Unofficial ranking AFC Asian Cup-1980 (Kuwait)
The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was held in Kuwait with 10 teams. Kuwait won the tournament, beating Korea Republic in the final 3:0. Korea Republic finished second, Iran third and Korea DPR fourth. Below you will find the final order of the teams, the group tables, the knockout bracket and the rating points every team received.
| # | Team | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kuwait ★ 1 1 | AFC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 000 |
| 2 |  Korea Republic ★★ 4 4 | AFC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 950 |
| 3 |  Iran ★★★ 6 | AFC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 900 |
| 4 |  Korea DPR | AFC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 6 | 3 850 |
| 5 |  Syria | AFC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 800 |
| 6 |  Malaysia | AFC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 780 |
| 7 |  China PR 2 2 | AFC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 760 |
| 8 |  Qatar ★★ | AFC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 | 3 740 |
| 9 |  United Arab Emirates 1 1 | AFC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 1 | 3 690 |
| 10 |  Bangladesh | AFC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -15 | 0 | 3 670 |