Football Asian Cup 1976 / Qualification

Iran , as host and defending champion, is automatically qualified for the 1976 Asian Football Championship .

Group 1

•  Kuwait *
•  South Yemen *
•  Bahrain
•  Lebanon
•  Pakistan
•  Syria

Kuwait and South Yemen qualified after Bahrain, Lebanon, Pakistan and Syria withdrew their teams.

Group 2

In Baghdad , Iraq

• Iraq 1-0 Qatar
• Saudi Arabia 2-0 Afghanistan
• Iraq - Afghanistan 4-0
• Saudi Arabia 2-1 Qatar
• Iraq 1-1 Saudi Arabia
• Qatar 2-1 Afghanistan
• Iraq 3-0 Qatar
• Saudi Arabia 6-0 Afghanistan
• Iraq - Afghanistan 3-1
• Qatar 1-0 Saudi Arabia
• Iraq - Saudi Arabia 2-1
• Qatar 1-1 Afghanistan

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Iraq *	14: 3	11: 1
2	Saudi Arabia *	12: 5	7: 5
3	Qatar	5: 8	5: 7
4th	Afghanistan	3:18	1:11

Group 3

In Bangkok , Thailand

• Thailand 3-1 Indonesia
• Malaysia 2-1 South Korea
• Indonesia - South Vietnam 2-1
• Thailand 0-1 Malaysia
• South Korea - South Vietnam 1-0
• Malaysia 0-0 Indonesia
• Thailand - South Vietnam 4-0
• South Korea 1-0 Indonesia
• Malaysia 3-0 South Vietnam
• Thailand 1-0 South Korea

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Malaysia *	6: 1	7: 1
2	Thailand *	8: 2	6: 2
3	South Korea	3: 3	4: 4
4th	Indonesia	3: 5	3: 5
5	South Vietnam	1:10	0: 8

Group 4

In Hong Kong

Semifinals

•  People's Republic of China - Japan 2-1 
•  Hong Kong - North Korea 3: 3 10:11 nE 

final

•  North Korea - People's Republic of China 2-0 

Qualified teams

 Iran → Fixed as defending champions and hosts for the finals.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Kuwait	Iraq	Malaysia	North Korea *
South Yemen	Saudi Arabia *	Thailand *	People's Republic of China

• North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Thailand did not participate in the finals. There were no successors.