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 (AFC). 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 South Korea in the final 3–0. Qualification Venues Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1980 AFC Asian Cup squads. Group stage Group A Group B Knockout stage Semi-finals Third place play-off Final Statistics Goalscorers 7 goals Choi Soon-ho Behtash Fariba 5 goals Faisal Al-Dakhil 4 goals Jasem Yaqoub Xu Yonglai 3 goals Shen Xiangfu Hossein Faraki Chung Hae-won 2 goals 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 1 goal 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 Top scorer Choi Soon-ho Behtash Fariba Team of the Tournament Final standings References External links South Korea International Matches Kuwait Football Association All-Star Team New Straits Times, 2 October 1980, Page 27 Details at RSSSF AFC AFC Asian Cup tournaments International association football competitions hosted by Kuwait AFC Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup