1992 AFC Asian Cup

1992 AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup Japan 1992 AFCアジアカップ1992
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	29 October – 8 November
Teams	8
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Third place	China PR
Fourth place	United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	31 (1.94 per match)
Attendance	316,496 (19,781 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fahad Al-Bishi (3 goals)
Best player	Kazuyoshi Miura
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The Asian Football Confederation's 1992 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan between October 29 and November 8. The host nation, Japan, defeated the defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final in Hiroshima.

Stadiums

Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima	Onomichi, Hiroshima	Nishi-ku, Hiroshima
Hiroshima Big Arch	Bingo Sports Park	Hiroshima Stadium
Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 9,245	Capacity: 13,800

Qualification

Main article: 1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification

• Japan qualified automatically as host
• Saudi Arabia qualified automatically as defending champions

20 teams participated in a preliminary tournament. It was divided into 6 groups and the first-placed team of each group thus qualified.

The other 6 qualifying teams were:

• China PR
• Iran
• North Korea
• Qatar
• Thailand
• United Arab Emirates

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 1992 AFC Asian Cup squads.

First round

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	5	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
United Arab Emirates	5	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
Iran	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1
North Korea	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3

1992-10-30 17:00	North Korea	0 – 2	Iran	Bingo Sports Park, Onomichi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)
		Report	Pious  30' Ghayeghran  80'

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1992-10-30 19:00	Japan	0 – 0	United Arab Emirates	Bingo Sports Park, Onomichi Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
		Report

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1992-11-01 12:00	Iran	0 – 0	United Arab Emirates	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
		Report

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1992-11-01 14:00	Japan	1 – 1	North Korea	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Rasheed Al-Jassas (Kuwait)
	Nakayama  80'	Report	Kim Gwang-Min  29' (pen.)

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1992-11-03 12:00	United Arab Emirates	2 – 1	North Korea	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
	K. Saad  81' Bakhit  85'	Report	Kim Gwang-Min  69'

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1992-11-03 14:00	Japan	1 – 0	Iran	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
	Miura  87'	Report

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Saudi Arabia	5	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4
China PR	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
Qatar	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
Thailand	2	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4

1992-10-29 17:00	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	China PR	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Shinichiro Obata (Japan)
	Al-Thunayan  17'	Report	Li Bing  41'

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1992-10-29 19:00	Thailand	1 – 1	Qatar	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Hossein Khoshkhan (Iran)
	Areesngarkul  42'	Report	Soufi  81'

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1992-10-31 13:00	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Qatar	Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
	Al-Muwallid  86'	Report	Mustafa  74'

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1992-10-31 15:00	China PR	0 – 0	Thailand	Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Noh Byung-Il (Korea Republic)
		Report

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1992-11-02 17:00	Saudi Arabia	4 – 0	Thailand	Bingo Sports Park, Onomichi Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Al-Owairan  4' Al-Bishi  19', 72' Al-Thunayan  64'	Report

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1992-11-02 19:00	Qatar	1 – 2	China PR	Bingo Sports Park, Onomichi Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)
	Al-Sulaiti  20'	Report	Peng Weiguo  44', 58'

Knockout stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

	Semi-finals				Final
	November 6 - Hiroshima
	Japan	3
	China PR	2
					November 8 - Hiroshima
					Japan	1
					Saudi Arabia	0
					Third place
	November 6 - Hiroshima			November 8 - Hiroshima
	Saudi Arabia	2		China PR (pen.)	1 (4)
	United Arab Emirates	0			United Arab Emirates	1 (3)

Semi-finals

1992-11-06 16:30	Japan	3 – 2	China PR	Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Khoshkhan (Iran)
	Fukuda  48' Kitazawa  57' Nakayama  84'	Report	Xie Yuxin  1' Li Xiao  70'

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1992-11-06 19:00	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	United Arab Emirates	Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Rasheed Al-Jassas (Kuwait)
	Al-Owairan  67' Al-Bishi  80'	Report

Third place play-off

1992-11-08 12:00	China PR	1 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
	Hao Haidong  15'	Report	Ismail  10'
		Penalties
		4 – 3

Final

1992-11-08 14:35	Japan	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
	Takagi  36'	Report

Winners

AFC Asian Cup 1992 Winners
Japan First title

Awards

MVP (Most Valuable Player)

• Kazuyoshi Miura

Top Scorer

• Fahad Al-Bishi - 3 goals

Statistics

Scoring players

3 goals

• Fahad Al-Bishi

2 goals

• Peng Weiguo
• Masashi Nakayama
• Kim Gwang-Min
• Saeed Al-Owairan
• Yousuf Al-Thunayan

1 goal

• Xie Yuxin
• Li Bing
• Li Xiao
• Hao Haidong
• Sirous Ghayeghran
• Farshad Pious
• Kazuyoshi Miura
• Masahiro Fukuda
• Tsuyoshi Kitazawa
• Takuya Takagi
• Mubarak Mustafa
• Khalifa Al-Sulaiti
• Mahmoud Soufi
• Khalid Al-Muwallid
• Thanis Areesngarkul
• Khalid Ismail
• Khamis Saad
• Zuhair Bakhit

Top scoring teams

8 goals

• Saudi Arabia

6 goals

• China PR
• Japan

3 goals

• Qatar
• United Arab Emirates

2 goals

• Iran
• North Korea

1 goal

• Thailand

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Eff
1	Japan	5	3	2	0	6	3	+3	8	80.0%
2	Saudi Arabia	5	2	2	1	8	3	+5	6	60.0%
3	China PR	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	5	50.0%
4	United Arab Emirates	5	1	3	1	3	4	−1	5	50.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
5	Iran	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	3	50.0%
6	Qatar	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2	33.3%
7	Thailand	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4	2	33.3%
8	North Korea	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1	16.7%

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