The Asian Football Confederation's Asian Cup 1968 finals were held in Iran between May 10 and May 19.

The final tournament was held once by the game round robin system, and host country Iran was won in a complete victory.

Qualification

• Iran qualified automatically as host
• Israel qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 3 qualifying teams were:

• Burma
• Hong Kong
• Taiwan

Qualifying Rounds

Group 1

All mutches held in Burma

November 12, 1967

November 13, 1967

November 15, 1967

November 16, 1967

November 18, 1967

November 19, 1967

Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Burma	3	3	0	0	5	0	6
Cambodia	3	2	0	1	4	2	4
Pakistan	3	0	1	2	1	4	1
Hong Kong March 22, 1967 Hong Kong 2 _ 0 Rep. of Vietnam March 24, 1967 Malaysia 1 _ 1 Singapore Thailand 0 _ 1 Rep. of Vietnam March 26, 1967 Thailand 4 _ 1 Singapore Hong Kong 3 _ 1 Malaysia March 29, 1967 Rep. of Vietnam 0 _ 2 Malaysia Hong Kong 2 _ 0 Singapore March 31, 1967 Thailand 1 _ 0 Malaysia April 2, 1967 Hong Kong 2 _ 0 Thailand Rep. of Vietnam 3 _ 0 Singapore Results 　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts Hong Kong 4 4 0 0 9 1 8 Thailand 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 Rep. of Vietnam 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 Malaysia 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 Hong Kong July 27, 1967 Taiwan 2 _ 2 Japan Rep. of Korea 1 _ 1 Indonesia August 1, 1967 Taiwan 9 _ 0 Philippines Japan 2 _ 1 Rep. of Korea August 3, 1967 Taiwan 3 _ 2 Indonesia Japan 2 _ 0 Philippines August 5, 1967 Japan 2 _ 1 Indonesia Rep. of Korea 7 _ 0 Philippines August 7, 1967 Taiwan 1 _ 0 Rep. of Korea Indonesia 6 _ 0 Philippines Results 　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts Taiwan 4 3 1 0 15 4 7 Japan 4 3 1 0 8 4 7 Rep. of Korea 4 1 1 2 9 4 3 Indonesia 4 1 1 2 10 6 3 Philippines 4 0 0 4 0 24 0 Taiwan qualified group 3. Final Tournament May 10 Burma 2 _ 0 Hong Kong Iran 4 _ 0 Taiwan May 12 Burma 1 _ 1 Taiwan Israel 6 _ 1 Hong Kong May 14 Burma 1 _ 0 Israel Iran 2 _ 0 Hong Kong May 16 Iran 3 _ 1 Burma May 17 Israel 4 _ 1 Taiwan May 19 Iran 2 _ 1 Israel Taiwan 1 _ 1 Hong Kong Final Results 　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts Iran 4 4 0 0 11 2 8 Burma 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 Israel 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 Taiwan 4 0 2 2 3 10 2 Hong Kong 4 0 1 3 2 11 1 Asian Cup 1968 Champions: Iran AFC Asian Cup Hong Kong 1956 | Israel 1964 | Iran 1968 | Thailand 1972 Iran 1976 | Singapore 1984 | Qatar 1988 | Japan 1992 U.A.E. 1996 | China 2004 | Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam 2007 International Football FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF _ African Nations Cup South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship Categories: Asian Cup | 1968 in sports | Iranian sport   Results from FactBites:   Wikipedia search result (549 words) The AFC runs the Asian Cup, a competition for the national football teams of Asia held every four years, as well as the Asian World Cup Qualifying Tournament and the AFC Challenge Cup. (An Asian Super Cup competition between the winners of these two major tournaments ended with the birth of the AFC Champions League.) The other competitions branched off this in 2004 when the 'Vision Asia' blueprint for development was launched. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) is the section of the AFC who manage women's football in Asia.   More results at FactBites »