1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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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

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

Group 1

Group 2

  • 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

Group Allocation Matches

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

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

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

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

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

Final

North Korea 2–0 China

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

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

 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

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

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

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