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Qualification for the 1972 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Thailand.

Zones

• * Withdrew
• **  Israel originally qualified as hosts, but withdrew later
• *** Iraq were allocated to Western zone later
•  Iran qualified as defending champions

Central Zone

• All matches played in Thailand.

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

Thailand	1–1	Khmer Republic

Malaysia	8–0	Brunei
Zulkifli Norbit 12', 28', 80' S. Abdullah 28', 38', 83' Wong Choon Wah 37' Soh Chin Aun 48'

Indonesia	2–1	Hong Kong
Budi Santoso 4'  ?		?

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Indonesia	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10	4
Thailand	2	1	0	1	10	1	+9	2
Brunei	2	0	0	2	0	19	−19	0

Thailand	10–0	Brunei

Indonesia	1–0	Thailand

Indonesia	9–0	Brunei

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	4
Khmer Republic	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Khmer Republic	2–1	Hong Kong

Malaysia	2–1	Khmer Republic
Wong Choon Wah 12' Shaharuddin Abdullah 75'		Sleyman Selim 44'

Malaysia	2–1	Hong Kong
Shaharuddin Abdullah 25', 69'		Chung Chor Wai 44'

Semifinal

Khmer Republic	2–0	Indonesia

Thailand	1–0	Malaysia

Match for third place

Malaysia	3–0	Indonesia

Final

Thailand	4–2	Khmer Republic

Thailand and Khmer Republic qualified for final tournament

Eastern Zone

All the others withdrew, so  South Korea qualified automatically.

Western Zone

• All matches played in Kuwait.

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

Iraq	1–1	Kuwait
Aziz 15'		Bu Hamad
Penalties
	2–4

Bahrain	3–0	Lebanon

Syria	0–0	Jordan
Penalties
	4–3

Ceylon (Sri Lanka) had a bye

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	6
Jordan	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	4
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	2
Ceylon	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Iraq	5–0	Ceylon
Kadhim 32', 42', 69' Kamil 51' Khalaf 88'

Jordan	3–2	Bahrain

Iraq	1–0	Bahrain
Kadhim 89'

Jordan	2–1	Ceylon

Iraq	2–0	Jordan
Ahmed 11' Kadhim 62'

Bahrain	3–0	Ceylon

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3
Lebanon	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
Syria	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1

Kuwait	1–0	Lebanon
Khalaf		Rahal

Kuwait	2–2	Syria
Khalaf Ibrahim		? ?

Lebanon	3–2	Syria
Mantoufi 23' Al Ghoul 35', 55'		Said 3' Nano 25'

Semifinal

Kuwait	2–0	Jordan
Al Khashram Khalaf

Iraq	4–1	Lebanon
Kadhim 40', 53' Aziz 65' Ahmed 83'		Mantoufi 88'

Match for third place

Lebanon	2–0	Jordan
Al Ghoul Mantoufi	Report

Final

Iraq	1–0	Kuwait
Nouri 90+4'

Iraq and Kuwait qualified for final tournament

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
Thailand	Hosts* and Central Zone winners	30 May 1971	0 (debut)
Iran	1968 AFC Asian Cup Champions	19 May 1968	1 (1968)
Khmer Republic	Central Zone runners-up	30 May 1971	0 (debut)
South Korea	Eastern zone winners (automatically qualified)	1971	3 (1956, 1960, 1964)
Iraq	Western Zone winners	22 December 1971	0 (debut)
Kuwait	Western Zone runners-up	21 December 1971	0 (debut)

•  Israel originally qualified as hosts but later withdrew.  Thailand replaced them later.

References

1. "Malaysia, Singapore stay in Asian Cup central zone". The Straits Times. 16 August 1970.
2. "مباريات منتخب العراق الدولية 70-79".

External links

• Details at RSSSF
• FIFA results record, used to update dates and locations
• Al-Hayat; December 1971

• 1971 in Asian football
• AFC Asian Cup qualification
• 1972 AFC Asian Cup
• International association football competitions hosted by Thailand
• International association football competitions hosted by Kuwait