1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup

This 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification phase started in December 1978 while other qualification matches took place in early 1979. A total of 18 teams participated. Eight teams from the top two of each group advance to the final tournament, joining hosts Kuwait and defending champions Iran.

Groups

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

 Bahrain
 Iran **
 Kuwait ***
 Lebanon
 Pakistan *
 South Yemen *
 Syria
 United Arab Emirates

 Afghanistan
 Bangladesh
 India *
 Iraq *
 Jordan *
   Nepal *
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia *

 Brunei *
 Burma *
 Hong Kong
 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 North Korea
 Singapore
 Sri Lanka
 Thailand

 China PR
 Democratic Kampuchea *
 Japan *
 Laos *
 Macau
 Philippines
 South Korea
 Vietnam *

Qualification

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Syria 321020+25
 United Arab Emirates 312020+24
 Lebanon 311121+13
 Bahrain 300305-50

1979-01-11
Syria  1 0  Bahrain

1979-01-13
Lebanon  2 0
Awarded
 Bahrain

1979-01-16
Syria  1 0  Lebanon

1979-01-16
United Arab Emirates  2 0
Awarded
 Bahrain

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Qatar 4310102+87
 Bangladesh 412178-14
 Afghanistan 4013411–71

1979-01-10
Bangladesh  1 1  Qatar

1979-01-11
Qatar  3 0  Afghanistan

1979-01-12
Bangladesh  2 2  Afghanistan

1979-01-14
Bangladesh  0 4  Qatar

1979-01-15
Qatar  2 1  Afghanistan

1979-01-16
Bangladesh  4 1  Afghanistan

Group 3

Allocation matches to determine groups

1979-05-01
Thailand  3 1  Indonesia

1979-05-02
Malaysia  3 1  Sri Lanka

1979-05-02
North Korea  3 0  Hong Kong
Group 3A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Malaysia 211052+33
 North Korea 211042+23
 Indonesia 200227–50

1979-05-05
Malaysia  4 1  Indonesia

1979-05-07
North Korea  3 1  Indonesia

1979-05-09
Malaysia  1 1  North Korea
Group 3B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 330090+96
 Hong Kong 320182+64
 Sri Lanka 310249–52
 Singapore 3003111–100

1979-05-04
Hong Kong  4 1  Singapore

1979-05-04
Thailand  4 0  Sri Lanka

1979-05-06
Hong Kong  5 0  Sri Lanka

1979-05-06
Thailand  4 0  Singapore

1979-05-08
Sri Lanka  4 0  Singapore

1979-05-08
Thailand  1 0  Hong Kong

Semi-finals

1979-05-11
Malaysia  0 0  Hong Kong
  Penalties  
5 4

1979-05-12
Thailand  0 1  North Korea

Third place play-off

1979-05-14
Thailand  1 2  Hong Kong
Final

1979-05-14
North Korea  1 0  Malaysia

Korea DPR and Malaysia qualified for the final tournament

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 330081+76
 China PR 320152+34
 Macau 310247-32
 Philippines 300318–70

1978-12-27
China PR  2 1  Macau

References

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