1972 Asian Cup Qualifying

Iran qualified as holders.

Group 1

Allocation Matches

21/05/1971              Thailand   1 - 1   Khmer_Republic        (1-1)    AET (FT: 1-1) Thailand won on penalty kicks
22/05/1971             Indonesia   2 - 1   Hong_Kong                    *
22/05/1971              Malaysia   8 - 0   Brunei                       *

Sub Group A

24/05/1971              Thailand  10 - 0   Brunei                (6-0)   
26/05/1971              Thailand   0 - 1   Indonesia             (0-1)   
28/05/1971             Indonesia   9 - 0   Brunei                (6-0)  *

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   INDONESIA                 2     2     0     0    10     0   +10     4  100.0
2   THAILAND                  2     1     0     1    10     1    +9     2   50.0
3   Brunei                    2     0     0     2     0    19   -19     0    0.0

Sub Group B

24/05/1971        Khmer_Republic   2 - 1   Hong_Kong             (1-0)  *
26/05/1971              Malaysia   2 - 1   Khmer_Republic        (1-1)  *
28/05/1971              Malaysia   2 - 1   Hong_Kong             (1-1)  *

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   MALAYSIA                  2     2     0     0     4     2    +2     4  100.0
2   KHMER_REPUBLIC            2     1     0     1     3     3     0     2   50.0
3   Hong_Kong                 2     0     0     2     2     4    -2     0    0.0

Semi Finals

30/05/1971        Khmer_Republic   2 - 0   Indonesia             (0-0)  *

30/05/1971              Thailand   1 - 0   Malaysia              (0-0)   

3rd/4th Place Playoff

01/06/1971              Malaysia   3 - 0   Indonesia             (1-0)  *

Final

01/06/1971              Thailand   4 - 2   Khmer_Republic        (3-2)   

Group 2

Allocation Matches

10/12/1971                Kuwait   1 - 1   Iraq                  (1-1)    AET (FT: 1-1) Kuwait won on penalty kicks
11/12/1971               Bahrain   3 - 0   Lebanon               (1-0)  *
11/12/1971                 Syria   0 - 0   Jordan                (0-0)  * AET (FT: 0-0) Syria won on penalty kicks

Sub Group A

13/12/1971                  Iraq   5 - 0   Ceylon                (2-0)  *
13/12/1971                Jordan   3 - 2   Bahrain               (1-1)  *
15/12/1971                  Iraq   1 - 0   Bahrain               (0-0)  *
16/12/1971                Jordan   2 - 1   Ceylon                (1-0)  *
18/12/1971                  Iraq   2 - 0   Jordan                (1-0)  *
20/12/1971               Bahrain   3 - 0   Ceylon                (3-0)  *

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   IRAQ                      3     3     0     0     8     0    +8     6  100.0
2   JORDAN                    3     2     0     1     5     5     0     4   66.7
3   Bahrain                   3     1     0     2     5     4    +1     2   33.3
4   Ceylon                    3     0     0     3     1    10    -9     0    0.0

Sub Group B

14/12/1971                Kuwait   1 - 0   Lebanon               (1-0)   
17/12/1971                Kuwait   2 - 2   Syria                 (1-2)   
19/12/1971               Lebanon   3 - 2   Syria                 (2-2)  *

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   KUWAIT                    2     1     1     0     3     2    +1     3   75.0
2   LEBANON                   2     1     0     1     3     3     0     2   50.0
3   Syria                     2     0     1     1     4     5    -1     1   25.0

Semi Finals

22/12/1971                  Iraq   4 - 1   Lebanon               (1-0)  *

21/12/1971                Kuwait   2 - 0   Jordan                (1-0)   

3rd/4th Place Playoff

24/12/1971               Lebanon   2 - 0   Jordan                (1-0)  *

Final

24/12/1971                Kuwait   0 - 1   Iraq                  (0-0)   

Group 3

South Korea qualified, Israel withdrew.

Statistics

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   Iraq                      6     5     1     0    14     2   +12    11   91.7
2   Malaysia                  5     4     0     1    15     3   +12     8   80.0
3   Thailand                  5     3     1     1    16     4   +12     7   70.0
4   Indonesia                 5     3     0     2    12     6    +6     6   60.0
5   Kuwait                    5     2     2     1     6     4    +2     6   60.0
6   Khmer_Republic            5     2     1     2     8     8     0     5   50.0
7   Jordan                    6     2     1     3     5     9    -4     5   41.7
8   Bahrain                   4     2     0     2     8     4    +4     4   50.0
9   Lebanon                   5     2     0     3     6    10    -4     4   40.0
10  Syria                     3     0     2     1     4     5    -1     2   33.3
11  Hong_Kong                 3     0     0     3     3     6    -3     0    0.0
12  Ceylon                    3     0     0     3     1    10    -9     0    0.0
13  Brunei                    3     0     0     3     0    27   -27     0    0.0

The original resource is from International Football Results