1978 President Park's Cup Football Tournament

1978 President Park's Cup
Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	9–21 September
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (5th title)
Runners-up	Washington Diplomats
Third place	South Korea B
Fourth place	AS FAR
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	104 (3.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kim Jae-han (6 goals)^[1]
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International football competition

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.

Group stage

Group A

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

9 September 1978

15:30 UTC+9

South Korea	3–2	Washington Diplomats
Kim Jae-han 32', 82' Kim Kang-nam 68'	Report Newscast	Irwin 25' Graydon 48' (pen.)

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

9 September 1978

15:30 UTC+9

Malaysia	2–1	Bahrain
Abdah 32' ? 82'	Report	Salman 34'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

11 September 1978

18:00 UTC+9

Washington Diplomats	3–2	Bahrain
Bakić^[2] ?'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

11 September 1978

19: 45 UTC+9

South Korea	2–2	Malaysia
Kim Jae-han 67', 77'	Report 1 Report 2	Bakri 19' Hamidon^[a] 47'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

^ Korea Football Association documented Reduan Abdullah as Malaysian second goalscorer unlike newspapers of that time.^[3]

13 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

Malaysia	0–2	Washington Diplomats

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

13 September 1978

19:00 UTC+9

South Korea	3–1	Bahrain
Huh Jung-moo 23' Lee Young-moo 28' Kim Sung-nam 64'	Report	I. Farhan 16'

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

Group B

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

11 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

PAS Tehran	2–1	New Zealand
? ?' Hejazi 42'	Report	? ?'

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

11 September 1978

19:00 UTC+9

Eintracht Frankfurt II	1–1	AS FAR

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

13 September 1978

18:00 UTC+9

New Zealand	0–3	AS FAR

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

13 September 1978

19:45 UTC+9

PAS Tehran	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt II

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

15 September 1978

18:00 UTC+9

New Zealand	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt II

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

15 September 1978

19:45 UTC+9

PAS Tehran	2–0	AS FAR

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico XI	2	2	0	9	1	+8	4
United States Olympic^[a]	2	1	1	6	3	+3	2
Lebanon	2	0	2	2	13	−11	0

^ The United States, which was possessing a professional league, could call up non-professional players for the Olympic team until 1980.

10 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

Lebanon	1–7	Mexico XI
Kapila 15'	Report	Morales 20' Sánchez 32' Montes ?', ?', ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

12 September 1978

15:00 UTC+9

Mexico XI	2–0	United States Olympic

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

14 September 1978

19:00 UTC+9

Lebanon	1–6	United States Olympic

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Group D

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

10 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

Indonesia	0–2	Thailand

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

10 September 1978

15:00 UTC+9

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

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

12 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

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

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

12 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

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

Jeonju Sports Complex, Jeonju

14 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

Paulista U21	3–0	Indonesia

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

14 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

South Korea B	4–2	Thailand
Park Min-jae 18', 31', 45' Kim Chang-ho 57'	Report 1 Report 2	Boonlert 14' Thaweerat 40'

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

16 September – Seoul

South Korea	4
		19 September – Seoul
United States Olympic	1
		South Korea	1
17 September – Seoul
		South Korea B	0
PAS Tehran	1
				21 September – Seoul
South Korea B	2
				South Korea	6
16 September – Seoul
				Washington Diplomats	2
Mexico XI	0
		19 September – Seoul
Washington Diplomats	3
		Washington Diplomats	3
17 September – Seoul
		AS FAR	1	Third place play-off
Paulista U21	0
				21 September – Seoul
AS FAR	1
				South Korea B	2

				AS FAR	1

Quarter-finals

16 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

Mexico XI	0–3	Washington Diplomats
	Report	Child ?', ?' Bakić ?'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

16 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

South Korea	4–1	United States Olympic
Cha Bum-kun 46', 68' Kim Kang-nam 57', 59'	Report	Garcia 19'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

17 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

PAS Tehran	1–2	South Korea B
Fariba 38'	Report	Oh Seok-jae 14' Park Chang-sun 83'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

17 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

Paulista U21	0–1	AS FAR
	Report	Larbi 71'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Semi-finals

19 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

South Korea	1–0	South Korea B
Kim Jae-han 26'	Report

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

19 September 1978

18:45 UTC+9

Washington Diplomats	3–1	AS FAR
Child 55', 86' Graydon 89'	Report	Driss 29' (pen.)

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Third place play-off

21 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

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

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Final

21 September 1978

18:45 UTC+9

South Korea	6–2	Washington Diplomats
Cho Kwang-rae 1' Huh Jung-moo 16' Kim Kang-nam 29' Kim Jae-han 48' Park Sang-in 67' Shin Hyun-ho 75'	Report Newscast	Bakić 53' Stokes 89'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

References

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