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

The final tournament was organised on a round robin basis, and host country Iran won with a perfect record of four wins.

Qualification

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

The other 3 qualifying teams were:

• Burma
• Hong Kong
• Taiwan

Qualifying Rounds

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Group 1

All matches held in Burma

November 12, 1967

BurmaIndia

2 - 0

November 13, 1967

CambodiaPakistan

1 - 0

November 15, 1967

PakistanIndia

1 - 1

November 16, 1967

BurmaCambodia

1 - 0

November 18, 1967

CambodiaIndia

3 - 1

November 19, 1967

BurmaPakistan

2 - 0

Results

BurmaCambodiaPakistanIndia

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
3	3			5		6
3	2		1	4	2	4
3		1	2	1	4	1
3		1	2	2	6	1

Burma qualified from group 1.

Group 2

All matches held in Hong Kong

March 22, 1967

Hong KongRep. of Vietnam

2 - 0

March 24, 1967

MalaysiaSingapore

1 - 1

ThailandRep. of Vietnam

0 - 1

March 26, 1967

ThailandSingapore

4 - 1

Hong KongMalaysia

3 - 1

March 29, 1967

Rep. of VietnamMalaysia

0 - 2

Hong KongSingapore

2 - 0

March 31, 1967

ThailandMalaysia

1 - 0

April 2, 1967

Hong KongThailand

2 - 0

Rep. of VietnamSingapore

3 - 0

Results

Hong KongThailandRep. of VietnamMalaysiaSingapore

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
4	4			9	1	8
4	2		2	5	4	4
4	2		2	5	4	4
4	1	1	2	4	5	3
4		1	3	2	10	1

Hong Kong qualified from group 2.

Group 3

All matches held in Hong Kong

July 27, 1967

TaiwanJapan

2 - 2

Rep. of KoreaIndonesia

1 - 1

August 1, 1967

TaiwanPhilippines

9 - 0

JapanRep. of Korea

2 - 1

August 3, 1967

TaiwanIndonesia

3 - 2

JapanPhilippines

2 - 0

August 5, 1967

JapanIndonesia

2 - 1

Rep. of KoreaPhilippines

7 - 0

August 7, 1967

TaiwanRep. of Korea

1 - 0

IndonesiaPhilippines

6 - 0

Results

TaiwanJapanRep. of KoreaIndonesiaPhilippines

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
4	3	1		15	4	7
4	3	1		8	4	7
4	1	1	2	9	4	3
4	1	1	2	10	6	3
4			4		24	0

Taiwan qualified from group 3.

Final Tournament

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May 10 BurmaHong Kong

2 - 0

IranTaiwan

4 - 0

May 12

BurmaTaiwan

1 - 1

IsraelHong Kong

6 - 1

May 14

BurmaIsrael

1 - 0

IranHong Kong

2 - 0

May 16

IranBurma

3 - 1

May 17

IsraelTaiwan

4 - 1

May 19

IranIsrael

2 - 1

TaiwanHong Kong

1 - 1

Final Results

IranBurmaIsraelTaiwanHong Kong

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
4	4			11	2	8
4	2	1	1	5	4	5
4	2		2	11	5	4
4		2	2	3	10	2
4		1	3	2	11	1

Iran

Asian Cup 1968 Champions:

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