1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The qualification for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 17 teams in four groups. The winner and runners-up of each group would join hosts Iran in the final tournament.

1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates15 March 1975 – 2 December 1975
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored94 (2.69 per match)
← 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

  • * Withdrew
  • Iran qualified as host and defending champions
  • Israel and Taiwan were expelled from AFC in 1974

Qualification

Group 1

All the others withdrew, so Kuwait and South Yemen qualified automatically.

Group 2

All matches played in Iraq.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 6 5 1 0 14 3 +11 11 1976 AFC Asian Cup
2  Saudi Arabia 6 3 1 2 12 5 +7 7
3  Qatar 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 5
4  Afghanistan 6 0 1 5 3 18 −15 1
Source:
Iraq 1–0 Qatar
Hassan 55'
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Afghanistan
Al Mugnim 40'
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 Al Mugnim 4'
Qatar 2–1 Afghanistan
Iraq 3–0 Qatar
Alwan 9'
Hassan 60'
Waal 74'
Saudi Arabia 6–0 Afghanistan
Al Mugnim 7', 41'
Bakhit 12', 33'
Naseab 25'
Abdeli 65'		 Report
Iraq 4–0 Afghanistan
Mahmoud 2', 5'
Mustafa 70'
Ahmed 84'
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Qatar
Al Mugnim 52'
Bakhit 59'		 Report Alsaieq 7'
Iraq 2–1 Saudi Arabia
Subhi 13'
Hassan 42'		 Report Bakhit 54'
Referee: Mohsen Zamanyhe (Iran)
Qatar 1–1 Afghanistan

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

Group 3

All matches played in Hong Kong.

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups.

Hong Kong 0–0 Japan
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Watana Promasakhanaskolnakorn (Thailand)
China 1–0 North Korea
Li Guoning 40'
Attendance: 28,864
Singapore 6–0 Brunei
Kassim 1', 58'
Gulam 10', 14'
Noh 45'
Abidin 80'
Referee: Ruslan Hatta (Indonesia)

Group 3A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 2 2 0 0 11 1 +10 4 Advance to semi-finals
2  Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 2
3  Brunei 2 0 0 2 1 13 −12 0
Source:
China 10–1 Brunei
Li Zhouzhe 4', 22', 25'
Chi Shangbin 30'
De Zudian 35'
Lin Xinjiang 50'
Yang Limin 68', 88'
Rong Zhixing 74'
Liu Jinshan 83'		 Tuah 87'
Attendance: 9,465
Hong Kong 0–1 China
Rong Zhixing 82'
Attendance: 28,550

Group 3B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4 Advance to semi-finals
2  Japan 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2
3  Singapore 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source:
North Korea 1–0 Japan
An Se-uk 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 30,000
North Korea 1–0 Singapore
Kim Bok-nam 52'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Marcus Wong (Hong Kong)
Japan 2–1 Singapore
Ochiai 40'
Nagai 82'		 Anandan 79'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Tam Sun Luk (Hong Kong)

Semi-finals

China 2–1 Japan
Li Zhouzhe 4'
Chi Shangbin 33'		 Arai 44'
Attendance: 22,265

Third place match

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

Final

North Korea 2–0 China
Hong Song-nam 8'
Myong Dong-chan 28'
Attendance: 28,566

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

Group 4

All matches played in Thailand.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Malaysia 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 7 1976 AFC Asian Cup
2  Thailand 4 3 0 1 8 2 +6 6
3  South Korea 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 4
4  Indonesia 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 3
5  South Vietnam 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0
Source:
Thailand 3–1 Indonesia
Naphatalung 60', 66'
Maklamthong 88'		 Pangdee red-colored football 70' (o.g.)
Malaysia 2–1 South Korea
Bakar 19'
Dahari 50'		 Cho Dong-hyun 34'
Attendance: 4,000
Indonesia 2–1 South Vietnam
Wibisono 9', 13' ? 32'
Attendance: 1,000
Thailand 0–1 Malaysia
Malaysia 0–0 Indonesia
Thailand 1–0 South Korea
Pongsri 10' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000

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

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
 IranHostsN/A2 (1968, 1972)
 KuwaitAutomatically qualified from Group 119751 (1972)
 South YemenAutomatically qualified from Group 119750 (debut)
 IraqGroup 2 winners2 December 19751 (1972)
 Saudi Arabia[note 1]Group 2 runners-up2 December 19750 (debut)
 North Korea[note 1]Group 3 winners24 June 19750 (debut)
 ChinaGroup 3 runners-up23 June 19750 (debut)
 MalaysiaGroup 4 winners23 March 19750 (debut)
 Thailand[note 1]Group 4 runners-up24 March 19751 (1972)

Goalscorers

There were 94 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.

5 goals

  • Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al Mugnim

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Thailand Prajrit Pangdee

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Withdrew after qualifying

References

  1. ↑ "مباريات منتخب العراق الدولية 70-79".
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