Soccer Asian Cup 1996 / Qualification

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The qualification for the 1996 Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates took place between January and August 1996. After the withdrawal of 2 teams, 33 teams remained and played in 10 qualifying groups. The group winners qualified for the final tournament. The hosts UA Emirates and defending champions Japan qualified directly for the finals.

East asia West asia
1 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea     5 IranIran Iran
2 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China     6th Iraq 1991Iraq Iraq
3 ThailandThailand Thailand     7th SyriaSyria Syria
4th IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia     8th UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan
    9 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
    10 KuwaitKuwait Kuwait

East asia

Group 1

Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam

rank country Gates Points
1. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea * 17: 0 9
2. VietnamVietnam Vietnam 13: 5 6th
3. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 10:10 3
4th GuamGuam Guam 2:27 0
Aug 4, 1996 Vietnam - Taiwan 4: 1
Aug 5, 1996 South Korea - Guam 9-0
Aug 7, 1996 Vietnam - Guam 9-0
Aug 7, 1996 South Korea - Taiwan 4-0
Aug 10, 1996 Guam - Taiwan 2: 9
Aug 11, 1996 Vietnam - South Korea 0: 4

Group 2

rank country Gates Points
1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China * 16: 1 9
2. Hong Kong 1910Hong Kong Hong Kong 12: 3 6th
3. Macau 1967Macau Macau 7:12 3
4th Philippines 1986Philippines Philippines 1:10 0
Jan. 30, 1996 Hong Kong - Philippines 8-0
Jan. 30, 1996 China - Macau 7: 1
Feb. 2, 1996 Philippines - China 0: 7
Feb. 2, 1996 Hong Kong - Macau 4: 1
Feb. 4, 1996 Macau - Philippines 5: 1
Feb. 4, 1996 Hong Kong - China 0: 2

Group 3

Tournaments in Bangkok and Singapore

rank country Gates Points
1. ThailandThailand Thailand * 31: 5 14th
2. SingaporeSingapore Singapore 16: 7 12
3. Myanmar 1974Myanmar Myanmar 11:20 7th
4th MaldivesMaldives Maldives 4:30 0
June 27, 1996 Thailand - Maldives 8-0
June 27, 1996 Myanmar - Singapore 0: 4
June 29, 1996 Thailand - Myanmar 5: 1
June 29, 1996 Maldives - Singapore 0: 2
July 1, 1996 Thailand - Singapore 1: 1
July 1, 1996 Myanmar - Maldives 3: 1
4th July 1996 Maldives - Thailand 0: 8
4th July 1996 Singapore - Myanmar 2: 2
July 7, 1996 Myanmar - Thailand 1: 7
July 7, 1996 Singapore - Maldives 5: 2
July 9, 1996 Maldives - Myanmar 1: 4
July 9, 1996 Singapore - Thailand 2: 2

Group 4

Tournament in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

rank country Gates Points
1. IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia * 7: 1 4th
2. MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia 5: 2 4th
3. IndiaIndia India 3:12 0
March 2, 1996 Malaysia - Indonesia 0-0
March 4, 1996 Indonesia - India 7: 1
March 6, 1996 India - Malaysia 2: 5

 

West asia

Group 5

Tournaments in Tehran and Muscat

rank country Gates Points
1. IranIran Iran * 27: 1 18th
2. OmanOman Oman 23: 5 12
3. Sri LankaSri Lanka Sri Lanka 5:25 6th
4th NepalNepal Nepal 2:26 0
June 10, 1996 Oman - Sri Lanka 3-0
June 10, 1996 Iran - Nepal 8-0
June 12, 1996 Oman - Nepal 7-0
June 12, 1996 Iran - Sri Lanka 7-0
June 14, 1996 Sri Lanka - Nepal 3: 1
June 14, 1996 Iran - Oman 2-0
June 17, 1996 Iran - Sri Lanka 4-0
June 17, 1996 Oman - Nepal 2: 1
June 19, 1996 Iran - Nepal 4-0
June 19, 1996 Oman - Sri Lanka 10-0
June 21, 1996 Nepal - Sri Lanka 0: 2
June 21, 1996 Oman - Iran 1: 2

Group 6

Tournament in Amman

rank country Gates Points
1. Iraq 1991Iraq Iraq * 4-0 6th
2. JordanJordan Jordan 4: 1 3
3. PakistanPakistan Pakistan 0: 7 0
BangladeshBangladesh Bangladesh withdrawn
Aug 9, 1996 Jordan - Pakistan 4-0
Aug 11, 1996 Jordan - Iraq 0: 1
Aug 13, 1996 Pakistan - Iraq 0: 3

 

Group 7

rank country Gates Points
1. SyriaSyria Syria * 6: 2 9
2. QatarQatar Qatar 5: 4 6th
3. KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 1: 6 3
June 14, 1996 Kazakhstan - Qatar 1-0
June 21, 1996 Syria - Kazakhstan 2-0
June 28, 1996 Qatar - Syria 1-0
5th July 1996 Qatar - Kazakhstan 3-0
July 19, 1996 Kazakhstan - Syria 0: 1
July 19, 1996 Syria - Qatar 3: 1

Group 8

rank country Gates Points
1. UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan * 5: 4 3
2. TajikistanTajikistan Tajikistan 4: 5 3
Bahrain 1972Bahrain Bahrain withdrawn
May 8, 1996 Tajikistan - Uzbekistan 4-0
May 19, 1996 Uzbekistan - Tajikistan 5-0

 

Group 9

Tournament in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia

rank country Gates Points
1. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia * 10-0 12
2. KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 3: 7 3
3. YemenYemen Yemen 2: 8 3
Jan. 24, 1996 Saudi Arabia - Kyrgyzstan 3-0
Jan. 26, 1996 Yemen - Kyrgyzstan 1-0
Jan. 28, 1996 Saudi Arabia - Yemen 4-0
Jan. 31, 1996 Kyrgyzstan - Saudi Arabia 0: 2
Feb. 2, 1996 Kyrgyzstan - Yemen 3: 1
Feb. 4, 1996 Yemen - Saudi Arabia 0: 1

Group 10

rank country Gates Points
1. KuwaitKuwait Kuwait * 9: 5 8th
2. LebanonLebanon Lebanon 7: 6 7th
3. Turkmenistan 1992Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 3: 8 1
March 10, 1996 Turkmenistan - Kuwait 2: 2
March 22, 1996 Kuwait - Turkmenistan 2-0
May 12, 1996 Lebanon - Turkmenistan 3: 1
May 26, 1996 Turkmenistan - Lebanon 0: 1
June 9, 1996 Lebanon - Kuwait 3: 5
June 20, 1996 Kuwait - Lebanon 0-0