1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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

AFC Asian Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup

Groups
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

 Bahrain (withdrew)
 Kuwait
 Lebanon (withdrew)
 Pakistan (withdrew)
 South Yemen
 Syria (withdrew)

 Afghanistan
 Bangladesh (withdrew)
 India (withdrew)
 Iraq
 Jordan (withdrew)
   Nepal (withdrew)
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia

 Brunei
 Burma (withdrew)
 China PR
 Hong Kong
 Japan
 North Korea
 Singapore
 Sri Lanka (withdrew)

 Indonesia
 Khmer Republic (withdrew)
 Laos (withdrew)
 Malaysia
 Philippines (withdrew)
 South Korea
 South Vietnam  Thailand

 Iran qualified as hosts
 Israel and  Republic of China expelled from AFC in 1974

Group 1

Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 116510143+11
 Saudi Arabia 76312125+7
 Qatar 5621358–3
 Afghanistan 16015318–15

[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
(4–3 pen.)		 Japan
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Watana (Thailand)
China PR 1–0 North Korea
Singapore 6–0 Brunei

Group 3A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China PR 42200111+10
 Hong Kong 2210131+2
 Brunei 02002113–12
China PR 10–1 Brunei
Hong Kong 3–0 Brunei
Hong Kong 0–1 China PR

Group 3B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 North Korea 4220020+2
 Japan 22101220
 Singapore 0200213–2
North Korea 1–0 Japan
Se-Wook An  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 PR 2–1 Japan
Li Yutie  6'
Ke Wushang  20'		 Arai  43'[2]
Attendance: 20,000
North Korea 3–3
(11–10 pen.)		 Hong Kong

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

Final
North Korea 2–0 China PR

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

Group 4
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Malaysia 7431061+5
 Thailand 6430182+6
 South Korea 44202330
 Indonesia 3411235–2
 South Vietnam 04004110–9

 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

References
  1. http://www.niiiis.com/70-79.html
  2. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesj/jap-intres1970.html#1975
  3. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesj/jap-intres1970.html#1975
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