1980 AFC Asian Cup
The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation. The finals were hosted by Kuwait between 15 and 30 September 1980. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five. Kuwait won their first championship, beating Korea Republic in the final 3–0.
Qualification
- qualified automatically as host
- qualified automatically as defending champions
Venues
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1980 AFC Asian Cup squads.Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
----Third place play-off
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
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- Abdolreza Barzegari
- Hamid Alidousti
- Saad Al-Houti
- Tukamin Bahari
- Zulkifli Hamzah
- Choi Jae-pil
- Kim Bok-man
- Pak Jong-hun
- Mansoor Muftah
- Jamal Keshek
- Ahmed Chombi
- Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu
- Kazi Salahuddin
- Chen Jingang
- Li Fubao
- Hassan Roshan
- Iraj Danaeifard
- Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
- Fathi Kameel
- Abdah Alif
- Hwang Sang-hoi
- Kim Jong-man
- Hwang Seok-keun
- Lee Jung-il
- Jawdat Suleiman
- Ghanem Al-Hajri
Awards
- Choi Soon-ho
- Behtash Fariba
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
 Nasser Hejazi |  Naeem Saad Soh Chin Aun Mahboub Juma'a Mehdi Dinvarzadeh | Abdolreza Barzegari Saad Al-Houti Lee Young-moo | Choi Soon-ho Faisal Al-Dakhil Jasem Yaqoub |