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1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Qualification for the 1972 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Thailand.

1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates21 May 1971 – 24 December 1971
Teams13 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored98 (3.38 per match)
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Zones

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Central zone Eastern zone Western zone 1 Western zone 2

  Brunei
  Burma*
  Hong Kong
  Indonesia
  Khmer Republic
  Laos*
  Malaysia
  Singapore*
  Thailand
  South Vietnam*

  Japan*
  Philippines*
  Republic of China *
  South Korea

  Afghanistan*
  Israel**
    Nepal*

  Bahrain
  Ceylon
  India*
  Iraq***
  Jordan
  Kuwait
  Pakistan*
  Lebanon
  Syria

  • * Withdrew
  • **   Israel originally qualified as hosts, but withdrew later[1]
  • ***  Iraq were allocated to Western zone later
  •   Iran qualified as defending champions

Central Zone

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Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

Thailand  1–1  Khmer Republic
Malaysia  8–0  Brunei
Zulkifli Norbit   12', 28', 80'
S. Abdullah   28', 38', 83'
Wong Choon Wah   37'
Soh Chin Aun   48'
Indonesia  2–1  Hong Kong
Budi Santoso   4'
 ?  		 ?  

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Indonesia 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 4
  Thailand 2 1 0 1 10 1 +9 2
  Brunei 2 0 0 2 0 19 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]
Thailand  10–0  Brunei
Indonesia  1–0  Thailand
Indonesia  9–0  Brunei

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Malaysia 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 4
  Khmer Republic 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
  Hong Kong 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]
Khmer Republic  2–1  Hong Kong
Malaysia  2–1  Hong Kong
Shaharuddin Abdullah   25', 69' Chung Chor Wai   44'

Semifinal

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Khmer Republic  2–0  Indonesia
Thailand  1–0  Malaysia

Match for third place

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Malaysia  3–0  Indonesia

Final

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Thailand  4–2  Khmer Republic

Thailand and Khmer Republic qualified for final tournament

Eastern Zone

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All the others withdrew, so   South Korea qualified automatically.

Western Zone

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Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

Iraq  1–1  Kuwait
Aziz   15' Bu Hamad  
Penalties
2–4
Bahrain  3–0  Lebanon
Syria  0–0  Jordan
Penalties
4–3

Ceylon (Sri Lanka) had a bye

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iraq 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 6
  Jordan 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 4
  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 2
  Ceylon 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: [2]
Iraq  5–0  Ceylon
Kadhim   32', 42', 69'
Kamil   51'
Khalaf   88'
Jordan  3–2  Bahrain
Iraq  1–0  Bahrain
Kadhim   89'
Jordan  2–1  Ceylon
Iraq  2–0  Jordan
Ahmed   11'
Kadhim   62'
Bahrain  3–0  Ceylon

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Kuwait 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3
  Lebanon 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
  Syria 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
Source: [citation needed]
Kuwait  1–0  Lebanon
Khalaf   Rahal  
Kuwait  2–2  Syria
Khalaf  
Ibrahim  		 ?  
?  
Lebanon  3–2  Syria
Mantoufi   23'
Al Ghoul   35', 55'		 Said   3'
Nano   25'
Referee: Fernando (Ceylon)

Semifinal

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Kuwait  2–0  Jordan
Al Khashram  
Khalaf  
Iraq  4–1  Lebanon
 Mantoufi   88'
Al Choueikh High School, Kuwait

Match for third place

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Lebanon  2–0  Jordan
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Final

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Iraq  1–0  Kuwait
Nouri   90+4'

Iraq and Kuwait qualified for final tournament

Qualified teams

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Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
  Thailand Hosts* and Central Zone winners 30 May 1971 0 (debut)
  Iran 1968 AFC Asian Cup Champions 19 May 1968 1 (1968)
  Khmer Republic Central Zone runners-up 30 May 1971 0 (debut)
  South Korea Eastern zone winners (automatically qualified) 1971 3 (1956, 1960, 1964)
  Iraq Western Zone winners 22 December 1971 0 (debut)
  Kuwait Western Zone runners-up 21 December 1971 0 (debut)
  •   Israel originally qualified as hosts but later withdrew.   Thailand replaced them later.

References

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  1. ^ "Malaysia, Singapore stay in Asian Cup central zone". The Straits Times. 16 August 1970.
  2. ^ "مباريات منتخب العراق الدولية 70-79".
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