1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification


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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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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

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

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
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

Match for third place

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Thailand and Khmer Republic qualified for final tournament

All the others withdrew, so   South Korea qualified automatically.

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

Ceylon (Sri Lanka) had a bye

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]

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

Match for third place

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Iraq and Kuwait qualified for final tournament

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.