1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Summary

Qualification for the 1968 AFC Asian Cup. The winner of each group advances to the final tournament.

1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates22 March – 19 November 1967
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored86 (3.31 per match)
1964
1972

Zones edit

Central zone Eastern zone Western zone 1 Western zone 2

  Hong Kong
  Malaysia
  Singapore
  South Vietnam
  Thailand

  Indonesia
  Japan
  Philippines
  Republic of China
  South Korea

  Afghanistan*
  Israel
  Kuwait*

  Burma
  Cambodia
  Ceylon*
  India
  Pakistan

  • * Withdrew

Central zone edit

All matches held in Hong Kong.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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

Malaysia  1–1  Singapore


Thailand  4–1  Singapore

Hong Kong  3–1  Malaysia


Hong Kong  2–0  Singapore

Thailand  1–0  Malaysia

Hong Kong  2–0  Thailand

Eastern zone edit

All matches held in Republic of China.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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



Japan  2–1  South Korea


Japan  2–0  Philippines

Japan  2–1  Indonesia



Western zone 1 edit

All the others withdrew, so   Israel qualified automatically.

Western zone 2 edit

All matches held in Burma.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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  India

Cambodia  1–0  Pakistan

Pakistan  1–1  India
Maula Bux   Report Subramanium  

Burma  1–0  Cambodia

Cambodia  3–1  India
Sea Cheang Eng   35'
Sieng Tara   57'   60'
Report P. Kannan   89'

Burma  2–0  Pakistan
Suk Bahadur   61'
Hla Kyi   77'
Report

Qualified teams edit

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
  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 edit

  1. ^ "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.