1974_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC_and_OFC)
1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
International football competition
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone (AFC and OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification.
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| Dates | 4 March – 13 November 1973 |
| Teams | 18[lower-alpha 1] (from 2 confederations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 44 |
| Goals scored | 101 (2.3 per match) |
| Attendance | 634,884 (14,429 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Sabah Hatim Moshe Onana(5 goals each) |
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India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines withdrew before the matches were played. The remaining 15 teams were divided into 2 zones, based on geographical and political considerations, as follows:
- Zone A had 7 teams (teams from East Asia, plus Israel). All matches were played in Korea Republic. There would be four stages of play:
- Classification matches: All teams except Korea Republic would be paired up to play preliminary matches to determine group classification.
- Group stage: Based on the results of the classification matches, the 7 teams were divided into 2 groups (Group A1 with 3 teams and Group A2 with 4 teams). The teams played against each other once. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the semifinals.
- Semifinals: The winner of Group A1 played against the runner-up of Group A2 in a single match, and the winner of Group A2 played against the runner-up of Group A1 in a single match. The winners would advance to the Final.
- Final: The 2 teams played against each other in a single match. The winner would advance to the Final Round.
- Zone B had 8 teams (teams from West Asia and Oceania, plus Indonesia and Korea DPR). There would be two stages of play:
- Group stage: The 8 teams were divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each. The teams played against each other twice (Group B1 in Australia and New Zealand and Group B2 in Iran). The group winners would advance to the final.
- Final: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the Final Round.
In the Final Round, the winners of Zone A and Zone B played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.
Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC and OFC Zone A
- All matches played in Seoul, South Korea.
Classification matches
Group stage
Group A1
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Hong Kong |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Zonal semi-finals | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Japan |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 2 | — | — | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | South Vietnam |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | — | — | — |
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More information Japan, 4–0 ...
| Japan | 4–0 | South Vietnam |
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Kamamoto  6', 86'Mori 19'Quang 54' (o.g.) |
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Group A2
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Israel |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 5 | Advance to Zonal semi-finals | — | — | 3–0 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | South Korea |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Malaysia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | — | — | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Thailand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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More information South Korea, 4–0 ...
| South Korea | 4–0 | Thailand |
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| Kim Jae-Han 52' Cha Bum-Kun 60' Chung Kyu-Poong 79', 84' |
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More information Israel, 6–0 ...
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Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 26 May – Seoul | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 1 | |||||
| 28 May – Seoul | ||||||
| South Korea | 3 | |||||
| South Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||
| 26 May – Seoul | ||||||
| Israel | 0 | |||||
| Israel (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
More information Hong Kong, 1–3 ...
| Hong Kong | 1–3 | South Korea |
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| Yuen Kuen-Chu 5' |
Report | Kim Jae-Han 45' Park Yi-Chun 52'Chung Kyu-Poong 72' |
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Final
More information South Korea, 1–0 (a.e.t.) ...
| South Korea | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Israel |
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| Cha Bum-Kun 109' |
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Group Stage
Group B1
- All matches played in Australia in a double round-robin format (except New Zealand–Australia first leg)
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Australia |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 9 | Advance to Zonal final | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | |
| 2 | Iraq |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Indonesia |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | 0–6 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | New Zealand |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — |
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More information New Zealand, 1–1 ...
| New Zealand | 1–1 | Australia |
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| Turner 57' |
Report | Campbell 85' |
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More information Indonesia, 1–1 ...
| Indonesia | 1–1 | New Zealand |
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| Sarman Panggabean 13' |
Report | Vest 74' |
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More information Australia, 3–1 ...
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More information Australia, 2–1 ...
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More information Australia, 3–3 ...
| Australia | 3–3 | New Zealand |
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| Utjesenovic 11' Baartz 19'Buljevic 26' |
Report | Vest 10' Tindall 50'Hogg 86' (o.g.) |
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More information Iraq, 3–2 ...
| Iraq | 3–2 | Indonesia |
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| Aziz 22' (pen.) Obeid 33'Hatim 72' |
Report | Sarman Panggabean 25' Andjas Asmara 58' |
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More information Australia, 6–0 ...
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Group B2
- All matches played in Tehran, Iran in a double round-robin format
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Iran |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Zonal final | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Syria |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | North Korea |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | Kuwait |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |
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More information Syria, 2–1 ...
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More information North Korea, 1–1 ...
| North Korea | 1–1 | Syria |
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| Kim Jong-Min 53' |
Report | Chahrestan 71' |
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More information Iran, 2–1 ...
| Iran | 2–1 | North Korea |
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| Monajati 19' Sadeghi 89' |
Report | Pak Sung-Jin 48' |
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More information North Korea, 3–0 ...
| North Korea | 3–0 | Syria |
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| An Se-Uk 30' Ma Jung-U 39', 77' |
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Bracket
| Final | ||||||
| Iran
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Australia
| 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
Final
Australia won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Zonal Semi-finals | Zonal Final | Qualification Final | |||||||||||||||||
| 26 May 1973 – Seoul | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 28 May 1973 – Seoul | |||||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 26 May 1973 – Seoul | |||||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Israel (a.e.t.) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| October/November 1973 – Sydney/Seoul/Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 18/24 August 1973 – Sydney/Tehran | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
More information South Korea, 2–2 ...
| South Korea | 2–2 | Australia |
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| Kim Jae-han 15' Ko Jae-wook 27' |
Buljevic 29' Baartz 48' |
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Australia and South Korea tied 2–2 on aggregate; a final play-off was decided.
Australia won 1–0.
The following team from OFC qualified for the final tournament.
More information Team, Qualified as ...
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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| Australia | Final round winners | 13 November 1973 | 0 (debut) |
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- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Attila Abonyi- Ray Baartz
- Jimmy Mackay
Parviz Ghelichkhani
Chung Kyu-Poong- Kim Jae-Han
Joseph Chahrestan
- 2 goals
- Branko Buljevic
- Ernie Campbell
- Ray Richards
Yuen Kuen-Chu
Iswadi Idris- Sarman Panggabean
Ali Kadhim
Zvi Rozen- Itzhak Shum
- Mordechai Spiegler
Kunishige Kamamoto
Hamad Bo Hamad
Alan Vest
Ma Jung-U- Cha Bum-Kun
- 1 goal
- Doug Utjesenovic
- Peter Wilson
- Kwok Ka-Ming
- Lo Hung-Hoi
- Andjas Asmara
- Ali Jabbari
- Akbar Kargarjam
- Mehdi Monajati
- Ali Parvin
- Mohammad Sadeghi
- Gholam Vafakhah
- Douglas Aziz
- Riyadh Nouri
- Bashar Rashid
- Salah Obeid
- George Borba
- Zvi Farkash
- Shusaku Hirasawa
- Koji Mori
- Ibrahim Al Duraihem
- Fathi Kameel
Shaharuddin Abdullah- Harun Jusoh
- Dennis Tindall
- Brian Turner
- An Se-Uk
- Kim Jong-Min
- Pak Sung-Jin
- Ko Jae-Wook
- Park Yi-Chun
- Nabil Nano
- Samir Said
- Abdulghani Tatiche
- 1 own goal
- Bobby Hogg (playing against New Zealand)
- Maurice Tillotson (playing against Indonesia)
Nguyễn Vinh Quang (playing against Japan)
Supakit Meelarpkit (playing against South Vietnam)
- India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines withdrew before the start of the qualification phase.