AFC Asian Qualifiers |
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Qualification for the 1968 AFC Asian Cup. The winner of each group advances to the final tournament.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 22 March – 19 November 1967 |
Teams | 14 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 86 (3.31 per match) |
← 1964 1972 → |
Zones
Central zone | Eastern zone | Western zone 1 | Western zone 2 |
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- * Withdrew
Central zone
All matches held in Hong Kong.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Hong Kong | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 8 |
Thailand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
South Vietnam | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
Singapore | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 |
Eastern zone
All matches held in Republic of China.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Republic of China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 7 |
Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 |
South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 3 |
Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 3 |
Philippines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 |
Western zone 1
All the others withdrew, so Israel qualified automatically.
Western zone 2
All matches held in Burma.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Burma | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
Cambodia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Burma | 2–0 | Pakistan |
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Suk Bahadur 61' Hla Kyi 77' |
Report |
Qualified teams
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
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Iran | Hosts[1] | N/A | 0 (debut) |
Hong Kong | Central Zone winners | 2 April 1967 | 2 (1956, 1964) |
Republic of China | Eastern zone winners | 7 August 1967 | 1 (1960) |
Israel | Western Zone 1 winners (automatically qualified) | 1967 | 3 (1956, 1960, 1964) |
Burma | Western Zone 2 winners | 16 November 1967 | 0 (debut) |
References
- ^ "Malaysia to meet Iraq, Indonesia". The Straits Times. 27 December 1966. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- Garin, Erik; Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1968". RSSSF.