Football Asian Cup 1992

Football Asian Cup 1992
AFC Asian Cup 1992
Number of nations	8  (of 22 applicants)
Asian champion	Japan (1st title)
venue	Japan
Opening game	October 29, 1992
Endgame	November 8, 1992
Games	16
Gates	31  (⌀: 1.94 per game)
spectator	375,000  (⌀: 23,438 per game)
Top scorer	Fahd al-Bischi (3 gates)
Best player	Kazuyoshi Miura
yellow cards	33  (⌀: 2.06 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	4  (⌀: 0.25 per game)

The 10th Asian Football Championship took place from October 29 to November 8, 1992 in the Japanese prefecture of Hiroshima . The largest Asian football tournament has been held by the Asian Football Association (AFC) since 1956 .

Host Japan beat defending champions Saudi Arabia in the final . The top scorer of the tournament was Fahd al-Harifi al-Bischi (Saudi Arabia) with 3 goals.

Venues were the Big Arch Stadium in the district Ōzuka -Nishi in District Asaminami the city of Hiroshima , the Bingo Athletic Stadium in the city of Onomichi and the Hiroshima Stadium in the district Kan'on in Nishi-ku Hiroshima City.

qualification

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Automatically qualified:

•  Japan as a host
•  Saudi Arabia as defending champion

The following six teams were also able to qualify:

•  People's Republic of China
•  Iran
•  North Korea
•  Qatar
•  Thailand
•  United Arab Emirates

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	1	1	1	002: 100	+1	04th
2.	United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	002: 100	+1	04th
3.	Iran	3	1	0	2	002: 100	+1	03
4th	North Korea	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

October 30, 1992
Iran	-	North Korea	2: 0 (1: 0)
Japan	-	UAE	0-0
November 1, 1992
Iran	-	UAE	0-0
Japan	-	North Korea	1: 1 (0: 1)
3rd November 1992
UAE	-	North Korea	2: 1 (0: 0)
Japan	-	Iran	1: 0 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	006: 200	+4	04th
2.	People's Republic of China	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
3.	Qatar	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Thailand	3	0	2	1	001: 500	−4	02

October 29, 1992
Saudi Arabia	-	China	1: 1 (1: 0)
Qatar	-	Thailand	1: 1 (1: 1)
October 31, 1992
Saudi Arabia	-	Qatar	1: 1 (0: 0)
China	-	Thailand	0-0
2nd November 1992
Saudi Arabia	-	Thailand	4: 0 (0: 0)
China	-	Qatar	2: 1 (1: 1)

Final round

Semifinals

November 6, 1992
Japan	-	China	3: 2 (0: 1)
November 6, 1992
Saudi Arabia	-	UAE	2: 0 (0: 0)

3rd place match

November 7, 1992
China	-	UAE	1: 1 (1: 1), 4: 3 n.e.

final

November 8, 1992
Japan	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 0 (1: 0)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Fahd al-Bischi	3
2	Peng Weiguo	2
	Masashi Nakayama	2
	Kim Kwang-min	2
	Said al-Uwairan	2
	Yousef Ibrahim Al-Thunyan	2
	Chalid Ismail Mubarak	2

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