1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Qualification for the Asian Football Confederation's 1976 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Iran.

Groups

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
~~Bahrain~~ * ~~Iran~~ ** Kuwait ~~Lebanon~~ * ~~Pakistan~~ * South Yemen ~~Syria~~ *	~~Bangladesh~~ * Afghanistan ~~India~~ * Iraq ~~Jordan~~ * ~~Nepal~~ * Qatar Saudi Arabia	Brunei ~~Burma~~ * Hong Kong Indonesia * Malaysia * Singapore ~~Sri Lanka~~ * Thailand ***	~~Israel~~ *** Japan ** ~~Khmer Republic~~ * ~~Laos~~ * ~~Philippines~~ * ~~Republic of China~~ ***** South Korea South Vietnam

* Withdrew
** Qualified as host
*** Moved to Group 4
**** Moved to Group 3
***** Expelled
China PR and North Korea were allocated to Group 3 later

Group 1

All the others withdrew, so Kuwait and South Yemen qualified automatically.

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	11	6	5	1	0	14	3	+11
Saudi Arabia	7	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7
Qatar	5	6	2	1	3	5	8	–3
Afghanistan	1	6	0	1	5	3	18	–15

Iraq v Qatar

2 April 1975

Iraq	1 – 0	Qatar

Baghdad, Iraq

Saudi Arabia v Afghanistan

2 April 1975

Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	Afghanistan

Baghdad, Iraq

Iraq v Afghanistan

4 April 1975

Iraq	4 – 0	Afghanistan

Baghdad, Iraq

Saudi Arabia v Qatar

4 April 1975

Saudi Arabia	2 – 1	Qatar

Baghdad, Iraq

Iraq v Saudi Arabia

6 April 1975

Iraq	1 – 1	Saudi Arabia

Baghdad, Iraq

Qatar v Afghanistan

6 April 1975

Qatar	2 – 1	Afghanistan

Baghdad, Iraq

Iraq v Qatar

10 April 1975

Iraq	3 – 0	Qatar

Baghdad, Iraq

Saudi Arabia v Afghanistan

10 April 1975

Saudi Arabia	6 – 0	Afghanistan

Baghdad, Iraq

Iraq v Saudi Arabia

12 April 1975

Iraq	2 – 1	Saudi Arabia

Baghdad, Iraq

Qatar v Afghanistan

12 April 1975

Qatar	1 – 1	Afghanistan

Baghdad, Iraq

Iraq v Afghanistan

14 April 1975

Iraq	3 – 1	Afghanistan

Baghdad, Iraq

Saudi Arabia v Qatar

14 April 1975

Saudi Arabia	0 – 1	Qatar

Baghdad, Iraq

Group 3

Group Allocation Matches:

Hong Kong v Japan

14 June 1975

Hong Kong	0 - 0 (4-3p)	Japan

Government Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Watana, (Thailand)

China PR v North Korea

15 June 1975

China PR	1 – 0	North Korea

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Singapore v Brunei

15 June 1975

Singapore	6 – 0	Brunei

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Group 3A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	4	2	2	0	11	1	+10
Hong Kong	2	2	1	1	3	1	+2
Brunei	0	2	0	2	1	13	–12

Hong Kong v Brunei

17 June 1975

Hong Kong	3 – 0	Brunei

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

China PR v Brunei

19 June 1975

China PR	10 – 1	Brunei

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Hong Kong v China PR

21 June 1975

Hong Kong	0 – 1	China PR

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Group 3B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
North Korea	4	2	2	0	2	0	+2
Japan	2	2	1	1	2	2	0
Singapore	0	2	0	2	1	3	–2

North Korea v Japan

17 June 1975

North Korea	1 - 0	Japan
Se-Wook An 65' (pen.)

Government Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 30,000

North Korea v Singapore

19 June 1975

North Korea	1 – 0	Singapore

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Japan v Singapore

21 June 1975

Japan	2 - 1	Singapore
Ochiai 40' Nagai 81'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Tam Sun Luk (Hong Kong)

Semifinal

China PR v Japan

23 June 1975

China PR	2 - 1	Japan
Li Yutie 6' Ke Wushang 20'		Arai 43'^[1]

Government Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 20,000

North Korea v Hong Kong

24 June 1975

North Korea	3 – 3 (11-10p)	Hong Kong

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Third Place Match

Hong Kong v Japan

26 June 1975

Hong Kong	0 – 1	Japan
		Watanabe 6'^[2]

Government Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Hashita (Indonesia)

Final

North Korea v China PR

26 June 1975

North Korea	2 – 0	China PR

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Korea DPR and China PR qualified for final tournament

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Malaysia	7	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5
Thailand	6	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6
South Korea	4	4	2	0	2	3	3	0
Indonesia	3	4	1	1	2	3	5	–2
South Vietnam	0	4	0	0	4	1	10	–9

Thailand v Indonesia

15 March 1975

Thailand	3 – 1	Indonesia

Bangkok, Thailand

Malaysia v South Korea

16 March 1975

Malaysia	2 – 1	South Korea

Bangkok, Thailand

Indonesia v South Vietnam

17 March 1975

Indonesia	2 – 1	South Vietnam

Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand v Malaysia

18 March 1975

Thailand	0 – 1	Malaysia

Bangkok, Thailand

South Korea v South Vietnam

19 March 1975

South Korea	1 – 0	South Vietnam

Bangkok, Thailand

Malaysia v Indonesia

20 March 1975

Malaysia	0 – 0	Indonesia

Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand v South Vietnam

21 March 1975

Thailand	4 – 0	South Vietnam

Bangkok, Thailand

South Korea v Indonesia

22 March 1975

South Korea	1 – 0	Indonesia

Bangkok, Thailand

Malaysia v South Vietnam

23 March 1975

Malaysia	3 – 0	South Vietnam

Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand v South Korea

24 March 1975

Thailand	1 – 0	South Korea

Bangkok, Thailand

References

"Singapore grouped with Burma in Asian Cup"
The Straits Times, 23 November 1973, Page 29
"S'pore have an uphill task in Asian Cup tournament"
The Straits Times, 20 December 1974, Page 35

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