1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Aryamehr, now Azadi Stadium
hosted the first leg
Iran Ghana
Cancelled
First leg
Iran Ghana
3 0
Date19 May 1978
VenueAryamehr Stadium, Tehran
RefereeAbdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait)
Attendance8,000
Second leg
Ghana Iran
Cancelled
Date1978
VenueAccra Sports Stadium, Accra

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
 Ghana1978 African Cup of Nations championsDebut
 Iran1976 Asian Cup championsDebut

Match details

First leg

Iran 3–0 Ghana
Khani 20'
Khalilian 70'
Mazloumi 75'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Abdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait)
Iran:
GK–Karim Boostani
DF–Mehdi Dinvarzadeh
DF–Kazem Seyed Alikhanidownward-facing red arrow 59'
DF–Mohammad Dadkan
MF–Ahmad Sanjari
MF–Kamal Khalilian
MF–Hossein Hosseini
MF–Majeed Salimpourdownward-facing red arrow 59'
MF–Ali Akbar Yousefi
FW–Moslem Khanidownward-facing red arrow 85'
FW–Parviz Mazloumi
Substitutes:
DF–Habib Khabiri
MF–Mohammad Mayeli Kohanupward-facing green arrow 85'
MF–Mohammad Ahmadzadehupward-facing green arrow 59'
MF–Alireza Heydariupward-facing green arrow 59'
Manager:
Mahmoud Yavari
Ghana:
GK–Joe Carr
DF–Isaac Acquaye
DF–James Dadzie
DF–Awuley Quaye
DF–Haruna Yusifdownward-facing red arrow 74'
MF–Adolf Armah
MF–John Nketia Yawson
MF–Karim Abdul Razak
MF–
FW–Opoku Afriyie
FW–...
Substitutes:
GK–...
DF–Joseph Ofei Ansahupward-facing green arrow 74'
MF–...
FW–...
Manager:
West Germany Rudi Gutendorf

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.
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