1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Appearance
AFC Asian Qualifiers |
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Qualification for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Iran.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 15 March 1975 – 2 December 1975 |
Teams | 15 (from 1 confederation) |
← 1972 1980 → |
Groups
[edit]Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
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Afghanistan |
Brunei |
Indonesia |
- * Withdrew
- Iran qualified as host and defending champions
- Israel and Republic of China expelled from AFC in 1974
Qualification
[edit]Group 1
[edit]- All the others withdrew, so Kuwait and South Yemen qualified automatically.
Group 2
[edit]- All matches played in Iraq.
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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 |
[1]
Iraq and Saudi Arabia qualified for the final tournament.
Saudi Arabia eventually withdrew from the competition.
Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | Afghanistan |
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Mohammed Al Mugnim 40' Hamed Subhi 50' |
Report |
Iraq | 3–1 | Afghanistan |
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Subhi 9' Alwan 17' Kadhim 78' |
Saudi Arabia | 0–1 | Qatar |
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Report | ? 8' |
Iraq | 1–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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Ahmed 86' | Report | Mohammed Al Mugnim 4' |
Saudi Arabia | 6–0 | Afghanistan |
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Mohammed Al Mugnim 7', 41' Muhsen Bakhit 12', 33' Sultan Naseab 25' Mohammed Saad Al-Abdali 65' |
Report |
Iraq | 4–0 | Afghanistan |
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Mahmoud 2', 5' Mustafa 70' Ahmed 84' |
Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Qatar |
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Mohammed Al Mugnim 52' Muhsen Bakhit 59' |
Report | Majed Alsaieq 7' |
Group 3
[edit]- All matches played in Hong Kong.
Group Allocation Matches
[edit]Group 3A
[edit]Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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China | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 |
Hong Kong | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Brunei | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | –12 |
Group 3B
[edit]Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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North Korea | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
Japan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Singapore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 |
North Korea | 1–0 | Japan |
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An Se-wook 65' (pen.) |
Attendance: 30,000
Semifinal
[edit]North Korea | 3–3 | Hong Kong |
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Penalties | ||
11–10 |
Third place match
[edit]Final
[edit]North Korea and China qualified for the final tournament.
North Korea eventually withdrew from the competition.
Group 4
[edit]- All matches played in Thailand.
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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 |
Malaysia and Thailand qualified for the final tournament.
Thailand eventually withdrew from the competition.
Thailand | 3–1 | Indonesia |
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Jesdaporn 60', 66' Pallop Maklamthong 88' |
Prajrit Pangdee 70' (o.g.) |
Malaysia | 2–1 | South Korea |
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Isa Bakar 19' Mokhtar Dahari 50' |
Cho Dong-hyun 34' |
Indonesia | 2–1 | South Vietnam |
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Wibisono 9', 13' | ? 32' |
Qualified teams
[edit]Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
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Iran | Hosts | N/A | 2 (1968, 1972) |
Kuwait | Automatically qualified from Group 1 | 1975 | 1 (1972) |
South Yemen | Automatically qualified from Group 1 | 1975 | 0 (debut) |
Iraq | Group 2 winners | 2 December 1975 | 1 (1972) |
China | Group 3 runners-up | 23 June 1975 | 0 (debut) |
Malaysia | Group 4 winners | 23 March 1975 | 0 (debut) |
- Note: Saudi Arabia (Group 2 runners-up), North Korea (Group 3 winners) and Thailand (Group 4 runners-up) had qualified for the final tournament but withdrew later.
References
[edit]- "Singapore grouped with Burma in Asian Cup"
- The Straits Times, 23 November 1973, Page 29 Archived 31 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- "S'pore have an uphill task in Asian Cup tournament"
- The Straits Times, 20 December 1974, Page 35