1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification

1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates25 December 1978 – 14 May 1979
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored91 (2.94 per match)
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The qualification for the 1980 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 18 teams in four groups. Eight teams from the top two of each group advance to the final tournament, joining hosts Kuwait and defending champions Iran.

Groups

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

 Bahrain
 Lebanon
 Pakistan*
 South Yemen*
 Syria
 United Arab Emirates

 Afghanistan
 Bangladesh
 India*
 Iraq*
 Jordan*
   Nepal*
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia*

 Brunei*
 Burma*
 Hong Kong
 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 North Korea
 Singapore
 Sri Lanka
 Thailand

 China
 Kampuchea*
 Japan*
 Laos*
 Macau
 Philippines
 South Korea
 Vietnam*

  • * Withdrew
  • Iran qualified as defending champions
  • Kuwait qualified as hosts

Qualification

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Syria 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3 1980 AFC Asian Cup
2  United Arab Emirates 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
3  Lebanon 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
4  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[a]
Source:

All matches played in the United Arab Emirates.

United Arab Emirates 0–0 Lebanon
Referee: Muhib Al Jaid (Saudi Arabia)
Syria 1–1[a]
Cancelled		 Bahrain
Lebanon Cancelled Bahrain
Syria 1–0 Lebanon
  • Qaddour 21'
Referee: Abdulwahab Binai (Kuwait)
  1. 1 2 In the 17 November match between Syria and Bahrain, the referee awarded a penalty to Bahrain. The Syrian head coach entered the pitch, threatening the referee, who stopped the match in the 75th minute. The play then restarted for another three minutes before entirely stopping due to more fighting. The committee initially awarded the match 3–0 in favour of Bahrain, but Syria threatened to withdraw; the committee adjusted its decision to a replay of the match on 25 November, but then Bahrain withdrew. All matches involving Bahrain were annulled.[1]

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 7 1980 AFC Asian Cup
2  Bangladesh 4 1 2 1 7 8 −1 4
3  Afghanistan 4 0 1 3 4 11 −7 1
Source: RSSSF

All matches played in Bangladesh.

Iraq were originally drawn in this group but they withdrew before the start of the qualifiers.[2]

Bangladesh 2–2 Afghanistan
  • Safdari 11'
  • Hashimi 25'
Referee: Mubarak Waleed Saeed (Qatar)
Qatar 3–0 Afghanistan
Referee: Munir Hossein (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh 1–1 Qatar
Referee: Sultan Najand (Afghanistan)
Bangladesh 3–2 Afghanistan
 Report
Referee: Mubarak Waleed Saeed (Qatar)
Qatar 3–0 Afghanistan
Referee: Dalil Khan (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh 1–3 Qatar
Referee: Sultan Najand (Afghanistan)

Group 3

All matches played in Thailand.

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups. Singapore received a bye and was automatically allocated into Group 3B.

Thailand 3–1 Indonesia
Dara 12'
Laohakul 24'
Ratanatisoi 35'		 Kapissa 18'
Malaysia 3–1 Sri Lanka
  • Sumathipala 65'
North Korea 3–0 Hong Kong

Group 3A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Malaysia 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 3 Advance to semi-finals
2  North Korea 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 3
3  Indonesia 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
Source:
Malaysia 4–1 Indonesia
Singh 35'
Wong 51'
Ibni 55'
Dahari 88'		 Idris 71'

Group 3B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 6 Advance to semi-finals
2  Hong Kong 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 4
3  Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 2
4  Singapore 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source:
Hong Kong 3–1 Singapore
Chung Chor Wai 21', 65', 85' Report Wong Kok Choy 19'
Hong Kong 5–0 Sri Lanka
Chung Chor Wai (?), 50'
Lau Wing Yip 23', 27'
Currie 75'		 Report
Thailand 4–0 Singapore
Laohakul 9', 52', 61'
Naphatalung 43'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Sri Lanka 4–0 Singapore
Zaheer 20', 35' (?)
Fernando (?)		 Report

Semi-finals

Thailand 0–1 North Korea
Referee: Soetoyo Hartasardjono (Indonesia)

Third place play-off

Final

North Korea and Malaysia qualified for the final tournament.

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 6 1980 AFC Asian Cup
2  China 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 4
3  Macau 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 2
4  Philippines 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source:

All matches played in the Philippines.

Philippines 1–2 Macau
Ferraren 28' Lei Chong Mao 45'
Jesus 55'
South Korea 4–1 Macau
Huh Jung-moo 34'
Lee Young-moo 35', 44', 82'		 Kao Chi Fat 83'
Philippines 0–3 China
Shen Xiangfu 10'
Li Fubao 16'
Lin Luosheng (?)
China 2–1 Macau
Wang Feng 15'
Li Fubao 52'		 Fong Hong Hun 45'

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
 KuwaitHostsN/A2 (1972, 1976)
 Iran1976 AFC Asian Cup champions13 June 19763 (1968, 1972, 1976)
 SyriaGroup 1 winners22 November 19790 (debut)
 United Arab EmiratesGroup 1 runners-up23 November 19790 (debut)
 QatarGroup 2 winners15 January 19790 (debut)
 BangladeshGroup 2 runners-up16 January 19790 (debut)
 North KoreaGroup 3 winners12 May 19790 (debut)
 MalaysiaGroup 3 runners-up11 May 19791 (1976)
 South KoreaGroup 4 winners29 December 19784 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972)
 ChinaGroup 4 runners-up29 December 19781 (1976)

Controversies

In the 17 November match between Syria and Bahrain, the referee awarded a penalty to Bahrain. The Syrian head coach entered the pitch, threatening the referee, who stopped the match in the 75th minute. The play then restarted for another three minutes before entirely stopping due to more fighting. The committee initially awarded the match 3–0 in favour of Bahrain, but Syria threatened to withdraw; the committee adjusted its decision to a replay of the match on 25 November, but then Bahrain withdrew. All matches involving Bahrain were annulled.[1]

Goalscorers

There were 91 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. 1 2 Al Anwar, November 1979
  2. ↑ "منتخبنا خارج حسابات امم اسيا" (in Arabic). NIIIIS.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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