| 15.05.1973 | Tehran | Amjadiah Stadium | 22 362 |
| Syria | 1:0(0:0) | Iran |
| Saboonchi Goerge, Toghly Mahmoud, Nafe'a Mohamed, Darwish Hussain, Serryah Farooq, Kaskin Shakir, Saeed Samir, Harb Abdul Hafidh, Tatish Abdul Ghani, Qotouk Adham, Shahrestani Joseph | Hejazi Nasser, Tabibi Qassim, Kazerani Hussain, Saleemi Nasser, Qleechkhani Parviz, Navin-Rozeghar Abbas, Mojdahi Masood, Lavasani Mehdi, Gurab Javad, Vafakhah Ghulam, Sadeghi Mohamed |
| Coach: | Danny McLennan and Mahmoud Bayati |
| Scorers:11' Tatish Abdul Ghani |   |
| Substitutions:73' in Harrani Dhaheer out Harb Abdul Hafidh | 46' in Parvin Ali out Saleemi Nasser, 57' in Monajati Mehdi out Vafakhah Ghulam |
| Cautions: | Mojdahi Masood, Sadeghi Mohamed |
| Referee:Sarkis Demirdjian (LIB) | Assistant referee:Manit Sridaranop (THA), Henry Er Wee Kiam (MAS) |