1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The Japan (hosts) and Saudi Arabia (holders) qualified automatically for the 1992 AFC Asian Cup. Six other teams had to qualify for the event, scheduled from 29 October to 8 November. There were a total number of 20 participating teams in the qualifying tournament.^[1]

1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	19 April 1992 – 23 June 1992
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
← 1988 1996 →

Qualification

Group 1

All matches in Doha, Qatar

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Qatar	4	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
Syria	2	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1
Oman	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5

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29 May 1992

Qatar	4–2	Syria
	Report

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31 May 1992

Qatar	4–0	Oman
	Report

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2 June 1992

Syria	1–0	Oman
	Report

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Group 2

All matches in Al Ain, UAE

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United Arab Emirates	4	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3
Kuwait	2	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Bahrain	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4

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24 May 1992

Kuwait	2–0	Bahrain
	Report

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27 May 1992

United Arab Emirates	3–2	Kuwait
	Report

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30 May 1992

United Arab Emirates	3–1	Bahrain
	Report

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Group 3

All matches in Kolkata, India
   Nepal and  Maldives withdrew

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	4	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10
India	2	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Pakistan	0	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9

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9 May 1992

India	2–0	Pakistan
	Report

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

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11 May 1992

Pakistan	0–7	Iran
	Report

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 1,000

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15 May 1992

India	0–3	Iran
	Report

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 20,000

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Group 4

All matches in Pyongyang, Korea DPR

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
North Korea	5	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8
Macau	3	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
Hong Kong	3	3	0	3	0	2	2	0
Chinese Taipei	1	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8

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3 June 1992

Hong Kong	2–2	Macau
	Report

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3 June 1992

North Korea	6–0	Chinese Taipei
	Report

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5 June 1992

North Korea	2–0	Macau
	Report

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5 June 1992

Chinese Taipei	0–0	Hong Kong
	Report

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7 June 1992

Chinese Taipei	0–2	Macau
	Report

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7 June 1992

North Korea	0–0	Hong Kong
	Report

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Group 5

All matches in Singapore

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China	6	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7
Indonesia	3	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Malaysia	2	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4
Singapore	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2

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19 April 1992

Singapore	1–1	Malaysia
T. Pathmanathan 80'	Report	Lim Tong Hai 76' (o.g)

Singapore National Stadium

Attendance: 55.000

Referee: Ahmad Hakeem (UAE)

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20 April 1992

Indonesia	0–2	China
	Report	Wu Qunli 24' Mai Chao 25'

Singapore National Stadium

Attendance: 15.000

Referee: U Tin Aung (Myanmar)

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22 April 1992

Singapore	1–2	Indonesia
Razali Saad 24'	Report	Fachri Husaini 8' Singgih Pitono 85'

Singapore National Stadium

Attendance: 32.000

Referee: Moritsu Yotaru (Japan)

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23 April 1992

China	4–0	Malaysia
Wu Qunli 7' Guo Yijun 40' Peng Weiguo 52' Gao Hongbo 85'	Report

Singapore National Stadium

Attendance: 7.000

Referee: U Tin Aung (Myanmar)

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24 April 1992

Malaysia	1–1	Indonesia
Zainal Abidin Hassan 44'	Report	Fachri Husaini 56'

Singapore National Stadium

Attendance: 4.000

Referee: Tung Ping Yim (Hongkong)

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26 April 1992

Singapore	0–1	China
	Report	Xie Yuxin 28'

Singapore National Stadium

Attendance: 14.000

Referee: Muhammad Al-Majid (Bahrain)

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Group 6

All matches in Bangkok, Thailand

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Thailand	4	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
South Korea	2	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5
Bangladesh	0	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7

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19 June 1992

South Korea	6–0	Bangladesh
	Report

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21 June 1992

Thailand	2–1	South Korea
	Report

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23 June 1992

Thailand	1–0	Bangladesh
	Report

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Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
Japan	Hosts	N/A	1 (1988)
Saudi Arabia	1988 AFC Asian Cup champions	18 December 1988	2 (1984, 1988)
Qatar	Group 1 winners	31 May 1992	3 (1980, 1984, 1988)
United Arab Emirates	Group 2 winners	30 May 1992	3 (1980, 1984, 1988)
Iran	Group 3 winners	15 May 1992	6 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988)
North Korea	Group 4 winners	7 June 1992	1 (1980)
China	Group 5 winners	26 April 1992	4 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988)
Thailand	Group 6 winners	23 June 1992	1 (1972)