1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Qualification for the Asian Football Confederation's 1988 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Qatar between December 2 and December 18. Saudi Arabia defeated Republic of Korea in the final match in Doha.

Qatar qualified automatically as host
Saudi Arabia qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 8 qualifying teams were:

Groups

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Bangladesh China PR India North Yemen Thailand United Arab Emirates	~~Iraq~~ * Japan Jordan Kuwait Malaysia Pakistan	Hong Kong Iran Nepal North Korea ~~Singapore~~ * Syria	Bahrain ~~Burma~~ * Indonesia ~~Oman~~ * South Korea South Yemen

* Withdrew

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United Arab Emirates	9	5	4	1	0	12	1	+11
China PR	7	5	2	3	0	10	1	+9
North Yemen	5	5	1	3	1	5	5	0
Thailand	4	5	1	2	2	5	12	-7
Bangladesh	3	5	0	3	2	1	9	-8
India	2	5	0	2	3	1	6	-5

United Arab Emirates v Thailand

04.02.1988

United Arab Emirates	3 – 0	Thailand

United Arab Emirates

China PR v North Yemen

05.02.1988

China PR	0 – 0	North Yemen

United Arab Emirates

Bangladesh v India

06.02.1988

Bangladesh	0 – 0	India

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates v North Yemen

07.02.1988

United Arab Emirates	2 – 1	North Yemen

United Arab Emirates

China PR v Bangladesh

08.02.1988

China PR	4 – 0	Bangladesh

United Arab Emirates

India v Thailand

09.02.1988

India	0 – 1	Thailand

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates v China PR

10.02.1988

United Arab Emirates	0 – 0	China PR

United Arab Emirates

North Yemen v India

11.02.1988

North Yemen	1 – 0	India

United Arab Emirates

Thailand v Bangladesh

12.02.1988

Thailand	1 – 1	Bangladesh

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates v India

13.02.1988

United Arab Emirates	3 – 0	India

United Arab Emirates

China PR v Thailand

14.02.1988

China PR	5 – 0	Thailand

United Arab Emirates

North Yemen v Bangladesh

14.02.1988

North Yemen	0 – 0	Bangladesh

United Arab Emirates

China PR v India

16.02.1988

China PR	1 – 1	India

United Arab Emirates

North Yemen v Thailand

16.02.1988

North Yemen	3 – 3	Thailand

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates v Bangladesh

17.02.1988

United Arab Emirates	4 – 0	Bangladesh

United Arab Emirates

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Kuwait	7	4	3	1	0	9	0	+9
Japan	5	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
Jordan	5	4	1	3	0	2	1	+1
Malaysia	3	4	1	1	2	4	6	-2
Pakistan	0	4	0	0	4	1	12	-11

Malaysia v Pakistan

07.04.1988

Malaysia	4 – 0	Pakistan

Malaysia

Kuwait v Japan

08.04.1988

Kuwait	1 – 0	Japan

Malaysia

Jordan v Pakistan

10.04.1988

Jordan	1 – 0	Pakistan

Malaysia

Malaysia v Japan

11.04.1988

Malaysia	0 – 1	Japan

Malaysia

Kuwait v Jordan

12.04.1988

Kuwait	0 – 0	Jordan

Malaysia

Malaysia v Jordan

14.04.1988

Malaysia	0 – 0	Jordan

Malaysia

Kuwait v Pakistan

15.04.1988

Kuwait	3 – 0	Pakistan

Malaysia

Japan v Jordan

16.04.1988

Japan	1 – 1	Jordan

Malaysia

Malaysia v Kuwait

18.04.1988

Malaysia	0 – 5	Kuwait

Malaysia

Japan v Pakistan

18.04.1988

Japan	4 – 1	Pakistan

Malaysia

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Syria	7	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6
Iran	6	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5
North Korea	5	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1
Hong Kong	1	4	0	1	3	0	5	-5
Nepal	1	4	0	1	3	0	7	-7

Nepal v Hong Kong

25.05.1988

Nepal	0 – 0	Hong Kong

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu

Syria v North Korea

26.05.1988

Syria	2 – 1	North Korea

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu

Iran v Hong Kong

27.05.1988

Iran	2 – 0	Hong Kong
Ghayeghran 9' Marfavi 73'

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Referee: Xu Bingsheng (China)

Nepal v North Korea

27.05.1988

Nepal	0 – 1	North Korea

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu

Syria v Iran

29.05.1988

Syria	1 – 1	Iran
Siflan 13'		Bavi 73'

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Referee: Abdulaziz Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

North Korea v Hong Kong

31.05.1988

North Korea	1 – 0	Hong Kong

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu

Nepal v Syria

01.06.1988

Nepal	0 – 3	Syria

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu

Iran v North Korea

02.06.1988

Iran	0 – 0	North Korea

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Referee: Abdulaziz Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Syria v Hong Kong

03.06.1988

Syria	2 – 0	Hong Kong

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu

Nepal v Iran

04.06.1988

Nepal	0 – 3	Iran
		Bavi 6', 53', 67'

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Referee: Abdulaziz Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bahrain	5	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
South Korea	3	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2
Indonesia	3	3	1	1	1	1	4	-3
South Yemen	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3

Indonesia v South Yemen

17.06.1988

Indonesia	1 – 0	South Yemen

Indonesia

Bahrain v South Korea

17.06.1988

Bahrain	2 – 0	South Korea

Indonesia

South Korea v South Yemen

19.06.1988

South Korea	1 – 1	South Yemen

Indonesia

Indonesia v Bahrain

19.06.1988

Indonesia	0 – 0	Bahrain

Indonesia

Bahrain v South Yemen

22.06.1988

Bahrain	2 – 0	South Yemen

Indonesia

Indonesia v South Korea

22.06.1988

Indonesia	0 – 4	South Korea

Indonesia

References

RSSSF details

"Stiff test for Lions in 1988"

The Straits Times, 13 December 1986, Page 38

http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19861213.2.54.17.aspx

AFC Asian Cup

Tournaments	Hong Kong 1956 South Korea 1960 Israel 1964 Iran 1968 Thailand 1972 Iran 1976 Kuwait 1980 Singapore 1984 Qatar 1988 Japan 1992 United Arab Emirates 1996 Lebanon 2000 China 2004 Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam 2007 Qatar 2011 Australia 2015 United Arab Emirates 2019

Qualification	1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019

Finals	1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015

Squads	1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015

Statistics	Records Team appearances Teams with no Appearances Droughts

1988 AFC Asian Cup finalists

Champions	Saudi Arabia

Runners-Up	South Korea

Third Place	Iran

Fourth Place	China PR

Eliminated in Group Stage	Bahrain Japan Kuwait Qatar Syria United Arab Emirates

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

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