Football at the 1978 Asian Games

1978 Football at the Asian Games was held in Bangkok from 10 to 20 December.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	4
India	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	2
Bangladesh	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
China	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4
Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
Qatar	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	6
Kuwait	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	2
Bahrain	3	0	0	3	1	12	-11	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	4
Thailand	2	1	0	1	2	4	-2	2
Myanmar	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0

Semifinals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
Iraq	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	4
Kuwait	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	3
India	3	0	0	3	2	12	-10	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	6
China	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	4
Thailand	3	1	0	2	4	8	-4	2
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	2	10	-8	0

Final round

Bronze medal match

20 December

Iraq	0–1	China

Bangkok

Gold medal match

20 December

North Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea

Bangkok