1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

| dates = 15 March 1975 – 2 December 1975

| num_teams = 15

| confederations = 1

| matches =

| goals =

| attendance =

| top_scorer =

| prevseason = 1972

| nextseason = 1980

}}

Groups

class="wikitable" width=75%

!width=25%|Group 1

!width=25%|Group 2

!width=25%|Group 3

!width=25%|Group 4

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~~{{fb|BHR|1972}}~~*

~~{{fb|LIB}}~~*

~~{{fb|PAK}}~~*

~~{{fb|SYR|1972}}~~*

|valign=top|

~~{{fb|BAN}}~~*

~~{{fb|IND}}~~*

~~{{fb|JOR}}~~*

~~{{fb|NEP}}~~*

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~~{{fb|Burma|1974}}~~*

~~{{fb|SRI}}~~*

|valign=top|

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

~~{{fb|LAO|1952}}~~*

~~{{fb|PHI|1936}}~~*

* Withdrew
{{flagicon image|State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg}} Iran qualified as host and defending champions
{{fb|ISR}} and {{fb|Republic of China}} expelled from AFC in 1974

Qualification

=Group 1=

All the others withdrew, so {{fb|KUW}} and {{Fb|South Yemen}} qualified automatically.

=Group 2=

All matches played in Iraq.

width="165"\|Team !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|Pts\|Points}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Played}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"
style="background:#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|IRQ\|1963}} \|11	6	5	1	0	14	3	+11
style="background:#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|KSA}} \|7	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7
style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|QAT}} \|5	6	2	1	3	5	8	–3
style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|AFG\|1974}} \|1	6	0	1	5	3	18	–15

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

{{Fb|IRQ|1963}} and {{Fb|KSA}} qualified for the final tournament.

{{Fb|KSA}} eventually withdrew from the competition.

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{{Footballbox|date= 21 November 1975

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

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{Fb|QAT}}

|goals1 = Hassan {{goal|55}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{Footballbox|date= 21 November 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{Fb|AFG|1974}}

|report = [http://ksa-team.com/english/matches.php?id=594 Report]

|goals1= Mohammed Al Mugnim {{goal|40}}
Hamed Subhi {{goal|50}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 23 November 1975

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

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{Fb|AFG|1974}}

|goals1 = Subhi {{goal|9}}
Alwan {{goal|17}}
Kadhim {{goal|78}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{Footballbox|date= 23 November 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{Fb|QAT}}

|report = [http://ksa-team.com/english/matches.php?id=599 Report]

|goals2 = ? {{goal|8}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 25 November 1975

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

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{Fb|KSA}}

|report = [http://ksa-team.com/english/matches.php?id=596 Report]

|goals1 = Ahmed {{goal|86}}

|goals2 = Mohammed Al Mugnim {{goal|4}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{Footballbox|date= 25 November 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|QAT}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{Fb|AFG|1974}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 28 November 1975

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

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{Fb|QAT}}

|goals1 = Alwan {{goal|9}}
Hassan {{goal|60}}
Waal {{goal|74}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{Footballbox|date= 28 November 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 6–0

|team2 = {{Fb|AFG|1974}}

|report = [http://ksa-team.com/english/matches.php?id=597 Report]

|goals1= Mohammed Al Mugnim {{goal|7||41}}
Muhsen Bakhit {{goal|12||33}}
Sultan Naseab {{goal|25}}
Mohammed Saad Al-Abdali {{goal|65}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 30 November 1975

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

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{Fb|AFG|1974}}

|goals1 = Mahmoud {{goal|2||5}}
Mustafa {{goal|70}}
Ahmed {{goal|84}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{Footballbox|date= 30 November 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{Fb|QAT}}

|report = [http://ksa-team.com/english/matches.php?id=595 Report]

|goals1 = Mohammed Al Mugnim {{goal|52}}
Muhsen Bakhit {{goal|59}}

|goals2 = Majed Alsaieq {{goal|7}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 2 December 1975

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

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{Fb|KSA}}

|report = [http://ksa-team.com/english/matches.php?id=598 Report]

|goals1 = Subhi {{goal|13}}
Hassan {{goal|42}}

|goals2 = Bakhit {{goal|54}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

|referee = Mohsen Zamanyhe (Iran)

}}

{{Footballbox|date= 2 December 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|QAT}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{Fb|AFG|1974}}

|stadium = Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

}}

----

= Group 3 =

All matches played in Hong Kong.

==Group Allocation Matches==

{{Footballbox

|date = 14 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|HKG|1959}}

|score = 0–0

|penaltyscore = 4–3

|team2 = {{Fb|JPN|1947}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|attendance = 26,000

|referee = Watana (Thailand)

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 15 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CHN}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{Fb|PRK|1948}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 15 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|SIN}}

|score = 6–0

|team2 = {{Fb|BRU}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

==Group 3A==

width="165"\|Team !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|Pts\|Points}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Played}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"
style="background:#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|CHN}} \|4	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
style="background:#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|HKG\|1959}} \|2	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|BRU}} \|0	2	0	0	2	1	13	–12

{{Footballbox|date= 17 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CHN}}

|score = 10–1

|team2 = {{Fb|BRU}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 19 June 1975

|team1 ={{Fb-rt|HKG|1959}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{Fb|BRU}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 21 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|HKG|1959}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{Fb|CHN}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

==Group 3B==

width="165"\|Team !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|Pts\|Points}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Played}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"
style="background:#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|PRK\|1948}} \|4	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
style="background:#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|JPN\|1947}} \|2	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|SIN}} \|0	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2

{{Footballbox

|date = 17 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PRK|1948}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{Fb|JPN|1947}}

|goals1 = An Se-wook {{goal|65|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|attendance = 30,000

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 19 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PRK|1948}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{Fb|SIN}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

{{Footballbox

|date = 21 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|JPN|1947}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{Fb|SIN}}

|goals1 = Ochiai {{goal|40}}
Nagai {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Tam Sun Luk (Hong Kong)

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

==Semifinal==

{{Footballbox

|date = 23 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CHN}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{Fb|JPN|1947}}

|goals1 = Li Yutie {{goal|6}}
Ke Wushang {{goal|20}}

|goals2 = Arai {{goal|43}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap-intres1970.html|title = Japan International Matches - Details 1970-1979}}

|attendance = 20,000

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 24 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PRK|1948}}

|score = 3–3

|penaltyscore = 11–10

|team2 = {{Fb|HKG|1959}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

==Third place match==

{{Footballbox

|date = 26 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|HKG|1959}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{Fb|JPN|1947}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Watanabe {{goal|6}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap-intres1970.html|title = Japan International Matches - Details 1970-1979}}

|attendance = 30,000

|referee= Hashita (Indonesia)

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

==Final==

{{Footballbox|date= 26 June 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PRK|1948}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{Fb|CHN}}

|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong Kong

}}

----

{{Fb-rt|PRK|1948}} and {{Fb|CHN}} qualified for the final tournament.

{{Fb-rt|PRK|1948}} eventually withdrew from the competition.

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=Group 4=

All matches played in Thailand.

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"
style="background:#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|MAS}} \|7	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5
style="background:#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|THA}} \|6	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6
style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|KOR\|1949}} \|4	4	2	0	2	3	3	0
style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|IDN}} \|3	4	1	1	2	3	5	–2
style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|South Vietnam}} \|0	4	0	0	4	1	10	–9

{{Fb|MAS}} and {{Fb|THA}} qualified for the final tournament.

{{Fb|THA}} eventually withdrew from the competition.

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{{Footballbox|date= 15 March 1975

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

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{Fb|IDN}}

|goals1 = Jesdaporn {{goal|60||66}}
Pallop Maklamthong {{goal|88}}

|goals2 = Prajrit Pangdee {{goal|70|o.g.}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 16 March 1975

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

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{Fb|KOR|1949}}

|goals1 = Isa Bakar {{goal|19}}
Mokhtar Dahari {{goal|50}}

|goals2 = Cho Dong-hyun {{goal|34}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 17 March 1975

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

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{Fb|South Vietnam}}

|goals1 = Wibisono {{goal|9||13}}

|goals2 = ? {{goal|32}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

----

{{Footballbox|date= 18 March 1975

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

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{Fb|MAS}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{Footballbox|date= 19 March 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|KOR|1949}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{Fb|South Vietnam}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{Footballbox|date= 20 March 1975

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

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{Fb|IDN}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{Footballbox|date= 21 March 1975

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

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{Fb|South Vietnam}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{Footballbox|date= 22 March 1975

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|KOR|1949}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{Fb|IDN}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{Footballbox|date= 23 March 1975

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

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{Fb|South Vietnam}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{Footballbox|date= 24 March 1975

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

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{Fb|KOR|1949}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

Qualified teams

Team ! Qualified as ! Qualified on ! Previous appearance
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
{{fb\|IRN\|1964}}	{{Sort\|*\|Hosts}}	{{N/A\|N/A}}	{{sort\|02\|2 (1968, 1972)}}
{{fb\|KUW}}	Automatically qualified from Group 1	1975	{{sort\|01\|1 (1972)}}
{{Fb\|South Yemen}}	Automatically qualified from Group 1	1975	0 (debut)
{{fb\|IRQ\|1963}}	{{Sort\|B1\|Group 2 winners}}	2 December 1975	{{sort\|01\|1 (1972)}}
~~{{fb\|KSA}}~~{{refn\|group="note"\|name=withdrew\|Withdrew after qualifying}}	~~{{Sort\|B2\|Group 2 runners-up}}~~	~~2 December 1975~~	~~0 (debut)~~
~~{{fb\|PRK}}~~{{refn\|group="note"\|name=withdrew\|Withdrew after qualifying}}	~~{{Sort\|C1\|Group 3 winners}}~~	~~24 June 1975~~	~~0 (debut)~~
{{fb\|CHN}}	{{Sort\|C2\|Group 3 runners-up}}	23 June 1975	0 (debut)
{{fb\|MAS}}	{{Sort\|D1\|Group 4 winners}}	23 March 1975	0 (debut)
~~{{fb\|THA}}~~{{refn\|group="note"\|name=withdrew\|Withdrew after qualifying}}	~~{{Sort\|D2\|Group 4 runners-up}}~~	~~24 March 1975~~	~~1 (1972)~~

Notes

References

"Singapore grouped with Burma in Asian Cup"
[http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19731123.2.116.3.aspx The Straits Times, 23 November 1973, Page 29] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131034057/http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19731123.2.116.3.aspx |date=31 January 2013 }}
"S'pore have an uphill task in Asian Cup tournament"
[http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19741220.2.132.24.aspx The Straits Times, 20 December 1974, Page 35]

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/76asch.html Details at RSSSF]

Asian Cup qualification

Category:AFC Asian Cup qualification

width="165"\|Team !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|Pts\|Points}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Played}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width="25"\|{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"
style="background:#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|PRK\|1948}} \|4	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
style="background:#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|JPN\|1947}} \|2	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
style="text-align:left"\|{{Fb\|SIN}} \|0	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2