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) Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Bishi (3 goals)
Best player Japan Kazuyoshi Miura

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.

Stadiums

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

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

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 Advanced 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) Host.
North Korea  0–2  Iran
Report Pious  30'
Ghayeghran  80'

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 Gwang-Min  29' (pen.)
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Rasheed Al-Jassas (Kuwait)

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

Japan  1–0  Iran
Miura  87' Report
Attendance: 37,000

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Saudi Arabia 4312062+4
 China PR 4312032+1
 Qatar 2302134−1
 Thailand 2302115−4
Saudi Arabia  1–1  China PR
Al-Thunayan  17' Report Li Bing  41'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Shinichiro Obata (Japan)

Thailand  1–1  Qatar
Thanis  42' Report Soufi  81'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Hossein Khoshkhan (Iran)

Saudi Arabia  1–1  Qatar
Al-Muwallid  86' Report Mustafa  74'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

China PR  0–0  Thailand
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Noh Byung-Il (Korea Republic)

Saudi Arabia  4–0  Thailand
Al-Owairan  4'
Al-Bishi  19', 72'
Al-Thunayan  64'
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

Qatar  1–2  China PR
Al-Sulaiti  20' Report Peng Weiguo  44', 58'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

Knockout stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 November – Hiroshima
 
 
 Japan3
 
8 November – Hiroshima
 
 China PR2
 
 Japan1
 
6 November – Hiroshima
 
 Saudi Arabia0
 
 Saudi Arabia2
 
 
 United Arab Emirates0
 
Third place
 
 
8 November – Hiroshima
 
 
 China PR (pen.)1 (4)
 
 
 United Arab Emirates1 (3)

Semi-finals

Japan  3–2  China PR
Fukuda  48'
Kitazawa  57'
Nakayama  84'
Report Xie Yuxin  1'
Li Xiao  70'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hossein Khoshkhan (Iran)

Saudi Arabia  2–0  United Arab Emirates
Al-Owairan  77'
Al-Bishi  80'
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Rasheed Al-Jassas (Kuwait)

Third place play-off

China PR  1–1  United Arab Emirates
Hao Haidong  15' Report Ismail  10'
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

Final

Japan  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Takagi  36' Report
Attendance: 60,000
GK19Kazuya Maekawa
D7Masami Ihara
D6Satoshi Tsunami
D5Tetsuji Hashiratani
D4Takumi Horiike
M10Ruy Ramos
M14Tsuyoshi Kitazawa
M15Mitsunori Yoshida 86'
F8Masahiro Fukuda
F11Kazuyoshi Miura
F20Takuya Takagi
Substitutions:
D3Toshinobu Katsuya 86'
Manager:
Netherlands Hans Ooft
GK21Shaker Al-Shujaa
D2Abdullah Al-Dosari
D4Abdul Rahman Al-Roomi
D5Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
M3Salem Al-Alawi
M6Fuad Anwar Amin
M8Fahad Al-Bishi
M14Khaled Al-Muwallid
F7Saeed Al-Owairan
F9Hamzah Idris 66'
F15Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Substitutions:
F11Fahad Al-Mehallel 66'
Manager:
Brazil Nelsinho Rosa

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.

Top scoring teams

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1 Japan 532063+3880.0%
2 Saudi Arabia 522183+5660.0%
3 China PR 5131660550.0%
4 United Arab Emirates 513134−1550.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
5 Iran 311121+1350.0%
6 Qatar 302134−1233.3%
7 Thailand 302115−4233.3%
8 North Korea 301225−3116.7%

References

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