Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
International sports competition
The Men's Asian Qualifiers for the Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics began on 28 May 1971 and finished on 3 June 1972.[1] The qualification determined the three teams that would play at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Malaysia, Burma, and Iran qualified for the tournament.
Dates | 28 May 1971 – 3 June 1972 |
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← 1968 1976 → |
International football competition
Qualifying tournaments
Group 1
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 8 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 6 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 4 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 2 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | −28 | 0 |
Malaysia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Syed Ahmad ![]() | Report |
Philippines ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Crame ![]() Martínez ![]() Delgado ![]() | Report |
Malaysia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Liu Chen-Kuo ![]() Salleh Ibrahim ![]() Looi Loon Teik ![]() | Report |
Japan ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
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Ogi ![]() Kamamoto ![]() Tomizawa ![]() Miyamoto ![]() Yoshimura ![]() | Report | Martínez ![]() |
Japan ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Kamamoto ![]() Yoshimura ![]() Miyamoto ![]() | Report | Lee Fu-Tsai ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Park Su-deok ![]() Jeong Gyu-poong ![]() Choi Jae-mo ![]() Lee Cha-man ![]() | Report |
Malaysia ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Wong Choon Wah ![]() Looi Loon Teik ![]() Syed Ahmad ![]() Mohammed Bakar ![]() | Report |
South Korea ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Park Su-deok ![]() Jeong Gyu-poong ![]() | Report | Nagai ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Jeong Gyu-poong ![]() Park Su-deok ![]() Jeong Kang-ji ![]() Park Lee-chun ![]() Lee Cha-man ![]() Kim Gi-hyo ![]() | Report |
Group 2
- All matches were held in Rangoon, Burma.
First Round
Group A location Matches
Indonesia ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() |
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Jacob Sihasale ![]() Iswadi Idris ![]() Abdul Kadir ![]() | Report |
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.
Burma ![]() | 4 – 3 | ![]() |
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Than Soe ![]() Win Maung ![]() | Report | Magan Singh ![]() Ghosh Dastidar ![]() |
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.
Israel ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Roni Calderon ![]() Dror Bar-Nur ![]() George Borba ![]() | Report |
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.
Group (A)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Indonesia ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() |
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Jacob Sihasale ![]() Waskito ![]() Abdul Kadir ![]() | Report | S.Chowdhury ![]() D.Nataraj ![]() |
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.
Group (B)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
Burma ![]() | 5 – 1 | ![]() |
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Than Soe ![]() Aye Maung Lay ![]() Win Maung ![]() Khin Maung Tint ![]() | Report | Dil Fawzeer ![]() |
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.
Thailand ![]() | 5 – 0 | ![]() |
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Sudtha Sudsa-ard ![]() Kasetchai Suvantada ![]() Preecha Kitboon ![]() | Report |
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.
Burma ![]() | 7 – 0 | ![]() |
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Aye Maung Gyi ![]() Pitak Silprasit ![]() Tin Aung Moe ![]() Win Maung ![]() Aye Maung Lay ![]() Ye Nyunt ![]() | Report |
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium,Rangoon.
Semi-finals - 1
Semi-finals - 2
Finals
Group 3
This group was initially scheduled to be played at Tehran but, due to problems obtaining visas from the Iranian authorities, FIFA rescheduled the group as a series of knockout ties.
First round
North Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Kim ![]() |
Second round
Iraq ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Hatim ![]() |
North Korea ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Third round
Iran ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Iranpak ![]() Kalani ![]() |
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
The following teams from Asia qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
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![]() | 2 October 1972 | None |
![]() | 4 April 1972 | None |
![]() | 3 June 1972 | 1 (1964) |
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