1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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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 →
International football competition

Zones

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

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

Eastern zone

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

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
 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
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

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

  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.