1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

First Round

Final Round

Final Round Play-off

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Classification matches

Group A

Group B

Semifinals

Final

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone (AFC and OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 21 AFC and OFC teams entered the competition. However, Iran withdrew before the draw was made. The Asian and Oceanian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

There would be two rounds of play:

First Round: The remaining 20 teams would be divided into 4 groups. The groups had different rules, as follows:
- Group 1 had 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
- Group 2 had 5 teams. The teams played against each other once in Saudi Arabia. The group winner would qualify.
- Group 3 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other once in Kuwait. The group winner would qualify.
- Group 4 had 6 teams. All matches were played in Hong Kong. There would be four stages of play:
  - Classification matches: All teams would be paired up to play preliminary matches to determine group classification.
  - Group stage: Based on the results of the classification matches, the 6 teams were divided into 2 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other once. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the semifinals.
  - Semifinals: The winner of Group A played against the runner-up of Group B in a single match, and the winner of Group B played against the runner-up of Group A in a single match. The winners would advance to the Final.
  - Final: The 2 teams played against each other in a single match. The winner would advance to the Final Round.
Final Round: The 4 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.

1 First Round
2 Final Round
3 Final Round Play-off
4 See also

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	New Zealand	14	8	6	2	0	31	3	+28
2	Australia	10	8	4	2	2	22	9	+13
3	Indonesia	6	8	2	2	4	5	14	−9
4	Chinese Taipei	5	8	1	3	4	5	8	−3
5	Fiji	5	8	1	3	4	6	35	−29

25 April 1981	New Zealand	3 – 3	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Grant Turner Steve Wooddin Steve Sumner		Krncevic Boden	Referee: Mencgali (Italy)

3 May 1981	Fiji	0 – 4	New Zealand	Suva, Fiji
			Brian Turner Steve Sumner	Referee: Omar (Malaysia)

7 May 1981	Chinese Taipei	0 – 0	New Zealand	Taipei, Chinese Taipei
				Referee: Asami (Japan)

11 May 1981	Indonesia	0 – 2	New Zealand	Jakarta, Indonesia
			Brian Turner Grant Turner	Referee: Ausukont (Thailand)

16 May 1981	Australia	0 – 2	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
			Steve Wooddin Grant Turner	Referee: Courtney (England)

20 May 1981	Australia	2 – 0	Indonesia	Melbourne, Australia
	Davidson Kosmina			Referee: Oliva (Portugal)

23 May 1981	New Zealand	5 – 0	Indonesia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Grant Turner Adrian Elrick Brian Turner Steve Wooddin			Referee: Oliva (Portugal)

30 May 1981	New Zealand	2 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Auckland, New Zealand
	Steve Wooddin 14' Grant Turner 75'			Referee: Boskovic (Australia)

31 May 1981	Fiji	0 – 0	Indonesia	Suva, Fiji
				Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

6 June 1981	Fiji	2 – 1	Chinese Taipei	Suva, Fiji
				Referee: Dhillon (Singapore)

10 June 1981	Australia	3 – 2	Chinese Taipei	Adelaide, Australia
	Henderson 17' Kosmina 54' Byrne 68' (pen.)		Deng Chyan 82', 89'	Referee: Getkaew (Thailand)

15 June 1981	Indonesia	1 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Jakarta, Indonesia
	Ismante 75'			Referee: Charupunt (Thailand)

28 June 1981	Chinese Taipei	2 – 0	Indonesia	Taipei, Chinese Taipei
	Deng Chyan Jyn Tson			Referee: Nishi (Japan)

26 July 1981	Fiji	1 – 4	Australia	Suva, Fiji
	Meli Vuilabasa		Gary Cole Murria Barnes Peter Sharne	Referee: Hardjowasito (Indonesia)

4 August 1981	Chinese Taipei	0 – 0	Fiji	Taipei, Chinese Taipei
				Referee: Brillantes (Philippines)

10 August 1981	Indonesia	3 – 3	Fiji	Jakarta, Indonesia
	Yohanes Budi Upendran Choy Herry Riswanto		Jone Ratu Meli Vuilabasa John Morris Williams	Referee: Gurkan (Philippines)

14 August 1981	Australia	10 – 0	Fiji	Melbourne, Australia
	David Mitchell 29', 35', 83' Gary Cole 42', 52', 64', 67', 71' (pen.), 75', 78'			Referee: Ausukont (Thailand)

16 August 1981	New Zealand	13 – 0	Fiji	Auckland, New Zealand
	Steve Sumner Brian Turner Grant Turner Duncan Cole Keith Mackay Steve Wooddin			Referee: Getkaew (Thailand)

30 August 1981	Indonesia	1 – 0	Australia	Jakarta, Indonesia
	Ridianto			Referee: Reyes (Philippines)

6 September 1981	Chinese Taipei	0 – 0	Australia	Taipei, Chinese Taipei
				Referee: Gurkan (Philippines)

New Zealand advanced to the Final Round.

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Saudi Arabia	8	4	4	0	5	0	+5
2	Iraq	6	4	3	1	5	2	+3
3	Qatar	4	4	2	2	5	3	+2
4	Bahrain	2	4	1	3	1	6	−5
5	Syria	0	4	0	4	2	7	−5

18 March 1981	Iraq	1 – 0	Qatar	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Hussein Said			Referee: Boskovic (Australia)

19 March 1981	Bahrain	1 – 0	Syria	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Shagr			Referee: Sano (Japan)

21 March 1981	Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Iraq	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Amin Mohammad			Referee: Rubio Vesquez (Mexico)

22 March 1981	Qatar	3 – 0	Bahrain	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Muftah Salman			Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

24 March 1981	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	Syria	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Saud Jassem			Referee: Nishi (Japan)

25 March 1981	Iraq	2 – 0	Bahrain	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Bashir A. Derjal			Referee: Dhillon (Singapore)

27 March 1981	Qatar	2 – 1	Syria	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Khalfan Muftah		Jehad	Referee: Rampley (Australia)

28 March 1981	Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Bahrain	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Al-Dosari			Referee: Sano (Japan)

30 March 1981	Iraq	2 – 1	Syria	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Khedheyer Nazar		Jehad	Referee: Rampley (Australia)

31 March 1981	Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Qatar	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Khamis			Referee: Boskovic (Australia)

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Kuwait	6	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12
2	South Korea	4	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3
3	Malaysia	1	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5
4	Thailand	1	3	0	1	2	3	13	−10

21 April 1981	South Korea	2 – 1	Malaysia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Hong Sung-Ho 30' Jung Hae-Wong 85'		Wong Chye 6'

22 April 1981	Kuwait	6 – 0	Thailand	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Al-Anbari Al-Dakheel Kameel Karam I. Yacoub			Referee: D'Souza (India)

24 April 1981	South Korea	5 – 1	Thailand	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Choi Soon-Ho Lee Tae-Ho So Man-So		vaitalla	Referee: Hardjowasito (Indonesia)

25 April 1981	Kuwait	4 – 0	Malaysia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	J. Mubarak Al-Ghanem I. Yacoub			Referee: Cheung Kwok Hui (Hong Kong)

27 April 1981	Malaysia	2 – 2	Thailand	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Ibrahim Din		Ranchatat Suvannaplich	Referee: Valentine (Scotland)

29 April 1981	Kuwait	2 – 0	South Korea	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Al-Anbari Al-Ghanen			Referee: Aristizabal Murcia (Colombia)

Kuwait advanced to the Final Round.

21 December 1980	China PR	1 – 0	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
	Chen Jingang			Referee: Al-Mauzan (Saudi Arabia)

22 December 1980	Japan	1 – 0	Singapore	Hong Kong
	Kimura			Referee: Ausukont (Thailand)

22 December 1980	North Korea	3 – 0	Macau	Hong Kong
	Kim Yong-Nam Li Chang-Ha Li Yong-Sob			Referee: Demirdjian (Lebanon)

Based on the results, China PR, Japan and Macau were placed in Group A, while Hong Kong, Korea DPR and Singapore were placed in Group B.

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	China PR	4	2	2	0	4	0	+4
2	Japan	2	2	1	1	3	1	+2
3	Macau	0	2	0	2	0	6	−6

24 December 1980	China PR	3 – 0	Macau	Hong Kong
	Gu Guangming Rong Zhihang Zuo Shusheng			Referee: Getkaew (Thailand)

26 December 1980	China PR	1 – 0	Japan	Hong Kong
	Rong Zhihang			Referee: Ali Al-Bannai (Kuwait)

28 December 1980	Japan	3 – 0	Macau	Hong Kong
	Hasegawa Kimura Maeda			Referee: Arafat (Syria)

China and Japan advanced to the Group 4 Semifinals.

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	North Korea	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
2	Hong Kong	2	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
3	Singapore	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1

24 December 1980	Hong Kong	1 – 1	Singapore	Hong Kong
	Choi Jork Yee		Pathmanathan	Referee: Arafat (Syria)

26 December 1980	North Korea	1 – 0	Singapore	Hong Kong
	Li Jong-Sob			Referee: Al-Doy (Bahrain)

28 December 1980	Hong Kong	2 – 2	North Korea	Hong Kong
	Wong Chi-Keung Wu Kwok-Huk		Li Yong-Man Li Yong-Sob

Korea DPR and Hong Kong advanced to the Group 4 Semifinals.

30 December 1980	North Korea	1 – 0	Japan	Hong Kong
	Kim Yong-Nam			Referee: Ali Al-Bannai (Kuwait)

Korea DPR advanced to the Group 4 Final.

China PR advanced to the Group 4 Final on penalties.

4 January 1981	China PR	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	North Korea	Hong Kong
	Huang Xiangdong Chen Xirong Gu Guanming		Kim Young-Nam Li Chang-Ha	Referee: Al-Deq (Bahrain)

China PR advanced to the Final Round.

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Kuwait	9	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2
2=	New Zealand	7	6	2	3	1	11	6	+5
2=	China PR	7	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5
4	Saudi Arabia	1	6	0	1	5	4	16	−12

24 September 1981	China PR	0 – 0	New Zealand	Beijing, China PR
				Referee: Sano (Japan)

3 October 1981	New Zealand	1 – 0	China PR	Auckland, New Zealand
	Ricki Herbert 45'			Referee: Getkaew (Thailand)

10 October 1981	New Zealand	1 – 2	Kuwait	Auckland, New Zealand
	Steve Wooddin 23'		Al-Dakheel 47' (pen.) J. Yacoub 82'	Referee: Hardjowasito (Indonesia)

18 October 1981	China PR	3 – 0	Kuwait	Beijing, China PR
	Rong Zhihang 24' Gu Guanming 28' Shen Xiangfu 59'			Referee: Boskovic (Australia)

4 November 1981	Saudi Arabia	0 – 1	Kuwait	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
			Al-Anbari	Referee: Grey (England)

12 November 1981	China PR	4 – 2	Saudi Arabia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Zuo Shisheng 62' Chen Jingiang 63' Gu Guanming 76' Chi Shang 88'		Al-Nefayyia 10' Majed Abdullah 11'	Referee: Ponnet (Belgium)

19 November 1981	China PR	2 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Huang Xiangdong 24' Cai Jubiao 27'			Referee: Wright (Brazil)

28 November 1981	New Zealand	2 – 2	Saudi Arabia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Ricki Herbert Billy McClure		Majed Abdullah	Referee: Ithurralde (Argentina)

30 November 1981	Kuwait	1 – 0	China PR	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Al-Anbari 7'			Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

7 December 1981	Kuwait	2 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Al-Dakheel 36', 56'			Referee: Redelfs (West Germany)

14 December 1981	Kuwait	2 – 2	New Zealand	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Al-Hashash Kameel		Steve Sumner Wynton Rufer	Referee: Lund-Sarensen (Denmark)

19 December 1981	Saudi Arabia	0 – 5	New Zealand	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
			Wynton Rufer Brian Turner Steve Wooddin	Referee: Corver (Netherlands)

31 December 1980

Hong Kong

0 – 0
(a.e.t.)

(4 – 5 pen)

China PR

Referee: Getkaew (Thailand)

Penalties

China PR and New Zealand finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

10 January 1982	New Zealand	2 – 1	China PR	Singapore
	Steve Wooddin 24' Wynton Rufer 47'		Huang Xiangdong 75'	Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil)

Kuwait and New Zealand qualified.