1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

August 2026 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC) 4 March – 13 November 1973 18India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines withdrew before the start of the qualification phase. 2 IRQ 1963 Sabah HatimISR Moshe Onana(5 goals each) 1970 1978 Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone (AFC and OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification. India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines withdrew before the matches were played. The remaining 15 teams were divided into 2 zones, based on geographical and political considerations, as follows: Format Zone A had 7 teams (teams from East Asia, plus Israel). All matches were played in Korea Republic. There would be four stages of play: Classification matches: All teams except Korea Republic would be paired up to play preliminary matches to determine group classification. Group stage: Based on the results of the classification matches, the 7 teams were divided into 2 groups (Group A1 with 3 teams and Group A2 with 4 teams). The teams played against each other once. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the semi-finals. Semi-finals: The winner of Group A1 played against the runner-up of Group A2 in a single match, and the winner of Group A2 played against the runner-up of Group A1 in a single match. The winners would advance to the Final. Final: The 2 teams played against each other in a single match. The winner would advance to the Final Round. Zone B had 8 teams (teams from West Asia and Oceania, plus Indonesia and Korea DPR). There would be two stages of play: Group stage: The 8 teams were divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each. The teams played against each other twice (Group B1 in Australia and New Zealand and Group B2 in Iran). The group winners would advance to the final. Final: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the Final Round. In the Final Round, the winners of Zone A and Zone B played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.World Cup 1974 qualifications https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74qual.html#gr15 2026-08-23 RSSSF Zone A 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC and OFC Zone A All matches played in Seoul, South Korea. Classification matches 16 May 1973 South Vietnam 1–0 THA Meelarpkit 83 o.g. Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Les Coffman (New Zealand) 4,091 16 May 1973 ISR 2–1 JPN 1870 Onana 5 61 Hirasawa 28 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Tony Boskovic (Australia) Report 4,091 17 May 1973 HKG 1959 1–0 MAS Lo Hung Hoi 53 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Mahomed Azam (India) Report 188 Group stage Group A1 main WDL 2 1 Group A1 y Tiebreakers RSSSF HKG, JPN, VNM complete 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 1 4 1 1–0 1–0 — — — 4–0 HKG 1959 HKG 1959 South Vietnam South Vietnam JPN 1870 JPN 1870 Q WCQR2 WCQR2 blue1 Zonal semi-finals Japan v South Vietnam 20 May 1973 Japan 1870 4–0 South Vietnam Kamamoto 6 86 Mori 19 Quang 54 o.g. Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Les Coffman (New Zealand) 6,352 Hong Kong v Japan 22 May 1973 HKG 1959 1–0 JPN 1870 Kwok Ka Ming 83 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Tony Boskovic (Australia) Report 10,871 Hong Kong v South Vietnam 24 May 1973 HKG 1959 1–0 South Vietnam Yuen Kuen Chu 68 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Aing Kim Ean (Khmer Republic) 6,352 Group A2 main WDL 2 1 Group A2 y Tiebreakers ISR, KOR, MAS, THA complete 2 1 0 9 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 12 — 3–0 6–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 — — 2–0 — — — ISR ISR KOR 1949 KOR 1949 MAS MAS THA THA Q WCQR2 WCQR2 blue1 Zonal semi-finals Israel v Malaysia 19 May 1973 ISR 3–0 MAS Farkash 50 Shum 62 Onana 82 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Aing Kim Ean (Khmer Republic) Report 6,352 South Korea v Thailand 19 May 1973 KOR 1949 4–0 THA Kim Jae-han 52 Cha Bum-kun 60 Chung Kyu-poong 79 84 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Ruslan Hatta (Indonesia) Report 6,352 South Korea v Malaysia 21 May 1973 KOR 1949 0–0 MAS Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul U Tin Thut (Burma) Report 5,554 Israel v Thailand 21 May 1973 ISR 6–0 THA Borba 12 Spiegler 62 Shum 69 Rozen 73 84 Onana 78 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul H. D. Dhillon (Singapore) Report 5,554 South Korea v Israel 23 May 1973 KOR 1949 0–0 ISR Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul U Tin Thut (Burma) Report 35,000 Malaysia v Thailand 23 May 1973 MAS 2–0 THA Abdullah 70 Jusoh 89 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Mahomed Azam (India) Report 6,222 Semi-finals 26 May 1973 HKG 1959 1–3 KOR 1949 Yuen Kuen Chu 5 Kim Jae-han 45 Park Yi-chun 52 Chung Kyu-poong 72 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Ruslan Hatta (Indonesia) Report 35,000 26 May 1973 ISR 1–0 (a.e.t.) JPN 1870 Onana 110 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul H. D. Dhillon (Singapore) Report 6,008 Final 28 May 1973 KOR 1949 1–0 (a.e.t.) ISR Cha Bum-kun 109 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul U Tin Thut (Burma) Report 6,213 Zone B Group Stage Group B1 All matches played in Australia in a double round-robin format (except New Zealand–Australia first leg) main WDL 2 1 Group B1 y Tiebreakers AUS, IRQ, IDN, NZL complete 3 3 0 15 6 3 2 1 11 6 1 2 3 6 13 0 3 3 5 12 3–1 2–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–6 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 AUS AUS IRQ 1963 IRQ 1963 IDN IDN NZL NZL Q WCQR2 blue1 Zonal final New Zealand v Australia 4 March 1973 NZL 1–1 AUS Turner 57 Campbell 85 Newmarket Ground, Auckland 12,000 Luk Tat Sun (Hong Kong) Report New Zealand v Indonesia 11 March 1973 IDN 1–1 NZL Panggabean 13 Vest 74 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 28,514 K Mahendran (Malaysia) Report Australia v Iraq 11 March 1973 AUS 3–1 IRQ 1963 Richards 49 Alston 80 85 Nouri 89 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 28,514 Govindasamy Suppiah (Singapore) Report Iraq v New Zealand 13 March 1973 IRQ 1963 2–0 NZL Rashid 10 Hatim 40 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 12,763 Fernando Alvarez (Philippines) Report Australia v Indonesia 13 March 1973 AUS 2–1 IDN Campbell 23 Alston 42 Iswadi Idris 36 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 12,763 Dau Van Dzu (South Vietnam) Report Iraq v Indonesia 16 March 1973 IRQ 1963 1–1 IDN Kadhim 23 Iswadi Idris 43 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 3,013 Kim Joo-Wom (Korea Republic) Report Australia v New Zealand 16 March 1973 AUS 3–3 NZL Utjesenovic 11 Baartz 19 Buljevic 26 Vest 10 Tindall 50 Hogg 86 o.g. Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 14,071 K Mahendran (Malaysia) Report Iraq v Australia 18 March 1973 AUS 0–0 IRQ 1963 Olympic Park, Melbourne 10,684 Masatoshi Nagashima (Japan) Report Indonesia v New Zealand 18 March 1973 IDN 1–0 NZL Tillotson 7 o.g. Olympic Park, Melbourne 10,684 Govindasamy Suppiah (Singapore) Report Indonesia v Iraq 21 March 1973 IRQ 1963 3–2 IDN Aziz 22 pen. Obeid 33 Hatim 72 Panggabean 25 Asmara 58 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney Luk Tat Sun (Hong Kong) 11,730 Report New Zealand v Iraq 24 March 1973 IRQ 1963 4–0 NZL Hatim 4 15 67 Kadhim 23 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 12,390 Kim Joo-Won (Korea Republic) Report Indonesia v Australia 24 March 1973 AUS 6–0 IDN Mackay 3 40 Abonyi 23 54 Richards 72 Baartz 78 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 12,390 Masatoshi Nagashima (Japan) Report Group B2 main WDL 2 1 Group B2 y Tiebreakers IRN, SYR, PRK, KUW complete 4 1 1 7 3 1 3 2 5 5 3 1 2 6 6 1 1 4 4 8 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 IRN 1964 IRN 1964 PRK 1948 PRK 1948 SYR 1972 SYR 1972 KUW KUW Q WCQR2 blue1 Zonal final Syria v Kuwait 4 May 1973 16:00 3:30 SYR 1972 2–1 KUW Chahrestan 62 Nano 65 Al Duraihem 57 Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Hamza Ali Mirza (Bahrain) Report 63,366 Iran v North Korea 4 May 1973 18:00 3:30 IRN 1964 0–0 PRK 1948 Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran M. Ramalingam (Malaysia) Report 63,366 Syria v North Korea 6 May 1973 16:00 3:30 SYR 1972 1–1 PRK 1948 Chahrestan 71 Kim Jong-min 53 Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran Vijit Getkaew (Thailand) Report 11,940 Iran v Kuwait 6 May 1973 18:00 3:30 IRN 1964 2–1 KUW Vafakhah 23 Parvin 56 Kameel 83 Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran Er Wee Kiam (Malaysia) Report 11,940 Kuwait v North Korea 8 May 1973 16:00 3:30 KUW 0–0 PRK 1948 Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran Alex Vaz (India) Report 22,362 Iran v Syria 8 May 1973 18:00 3:30 IRN 1964 1–0 SYR 1972 Kargarjam 85 Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran Manit Sridaranop (Thailand) Report 6,028 Iran v North Korea 11 May 1973 16:00 3:30 IRN 1964 2–1 PRK 1948 Monajati 19 Sadeghi 89 Pak Sung-jin 48 Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Ong Eng Young (Singapore) Report 53,829 Syria v Kuwait 11 May 1973 18:00 3:30 SYR 1972 2–0 KUW Said 18 Chahrestan 90 Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Hamza Ali Mirza (Bahrain) Report 53,829 North Korea v Syria 13 May 1973 16:00 3:30 PRK 1948 3–0 SYR 1972 An Se-uk 30 Ma Jung-u 39 77 Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran Alex Vaz (India) Report 11,940 Iran v Kuwait 13 May 1973 18:00 3:30 IRN 1964 2–0 KUW Ghelichkhani 60 pen. Djabari 74 Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran Manit Sridaranop (Thailand) Report 18,154 Syria v Iran 15 May 1973 SYR 1972 1–0 IRN 1964 Tatiche 12 Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran Sarkis Demirdjian (Lebanon) Report 22,362 Kuwait v North Korea 15 May 1973 KUW 2–0 PRK 1948 Bo Hamad 31 51 Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran Vijit Getkaew (Thailand) Report 6,028 Final 18 August 1973 AUS 3–0 IRN 1964 Alston 43 Abonyi 45 Wilson 83 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 30,881 Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) 24 August 1973 IRN 1964 2–0 AUS Ghelichkhani 14 32 Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran 55,997 Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union) Australia won 3–2 on aggregate. Final round 28 October 1973 AUS 0–0 KOR 1949 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 32,005 Loraux (Belgium) 10 November 1973 KOR 1949 2–2 AUS Kim Jae-han 15 Ko Jae-wook 27 Buljevic 29 Baartz 48 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 32,000 Van Gemert (Netherlands) Australia and South Korea tied 2–2 on aggregate; a final play-off was decided. 13 November 1973 AUS 1–0 KOR 1949 Mackay 70 Government Stadium, Hong Kong 27,284 Van Gemert (Netherlands) Australia qualified. Qualified teams The following team qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 AUS A1 Final round winners 13 November 1973 1 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Goalscorers 5 goals 20em yes IRQ 1963 Sabah Hatim ISR Moshe Onana 4 goals 20em yes AUS Adrian Alston 3 goals 20em yes AUS Attila Abonyi AUS Ray Baartz AUS Jimmy Mackay IRN 1964 Parviz Ghelichkhani KOR 1949 Chung Kyu-poong KOR 1949 Kim Jae-han SYR 1972 Joseph Chahrestan 2 goals 20em yes AUS Branko Buljevic AUS Ernie Campbell AUS Ray Richards HKG colonial Yuen Kuen Chu IDN Iswadi Idris IDN Sarman Panggabean IRQ 1963 Ali Kadhim ISR Zvi Rozen ISR Itzhak Shum JPN 1947 Kunishige Kamamoto KUW Hamad Bo Hamad NZL Alan Vest PRK 1948 Ma Jung-u KOR 1949 Cha Bum-kun 1 goal 20em yes AUS Doug Utjesenovic AUS Peter Wilson HKG colonial Kwok Ka Ming HKG colonial Lo Hung Hoi IDN Andjas Asmara IRN 1964 Ali Jabbari IRN 1964 Akbar Kargarjam IRN 1964 Mehdi Monajati IRN 1964 Ali Parvin IRN 1964 Mohammad Sadeghi IRN 1964 Gholam Vafakhah IRQ 1963 Douglas Aziz IRQ 1963 Riyadh Nouri IRQ 1963 Bashar Rashid IRQ 1963 Salah Obeid ISR George Borba ISR Zvi Farkash ISR Mordechai Spiegler JPN 1947 Shusaku Hirasawa JPN 1947 Koji Mori KUW Ibrahim Al Duraihem KUW Fathi Kameel MAS Shaharuddin Abdullah MAS Harun Jusoh NZL Dennis Tindall NZL Brian Turner PRK 1948 An Se-uk PRK 1948 Kim Jong-min PRK 1948 Pak Sung-jin KOR 1949 Ko Jae-wook KOR 1949 Park Yi-chun SYR 1972 Nabil Nano SYR 1972 Samir Said SYR 1972 Abdulghani Tatiche 1 own goal 20em yes AUS Bobby Hogg (playing against New Zealand) NZL Maurice Tillotson (playing against Indonesia) VSO Nguyễn Vinh Quang (playing against Japan) THA Supakit Meelarpkit (playing against South Vietnam) Notes References AFC and OFC 1974 1974 Category:1973 in Asian men's international football Category:1973 in Oceanian men's international football Category:Australia at the 1974 FIFA World Cup Category:1973 in Australian men's sport Category:1973 in South Korean sport