1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC) r 21 2 New Zealand Keith Nelson (7 goals) 1974 1982 Listed below are the dates and results for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone (AFC and OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification. A total of 20 teams entered the competition, representing the Asian Football Confederation, the Oceania Football Confederation, and IsraelIsrael left the AFC in 1974 . However, South Vietnam could not compete after being annexed by Vietnam. The Asian zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the final tournament. Format There would be two rounds of play: First Round: The 21 teams would be divided into 5 groups. The groups had different rules, as follows: Group 1 had 6 teams. The teams played against each other once in Singapore. The top 2 teams after the group matches played against each other in a single match. The winner would advance to the Final Round. Groups 2 and 3 had 4 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Group 4 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other twice in Qatar. The group winner would qualify. Group 5 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify. Final Round: The 5 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify. First round Group 1 main WDL RSSSF 2 HKG, SGP, MAS, IDN, THA, SRI complete 2 2 0 9 5 2 1 1 5 6 1 2 1 7 6 1 1 2 7 7 1 0 3 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 HKG 1959 HKG 1959 SGP SGP MAS MAS IDN IDN THA THA SRI SRI Q PO PO W blue1 Play-off black1 Withdrew 27 February 1977 SIN 2–0 THA Quah Kim Song 48 Rajagopal 70 National Stadium Singapore 55,000 Tony Boskovic (Australia) 28 February 1977 HKG 1959 4–1 IDN Chung Chor Wai 61 pen. Wun Chee Keung 67 Kwok Ka Ming 71 Lau Wing Yip 83 Waskito 12 National Stadium Singapore Jafar Namdar (Iran) 1 March 1977 MAS 6–4 THA James 15 38 51 60 Isa Bakar 17 19 Jesdaporn 24 67 Witthaya 86 Niwat 88 National Stadium Singapore Vaz (India) 2 March 1977 SIN 2–2 HKG 1959 Quah Kim Song 37 Dollah Kassim 70 Wun Chee Keung 19 51 National Stadium Singapore Harries (New Zealand) 3 March 1977 IDN 0–0 MAS National Stadium Singapore Asami (Japan) 5 March 1977 HKG 1959 2–1 THA Kwok Ka Ming 49 Chung Chor Wai 81 Witthaya 55 National Stadium Singapore Kim Joo-won (Korea Republic) 6 March 1977 SIN 1–0 MAS Mohammad Noh Hussein 31 pen. National Stadium Singapore Asami (Japan) 7 March 1977 THA 3–2 IDN Cherdsak 27 Jesdaporn 30 pen. Niwat 36 Risdianto 44 Junaedi Abdillah 70 National Stadium Singapore Alex Vaz (India) 8 March 1977 MAS 1–1 HKG 1959 Bakri Ibni 78 Fung Chi Ming 15 National Stadium Singapore Harries (New Zealand) 9 March 1977 SIN 0–4 IDN Ronny Pattinasarany 4 Anjas Asmara 13 Andi Lala 26 Iswadi Idris 48 National Stadium Singapore Kim Joo-won (Korea Republic) Play-off Hong Kong and Singapore finished in the top two places, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round. 12 March 1977 SIN 0–1 HKG 1959 Lau Wing Yip 33 National Stadium Singapore Tony Boskovic (Australia) Hong Kong advanced to the Final Round. Group 2 main WDL RSSSF 2 KOR, ISR, JPN, PRK complete 2 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 5 3 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 KOR 1949 KOR 1949 ISR ISR JPN 1870 JPN 1870 PRK 1948 PRK 1948 Q FR W green1 Final round black1 Withdrew 27 February 1977 ISR 0–0 KOR 1949 Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan Brian McGinlay (Scotland) 6 March 1977 ISR 2–0 JPN 1870 Machnes 43 Bar 57 Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan Michel Kitabdjian (France) 10 March 1977 JPN 1870 0–2 ISR Machnes 41 Peretz 54 Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan (Israel)Japan played its "home" match against Israel away at Israel. Verbeke (France) 20 March 1977 KOR 1949 3–1 ISR Cha Bum-kun 23 Park Sang-in 86 Choi Jong-duk 88 Malmilian 76 Dongdaemun Stadium Seoul 26 March 1977 JPN 1870 0–0 KOR 1949 National Stadium Tokyo Kathiravalc (Malaysia) 3 April 1977 KOR 1949 1–0 JPN 1870 Cha Bum-kun 84 pen. Dongdaemun Stadium Seoul Zainal Abidin (Malaysia) Korea Republic advanced to the Final Round. North Korea withdrew prior to the tournament in protest of Israel's participation.29 January 1977 North Korea Out Of World Soccer Cup Preliminaries 2D The Wichita Eagle Associated Press https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle-north-korea-out-of-wor/128600203/ Newspapers.com 20 July 2023 Group 3 main WDL RSSSF 2 IRN, KSA, SYR, IRQ complete 4 0 0 8 0 1 0 3 3 7 1 0 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 IRN 1964 IRN 1964 KSA KSA SYR 1972 SYR 1972 IRQ 1963 IRQ 1963 Q FR W green1 Final round black1 Withdrew 12 November 1976 KSA 2–0 SYR 1972 Al Fahad 22 Bo Saeed 54 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Jeddah Dörflinger (Switzerland) 26 November 1976 SYR 1972 2–1 KSA Al Katbi 36 Khouri 82 Ghani 44 Abbasiyyin Stadium Damascus Doğan Babacan (Turkey) 7 January 1977 KSA 0–3 IRN 1964 Mazloumi 16 78 Roshan 62 Youth Welfare Stadium in Al-Malaz Riyadh Erich Linemayr (Austria) 28 January 1977 SYR 1972 0–1 (Report) IRN 1964 Parvin 36 Abbasiyyin Stadium Damascus 22,000 Robert Fratz (France) 6 April 1977 IRN 1964 2–0 (w/o) SYR 1972 Forfeited Tajgozari Stadium Shiraz 22 April 1977 IRN 1964 2–0 KSA Yousefi 10 Sharifi 84 Tajgozari Stadium Shiraz Dörflinger (Switzerland) Iran advanced to the Final Round. Group 4 main WDL RSSSF 2 KUW, BHR, QAT, UAE complete 4 0 0 10 2 1 0 3 4 6 1 0 3 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 KUW KUW BHR 1972 BHR 1972 QAT QAT UAE UAE Q FR W green1 Final round black1 Withdrew 11 March 1977 BHR 1972 0–2 KUW Kameel 5Yaqoub 21 Khalifa International Stadium Doha (Qatar) Pat Partridge (England) 13 March 1977 QAT 2–0 BHR 1972 Muftah 40 Matter 62 Khalifa International Stadium Doha Hungerbühler (Switzerland) 15 March 1977 QAT 0–2 KUW Yaqoub 28 Al-Anberi 68 Khalifa International Stadium Doha Ohmsen (West Germany) 17 March 1977 BHR 1972 1–2 KUW Bushager 73 Al-Anberi 33 Al Duraihem 56 pen. Khalifa International Stadium Doha Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy) 19 March 1977 QAT 0–3 BHR 1972 Bushager 32 Zowayed 57 Al Farhan 73 pen. Khalifa International Stadium Doha Pat Partridge (England) 21 March 1977 QAT 1–4 KUW Abubakr 82 pen. Yaqoub 10 Ma'yoof 16 Al Saleh 24 Bo Hamad 60 Khalifa International Stadium Doha Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy) Kuwait advanced to the Final Round. Group 5 main WDL RSSSF 2 AUS, NZL, TAI complete 3 1 0 9 3 2 1 1 14 4 0 0 4 1 17 AUS AUS NZL NZL TAI TAI Q FR green1 Final round 13 March 1977 AUS 3–0 TAI Rooney 8 46Abonyi 16 Govind Park Ba (Fiji)Both matches between Australia and Taiwan were played on neutral ground. Promakash (Thailand) 16 March 1977 TAI 1–2 AUS Chang Kuo Chi 29 Kosmina 35 Abonyi 58 Govind Park Ba (Fiji)Both matches between Australia and Taiwan were played on neutral ground. Getkaew (Thailand) 20 March 1977 NZL 6–0 TAI Nelson 4 6 60 Campbell 16 Taylor 42 Weymouth 74 Mount Smart Stadium Auckland Suppiah (Singapore) 23 March 1977 TAI 0–6 NZL Nelson 10 74 Sumner 15 51 55Lo Chih Tsong 71 o.g. Mount Smart Stadium Auckland (New Zealand)Taiwan played its "home" match against New Zealand away instead. Dhillon (Singapore) 27 March 1977 AUS 3–1 NZL Ollerton 60 80Kosmina 72 Nelson 4 Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong) 30 March 1977 NZL 1–1 AUS Nelson 34 Ollerton 18 Newmarket Ground Auckland Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong) Australia advanced to the Final Round. Final round main WDL y RSSSF 2 IRN, KOR, KUW, AUS, HKG complete 6 2 0 12 3 3 4 1 12 8 4 1 3 13 8 3 1 4 11 8 0 0 8 5 26 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 5–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–5 IRN 1964 IRN 1964 KOR 1949 KOR 1949 KUW KUW AUS AUS HKG 1959 HKG 1959 Q WC green1 1978 FIFA World Cup 19 June 1977 HKG 1959 0–2 IRN 1964 Kazerani 22 Jahani 77 Hong Kong Government Stadium Cesare Gussoni (Italy) 26 June 1977 HKG 1959 0–1 KOR 1949 Cha Bum-kun 81 Hong Kong Government Stadium Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany) 3 July 1977 KOR 1949 0–0 IRN 1964 Busan Busan Gudeok Stadium Fute (Scotland) 10 July 1977 AUS 3–0 HKG 1959 Kosmina 28 84Barnes 46 Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium Hungerbühler (Switzerland) 14 August 1977 AUS 0–1 IRN 1964 Roshan 70 Melbourne Olympic Park Stadium Franz Wöhrer (Austria) 27 August 1977 AUS 2–1 KOR 1949 Kosmina 63 75 Cha Bum-kun 23 Sydney Sydney Sports Ground Jan Keizer (Netherlands) 2 October 1977 HKG 1959 1–3 KUW Chung Chor Wai 9 Al-Dakhil 35 Yaqoub 52 Bo Hamad 72 Hong Kong Government Stadium Martínez (Spain) 9 October 1977 KOR 1949 1–0 KUW Park Sang-in 59 Seoul Dongdaemun Stadium Ciacci (Italy) 16 October 1977 AUS 1–2 KUW Rooney 83 Kameel 42Al-Anberi 49 Sydney Sydney Sports Ground Michel Vautrot (France) 23 October 1977 KOR 1949 0–0 AUS Seoul Dongdaemun Stadium Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) 28 October 1977 IRN 1964 1–0 KUW Jahani 48 Tehran Aryamehr Stadium Clive Thomas (Wales) 30 October 1977 HKG 1959 2–5 AUS Tang Hung Cheong 65 Chung Chor Wai 80 Ollerton 19 31 65 Abonyi 39 pen. Bennett 85 Hong Kong Government Stadium Ponnet (Belgium) 5 November 1977 KUW 2–2 KOR 1949 Al-Dakhil 47 Bo Abbas 76 Cha Bum-kun 18 Choi Jong-duk 82 Kuwait City Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Dubach (Switzerland) 11 November 1977 IRN 1964 2–2 KOR 1949 Roshan 52 68 Lee Young-moo 28 88 Tehran Aryamehr Stadium Pat Partridge (England) 12 November 1977 KUW 4–0 HKG 1959 Al-Dakhil 3 17 Al-Anberi 45 Kameel 80 Kuwait City Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Victor (Luxembourg) 18 November 1977 IRN 1964 3–0 HKG 1959 Jahani 3 35 Kazerani 19 Tehran Aryamehr Stadium Raus (Yugoslavia) 19 November 1977 KUW 1–0 AUS Al-Dakhil 52 Kuwait City Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Bucek (Austria) 25 November 1977 IRN 1964 1–0 AUS Jahani 44 Tehran Aryamehr Stadium Michel Kitabdjian (France) 3 December 1977 KUW 1–2 IRN 1964 Al-Dakhil 14 Fariba 48 Khabiri 59 Kuwait City Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Malcolm Hall Wright (Northern Ireland) 4 December 1977 KOR 1949 5–2 HKG 1959 Kim Ho-kon 22 Huh Jung-moo 43 Kim Jae-han 76 81 Park Sang-in 89 Kwok Ka Ming 49 Chan Fat Chi 79 Busan Busan Gudeok Stadium Heinz Aldinger (West Germany) Iran qualified. Qualified teams The following team from AFC qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 IRN 1964 A1 Final round winners 25 November 1977 1 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Goalscorers 7 goals 20em yes NZL Keith Nelson 6 goals 20em yes AUS John Kosmina AUS Peter Ollerton KUW Faisal Al-Dakhil 5 goals 20em yes IRN 1964 Ghafour Jahani KOR 1949 Cha Bum-kun 4 goals 20em yes HKG colonial Chung Chor Wai IRN 1964 Hassan Roshan KUW Abdulaziz Al-Anberi KUW Jasem Yaqoub MAS James Wong 3 goals 20em yes AUS Attila Abonyi AUS Jimmy Rooney HKG colonial Kwok Ka Ming HKG colonial Wun Chee Keung KUW Fat'hi Kameel Fayaz Matar Marzouq NZL Steve Sumner KOR 1949 Park Sang-in THA Jesdaporn Naphatalung 2 goals 20em yes BHR 1972 Fuad Abou Shaqr HKG colonial Lau Wing Yip IRN 1964 Hossein Kazerani IRN 1964 Gholam Hossein Mazloumi ISR Oded Machnes KUW Hamad Khalid Bo Hamad MAS Isa Bakar SIN Quah Kim Song KOR 1949 Choi Jong-duk KOR 1949 Kim Jae-han KOR 1949 Lee Young-moo THA Vidthaya Laohakul THA Niwat Srisawat 1 goal 20em yes AUS Murray Barnes AUS Colin Bennett BHR 1972 Ibrahim Al Farhan BHR 1972 Ebrahim Zowayed HKG colonial Chan Fat Chi HKG colonial Fung Chi Ming HKG colonial Tang Hung Cheong IDN Junaedi Abdillah IDN Anjas Asmara IDN Iswadi Idris IDN Andi Lala IDN Ronny Pattinasarany IDN Risdianto IDN Waskito IRN 1964 Behtash Fariba IRN 1964 Habib Khabiri IRN 1964 Ali Parvin IRN 1964 Habib Shareefi IRN 1964 Mohsin Yousifi ISR Haim Bar ISR Uri Malmilian ISR Itzhak Peretz KUW Ibrahim Mohammed Al Duraihem KUW Farouk Ibrahim Al Awadi Al Saleh KUW Badr Abdul Hameed Bo Abbas KUW Abdullah Yousuf Ma'yoof MAS Bakri Ibni NZL Clive Campbell NZL Dave Taylor NZL Kevin Weymouth QAT Anbar Bashir Abubakr QAT Hassan Myuter Saied Al Suwaidi QAT Mansour Muftah Faraj Bekhit KSA Samir Sultan Al Fahad KSA Saoud Al Gassem Mohammed Bo Saeed KSA Mohammed Abdul Ghani SIN Mohammed Noh Hussein SIN Dollah Kassim SIN Suriamurthy Rajagopal KOR 1949 Huh Jung-moo KOR 1949 Kim Ho-kon SYR 1972 Abdul Hamid Al Katbi SYR 1972 Marwan Khalifa Khouri TAI Chang Kuo Chi THA Cherdsak Chaiyabutr 1 own goal 20em yes TAI Lo Chih Tsong (playing against New Zealand) See also 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) References AFC and OFC 1978 1978 Category:1976 in Asian men's international football Category:1977 in Asian men's international football Category:1977 in Oceanian men's international football Category:Iran at the 1978 FIFA World Cup Category:1977 in Australian soccer Category:1977–78 in Hong Kong football Category:1977 in South Korean sport Category:1977–78 in Kuwaiti football