1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification

May 2016 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification 21 May – 24 December 1971 13 1 29 98 1968 1976 The qualification for the 1972 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 13 teams in three zones. The winner and runners-up of each group would join hosts Thailand and title defenders Iran in the final tournament. 2 Zones Central zoneEastern zoneWestern zone 1Western zone 2BRU Burma 1948* HKG 1959 IDN Khmer Republic LAO 1952* MAS SIN* THA VSO*JPN 1947* PHI 1936* ROC * KOR 1949AFG 1930* ISR** NEP*BHR 1932 Ceylon 1951 IND* IRQ 1963*** JOR KUW PAK* LBN 1943 SYR 1963 * Withdrew ** Israel originally qualified as hosts, but withdrew laterhttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19700816-1.2.92.41 Malaysia, Singapore stay in Asian Cup central zone 16 August 1970 The Straits Times *** Iraq were allocated to Western zone later Iran qualified as defending champions Central Zone All matches played in Thailand. Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups. 21 May 1971 THA 1–1 Khmer Republic National Stadium, Bangkok 5–1 22 May 1971 MAS 8–0 BRU Norbit 12 28 80 S. Abdullah 28 38 83 Wong Choon Wah 37 Soh Chin Aun 48 National Stadium, Bangkok 22 May 1971 IDN 2–1 Hong Kong 1959 Santoso 4 ? ? ? ? National Stadium, Bangkok Group A main WDL Central Group A Q y 2 IDN IDN THA THA BRU BRU 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 10 1 0 0 2 0 19 #ccffcc Advance to semi-finals A A complete 24 May 1971 THA 10–0 BRU National Stadium, Bangkok 26 May 1971 IDN 1–0 THA National Stadium, Bangkok 28 May 1971 IDN 9–0 BRU National Stadium, Bangkok Group B main WDL Central Group B Q y 2 MAS MAS CAM Khmer Republic HKG HKG 1959 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 2 4 #ccffcc Advance to semi-finals A A complete 24 May 1971 Khmer Republic 2–1 Hong Kong 1959 National Stadium, Bangkok 26 May 1971 MAS 2–1 Khmer Republic Wong Choon Wah 12 S. Abdullah 75 Selim 44 National Stadium, Bangkok 28 May 1971 MAS 2–1 Hong Kong 1959 S. Abdullah 25 69 Chung Chor Wai 44 National Stadium, Bangkok 30,000 Semi-finals 30 May 1971 Khmer Republic 2–0 IDN Sea Cheng Eang ? National Stadium, Bangkok 20,000 30 May 1971 THA 1–0 MAS National Stadium, Bangkok Third place play-off 1 June 1971 MAS 3–0 IDN R. Abdullah 33Bakar 84Mydin 88 National Stadium, Bangkok Nisan Thantanond (Thailand) Final 1 June 1971 THA 4–2 Khmer Republic National Stadium, Bangkok Eastern Zone All the other teams withdrew, so South Korea qualified automatically. Western Zone All matches played in Kuwait. Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups. Ceylon received a bye and was automatically allocated into Group A. 10 December 1971 IRQ 1963 1–1 KUW Aziz 15 Mohamed ? Kuwait 2–4 11 December 1971 BHR 1932 3–0 LBN 1943 Kuwait 11 December 1971 SYR 1963 0–0 JOR Kuwait 4–3 Group A main WDL Western Group A Q y 2 IRQ IRQ 1963 JOR JOR BHR BHR 1932 CEY Ceylon 1951 3 0 0 8 0 2 0 1 5 5 1 0 2 5 4 0 0 3 1 10 #ccffcc Advance to semi-finals A A complete http://www.niiiis.com/70-79.html مباريات منتخب العراق الدولية 70-79 13 December 1971 IRQ 1963 5–0 Ceylon 1951 Kadhim 32 42 69 Kamil 51 Khalaf 88 Kuwait Sarkis Demirdjian (Lebanon) 13 December 1971 JOR 3–2 BHR 1932 Kuwait 15 December 1971 IRQ 1963 1–0 BHR 1932 Kadhim 89 Kuwait 16 December 1971 JOR 2–1 Ceylon 1951 Kuwait 18 December 1971 IRQ 1963 2–0 JOR Ahmed 11 Kadhim 62 Kuwait 20 December 1971 BHR 1932 3–0 Ceylon 1951 Kuwait Group B main WDL Western Group B Q y 2 KUW KUW LIB LBN 1943 SYR SYR 1963 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 4 5 #ccffcc Advance to semi-finals A A complete 14 December 1971 KUW 1–0 LBN 1943 Khalaf ? Rahal ? Kuwait 17 December 1971 KUW 2–2 SYR 1963 Khalaf ?Ibrahim ? ? ? Kuwait 19 December 1971 LBN 1943 3–2 SYR 1963 Mantoufi 23Al Ghoul 35 55 Said 3Nano 25 Kuwait Fernando (Ceylon) Semi-finals 21 December 1971 KUW 2–0 JOR Al Khashram ?Khalaf ? Kuwait 22 December 1971 IRQ 1963 4–1 LBN 1943 Kadhim 40 53 Aziz 65 Ahmed 83 Mantoufi 88 Shuwaikh High School Stadium, Kuwait City Third place play-off 24 December 1971 LBN 1943 2–0 JOR Kuwait Al Ghoul ? Mantoufi ? https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/18577-%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-1%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7 Final 24 December 1971 IRQ 1963 1–0 KUW Nouri 90+4 Kuwait Sarkis Demirdjian (Lebanon) Qualified teams Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance THA 1964 * Hosts* and C1 Central Zone winners 30 May 1971 0 (debut) IRN 1964 681 1968 AFC Asian Cup Champions 19 May 1968 01 1 (1968) Khmer Republic C2 Central Zone runners-up 30 May 1971 0 (debut) KOR 1949 E1 Eastern zone winners (automatically qualified) 1971 03 3 (1956, 1960, 1964) IRQ 1963 W1 Western Zone winners 22 December 1971 0 (debut) KUW W2 Western Zone runners-up 21 December 1971 0 (debut) Israel originally qualified as hosts but later withdrew. Thailand replaced them later. Goalscorers 98 29 IRQ 1963 Ali Kadhim MAS Shaharuddin Abdullah KUW Jawad Khalaf LBN 1943 Daoud Mantoufi LBN 1943 Youssef Al Ghoul MAS Shah Norbit IRQ 1963 Douglas Aziz IRQ 1963 Razzaq Ahmed CAM 1970 Sea Cheng Eang MAS Wong Choon Wah HKG 1959 Chung Chor Wai IDN Budi Santoso IRQ 1963 Shamil Kamil IRQ 1963 Sattar Khalaf IRQ 1963 Riyadh Nouri CAM 1970 Slayman Selim KUW Farouq Ibrahim KUW Hamad Khaled Mohamed KUW Ibrahim Al Khashram MAS Ibrahim Mydin MAS Isa Bakar MAS Rahim Abdullah MAS Soh Chin Aun SYR 1963 Nabil Nano SYR 1963 Samir Said References External links Details at RSSSF FIFA results record, used to update dates and locations Al-Hayat; December 1971 Asian Cup qualification Category:AFC Asian Cup qualification Qualification Category:International association football competitions hosted by Thailand Category:International association football competitions hosted by Kuwait