1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

May 2016 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 15 March 1975 – 2 December 1975 15 1 35 94 1972 1980 Groups Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4BHR 1972* KUW LIB* PAK* South Yemen SYR 1972*AFG 1974 BAN* IND* IRQ 1963 JOR* NEP* QAT KSABRU Burma 1974* CHN HKG 1959 JPN 1947 PRK 1948 SIN SRI*IDN CAM 1970 Khmer Republic* LAO 1952* MAS PHI 1936* KOR 1949 South Vietnam THA * 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.http://www.niiiis.com/70-79.html مباريات منتخب العراق الدولية 70-79 main WDL Group 2 Q y 2 IRQ IRQ 1963 KSA KSA QAT QAT AFG AFG 1974 5 1 0 14 3 3 1 2 12 5 2 1 3 5 8 0 1 5 3 18 #ccffcc 1976 AFC Asian Cup A A complete 21 November 1975 IRQ 1963 1–0 QAT Hassan 55 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 21 November 1975 18:00 (UTC+3) KSA 2–0 AFG 1974 Report Al Mugnim 40 Subhi 50 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 23 November 1975 IRQ 1963 3–1 AFG 1974 Subhi 9 Alwan 17 Kadhim 78 ? ? Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 23 November 1975 18:00 (UTC+3) KSA 0–1 QAT Report ? 8 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 25 November 1975 18:00 (UTC+3) IRQ 1963 1–1 KSA Report Ahmed 86 Al Mugnim 4 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 25 November 1975 QAT 2–1 AFG 1974 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 28 November 1975 IRQ 1963 3–0 QAT Alwan 9 Hassan 60 Waal 74 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 28 November 1975 18:00 (UTC+3) KSA 6–0 AFG 1974 Report Al Mugnim 7 41 Bakhit 12 33 Naseab 25 Abdeli 65 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 30 November 1975 IRQ 1963 4–0 AFG 1974 Mahmoud 2 5 Mustafa 70 Ahmed 84 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 30 November 1975 18:00 (UTC+3) KSA 2–1 QAT Report Al Mugnim 52 Bakhit 59 Alsaieq 7 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 2 December 1975 18:00 (UTC+3) IRQ 1963 2–1 KSA Report Subhi 13 Hassan 42 Bakhit 54 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Mohsen Zamanyhe (Iran) 2 December 1975 QAT 1–1 AFG 1974 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 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. 14 June 1975 HKG 1959 0–0 4–3 JPN 1947 26,000 Watana Promasakhanaskolnakorn (Thailand) Government Stadium, Hong Kong 15 June 1975 CHN 1–0 PRK 1948 Li Guoning 40 28,864 Government Stadium, Hong Kong 15 June 1975 18:30 (UTC+8) SIN 6–0 BRU Kassim 1 58Gulam 10 14Noh 45Abidin 80 Government Stadium, Hong Kong Ruslan Hatta (Indonesia) Group 3A main WDL Group 3A Q y 2 CHN CHN HKG HKG 1959 BRU BRU 2 0 0 11 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 13 #ccffcc Advance to semi-finals A A complete 17 June 1975 CHN 10–1 BRU Li Zhouzhe 4 22 25Chi Shangbin 30De Zudian 35Lin Xinjiang 50Yang Limin 68 88Rong Zhixing 74Liu Jinshan 83 Tuah 87 9,465 Government Stadium, Hong Kong 19 June 1975 HKG 1959 3–0 BRU Government Stadium, Hong Kong 21 June 1975 HKG 1959 0–1 CHN Rong Zhixing 82 28,550 Government Stadium, Hong Kong Group 3B main WDL Group 3B Q y 2 PRK PRK 1948 JPN JPN 1947 SIN SIN 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 #ccffcc Advance to semi-finals A A complete 17 June 1975 PRK 1948 1–0 JPN 1947 An Se-uk 65 pen. 30,000 Government Stadium, Hong Kong 19 June 1975 PRK 1948 1–0 SIN Kim Bok-nam 52 Government Stadium, Hong Kong 12,000 Marcus Wong (Hong Kong) 21 June 1975 JPN 1947 2–1 SIN Ochiai 40Nagai 82 Anandan 79 28,000 Tam Sun Luk (Hong Kong) Government Stadium, Hong Kong Semi-finals 23 June 1975 CHN 2–1 JPN 1947 Li Zhouzhe 4Chi Shangbin 33 Arai 44 22,265 Government Stadium, Hong Kong 24 June 1975 PRK 1948 3–3 11–10 HKG 1959 Government Stadium, Hong Kong Third place match 26 June 1975 HKG 1959 0–1 JPN 1947 Watanabe 6 30,000 Hashita (Indonesia) Government Stadium, Hong Kong Final 26 June 1975 PRK 1948 2–0 CHN 28,566 Hong Song-nam 8Myong Dong-chan 28 Government Stadium, Hong Kong North Korea and China qualified for the final tournament. North Korea eventually withdrew from the competition. Group 4 All matches played in Thailand. main WDL Group 4 Q y 2 MAS MAS THA THA KOR KOR 1949 IDN IDN VSO VSO 3 1 0 6 1 3 0 1 8 2 2 0 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 5 0 0 4 1 10 #ccffcc 1976 AFC Asian Cup A A complete 15 March 1975 THA 3–1 IDN Naphatalung 60 66 Maklamthong 88 Pangdee 70 o.g. National Stadium, Bangkok 16 March 1975 MAS 2–1 KOR 1949 Bakar 19 Dahari 50 Cho Dong-hyun 34 National Stadium, Bangkok 4,000 17 March 1975 IDN 2–1 South Vietnam Wibisono 9 13 ? 32 National Stadium, Bangkok 1,000 18 March 1975 THA 0–1 MAS National Stadium, Bangkok 19 March 1975 KOR 1949 1–0 South Vietnam National Stadium, Bangkok 20 March 1975 MAS 0–0 IDN National Stadium, Bangkok 21 March 1975 THA 4–0 South Vietnam National Stadium, Bangkok 22 March 1975 KOR 1949 1–0 IDN National Stadium, Bangkok 23 March 1975 MAS 3–0 South Vietnam National Stadium, Bangkok 24 March 1975 THA 1–0 KOR 1949 Pongsri 10(pen.) National Stadium, Bangkok 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 IRN 1964 * Hosts N/A 02 2 (1968, 1972) KUW Automatically qualified from Group 1 1975 01 1 (1972) South Yemen Automatically qualified from Group 1 1975 0 (debut) IRQ 1963 B1 Group 2 winners 2 December 1975 01 1 (1972) KSA"note" withdrew Withdrew after qualifying B2 Group 2 runners-up 2 December 1975 0 (debut) PRK"note" withdrew Withdrew after qualifying C1 Group 3 winners 24 June 1975 0 (debut) CHN C2 Group 3 runners-up 23 June 1975 0 (debut) MAS D1 Group 4 winners 23 March 1975 0 (debut) THA"note" withdrew Withdrew after qualifying D2 Group 4 runners-up 24 March 1975 1 (1972) Goalscorers 94 35 KSA Mohammed Al Mugnim CHN Li Zhouzhe KSA Mohsen Bakhit IRQ 1963 Falah Hassan CHN Chi Shangbin CHN Rong Zhixing CHN Yang Limin IRQ 1963 Ahmed Subhi IRQ 1963 Ali Hussein Mahmoud IRQ 1963 Hadi Ahmed IRQ 1963 Hassani Alwan SIN Dollah Kassim SIN Mohammed Gulam THA Jesdaporn Naphatalung BRU Rosli Tuah CHN De Zudian CHN Li Guoning CHN Li Xinjiang CHN Liu Jinshan IDN Raden Mas Wibisono IRQ 1963 Ali Kadhim IRQ 1963 Hesham Mustafa IRQ 1963 Kadhim Waal JPN 1948 Hiroshi Ochiai JPN 1948 Kozo Arai JPN 1948 Mitsuo Watanabe JPN 1948 Yoshikazu Nagai MAS Isa Bakar MAS Mokhtar Dahari PRK An Se-uk PRK Hong Song-nam PRK Kim Bok-nam PRK Myong Dong-chan QAT Majed Alsaieq KSA Hamid Subhi KSA Mohammad S. Abdeli KSA Sultan Naseab SIN Mat Noh SIN Surash Anandan SIN Zainal Abidin KOR 1947 Cho Dong-hyun THA Pallop Maklamthong THA Sithiporn Pongsri THA Prajrit Pangdee Notes "note" References Singapore grouped with Burma in Asian Cup: The Straits Times, 23 November 1973, Page 29 https://web.archive.org/web/20130131034057/http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19731123.2.116.3.aspx 31 January 2013 S'pore have an uphill task in Asian Cup tournament: The Straits Times, 20 December 1974, Page 35 Japan's goals from 1970 - 1979: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap-intres1970.html External links Details at RSSSF Asian Cup qualification Category:AFC Asian Cup qualification Q