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The Asian Football Confederation's '1968 AFC Asian Cup' finals were held in Iran between May 10 and May 19.
The final tournament was organised on a round robin basis, and host country Iran won with a perfect record of four wins.

Contents

Qualification

Qualifying Rounds

Group 1

Results

Group 2

Results

Group 3

Results

Final Tournament

Final Results

Result

Qualification

★ Iran qualified automatically as hosts

★ Israel qualified automatically as defending champions
The other 3 qualifying teams were:

★ Burma

★ Hong Kong

★ Taiwan

Qualifying Rounds

Group 1

All matches held in Burma
November 12, 1967

'Burma'

'2 - 0'

India

November 13, 1967

'Cambodia'

'1 - 0'

Pakistan

November 15, 1967

Pakistan

'1 - 1'

India

November 16, 1967

'Burma'

'1 - 0'

Cambodia

November 18, 1967

'Cambodia'

'3 - 1'

India

November 19, 1967

'Burma'

'2 - 0'

Pakistan

Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Burma	3	3	0	0	5	0	'6'
Cambodia	3	2	0	1	4	2	'4'
Pakistan	3	0	1	2	1	4	'1'
India	3	0	1	2	2	6	'1'

''Burma qualified from group 1.''

Group 2

All matches held in Hong Kong
March 22, 1967

'Hong Kong'

'2 - 0'

Rep. of Vietnam

March 24, 1967

Malaysia

'1 - 1'

Singapore

Thailand

'0 - 1'

'Rep. of Vietnam'

March 26, 1967

'Thailand'

'4 - 1'

Singapore

'Hong Kong'

'3 - 1'

Malaysia

March 29, 1967

Rep. of Vietnam

'0 - 2'

'Malaysia'

'Hong Kong'

'2 - 0'

Singapore

March 31, 1967

'Thailand'

'1 - 0'

Malaysia

April 2, 1967

'Hong Kong'

'2 - 0'

Thailand

'Rep. of Vietnam'

'3 - 0'

Singapore

Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	4	4	0	0	9	1	'8'
	4	2	0	2	5	4	'4'
	4	2	0	2	5	4	'4'
	4	1	1	2	4	5	'3'
	4	0	1	3	2	10	'1'

''Hong Kong qualified from group 2.''

Group 3

All matches held in Hong Kong
July 27, 1967

Taiwan

'2 - 2'

Japan

Rep. of Korea

'1 - 1'

Indonesia

August 1, 1967

'Taiwan'

'9 - 0'

Philippines

'Japan'

'2 - 1'

Rep. of Korea

August 3, 1967

'Taiwan'

'3 - 2'

Indonesia

'Japan'

'2 - 0'

Philippines

August 5, 1967

'Japan'

'2 - 1'

Indonesia

'Rep. of Korea'

'7 - 0'

Philippines

August 7, 1967

'Taiwan'

'1 - 0'

Rep. of Korea

'Indonesia'

'6 - 0'

Philippines

Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	4	3	1	0	15	4	'7'
	4	3	1	0	8	4	'7'
	4	1	1	2	9	4	'3'
	4	1	1	2	10	6	'3'
	4	0	0	4	0	24	'0'

''Taiwan qualified from group 3.''

Final Tournament

May 10

'Burma'

'2 - 0'

Hong Kong

'Iran'

'4 - 0'

Taiwan

May 12

Burma

'1 - 1'

Taiwan

'Israel'

'6 - 1'

Hong Kong

May 14

'Burma'

'1 - 0'

Israel

'Iran'

'2 - 0'

Hong Kong

May 16

'Iran'

'3 - 1'

Burma

May 17

'Israel'

'4 - 1'

Taiwan

May 19

'Iran'

'2 - 1'

Israel

Taiwan

'1 - 1'

Hong Kong

Final Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Iran	4	4	0	0	11	2	'8'
Burma	4	2	1	1	5	4	'5'
Israel	4	2	0	2	11	5	'4'
Taiwan	4	0	2	2	3	10	'2'
Hong Kong	4	0	1	3	2	11	'1'

Result

'AFC Asian Cup 1968 Winners' 'Iran' '1st Title'