1978 President Park's Cup Football Tournament

The 1978 President Park's Cup Football Tournament (Korean: 제8회 박대통령컵 쟁탈 국제축구대회) was the eighth competition of Korea Cup. It was held from 9 to 21 September 1978, and was won by South Korea for the fifth time, who defeated Washington Diplomats in the final.

1978 President Park's Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
Dates9–21 September
Teams15
Final positions
Champions South Korea (5th title)
Runners-upUnited States Washington Diplomats
Third placeSouth Korea South Korea B
Fourth placeMorocco AS FAR
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored104 (3.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Kim Jae-han (6 goals)[1]
1977
1979

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 5
  Washington Diplomats 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 4
  Malaysia 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 3
  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 4 8 −4 0
South Korea  3–2  Washington Diplomats
Report
Newscast

Malaysia  2–1  Bahrain
Report Salman   34'


South Korea  2–2  Malaysia
Kim Jae-han   67', 77' Report 1
Report 2
  1. ^ Korea Football Association documented Reduan Abdullah as Malaysian second goalscorer unlike newspapers of that time.[3]


South Korea  3–1  Bahrain
Report I. Farhan   16'

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  PAS Tehran 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6
  AS FAR 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
  Eintracht Frankfurt II 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
PAS Tehran  2–1  New Zealand
  • ?   ?'
  • Hejazi   42'
Report ?   ?'


New Zealand  0–3  AS FAR



PAS Tehran  2–0  AS FAR

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mexico XI 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 4
  United States Olympic[a] 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 2
  Lebanon 2 0 0 2 2 13 −11 0
  1. ^ The United States, which was possessing a professional league, could call up non-professional players for the Olympic team until 1980.
Lebanon  1–7  Mexico XI
Kapila   15' Report
  • Morales   20'
  • Sánchez   32'
  • Montes   ?', ?', ?'
  • ?   ?'
  • ?   ?'

Mexico XI  2–0  United States Olympic

Lebanon  1–6  United States Olympic

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Paulista U21 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 6
  South Korea B 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 3
  Thailand 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 2
  Indonesia 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Indonesia  0–2  Thailand

South Korea B  0–4  Paulista U21
Report
  • Ricardo   4'
  • Carlos Roberto   44', 88'
  • Taddei   58'

Paulista U21  2–0  Thailand
  • Carlos Roberto   31'
  • Taddei   39'
Report

South Korea B  1–1  Indonesia
Park Chang-sun   14' Report Ismanto   28'


South Korea B  4–2  Thailand
Report 1
Report 2

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 September – Seoul
 
 
  South Korea4
 
19 September – Seoul
 
  United States Olympic1
 
  South Korea1
 
17 September – Seoul
 
  South Korea B0
 
  PAS Tehran1
 
21 September – Seoul
 
  South Korea B2
 
  South Korea6
 
16 September – Seoul
 
  Washington Diplomats2
 
  Mexico XI0
 
19 September – Seoul
 
  Washington Diplomats 3
 
  Washington Diplomats3
 
17 September – Seoul
 
  AS FAR1 Third place play-off
 
  Paulista U210
 
21 September – Seoul
 
  AS FAR1
 
  South Korea B2
 
 
  AS FAR1
 

Quarter-finals edit

Mexico XI  0–3  Washington Diplomats
Report

South Korea  4–1  United States Olympic
Report Garcia   19'


Paulista U21  0–1  AS FAR
Report Larbi   71'

Semi-finals edit


Washington Diplomats  3–1  AS FAR
Report Driss   29' (pen.)

Third place play-off edit

South Korea B  2–1  AS FAR
Park Chang-sun   10', 73' Report
Newscast
Mustapha   47'

Final edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 박대통령배 축구 필사의 대결 화랑·미국프로. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 21 September 1978. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. ^ 미국팀 골게터「바시스」는 유고출신. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 12 September 1978. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Match results - 1978" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

External links edit