1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Main article: 1968 AFC Asian Cup

Qualification for the 1968 AFC Asian Cup. The winner of each group advances to the final tournament.

1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	22 March – 19 November 1967
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	86 (3.31 per match)
← 1964 1972 ⊟

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

22 March 1967

Hong Kong	2–0	South Vietnam

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

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24 March 1967

Malaysia	1–1	Singapore

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

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24 March 1967

Thailand	0–1	South Vietnam

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

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26 March 1967

Thailand	4–1	Singapore

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

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26 March 1967

Hong Kong	3–1	Malaysia

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

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29 March 1967

South Vietnam	0–2	Malaysia

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

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29 March 1967

Hong Kong	2–0	Singapore

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

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31 March 1967

Thailand	1–0	Malaysia

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

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2 April 1967

Hong Kong	2–0	Thailand

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

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2 April 1967

South Vietnam	3–0	Singapore

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

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

27 July 1967

Republic of China	2–2	Japan

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

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27 July 1967

South Korea	1–1	Indonesia

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

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1 August 1967

Republic of China	9–0	Philippines

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

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1 August 1967

Japan	2–1	South Korea

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

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3 August 1967

Republic of China	3–2	Indonesia

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

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3 August 1967

Japan	2–0	Philippines

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

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5 August 1967

Japan	2–1	Indonesia

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

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5 August 1967

South Korea	7–0	Philippines

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

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7 August 1967

Republic of China	1–0	South Korea

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

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7 August 1967

Indonesia	6–0	Philippines

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

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

12 November 1967

Burma	2–0	India

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

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13 November 1967

Cambodia	1–0	Pakistan
Neou Kandien 80'	Report

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

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15 November 1967

Pakistan	1–1	India
Bakhsh	Report	Subramanium

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

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16 November 1967

Burma	1–0	Cambodia

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

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18 November 1967

Cambodia	3–1	India
Sea Cheang Eng 35' Sieng Tara 57' 60'	Report	P. Kannan 89'

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

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19 November 1967

Burma	2–0	Pakistan
Suk Bahadur 61' Hla Kyi 77'	Report

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
Iran	Hosts	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

• Garin, Erik; Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1968". RSSSF.