1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

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.

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

Tournament details
Teams	20 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Gary Cole Steve Sumner Brian Turner (9 goals)
← 1978 1986 (AFC) → 1986 (OFC) →

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.

Format

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.

First round

Group 1

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

Source: RSSSF

25 April 1981

New Zealand	3–3	Australia
G. Turner 25' Wooddin 34' Sumner 80'		Krncevic 15', 42' Boden 31'

Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

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3 May 1981

Fiji	0–4	New Zealand
		B. Turner 8', 31', 85' Sumner 20'

Govind Park, Ba, Fiji

Referee: Othman bin Omar (Malaysia)

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7 May 1981

Chinese Taipei	0–0	New Zealand

Taipei Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: T. Asami (Japan)

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11 May 1981

Indonesia	0–2	New Zealand
		B. Turner 14' G. Turner 75'

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: N. Ausukont (Thailand)

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16 May 1981

Australia	0–2	New Zealand
		Wooddin 29' G. Turner 81'

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia

Attendance: 15,854

Referee: Courtney (England)

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20 May 1981

Australia	2–0	Indonesia
Kosmina 29' Davidson 33'

Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: V. Garcia Oliveira (Portugal)

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23 May 1981

New Zealand	5–0	Indonesia
Wooddin 9' B. Turner 34' G. Turner 59', 65' Elrick 81'

Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand

Attendance: 4,742

Referee: V. Garcia Oliveira (Portugal)

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30 May 1981

New Zealand	2–0	Chinese Taipei
Wooddin 14' G. Turner 75'

Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand

Attendance: 3,077

Referee: Boskovic (Australia)

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31 May 1981

Fiji	0–0	Indonesia

National Stadium, Suva, Fiji

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

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6 June 1981

Fiji	2–1	Chinese Taipei
Ratu Jone 55', 55'		Chang Kuo Chi 40'

Govind Park, Ba, Fiji

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Dhillon (Singapore)

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10 June 1981

Australia	3–2	Chinese Taipei
Henderson 17' Kosmina 54' Byrne 68' (pen.)		Duh Deng-Sheng 82', 89'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Vijit Getkaen (Thailand)

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15 June 1981

Indonesia	1–0	Chinese Taipei
Hadi Ismanto 75'

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Charupunt (Thailand)

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28 June 1981

Chinese Taipei	2–0	Indonesia
Deng Chyan Jyn Tson

Taipei Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Nishi (Japan)

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26 July 1981

Fiji	1–4	Australia
Vuilabasa 82'		Cole 4', 31' Barnes 10' Sharne 28'

National Stadium, Suva, Fiji

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Hardjowasito (Indonesia)

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4 August 1981

Chinese Taipei	0–0	Fiji

Taipei Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

Attendance: 5,600

Referee: Brillantes (Philippines)

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10 August 1981

Indonesia	3–3	Fiji
Budi Johannis Upendran Choy o.g.' Risdianto		Ratu Jone Meli Vuilabasa John Morris Williams

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: T. Gurkan (Philippines)

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14 August 1981

Australia	10–0	Fiji
Mitchell 29', 43', 80' Cole 37', 54', 63', 67', 70', 71' (pen.), 75'

Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Ausukont Nobnom (Thailand)

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16 August 1981

New Zealand	13–0	Fiji
Wooddin 2' Sumner 8', 45', 55', 60', 72', 86' G. Turner 9', 31' Cole 36' B. Turner 40', 85' Mackay 48'

Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand

Attendance: 3,345

Referee: Vijit Getkaew (Thailand)

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30 August 1981

Indonesia	1–0	Australia
Risdianto 88'

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: R. Reyes (Philippines)

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6 September 1981

Chinese Taipei	0–0	Australia

Taipei Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: T. Gurkan (Philippines)

New Zealand advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

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

Source: RSSSF

18 March 1981

Iraq	1–0	Qatar
Saeed 84'

Al Malaz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 10,751

Referee: Boskovic (Australia)

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19 March 1981

Bahrain	1–0	Syria
Bushegir 89' (pen.)

Al Malaz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 4,154

Referee: Sano (Japan)

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21 March 1981

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Iraq
Dabo 82'

Al Malaz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 18,738

Referee: Rubio Vesquez (Mexico)

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22 March 1981

Qatar	3–0	Bahrain
Muftah 21', 64' Salman 35'

Al Malaz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 1,662

Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

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24 March 1981

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Syria
Jassem 47', 62'

Al Malaz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Nishi (Japan)

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25 March 1981

Iraq	2–0	Bahrain
Ahmed 26' Dirjal 89'

Al Malaz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 1,752

Referee: Dhillon (Singapore)

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27 March 1981

Qatar	2–1	Syria
Khalfan 8' Muftah 53'		Jehad 15'

Al Malaz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 3,967

Referee: Rampley (Australia)

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28 March 1981

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Bahrain
Al Nafeesah 71'

Al Malaz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 7,876

Referee: Sano (Japan)

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30 March 1981

Iraq	2–1	Syria
Ashraf 34' Khudhair 63'		Jehad 47'

Al Malaz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 3,285

Referee: Rampley (Australia)

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31 March 1981

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Qatar
Aboloya 85'

Al Malaz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Boskovic (Australia)

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

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

Source: RSSSF

21 April 1981

South Korea	2–1	Malaysia
Hong Sung-ho 33' Lee Kang-jo 84'		Wong Chye 6'

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 4,000

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22 April 1981

Kuwait	6–0	Thailand
Al-Anbari 12', 37' J. Yaqoub 12' Kameel 34' Karam 62' Al-Dakhil 80'

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)

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24 April 1981

South Korea	5–1	Thailand
Choi Soon-ho 26', 85' Choi Jong-duk 33' Oh Seok-jae 68' Lee Tae-ho 70'		Piyapong 36'

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Hardjowasito (Indonesia)

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25 April 1981

Kuwait	4–0	Malaysia
J. Yaqoub 1' M. Juma'a 23', 46' Al-Ghanem 49'

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Cheung Kwok Hui (Hong Kong)

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27 April 1981

Malaysia	2–2	Thailand
Ibrahim Din 50', 63'		Khanthatat 72' Sompit 49'

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Valentine (Scotland)

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29 April 1981

Kuwait	2–0	South Korea
Al-Anbari 50' Al-Ghanem 81'

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Aristizábal Murcia (Colombia)

Kuwait advanced to the Final Round.

To date, it is last time that South Korea failed to qualify.

Group 4

Classification matches

21 December 1980

China	1–0	Hong Kong
Chen Jingang 89'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 23,602

Referee: Al-Mauzan (Saudi Arabia)

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22 December 1980

Japan	1–0	Singapore
Kimura 20'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 3,730

Referee: Ausukont (Thailand)

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22 December 1980

North Korea	3–0	Macau
Li Yong-sob 34' Li Chang-ha 41' Kim Yong-nam 87'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 3,730

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.

Group 4A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	4	Zonal semi-finals
2	Japan	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	2
3	Macau	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: RSSSF

24 December 1980

China	3–0	Macau
Gu Guangming 17' Zuo Shusheng 20' Rong Zhixing 59'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 16,562

Referee: Getkaew (Thailand)

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26 December 1980

China	1–0	Japan
Rong Zhixing 7'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 16,900

Referee: Ali Al-Bannai (Kuwait)

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28 December 1980

Japan	3–0	Macau
Kimura 68' Maeda 80' (pen.) Hasegawa 88'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 27,629

Referee: Arafat (Syria)

China and Japan advanced to the Group 4 Semifinals.

Group 4B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3	Zonal semi-finals
2	Hong Kong	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	Singapore	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: RSSSF

24 December 1980

Hong Kong	1–1	Singapore
Choi York Yee 55'		Pathmanathan 87'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 16,562

Referee: Arafat (Syria)

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26 December 1980

North Korea	1–0	Singapore
Li Yong-sob 7'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 16,900

Referee: Al-Doy (Bahrain)

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28 December 1980

Hong Kong	2–2	North Korea
Wan Chi Keung 40' Wu Kwok Hung 62'		Li Yong-man 3' Li Yong-sob 25'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 27,629

Referee: Demirdjian (Lebanon)

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

Zonal semi-finals

30 December 1980

North Korea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Japan
Kim Yong-nam 114'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 8,266

Referee: Ali Al-Bannai (Kuwait)

Korea DPR advanced to the Group 4 Final.

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31 December 1980

Hong Kong	0–0 (a.e.t.)	China
Penalties
Wu Kwok Hung Chee Yit Bo Chan Fat Chi Fung Chi Ming Wan Chi Keung	4–5	Huang Xiangdong Zuo Shusheng Chi Shangbin Wang Feng Rong Zhixing

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 27,582

Referee: Getkaew (Thailand)

China PR advanced to the Group 4 Final on penalties.

Zonal final

4 January 1981

China	4–2 (a.e.t.)	North Korea
Huang Xiangdong 44', 110' Chen Xirong 55' Gu Guangming 112'		Li Chang-ha 2' Kim Yong-nam 56'

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 15,974

Referee: Al-Deq (Bahrain)

China PR advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	9	1982 FIFA World Cup		—	2–2	1–0	2–0
2	New Zealand	6	2	3	1	11	6	+5	7	Play-off		1–2	—	1–0	2–2
3	China	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	7			3–0	0–0	—	4–2
4	Saudi Arabia	6	0	1	5	4	16	−12	1			0–1	0–5	0–2	—

Source: RSSSF

24 September 1981

China	0–0	New Zealand

Worker's Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 63,000

Referee: Sano (Japan)

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3 October 1981

New Zealand	1–0	China
Herbert 43'

Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 15,903

Referee: Getkaew (Thailand)

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10 October 1981

New Zealand	1–2	Kuwait
Wooddin 24'		Al-Dakhil 61' (pen.) J. Yaqoub 90'

Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 21,101

Referee: Hardjowasito (Indonesia)

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18 October 1981

China	3–0	Kuwait
Rong Zhixing 24' Gu Guangming 28' Shen Xiangfu 59'

Worker's Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 63,000

Referee: Boskovic (Australia)

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4 November 1981

Saudi Arabia	0–1	Kuwait
		Al-Anbari 55'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Grey (England)

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12 November 1981

China	4–2	Saudi Arabia
Zuo Shusheng 62' Chen Jingang 63' Gu Guangming 76' Huang Xiangdong 88'		Al Nifawi 10' Majed Abdullah 11'

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, (Malaysia)^[A]

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Ponnet (Belgium)

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19 November 1981

China	2–0	Saudi Arabia
Huang Xiangdong 24' Cai Jinbiao 27'

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur,(Malaysia)^[A]

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Wright (Brazil)

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28 November 1981

New Zealand	2–2	Saudi Arabia
McClure 5' (pen.) Herbert 87'		Majed Abdullah 37', 41'

Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland

Referee: Ithurralde (Argentina)

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30 November 1981

Kuwait	1–0	China
Al-Anbari 7'

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

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7 December 1981

Kuwait	2–0	Saudi Arabia
Al-Dakhil 36', 56'

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Redelfs (West Germany)

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14 December 1981

Kuwait	2–2	New Zealand
Kameel 41' Al-Hashash 89'		Sumner 65' Rufer 66'

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

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19 December 1981

Saudi Arabia	0–5	New Zealand
		Rufer 16', 39' B. Turner 17', 43' (pen.) Wooddin 38'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Corver (Netherlands)

Notes

1. ^
   The matches were held in Malaysia due to China and Saudi Arabia not having diplomatic relations.

Play-off

At the time, goals scored and head-to-head results were not used to rank teams level on points and goal difference. As China PR and New Zealand finished level on points and goal difference, a play-off on neutral ground was played to determine who would qualify.^[1]

The match was originally planned to be played in Kuala Lumpur until New Zealand protested due to the venue hosting previous matches for China. Melbourne was also considered before Singapore was ultimately chosen.^[2]

10 January 1982

New Zealand	2–1	China
Wooddin 24' Rufer 47'		Huang Xiangdong 75'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil)

Kuwait and New Zealand qualified.

Qualified teams

The following two teams from AFC and OFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
Kuwait	Final round winners	14 December 1981	0 (debut)
New Zealand	Play-off winners	10 January 1982	0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

9 goals

• Gary Cole
• Steve Sumner
• Brian Turner

8 goals

• Grant Turner
• Steve Wooddin

5 goals

• Huang Xiangdong
• Abdulaziz Al-Anberi

4 goals

• Gu Guangming
• Faisal Al-Dakhil
• Wynton Rufer

3 goals

• Dave Mitchell
• Rong Zhixing
• Deng Chyan
• Ratu Jone
• Jasem Yaqoub
• Kim Yong-nam
• Li Yong-sob
• Mansour Muftah
• Majed Abdullah

2 goals

• John Kosmina
• Eddie Krncevic
• Chen Jingang
• Zuo Shusheng
• Meli Vuilabasa
• Herry Risdianto
• Kazushi Kimura
• Nassir Al-Ghanem
• Fathi Kameel
• Ibrahim Din
• Ricki Herbert
• Li Chang-ha
• Saud Jassem
• Choi Soon-ho
• Shait Ahmed Jehad

1 goal

• Murray Barnes
• Ken Boden
• Gary Byrne
• Alan Davidson
• Tony Henderson
• Peter Sharne
• Fouad Bushegir
• Cai Jinbiao
• Chen Xirong
• Shen Xiangfu
• Chang Kuo Chi
• Jyn Tson
• John Morris Williams
• Choi Jork Yee
• Wan Chi Keung
• Wu Kwok Hung
• Hadi Ismanto
• Budi Johannis
• Nazar Ashraf
• Hadi Ahmed
• Adnan Dirjal
• Adel Khudhair
• Hussein Saeed
• Haruhisa Hasegawa
• Hideki Maeda
• Sami Al-Hashash
• Mahboub Juma'a
• Mohammed Karam
• James Wong Chye Fook
• Duncan Cole
• Adrian Elrick
• Keith Mackay
• Billy McClure
• Li Yong-man
• Ibrahim Khalfan
• Khalid Salman
• Shaye Al Nafeesah
• Ahmed Al Nifawi
• Yousef Aboloya
• Amin Dabo
• Thasmbiayah Pathmanathan
• Choi Jong-duk
• Hong Sung-ho
• Lee Kang-jo
• Lee Tae-ho
• Oh Seok-jae
• Piyapong Pue-On
• Khan Thatat Songwuti
• Sompit Suwannapluoh

1 own goal

• Upendran Choy (playing against Indonesia)

See also

• 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
• 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
• 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)