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1992 AFC Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup Japan 1992
AFCアジアカップ1992
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates29 October – 8 November
Teams8
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place China
Fourth place United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored31 (1.94 per match)
Attendance316,496 (19,781 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Bishi (3 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
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The 1992 AFC Asian Cup was the 10th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan between 29 October and 8 November 1992. The host nation, Japan, defeated the defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final in Hiroshima.

This was the first Asian Cup not to have any debuting countries.

Stadiums

Hiroshima
Hiroshima Big Arch Hiroshima Stadium
Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 13,800
Onomichi
Bingo Athletic Stadium
Capacity: 9,245

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:

Squads

Further information: 1992 AFC Asian Cup squads

First round

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
3  Iran 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 3
4  North Korea 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: WorldFootball.net
(H) Hosts
North Korea 0–2 Iran
Report Pious 30'
Ghayeghran 80'
Attendance: 8,000
Japan 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
Iran 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Japan 1–1 North Korea
Nakayama 80' Report Kim Kwang-min 29' (pen.)
Attendance: 32,000
United Arab Emirates 2–1 North Korea
K. Mubarak 81'
Bakhit 85'		 Report Kim Kwang-min 69'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Japan 1–0 Iran
Miura 87' Report
Attendance: 37,000

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  China 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
3  Qatar 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Thailand 3 0 2 1 1 5 −4 2
Source: WorldFootball.net
Saudi Arabia 1–1 China
Al-Thunayan 17' Report Li Bing 41'
Attendance: 15,000
Thailand 1–1 Qatar
Thanis 42' Report Soufi 81'
Attendance: 21,000
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Qatar
Al-Muwallid 86' Report Mustafa 74'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
China 0–0 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Saudi Arabia 4–0 Thailand
Al-Owairan 4'
Al-Bishi 19', 72'
Al-Thunayan 64'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Qatar 1–2 China
Al-Sulaiti 20' Report Peng Weiguo 44', 58'
Attendance: 4,500

Knockout stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 November – Hiroshima
 
 
 Japan3
 
8 November – Hiroshima
 
 China2
 
 Japan1
 
6 November – Hiroshima
 
 Saudi Arabia0
 
 Saudi Arabia2
 
 
 United Arab Emirates0
 
Third place
 
 
8 November – Hiroshima
 
 
 China (pen.)1 (4)
 
 
 United Arab Emirates1 (3)

Semi-finals

Japan 3–2 China
Fukuda 48'
Kitazawa 57'
Nakayama 84'		 Report Xie Yuxin 1'
Li Xiao 70'
Attendance: 15,000
Saudi Arabia 2–0 United Arab Emirates
Al-Owairan 77'
Al-Bishi 80'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000

Third place play-off

China 1–1 United Arab Emirates
Hao Haidong 15' Report Ismail 10'
Penalties
Fan Zhiyi soccer ball with red X
Cai Seng soccer ball with check mark
Wu Liqun soccer ball with check mark
Peng Weiguo soccer ball with check mark
Fu Yubin soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with red X Al-Talyani
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X Ismaïl
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

Final

Japan 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Takagi 36' Report
Attendance: 60,000

Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 1992 Winners 

Japan
First title

Awards

MVP (Most Valuable Player)

Top Scorer

Statistics

Goalscorers

With three goals, Fahad Al-Bishi is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 31 goals were scored by 24 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Top scoring teams

8 goals
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PCT Result
1  Japan 5 3 2 0 6 3 +3 8 .800 1st
2  Saudi Arabia 5 2 2 1 8 3 +5 6 .600 2nd
3  China 5 1 3 1 6 6 0 5 .500 3rd
4  United Arab Emirates 5 1 3 1 3 4 −1 5 .500
5  Iran 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 3 .500 Eliminated in the first stage
6  Qatar 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2 .333
7  Thailand 3 0 2 1 1 5 −4 2 .333
8  North Korea 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 .167
Source: rsssf.com

References

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