1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Qualification for the Asian Football Confederation's 1976 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Iran.

Groups

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Bahrain *  Iran **  Kuwait  Lebanon *  Pakistan *  South Yemen  Syria *	Bangladesh *  Afghanistan  India *  Iraq  Jordan *    Nepal *  Qatar  Saudi Arabia	Brunei  Burma *  Hong Kong  Indonesia ***  Malaysia ***  Singapore  Sri Lanka *  Thailand ***	Israel *****  Japan ****  Khmer Republic *  Laos *  Philippines *  Republic of China *****  South Korea  South Vietnam

• * Withdrew
• ** Qualified as host
• *** Moved to Group 4
• **** Moved to Group 3
• ***** Expelled
•  China PR and  North Korea were allocated to Group 3 later

Group 1

• All the others withdrew, so  Kuwait and  South Yemen qualified automatically.

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	11	6	5	1	0	14	3	+11
Saudi Arabia	7	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7
Qatar	5	6	2	1	3	5	8	–3
Afghanistan	1	6	0	1	5	3	18	–15

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Group 3

Group Allocation Matches:

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Group 3A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	4	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
Hong Kong	2	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Brunei	0	2	0	0	2	1	13	–12

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Group 3B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
North Korea	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Japan	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Singapore	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2

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Semifinal

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Third Place Match

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Final

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Korea DPR and China PR qualified for final tournament

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Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Malaysia	7	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5
Thailand	6	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6
South Korea	4	4	2	0	2	3	3	0
Indonesia	3	4	1	1	2	3	5	–2
South Vietnam	0	4	0	0	4	1	10	–9

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References

• "Singapore grouped with Burma in Asian Cup"
• The Straits Times, 23 November 1973, Page 29
• "S'pore have an uphill task in Asian Cup tournament"
• The Straits Times, 20 December 1974, Page 35

External links

• Details at RSSSF

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