1972 AFC Asian Cup

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The 1972 AFC Asian Cup was the 5th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), that was hosted in Thailand. The finals were held in Thailand between 7 May and 19 May 1972. It was won by Iran.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Qualification

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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Thailand	shortname alias = Thailand	flag alias = Flag of Thailand.svg	flag alias-1767 = Flag of Thailand (Ayutthaya period).svg	flag alias-1782 = Flag of Thailand (1782).svg	flag alias-1817 = Flag of Thailand (1817).svg	flag alias-1855 = Flag of Thailand 1855.svg	flag alias-1893 = State Flag of Thailand (1916).svg	flag alias-1916 = Flag of Siam (1916).svg	flag alias-marines=Flag of the Royal Thai Marine Corps.svg	link alias-marines=Royal Thai Marine Corps	border-marines=	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Thailand.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Thai Navy	flag alias-navy = Flag of the Royal Thai Navy.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Thai Navy	flag alias-military=Flag of the Royal Thai Armed Forces HQ.svg	link alias-military=Royal Thai Armed Forces	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Royal Thai Air Force.svg	link alias-air force = Royal Thai Air Force	flag alias-army= Flag of the Royal Thai Army.svg	link alias-army=Royal Thai Army	flag alias-sanctionedFB = THA AFF 2020.png	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = 1964 }}Template:Refn\|\| Script error: No such module "sort". and Script error: No such module "sort".\|\| 30 May 1971 \|\| 0 (debut)
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Iran	flag alias = Flag of Iran.svg	flag alias-official = Flag of Iran (official).svg	flag alias-1502 = Flag of Persia (1502-1524).svg	flag alias-1576 = Safavid Flag.svg	flag alias-1665 = Flag of Persia (1665).svg	flag alias-1736 = Nadir Shah Flag.svg	flag alias-1760 = Zand Dynasty flag.svg	border-1760 =	flag alias-1796 = Qajar Naval Ensign.svg	flag alias-1849 = Amir Kabir Flag.svg	flag alias-1907 = Flag of Persia (1907).svg	flag alias-1910 = Flag of Persia (1910-1925).svg	flag alias-1925 = State Flag of Iran (1925).svg	flag alias-1964 = State Flag of Iran (1964).svg	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.svg	link alias-air force = Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force	flag alias-army = Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces.svg	link alias-army = Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces	flag alias-navy = Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.svg	link alias-navy = Islamic Republic of Iran Navy	link alias-naval = Islamic Republic of Iran Navy	flag alias-military = Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army.svg	link alias-military = Islamic Republic of Iran Army	flag alias-coast guard = Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg	link alias-coast guard = Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = 1964	related1 = Persia	related2 = Pahlavi Iran	related3 = Qajar Iran }} \|\| Script error: No such module "sort". \|\| 19 May 1968 \|\| Script error: No such module "sort".
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Cambodia	flag alias = Flag of Cambodia.svg	flag alias-1863 = Flag of Cambodia (1863–1948).svg	flag alias-1942 = Flag of Cambodia under Japanese occupation.svg	flag alias-1970 = Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg	flag alias-1975 = Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.svg	flag alias-1979 = Flag of the People's Republic of Kampuchea.svg	flag alias-1989 = Flag of the State of Cambodia.svg	flag alias-1992 = Flag of Cambodia under UNTAC.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Cambodian Navy	link alias-air force = Royal Cambodian Air Force	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Royal Cambodian Air Force.svg	link alias-army = Royal Cambodian Army	link alias-navy = Royal Cambodian Navy	link alias-military = Royal Cambodian Armed Forces	flag alias-military = Flag of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.svg	size =	name = Khmer Republic	altlink = national football team	variant = 1970 }} \|\| Script error: No such module "sort". \|\| 30 May 1971 \|\| 0 (debut)
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = South Korea	flag alias = Flag of South Korea.svg	flag alias-1945 = Flag of South Korea (1945–1948).svg	flag alias-1948 = Flag of South Korea (1948–1949).svg	flag alias-1949 = Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg	flag alias-1984 = Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg	flag alias-1997 = Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg	flag alias-army = Flag of the Republic of Korea Army.svg	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Republic of Korea Air Force.svg	link alias-army = Republic of Korea Army	flag alias-naval = Flag of the Republic of Korea Navy.svg	link alias-naval = Republic of Korea Navy	link alias-air force = Republic of Korea Air Force	flag alias-marines = Flag of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps.svg	link alias-marines = Republic of Korea Marine Corps	link alias-navy = Republic of Korea Navy	flag alias-navy = Flag of the Republic of Korea Navy.svg	flag alias-military = Flag of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.svg	link alias-military = Republic of Korea Armed Forces	flag alias-coast guard = Flag of the Korean Coast Guard.svg	link alias-coast guard = Korea Coast Guard	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = 1949 }} \|\| Script error: No such module "sort". \|\| 1971 \|\| Script error: No such module "sort".
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Iraq	flag alias = Flag of Iraq.svg	flag alias-1921 = Flag of the Arab Federation.svg	flag alias-1924 = Flag of Iraq (1924–1959).svg	flag alias-1958 = Flag of the Arab Federation.svg	flag alias-1959 = Flag of Iraq (1959–1963).svg	flag alias-1963 = Flag of Iraq (1963–1991); Flag of Syria (1963–1972).svg	flag alias-1991 = Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg	flag alias-2004 = Flag of Iraq (2004–2008).svg	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Iraqi Air Force.svg	link alias-air force = Iraqi Air Force	flag alias-army = Flag of the Iraqi Ground Forces.svg	link alias-army = Iraqi Ground Forces	flag alias-navy=Flag of the Iraqi Navy.svg	link alias-naval = Iraqi Navy	link alias-navy = Iraqi Navy	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = 1963 }} \|\| Script error: No such module "sort". \|\| 22 December 1971 \|\| 0 (debut)
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Kuwait	flag alias = Flag of Kuwait.svg	flag alias-1844 = Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922).svg	flag alias-1914 = Flag of Kuwait (1914-1921).svg	flag alias-1921 = Flag of Kuwait (1921-1940).svg	flag alias-1940 = Flag of Kuwait (1940-1961).svg	flag alias-naval-1956 = Maritime Ensign of Kuwait 1956-1961.svg	flag alias-republic-1990 = Flag of Kuwait.svg	size =	name =	altvar = football	altlink = national football team	variant = }} \|\| Script error: No such module "sort". \|\| 21 December 1971 \|\| 0 (debut)

Squads

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