1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

First edition of the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations Azadi Stadirm Exterior view West side.jpg Aryamehr, now Azadi Stadiumhosted the first leg Iran IRN 1964 30px Ghana GHA 30px Cancelled First leg 3 0 19 May 1978 Aryamehr Stadium Tehran Abdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait) Second leg Cancelled 1978 Accra Sports Stadium Accra 1985 The 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations was the first edition of the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, it was contested by Ghana, winners of the 1978 African Cup of Nations, and Iran, winners of the 1976 AFC Asian Cup. The tournament planned to be played into two legs. The first leg was played in Tehran and Iran beat Ghana 3–0. However the second leg which was to be played in Accra was cancelled due to the Iranian Revolution.https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1195483/%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B0%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7 بهترین نتایج تاریخ تیم‌ملی با ذخیره‌ها varzesh3.com 6 January 2015 Qualified teams CountryQualified as Previous appearance in tournament GHA 1978 African Cup of Nations champions Debut IRN 1964 1976 Asian Cup champions Debut Match details First leg 19 May 1978 --:-- 3:30 IRN 1964 3–0 GHA Khani 20Khalilian 70Mazloumi 75 8,000 Abdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait) Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Report Iran: GK – Karim BoostaniDF – Mehdi Dinvarzadeh DF – Kazem Seyed Alikhani 59DF – Mohammad DadkanMF – Ahmad SanjariMF – Kamal KhalilianMF – Hossein Hosseini MF – Majeed Salimpour 59MF– Ali Akbar YousefiFW – Moslem Khani 85FW – Parviz MazloumiSubstitutes:DF – Habib KhabiriMF – Mohammad Mayeli Kohan 85MF – Mohammad Ahmadzadeh 59MF – Alireza Heydari 59Manager: Mahmoud YavariGhana: GK – Joe CarrDF – Isaac AcquayeDF – James DadzieDF – Awuley Quaye DF – Haruna Yusif 74MF – Adolf ArmahMF – John Nketia YawsonMF – Karim Abdul RazakMF – FW – Opoku AfriyieFW – ...Substitutes:GK – ...DF – Joseph Ofei Ansah 74MF – ...FW – ...Manager:FRG Rudi Gutendorf Second leg GHA Cancelled IRN 1964 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra The trophy was not awarded, because the second leg was cancelled. References External links 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations - rsssf.com 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations - teammelli.com 1978 Category:1978 in African men's international football Category:1978 in Asian men's international football Category:1977–78 in Iranian football Category:1978 in Ghanaian sport 1978 1978 Category:May 1978 sports events in Asia Category:May 1978 in Iran Category:1970s in Tehran 1978 Category:Cancelled association football competitions