1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC and OFC Zone A

Football tournament qualification stage July 2026 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC) The AFC and OFC Zone A of 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 7 AFC and OFC members. Classification matches 16 May 1973 18:00 KST (UTC+09) South Vietnam 1 – 0 THA Supakit Meelarpkit 81 o.g. Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 25,000 Coffman (New Zealand) 1 16 May 1973 19:45 KST (UTC+09) ISR 2 – 1 JPN 1870 Mordechai Spiegler 5Moshe Onana 61 Shusaku Hirasawa 27 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 25,000 Boskovic (Australia) 1 17 May 1973 19:00 KST (UTC+09) HKG 1959 1 – 0 MAS Lo Hung Hoi 53 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 5,000 Azam (India) 1 Based on the results, South Vietnam, Japan and Hong Kong were placed in Group 1, while Thailand, Israel and Malaysia were placed in Group 2 with Korea Republic. Group 1 RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1HKG 19594220020+22JPN 18702210141+33South Vietnam0200205−5 20 May 1973 15:00 KST (UTC+09) Japan 4 – 0 South Vietnam Kunishige Kamamoto 5 86Takaji Mori 19Nguyen Vinh Quang 55 o.g. Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 10,000 Coffman (New Zealand) http://www.japannationalfootballteam.com/en/1973/0520.html 1 22 May 1973 19:00 KST (UTC+09) HKG 1959 1 – 0 JPN 1870 Kwok Ka Ming 82 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 10,000 Boskovic (Australia) 1 24 May 1973 19:00 KST (UTC+09) HKG 1959 1 – 0 South Vietnam Yuen Kuen Chu 68 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 5,000 Aing Kim Ean (Khmer Republic) 1 Hong Kong and Japan advanced to the Zone A Semifinals. Group 2 RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1ISR5321090+92KOR4312040+43MAS3311123−14THA03003012−12 19 May 1973 15:40 KST (UTC+09) KOR 4 – 0 THA Kim Jae-Han 52Cha Bum Kun 63 Chung Kyu-Poong 79 84 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 30,000 Ruslan Hatta (Indonesia) 1 19 May 1973 17:25 KST (UTC+09) ISR 3 – 0 MAS Farkas 50 Itzhak Shum 62 Moshe Onana 82 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 30,000 Aing Kim Ean (Khmer Republic) 1 21 May 1973 18:00 KST (UTC+09) ISR 6 – 0 THA George Borba 12 Mordechai Spiegler 62 Itzhak Shum 69 Zvi Rozen 73 84 Moshe Onana 78 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 35,000 Dhillon (Singapore) 1 21 May 1973 19:45 KST (UTC+09) KOR 0 – 0 MAS Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 35,000 U Tin Thut (Burma) 1 23 May 1973 18:00 KST (UTC+09) MAS 2 – 0 THA Rahim Abdullah Harun Jusoh Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 40,000 Azam (India) 1 23 May 1973 19:45 KST (UTC+09) KOR 0 – 0 ISR Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 40,000 U Tin Thut (Burma) 1 Israel and Korea Republic advanced to the Zone A Semifinals. Semifinals 26 May 1973 15:00 KST (UTC+09) HKG 1959 1 – 3 KOR Yuen Kuen Chu 5 Kim Jae-Han 45 Park Yi-Chun 52 Chung Kyu-Poong 72 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 35,000 Ruslan Hatta (Indonesia) 1 26 May 1973 16:45 KST (UTC+09) ISR 1 – 0(a.e.t.) JPN Moshe Onana 110 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 35,000 Dhillon (Singapore) 1 Korea Republic and Israel advanced to the Zone A Final. Final 28 May 1973 19:00 KST (UTC+09) KOR 1 – 0(a.e.t.) ISR Cha Bum-Kun 109 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 40,000 U Tin Thut (Burma) 1 Korea Republic advanced to the Final Round. External links RSSSF Page Naver News Library Page A Category:1973 in Asian men's international football Category:1973 in Japanese men's football Category:1973 in South Korean sport Category:1972–73 in Hong Kong football Category:1972–73 in Israeli football Category:1973 in South Vietnam Category:1973 in Thai sport Category:1973 in Malaysian sport Category:May 1973 sports events in Asia