1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Aryamehr, now Azadi Stadium
hosted the first leg
Cancelled
First leg
Date19 May 1978
VenueAryamehr Stadium, Tehran
RefereeAbdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait)
Attendance8,000
Second leg
Cancelled
Date1978
VenueAccra Sports Stadium, Accra
1985

The 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations was the first edition of the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, it was contested by Ghana, winners of the 1978 African Cup of Nations, and Iran, winners of the 1976 AFC Asian Cup. The tournament planned to be played into two legs. The first leg was played in Tehran and Iran beat Ghana 3–0. However the second leg which was to be played in Accra was cancelled due to the Iranian Revolution.[1]

Qualified teams

Country Qualified as Previous appearance in tournament
 Ghana 1978 African Cup of Nations champions Debut
 Iran 1976 Asian Cup champions Debut

Match details

First leg

Iran 3–0 Ghana
Ghelichkhani
Khalilian
Mazloomi
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Abdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait)
Iran:
GK Karim Boostani
DF Mehdi Dinvarzadeh downward-facing red arrow3
DF Kazem Seyed Alikhani
DF Mohammad Dadkan
MF Ahmad Sanjari downward-facing red arrow1
MF Kamal Khalilian
MF Hossein Hosseini downward-facing red arrow2
MF Majeed Salimpour
MF Ali Akbar Yousefi
FW Parviz Ghelichkhani
FW Gholam Hossein Mazloomi
Substitutes:
DF Habib Khabiri
MF Mohammad Mayeli Kohan upward-facing green arrow3
MF Mohammad Ahmadzadeh upward-facing green arrow1
MF Alireza Heydari upward-facing green arrow2
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Second leg

The trophy was not awarded, because the second leg was cancelled.

References

  1. ^ "بهترین نتایج تاریخ تیم‌ملی با ذخیره‌ها". varzesh3.com. 6 January 2015.