= AFC Asian Cup 1972

# Date       Sun May 7 - Fri May 19 1972 (12d)
# Teams      6
# Matches    13


▪ Group A
Tue May 9
  Iran                   3-0 Iraq                     @ Bangkok, Thailand
     (Hossein Kalani 34',70',78')
Thu May 11
  Thailand               1-1 Iraq                     @ Bangkok, Thailand
     (Supakit Meelarpkit 57';
      Ammo Yousif 6')
Sat May 13
  Thailand               2-3 Iran                     @ Bangkok, Thailand
     (Prapon Tantariyanond 69',70';
      Ali Jabbari 80',86',88')

▪ Group B
Wed May 10
  Cambodia               1-4 South Korea              @ Bangkok, Thailand
     (Doeur Sokhom 82';
      Park Su-deok 37' Lee Hoi-taek 59' Cha Bum-kun 69' Park Lee-chun 78')
Fri May 12
  South Korea            1-2 Kuwait                   @ Bangkok, Thailand
     (Park Lee-chun 2'(p);
      Mohammad Sultan 25' Ibrahim Al Duraihem 73')
Sun May 14
  Cambodia               4-0 Kuwait                   @ Bangkok, Thailand
     (Doeur Sokhom 23' Sok Sun Hean 56' Tes Sean 59' Sea Cheng Eang 80')

▪ Group allocation match
Sun May 7
  Iran                   2-0 Cambodia                 @ Bangkok, Thailand
     (Hossein Kalani 45' Safar Iranpak 51')
  South Korea            0-0 Iraq                     @ Bangkok, Thailand   [Iraq wins on penalties]
Mon May 8
  Thailand               0-2 Kuwait                   @ Bangkok, Thailand
     (Jawad Khalaf 42' Fayez Marzouq 87')

▪ Semi-final
Tue May 16
  Iran                   2-1 Cambodia                 @ Bangkok, Thailand
     (Safar Iranpak 13' Parviz Ghelichkhani 47';
      Doeur Sokhom 18')
Wed May 17
  Thailand               1-1 South Korea              @ Bangkok, Thailand   [South Korea wins on penalties]
     (Prapon Tantariyanond 98';
      Park Lee-chun 115')

▪ Final
Fri May 19
  Iran                   2-1 South Korea              @ Bangkok, Thailand
     (Ali Jabbari 48' Hossein Kalani 108';
      Park Lee-chun 65')

▪ Third place playoff
Fri May 19
  Thailand               2-2 Cambodia                 @ Bangkok, Thailand   [Thailand wins on penalties]
     (Ich Narding 6',90';
      Tol Kimchi 44',49')