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Qualification for the Asian Football Confederation's 1988 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Qatar between 2 and 18 December. 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
 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 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
China 0 – 0 North Yemen
Bangladesh 0 – 0 India
China 4 – 0 Bangladesh
India 0 – 1 Thailand
United Arab Emirates 0 – 0 China
North Yemen 1 – 0 India
Thailand 1 – 1 Bangladesh
United Arab Emirates 3 – 0 India
China 5 – 0 Thailand
North Yemen 0 – 0 Bangladesh
China 1 – 1 India
North Yemen 3 – 3 Thailand

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 4 – 0 Pakistan
Kuwait 1 – 0 Japan
Jordan 1 – 0 Pakistan
Malaysia 0 – 1 Japan
Kuwait 0 – 0 Jordan
Malaysia 0 – 0 Jordan
Kuwait 3 – 0 Pakistan
Japan 1 – 1 Jordan
Malaysia 0 – 5 Kuwait
Japan 4 – 1 Pakistan

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
Iran 2 – 0 Hong Kong
Ghayeghran 9'
Marfavi 73'
Referee: Xu Bingsheng (China)
Nepal   0 – 3 Syria
Nepal   0 – 3 Iran
Bavi 6', 53', 67'

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 1 – 0 South Yemen
Bahrain 2 – 0 South Korea
South Korea 1 – 1 South Yemen
Indonesia 0 – 0 Bahrain
Bahrain 2 – 0 South Yemen
Indonesia 0 – 4 South Korea

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

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