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The 1976 AFC Asian Cup Final was a football match which determined the winner of the 1976 AFC Asian Cup, the 6th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of the Asian Football Confederation.^[2] The match was won by Iran, defeating Kuwait 1–0 to win their third AFC Asian Cup.

Venue

The Aryamehr Stadium (now Azadi Stadium), located in Tehran, Iran, hosted the 1976 AFC Asian Cup Final. The 78,116-seat stadium was built in 1971 and is primarily used by the Iran national football team. It was the main stadium used to host the 1976 Asian Cup; seven matches were played in the stadium including the final.

Route to the final

Iran		Round	Kuwait
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Iraq	2–0	Match 1	Malaysia	2–0
South Yemen	8–0	Match 2	China	1–0
Group B winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Iran (H) 2 4 2  Iraq 2 2 3  South Yemen 2 0 Source: RSSSF (H) Hosts		Final standings	Group A winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Kuwait 2 4 2  China 2 1 3  Malaysia 2 1 Source: RSSSF
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
China	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Semi-finals	Iraq	3–2 (a.e.t.)

Match

13 June 1976

Iran	1–0	Kuwait
Parvin 71'	Report

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 100,000^[3]

Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

GK Mansour Rashidi RB Hassan Nazari CB Bijan Zolfagharnasab CB Nasrollah Abdollahi LB Andranik Eskandarian RM Ali Parvin CM Parviz Ghelichkhani capt CM Ebrahim Qasempour LM Alireza Khorshidi CF Nasser Nouraei  55' CF Hassan Rowshan Substitutions: MF Gholam Hossein Mazloumi  55' Manager: Heshmat Mohajerani

GK Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi RB Saleh Al-Asfour CB Abdullah Mayouf CB Mahboub Juma'a LB Ibrahim Al-Dourahim    capt CM Faruq Ibrahim CM Saad Al-Houti CM Hamad Bu-Hamad RW Fathi Kameel CF Faisal Al-Dakhil LW Mohammed Abdullah Manager: Mario Zagallo

References

External links

• Official website