Korea
	Iran	2 - 1	Cambodia

Third Place Match

19 May 1972
	Thailand	2 - 2 (5 pen 3)	Cambodia

Final

19 May 1972
	Iran	2 - 1 ot	Republic of Korea

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 4
  • Number of rounds : 6
  • Matches : 13
  • Home victories : 7 (54 %)
  • Away victories : 5 (38 %)
  • Drawn matches : 1 (8 %)

  • Best round in goals : 1st (31 goals)
  • Average of goals per match : 2.92
  • Goals scored average at home : 1.85
  • Goals scored average: away games : 1.08
  • Total number of goals : 38
  • Average goals per round : 6.33
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	Iran	5
  2	Kuwait	2
  3	Republic of Korea	2
  4	Cambodia	1
  5	Iraq	1
  6	Thailand	1

  Drawn matches

  1	Iraq	1
  2	Thailand	1
  3	Cambodia	0
  4	Iran	0
  5	Kuwait	0
  6	Republic of Korea	0

  Losses

  1	Cambodia	4
  2	Republic of Korea	3
  3	Thailand	3
  4	Iraq	1
  5	Kuwait	1
  6	Iran	0

• Game/match scores
  
  

  2-1	2	15 %	1-1	2	15 %	4-1	1	8 %
  4-0	1	8 %	3-0	1	8 %	2-3	1	8 %
  2-2	1	8 %	2-0	1	8 %	1-2	1	8 %
  0-2	1	8 %	0-0	1	8 %

Asian Cup 1972 - Participating teams

Cambodia

Iran

Iraq

Kuwait

Republic of Korea

Thailand

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