Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

The Men's Asian Qualifiers for the Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics began on 28 May 1971 and finished on 3 June 1972.^[1] The qualification determined the three teams that would play at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Malaysia, Burma, and Iran qualified for the tournament.

1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Asian Qualifiers

Dates	28 May 1971 – 3 June 1972
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Qualifying tournaments

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia	4	4	0	0	12	0	+12	8
South Korea	4	3	0	1	16	2	+14	6
Japan	4	2	0	2	14	7	+7	4
Philippines	4	1	0	3	4	19	−15	2
Republic of China	4	0	0	4	1	19	−28	0

23 September 1971

Malaysia	3–0	Japan
Syed Ahmad 46', 84' Looi Loon Teik 81'	Report

25 September 1971

Malaysia	1–0	South Korea
Syed Ahmad 51'	Report

25 September 1971

Philippines	3–0	Republic of China
Crame 9' Martínez 11' Delgado 65'	Report

27 September 1971

Malaysia	3–0	Republic of China
Liu Chen-Kuo 23' (o.g.) Salleh Ibrahim 42' Looi Loon Teik 45'	Report

27 September 1971

Japan	8–1	Philippines
Ogi 9' (pen.), 40' Kamamoto 11', 52', 73' Tomizawa 41' Miyamoto 44' Yoshimura 61'	Report	Martínez 62'

29 September 1971

Japan	5–1	Republic of China
Kamamoto 13', 71', 81' Yoshimura 47' Miyamoto 59'	Report	Lee Fu-Tsai 88'

29 September 1971

South Korea	6–0	Philippines
Park Su-deok 49', 55', 85' Jeong Gyu-poong 60' Choi Jae-mo 65' (pen.) Lee Cha-man 70'	Report

2 October 1971

Malaysia	5–0	Philippines
Wong Choon Wah 20' Looi Loon Teik 67', 67' Syed Ahmad 44' Mohammed Bakar 80'	Report

2 October 1971

South Korea	2–1	Japan
Park Su-deok 47' Jeong Gyu-poong 83'	Report	Nagai 51'

4 October 1971

South Korea	8–0	Republic of China
Jeong Gyu-poong 7', 89' Park Su-deok 11', 58' Jeong Kang-ji 26' Park Lee-chun 33' Lee Cha-man 68' Kim Gi-hyo 84'	Report

Group 2

• All matches were held in Rangoon, Burma.

First Round

Group A location Matches

20 March 1972

Indonesia	4 – 0	Thailand
Jacob Sihasale 13', 69' Iswadi Idris 49' Abdul Kadir 82'	Report

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

21 March 1972

Burma	4 – 3	India
Than Soe 11', 14' Win Maung 24', 41'	Report	Magan Singh 26' Ghosh Dastidar 44', 50'

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

22 March 1972

Israel	3 – 0	Ceylon
Roni Calderon 12' Dror Bar-Nur 52' George Borba 70'	Report

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

Group (A)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	4
Indonesia	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2
India	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0

25 03 1972

Indonesia	4 – 2	India
Jacob Sihasale 10' Waskito 16', 38' Abdul Kadir 75'	Report	S.Chowdhury 57' D.Nataraj 89'

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

28 03 1972

Israel	1 – 0	India
Mordechai Spiegler 50'	Report

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

30 03 1972

Israel	1 – 0	Indonesia
Victor Sarussi 47'	Report

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

Group (B)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burma	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11	4
Thailand	2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	2
Ceylon	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

24 03 1972

Burma	5 – 1	Ceylon
Than Soe 20', 80' Aye Maung Lay 38' Win Maung 55' Khin Maung Tint 73'	Report	Dil Fawzeer 60'

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

26 03 1972

Thailand	5 – 0	Ceylon
Sudtha Sudsa-ard 17', 27', 29' Kasetchai Suvantada 39' Preecha Kitboon 44'	Report

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

29 03 1972

Burma	7 – 0	Thailand
Aye Maung Gyi 9' Pitak Silprasit 18' (OG) Tin Aung Moe 35' Win Maung 66', 88' Aye Maung Lay 79' Ye Nyunt 83'	Report

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

Semi-finals - 1

01 04 1972

Israel	0 – 0	Thailand
	Report
Penalties
	2 – 4

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

Semi-finals - 2

02 04 1972

Burma	3 – 0	Indonesia
Win Maung 16', 52' Ye Nyunt 59'	Report

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

Finals

04 04 1972

Burma	1 – 0	Thailand
Than Soe 59'	Report

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.

Group 3

This group was initially scheduled to be played at Tehran but, due to problems obtaining visas from the Iranian authorities, FIFA rescheduled the group as a series of knockout ties.

First round

28 May 1971

North Korea	0–0	Syria

Pyongyang, North Korea

1 June 1971

North Korea	1–0	Syria
Kim 30'

Pyongyang, North Korea

20 June 1971

Lebanon	1–0	Iraq
Torikian 58'

Bourj Hammoud Stadium, Beirut

Referee: Nejat Şener (Turkey)^[2]

14 July 1971

Iraq	1–0	Lebanon
Jassam 55'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

19 September 1971

Iraq	2–1	Lebanon
D.Aziz 27' (pen.) T.Aziz 87'		Hamzé 89'

Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul

Second round

12 November 1971

Iraq	1–0	North Korea
Hatim 12'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

28 November 1971

North Korea	3–0	Iraq
20' 43' 58'

Pyongyang, North Korea

3 December 1971

Iran	2–0	Kuwait
Parvin 27' Jabbari 47'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran

15 January 1972

Kuwait	0–2	Iran
		Mazloomi 49' Parvin 76'

Panathinaikos Stadium, Athens, Greece

Third round

3 May 1972

North Korea	0–0	Iran

Pyongyang, North Korea

26 May 1972

Iran	0–0	North Korea

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran

3 June 1972

Iran	2–0	North Korea
Iranpak 27' Kalani 47'	Report

Army Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Referee: Bahadur Khan (Pakistan)

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following teams from Asia qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics
Malaysia	2 October 1972	None
Burma	4 April 1972	None
Iran	3 June 1972	1 (1964)