Football at the 1978 Asian Games

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

Football at the 1978 Asian Games

Dates	10–20 December
Nations	14

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
Men	South Korea	Shared gold	China

Draw

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Squads

Results

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

12 December

Bangladesh	0–1	Malaysia

14 December

Bangladesh	0–3	India

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'

10 December

China	1–0	Saudi Arabia

12 December

Qatar	2–2	Saudi Arabia

12 December

China	0–2	Iraq
		Saeed 44' 62' (o.g.)

14 December

China	3–0	Qatar

14 December

Iraq	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Ali 40'

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

11 December

Japan	0–2	Kuwait

13 December

Bahrain	0–4	Japan

13 December

South Korea	2–0	Kuwait

15 December

Japan	1–3	South Korea

15 December

Bahrain	0–3	Kuwait

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

13 December

Burma	0–3	North Korea

15 December

North Korea	3–0	Thailand

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

17 December

Iraq	0–1	North Korea

18 December

Iraq	3–0	Kuwait
Mahmoud 40' Saeed 55' Abdul-Sahib 85'

18 December

India	1–3	North Korea

19 December

India	0–3	Iraq
		Mahmoud 20' Shaker 25' Saeed 63'

19 December

North Korea	2–2	Kuwait

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

17 December

Malaysia	1–2	Thailand

18 December

China	4–1	Thailand

18 December

Malaysia	0–1	South Korea

19 December

China	7–1	Malaysia

19 December

South Korea	3–1	Thailand

Bronze medal match

20 December

Iraq	0–1	China

Gold medal match

20 December

North Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	North Korea	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	10
	South Korea	7	6	1	0	15	3	+12	13
	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

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

Events at the 1978 Asian Games (Bangkok)
Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Bowling Boxing Cycling Diving Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Sailing Shooting Swimming Table tennis Tennis Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

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