1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification

May 2016 Qualification for the Asian Football Confederation's 1988 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Qatar between 2 and 18 December. Saudi Arabia defeated Republic of Korea in the final match in Doha. 1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification 4 February 1988 – 22 June 1988 20 1 1984 1992 Groups Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4BAN CHN IND North Yemen THA UAEIRQ 1963 * JPN 1947Japan entered the 1988 AFC Asian Cup and its qualifiers with a B team, made up mostly of university players, as the Japan Football Association kept the senior national team players at home for domestic league and cup competitions.2024-01-11 日本サッカーの夜明け前にあった「幻のアジア挑戦」 初出場の1988年大会、B代表で“ぶっつけ本番”【コラム】 https://www.football-zone.net/archives/501037 2025-09-02 ja japan JOR KUW MAS PAKHKG 1959 IRN NEP PRK 1948 SIN * SYR 1980BHR 1972 Burma 1974 * IDN OMN 1970 * KOR 1984 South Yemen * Withdrew Qualification Group 1 All matches played in United Arab Emirates. TeamPts PointsPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differenceUAE95410121+11CHN85320100+10North Yemen55131550THA45122512–7BAN3503219–8IND1501406–6 4 February 1988 UAE 3–0 THA Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 5 February 1988 CHN 0–0 North Yemen Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 6 February 1988 BAN 0–0 IND https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/33961/Bangladesh_India.html Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 7 February 1988 UAE 2–1 North Yemen Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 8 February 1988 CHN 4–0 BAN Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 9 February 1988 IND 0–1 THA Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 10 February 1988 UAE 0–0 CHN Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 11 February 1988 North Yemen 1–0 IND Mohammed Al Sharani 83 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 12 February 1988 THA Natee Thongsookkaew 50 1–1 BAN Ahmed Ali 44 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 13 February 1988 UAE 3–0 IND https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/33674/United_Arab_Emirates_India.html Khamees 59Mohamed 63Al Talyani 67 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 14 February 1988 CHN 5–0 THA Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 14 February 1988 North Yemen 0–0 BAN Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 16 February 1988 CHN 1–0 IND Liu Haiguang 30 https://www.national-football-teams.com/country/86/1988/India.html Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 16 February 1988 North Yemen 3–3 THA Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 17 February 1988 UAE 4–0 BAN Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Group 2 All matches played in Malaysia. Iraq were originally drawn in this group, but they withdrew on 6 April 1988 in protest at the AFC changing the fixtures schedule at late notice.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FZJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_Y8DAAAAIBAJ&dq=iraq%20football&pg=5000%2C1613602 Angry Iraq pull out New Straits Times 7 April 1988 Rokk Lazarus TeamPts PointsPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differenceKUW7431090+9JPN 19475421163+3JOR5413021+1MAS3411246–2PAK04004112–11 7 April 1988 MAS 4–0 PAK Mat Din 49Hassan 79 80Salleh 84 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Report 8 April 1988 KUW 1–0 JPN 1947 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 10 April 1988 JOR 1–0 PAK Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Al-Turk 44 Report 11 April 1988 MAS 0–1 JPN 1947 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 12 April 1988 KUW 0–0 JOR Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 14 April 1988 MAS 0–0 JOR Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 15 April 1988 KUW 3–0 PAK Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Al-Haddad ?Al-Anezi ?Hussain ? Report 16 April 1988 JPN 1947 1–1 JOR Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 April 1988 MAS 0–5 KUW Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 April 1988 JPN 1947 4–1 PAK Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Maeda 3Oenoki 37 Matsuyama 69Minoguchi 88 Report Sarwar 63 Group 3 All matches played in Nepal. TeamPts PointsPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differenceSYR 19807431082+6IRN6422061+5PRK 19485421132+1HKG 19591401305–5NEP1401307–7 25 May 1988 NEP 0–0 HKG 1959 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 26 May 1988 SYR 1980 2–1 PRK 1948 Al Nasser 28Kareghli 90 Kang Myong-sam 45 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 27 May 1988 IRN 2–0 HKG 1959 Ghayeghran 9Marfavi 73 Xu Bingsheng (China) Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 27 May 1988 NEP 0–1 PRK 1948 Ju Kyong-shik 52 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 29 May 1988 SYR 1980 1–1 IRN Siflan 13 Bavi 73 Abdulaziz Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 31 May 1988 PRK 1948 1–0 HKG 1959 Kim Kwang-min 22 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 1 June 1988 NEP 0–3 SYR 1980 unknown Ahmed 23 Al Nasser 65 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 2 June 1988 IRN 0–0 PRK 1948 Abdulaziz Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 3 June 1988 SYR 1980 2–0 HKG 1959 Kardeghli 48 Mahrous 73 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 4 June 1988 NEP 0–3 IRN Bavi 6 53 67 Abdulaziz Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Group 4 All matches played in Indonesia. TeamPts PointsPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differenceBHR 19725321040+4KOR 19843311153+2IDN3311114–3South Yemen1301214–3 17 June 1988 IDN 1–0 South Yemen Jakarta, Indonesia 17 June 1988 BHR 1972 2–0 KOR 1984 Jakarta, Indonesia 19 June 1988 KOR 1984 1–1 South Yemen Jakarta, Indonesia 19 June 1988 IDN 0–0 BHR 1972 Jakarta, Indonesia 22 June 1988 BHR 1972 2–0 South Yemen Jakarta, Indonesia 22 June 1988 IDN 0–4 KOR 1984 Jakarta, Indonesia Qualified teams Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance QAT * Hosts N/A 02 2 (1980, 1984) KSA 841 1984 AFC Asian Cup champions 16 December 1984 01 1 (1984) UAE A1 Group 1 winners 17 February 1988 01 1 (1980, 1984) CHN A2 Group 1 runners-up 16 February 1988 03 3 (1976, 1980, 1984) KUW B1 Group 2 winners 18 April 1988 04 4 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984) JPN B2 Group 2 runners-up 18 April 1988 0 (debut) SYR 1980 C1 Group 3 winners 3 June 1988 02 2 (1980, 1984) IRN C2 Group 3 runners-up 4 June 1988 05 5 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984) BHR 1972 D1 Group 4 winners 22 June 1988 0 (debut) KOR 1984 D2 Group 4 runners-up 22 June 1988 06 6 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984) Notes References RSSSF details *"Stiff test for Lions in 1988" The Straits Times, 13 December 1986, Page 38 GSA details Q Category:AFC Asian Cup qualification