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1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Summary

Qualification for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Iran.

1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates15 March 1975 – 2 December 1975
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
← 1972
1980 →

Groups edit

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

  Bahrain*
  Kuwait
  Lebanon*
  Pakistan*
  South Yemen
  Syria*

  Afghanistan
  Bangladesh*
  India*
  Iraq
  Jordan*
    Nepal*
  Qatar
  Saudi Arabia

  Brunei
  Burma*
  China
  Hong Kong
  Japan
  North Korea
  Singapore
  Sri Lanka*

  Indonesia
  Khmer Republic*
  Laos*
  Malaysia
  Philippines*
  South Korea
  South Vietnam
  Thailand

Qualification edit

Group 1 edit

Group 2 edit

  • All matches played in Iraq.
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

[1]
  Iraq and   Saudi Arabia qualified for the final tournament.
  Saudi Arabia eventually withdrew from the competition.

Iraq  1–0  Qatar
Hassan   55'
Saudi Arabia  2–0  Afghanistan
Mohammed Al Mugnim   40'
Hamed Subhi   50'		 Report
Iraq  3–1  Afghanistan
Subhi   9'
Alwan   17'
Kadhim   78'
Saudi Arabia  0–1  Qatar
Report ?   8'
Iraq  1–1  Saudi Arabia
Ahmed   86' Report Mohammed Al Mugnim   4'
Qatar  2–1  Afghanistan
Iraq  3–0  Qatar
Alwan   9'
Hassan   60'
Waal   74'
Saudi Arabia  6–0  Afghanistan
Mohammed Al Mugnim   7', 41'
Muhsen Bakhit   12', 33'
Sultan Naseab   25'
Mohammed Saad Al-Abdali   65'		 Report
Iraq  4–0  Afghanistan
Mahmoud   2', 5'
Mustafa   70'
Ahmed   84'
Saudi Arabia  2–1  Qatar
Mohammed Al Mugnim   52'
Muhsen Bakhit   59'		 Report Majed Alsaieq   7'
Iraq  2–1  Saudi Arabia
Subhi   13'
Hassan   42'		 Report Bakhit   54'
Referee: Mohsen Zamanyhe (Iran)
Qatar  1–1  Afghanistan

Group 3 edit

Group Allocation Matches edit

Hong Kong  0–0  Japan
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Watana (Thailand)
China  1–0  North Korea
Singapore  6–0  Brunei

Group 3A edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  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
China  10–1  Brunei
Hong Kong  3–0  Brunei
Hong Kong  0–1  China

Group 3B edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  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
An Se-wook   65' (pen.)
Attendance: 30,000
North Korea  1–0  Singapore
Japan  2–1  Singapore
Ochiai   40'
Nagai   81'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Tam Sun Luk (Hong Kong)

Semifinal edit

China  2–1  Japan
Li Yutie   6'
Ke Wushang   20'		 Arai   43'[2]
Attendance: 20,000
North Korea  3–3  Hong Kong
Penalties
11–10

Third place match edit

Hong Kong  0–1  Japan
Watanabe   6'[3]
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Hashita (Indonesia)

Final edit

North Korea  2–0  China

North Korea   and   China qualified for the final tournament.
North Korea   eventually withdrew from the competition.

Group 4 edit

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

  Malaysia and   Thailand qualified for the final tournament.
  Thailand eventually withdrew from the competition.

Thailand  3–1  Indonesia
Jesdaporn   60', 66'
Pallop Maklamthong   88'		 Prajrit Pangdee   70' (o.g.)
Malaysia  2–1  South Korea
Isa Bakar   19'
Mokhtar Dahari   50'		 Cho Dong-hyun   34'
Indonesia  2–1  South Vietnam
Wibisono   9', 13' ?   32'
Thailand  0–1  Malaysia
South Korea  1–0  South Vietnam
Malaysia  0–0  Indonesia
Thailand  4–0  South Vietnam
South Korea  1–0  Indonesia
Malaysia  3–0  South Vietnam
Thailand  1–0  South Korea

Qualified teams edit

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
  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)

References edit

  1. ^ "مباريات منتخب العراق الدولية 70-79".
  2. ^ "Japan International Matches - Details 1970-1979".
  3. ^ "Japan International Matches - Details 1970-1979".
  • "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

External links edit

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