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1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Central zone

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification

| dates = 21 May – 24 December 1971

| num_teams = 13

| confederations = 1

| matches = 29

| goals = 98

| attendance =

| top_scorer =

| prevseason = 1968

| nextseason = 1976

}}

{{Qualification for championships (AFC)}}

Qualification for the 1972 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Thailand.

{{TOC limit|2}}

Zones

class="wikitable" width=75%

!width=25%|Central zone

!width=25%|Eastern zone

!width=25%|Western zone 1

!width=25%|Western zone 2

valign=top|

{{fb|BRU}}

{{fb|Burma|1948}}*

{{fb|HKG|1959}}

{{fb|IDN}}

{{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}}

{{fb|LAO|1952}}*

{{fb|MAS}}

{{fb|SIN}}*

{{fb|THA}}

{{fb|VSO}}*

|valign=top|

{{fb|JPN|1947}}*

{{fb|PHI|1936}}*

{{fb|ROC}} *

{{fb|KOR|1949}}

|valign=top|

{{fb|AFG|1930}}*

{{fb|ISR}}**

{{fb|NEP}}*

|valign=top|

{{fb|BHR|1932}}

{{fb|Ceylon|1951}}

{{fb|IND}}*

{{fb|IRQ|1963}}***

{{fb|JOR}}

{{fb|KUW}}

{{fb|PAK}}*

{{fb|LBN|1943}}

{{fb|SYR|1963}}

  • * Withdrew
  • ** {{fb|ISR}} originally qualified as hosts, but withdrew later{{cite web|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19700816.2.92.41.aspx|title=Malaysia, Singapore stay in Asian Cup central zone|date=16 August 1970|publisher=The Straits Times}}
  • ***{{fb|IRQ|1963}} were allocated to Western zone later
  • {{fb|IRN|1964}} qualified as defending champions

Central Zone

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

{{football box

|date= 21 May 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{football box

|date= 22 May 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

|score = 8–0

|team2 = {{fb|BRU}}

|goals1 = Zulkifli Norbit {{goal|12||28||80}}
S. Abdullah {{goal|28||38||83}}
Wong Choon Wah {{goal|37}}
Soh Chin Aun {{goal|48}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{football box

|date= 22 May 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|Hong Kong|1959}}

|goals1 = Budi Santoso {{goal|4}}
? {{goal|}}

|goals2 = ? {{goal|}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

=Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Central Group A

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|ptsfirst=y

|team1=IDN|name_IDN={{fb|IDN}}

|team2=THA|name_THA={{fb|THA}}

|team3=BRU|name_BRU={{fb|BRU}}

|win_IDN=2|draw_IDN=0|loss_IDN=0|gf_IDN=10|ga_IDN=0

|win_THA=1|draw_THA=0|loss_THA=1|gf_THA=10|ga_THA=1

|win_BRU=0|draw_BRU=0|loss_BRU=2|gf_BRU=0|ga_BRU=19

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{football box

|date= 24 May 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

|score = 10–0

|team2 = {{fb|BRU}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{football box

|date= 26 May 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|THA}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{football box

|date= 28 May 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}}

|score = 9–0

|team2 = {{fb|BRU}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Central Group B

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|ptsfirst=y

|team1=MAS|name_MAS={{fb|MAS}}

|team2=CAM|name_CAM={{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}}

|team3=HKG|name_HKG={{fb|HKG|1959}}

|win_MAS=2|draw_MAS=0|loss_MAS=0|gf_MAS=4|ga_MAS=2

|win_CAM=1|draw_CAM=0|loss_CAM=1|gf_CAM=3|ga_CAM=3

|win_HKG=0|draw_HKG=0|loss_HKG=2|gf_HKG=2|ga_HKG=4

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{football box

|date= 24 May 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|Hong Kong|1959}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{football box

|date= 26 May 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}}

|goals1 = Wong Choon Wah {{goal|12}}
Shaharuddin Abdullah {{goal|75}}

|goals2 = Sleyman Selim {{goal|44}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

----

{{football box

|date= 28 May 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|Hong Kong|1959}}

|goals1 = Shaharuddin Abdullah {{goal|25||69}}

|goals2 = Chung Chor Wai {{goal|44}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

=Semifinal=

{{football box

|date= 30 May 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{football box

|date= 30 May 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|MAS}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

=Match for third place=

{{football box

|date= 1 June 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

=Final=

{{football box

|date= 1 June 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

|score = 4–2

|team2 = {{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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Thailand and Khmer Republic qualified for final tournament

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Eastern Zone

All the others withdrew, so {{fb|KOR|1949}} qualified automatically.

Western Zone

  • All matches played in Kuwait.

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

{{football box

|date= 10 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

|goals1 = Aziz {{goal|15}}

|goals2 = Bu Hamad {{goal|}}

|stadium = Kuwait

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore = 2–4

|penalties2 =

}}

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{{football box

|date= 11 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BHR|1932}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}

|stadium = Kuwait

}}

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{{football box

|date= 11 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1963}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|JOR}}

|stadium = Kuwait

|penaltyscore = 4–3

}}

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Ceylon (Sri Lanka) had a bye

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=Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Western Group A

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|ptsfirst=y

|team1=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|IRQ|1963}}

|team2=JOR|name_JOR={{fb|JOR}}

|team3=BHR|name_BHR={{fb|BHR|1932}}

|team4=CEY|name_CEY={{fb|Ceylon|1951}}

|win_IRQ=3|draw_IRQ=0|loss_IRQ=0|gf_IRQ=8|ga_IRQ=0

|win_JOR=2|draw_JOR=0|loss_JOR=1|gf_JOR=5|ga_JOR=5

|win_BHR=1|draw_BHR=0|loss_BHR=2|gf_BHR=5|ga_BHR=4

|win_CEY=0|draw_CEY=0|loss_CEY=3|gf_CEY=1|ga_CEY=10

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source={{Cite web|url=http://www.niiiis.com/70-79.html|title = مباريات منتخب العراق الدولية 70-79}}

}}

{{football box

|date= 13 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fb|Ceylon|1951}}

|goals1 = Kadhim {{goal|32||42||69}}
Kamil {{goal|51}}
Khalaf {{goal|88}}

|stadium = Kuwait

|referee = Sarkis Demirdjian (Lebanon)

}}

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{{football box

|date= 13 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fb|BHR|1932}}

|stadium = Kuwait

}}

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{{football box

|date= 15 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|BHR|1932}}

|goals1 = Kadhim {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Kuwait

}}

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{{football box

|date= 16 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|Ceylon|1951}}

|stadium = Kuwait

}}

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{{football box

|date= 18 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|JOR}}

|goals1 = Ahmed {{goal|11}}
Kadhim {{goal|62}}

|stadium = Kuwait

}}

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{{football box

|date= 20 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BHR|1932}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|Ceylon|1951}}

|stadium = Kuwait

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Western Group B

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|ptsfirst=y

|team1=KUW|name_KUW={{fb|KUW}}

|team2=LIB|name_LIB={{fb|LBN|1943}}

|team3=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|SYR|1963}}

|win_KUW=1|draw_KUW=1|loss_KUW=0|gf_KUW=3|ga_KUW=2

|win_LIB=1|draw_LIB=0|loss_LIB=1|gf_LIB=3|ga_LIB=3

|win_SYR=0|draw_SYR=1|loss_SYR=1|gf_SYR=4|ga_SYR=5

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{football box

|date= 14 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}

|goals1 = Khalaf {{goal|}}

|goals2 = Rahal {{sentoff|0}}

|stadium = Kuwait

}}

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{{football box

|date= 17 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1963}}

|goals1 = Khalaf {{goal|}}
Ibrahim {{goal|}}

|goals2 =? {{goal|}}
? {{goal|}}

|stadium = Kuwait

}}

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{{football box

|date= 19 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LBN|1943}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1963}}

|goals1 =Mantoufi {{goal|23}}
Al Ghoul {{goal|35||55}}

|goals2 =Said {{goal|3}}
Nano {{goal|25}}

|stadium = Kuwait

|referee = Fernando (Ceylon)

}}

=Semifinal=

{{football box

|date= 21 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|JOR}}

|goals1 = Al Khashram {{goal|}}
Khalaf {{goal|}}

|stadium = Kuwait

}}

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{{football box

|date= 22 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Mantoufi {{goal|88}}

|stadium = Al Choueikh High School, Kuwait

}}

=Match for third place=

{{football box

|date= 24 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LBN|1943}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|JOR}}

|stadium = Kuwait

|goals1 =

|report = https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/18577-%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-1%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7

}}

=Final=

{{football box

|date= 24 December 1971

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

|goals1 = Nouri {{goal|90+4}}

|stadium = Kuwait

|referee = Sarkis Demirdjian (Lebanon)

}}

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Iraq and Kuwait qualified for final tournament

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Qualified teams

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
Team

! Qualified as

! Qualified on

! Previous appearance

{{fb|THA|1964}}{{Sort|*|Hosts*}} and {{Sort|C1|Central Zone winners}}30 May 19710 (debut)
{{fb|IRN|1964}}{{Sort|681|1968 AFC Asian Cup Champions}}19 May 1968{{sort|01|1 (1968)}}
{{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}}{{Sort|C2|Central Zone runners-up}}30 May 19710 (debut)
{{fb|KOR|1949}}{{Sort|E1|Eastern zone winners (automatically qualified)}}1971{{sort|03|3 (1956, 1960, 1964)}}
{{fb|IRQ|1963}}{{Sort|W1|Western Zone winners}}22 December 19710 (debut)
{{fb|KUW}}{{Sort|W2|Western Zone runners-up}}21 December 19710 (debut)

  • {{fb|ISR}} originally qualified as hosts but later withdrew. {{fb|THA}} replaced them later.

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/72asch.html Details at RSSSF]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081010182209/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/results/index.html FIFA results record, used to update dates and locations]
  • Al-Hayat; December 1971

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