Football at the 1978 Asian Games

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

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	North Korea (PRK)	Shared gold	China (CHN)
	South Korea (KOR)

Draw

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

Group A

• Malaysia
• Bangladesh
• India

Group B

• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Iraq
• China

Group C

• South Korea
• Bahrain
• Kuwait
• Japan

Group D

• North Korea
• Thailand
• Burma

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1978 Asian Games – Squads

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Iraq v Qatar

10 December

Iraq	2–1	Qatar

Bangkok

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China v Saudi Arabia

10 December

China	1–0	Saudi Arabia

Bangkok

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Qatar v Saudi Arabia

12 December

Qatar	2–2	Saudi Arabia

Bangkok

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China v Iraq

12 December

China	0–2	Iraq

Bangkok

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China v Qatar

14 December

China	3–0	Qatar

Bangkok

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Iraq v Saudi Arabia

14 December

Iraq	1–1	Saudi Arabia

Bangkok

Group B

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

Burma v North Korea

11 December

Burma	0–3	North Korea

Bangkok

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Burma v Thailand

13 December

Burma	1–2	Thailand

Bangkok

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North Korea v Thailand

15 December

North Korea	3–0	Thailand

Bangkok

Group C

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

India v Malaysia

10 December

India	0–1	Malaysia

Bangkok

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Bangladesh v Malaysia

12 December

Bangladesh	0–1	Malaysia

Bangkok

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Bangladesh v India

14 December

Bangladesh	0–3	India

Bangkok

Group D

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

Bahrain v South Korea

11 December

Bahrain	1–5	South Korea

Bangkok

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Japan v Kuwait

11 December

Japan	0–2	Kuwait

Bangkok

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Bahrain v Japan

13 December

Bahrain	0–4	Japan

Bangkok

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South Korea v Kuwait

13 December

South Korea	2–0	Kuwait

Bangkok

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Japan v South Korea

15 December

Japan	1–3	South Korea

Bangkok

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Bahrain v Kuwait

15 December

Bahrain	0–3	Kuwait

Bangkok

Semifinals

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

Iraq v North Korea

Iraq	0–1	North Korea

Kuwait v India

Kuwait	6–1	India

North Korea v Kuwait

North Korea	2–2	Kuwait

India v Iraq

India	0–3	Iraq

North Korea v India

North Korea	3–1	India

Iraq v Kuwait

Iraq	3–0	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

China v South Korea

China	0–1	South Korea

Thailand v Malaysia

Thailand	2–1	Malaysia

South Korea v Thailand

South Korea	3–1	Thailand

Malaysia v China

Malaysia	1–7	China

South Korea v Malaysia

South Korea	1–0	Malaysia

China v Thailand

China	4–1	Thailand

Final round

Bronze medal match

Iraq v China

Iraq	0–1	China

Gold medal match

North Korea v South Korea

North Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Title shared

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

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