1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone (AFC and OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification.

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
Tournament details
Teams20 (from 2 confederations)
AFC Asian Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup
OFC Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup

A total of 21 AFC and OFC teams entered the competition. However, Iran withdrew before the draw was made. The Asian and Oceanian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

There would be two rounds of play:

  • First Round: The remaining 20 teams would be divided into 4 groups. The groups had different rules, as follows:
    • Group 1 had 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
    • Group 2 had 5 teams. The teams played against each other once in Saudi Arabia. The group winner would qualify.
    • Group 3 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other once in Kuwait. The group winner would qualify.
    • Group 4 had 6 teams. All matches were played in Hong Kong. There would be four stages of play:
      • Classification matches: All teams would be paired up to play preliminary matches to determine group classification.
      • Group stage: Based on the results of the classification matches, the 6 teams were divided into 2 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other once. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the semifinals.
      • Semifinals: The winner of Group A played against the runner-up of Group B in a single match, and the winner of Group B played against the runner-up of Group A in a single match. The winners would advance to the Final.
      • Final: The 2 teams played against each other in a single match. The winner would advance to the Final Round.
  • Final Round: The 4 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.

First round

Group 1
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  New Zealand 148620313+28
2  Australia 108422229+13
3  Indonesia 68224514−9
4  Chinese Taipei 5813458−3
5  Fiji 58134635−29
New Zealand 3–3 Australia
G. Turner 25'
Wooddin 34'
Sumner 80'		 Krncevic 15', 42'
Boden 31'
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
Fiji 0–4 New Zealand
B. Turner 8', 31', 85'
Sumner 20'
Govind Stadium, Ba, Fiji
Referee: Othman bin Omar (Malaysia)
Chinese Taipei 0–0 New Zealand
Referee: T. Asami (Japan)
Indonesia 0–2 New Zealand
B. Turner 14'
G. Turner 75'
Referee: N. Ausukont (Thailand)
Australia 0–2 New Zealand
Wooddin 29'
G. Turner 81'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Courtney (England)
Australia 2–0 Indonesia
Kosmina 29'
Davidson 33'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: V. Garcia Oliveira (Portugal)
New Zealand 5–0 Indonesia
Wooddin 9'
B. Turner 34'
G. Turner 59', 65'
Elrick 81'
Referee: V. Garcia Oliveira (Portugal)
New Zealand 2–0 Chinese Taipei
Wooddin 14'
G. Turner 75'
Referee: Boskovic (Australia)
Fiji 0–0 Indonesia
Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)
Fiji 2–1 Chinese Taipei
Ratu Jone 55', 55' Chang Kuo Chi 40'
Referee: Dhillon (Singapore)
Australia 3–2 Chinese Taipei
Henderson 17'
Kosmina 54'
Byrne 68' (pen.)		 Duh Deng-Sheng 82', 89'
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Vijit Getkaen (Thailand)
Indonesia 1–0 Chinese Taipei
Hadi Ismanto 75'
Referee: Charupunt (Thailand)
Chinese Taipei 2–0 Indonesia
Deng Chyan
Jyn Tson
Referee: Nishi (Japan)
Fiji 1–4 Australia
Vuilabasa 82' Cole 4', 31'
Barnes 10'
Sharne 28'
National Stadium, Suva, Fiji
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Hardjowasito (Indonesia)
Chinese Taipei 0–0 Fiji
Referee: Brillantes (Philippines)
Indonesia 3–3 Fiji
Budi Johannis
Upendran Choy o.g.'
Risdianto 		Ratu Jone
Meli Vuilabasa
John Morris Williams
Referee: T. Gurkan (Philippines)
Australia 10–0 Fiji
Mitchell 29', 43', 80'
Cole 35', 52', 64', 67', 71' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ausukont Nobnom (Thailand)
New Zealand 13–0 Fiji
Wooddin 2'
Sumner 8', 45', 55', 60', 72', 86'
G. Turner 9', 31'
Cole 36'
B. Turner 40', 85'
Mackay 48'
Referee: Vijit Getkaew (Thailand)
Indonesia 1–0 Australia
Risdianto 88'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: R. Reyes (Philippines)
Chinese Taipei 0–0 Australia
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: T. Gurkan (Philippines)

New Zealand advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Saudi Arabia 8440050+5
2  Iraq 6430152+3
3  Qatar 4420253+2
4  Bahrain 2410316−5
5  Syria 0400427−5
Iraq 1–0 Qatar
Saeed 84'
Referee: Boskovic (Australia)
Bahrain 1–0 Syria
Bushegir
Referee: Sano (Japan)
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Iraq
Dabo 82'
Referee: Rubio Vesquez (Mexico)
Qatar 3–0 Bahrain
Muftah
Salman
Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Syria
Jassem
Referee: Nishi (Japan)
Iraq 2–0 Bahrain
Ahmed 26'
Dirjal 89'
Referee: Dhillon (Singapore)
Qatar 2–1 Syria
Khalfan
Muftah 		Jehad
Referee: Rampley (Australia)
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Bahrain
Al Nafeesah
Referee: Sano (Japan)
Iraq 2–1 Syria
Ashraf 34'
Khudhair 63'		 Jehad
Referee: Rampley (Australia)
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Qatar
Aboloya
Referee: Boskovic (Australia)

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Kuwait 63300120+12
2  South Korea 4320174+3
3  Malaysia 1301238−5
4  Thailand 13012313−10
South Korea 2–1 Malaysia
Hong Sung-Ho 33'
Lee Kang-Jo 84'		 Wong Chye 6'
Kuwait 6–0 Thailand
Al-Anbari
Al-Dakhil
Kameel
Karam
J. Yaqoub
Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)
South Korea 5–1 Thailand
Choi Soon-Ho 26', 85'
Choi Jong-Deok 33'
Oh Seok-Jae 68'
Lee Tae-Ho 70'		 Piyapong Pue-On 36'
Referee: Hardjowasito (Indonesia)
Kuwait 4–0 Malaysia
J. Yaqoub 1'
M. Juma'a 23', 46'
Al-Ghanem 49'
Referee: Cheung Kwok Hui (Hong Kong)
Malaysia 2–2 Thailand
Ibrahim Din 50', 63' Songwuti 72'
Suwannapluoh 49'
Referee: Valentine (Scotland)
Kuwait 2–0 South Korea
Al-Anbari 50'
Al-Ghanem 81'

Kuwait advanced to the Final Round.


To date, it is last time that South Korea failed to qualify.

Classification matches
China PR 1–0 Hong Kong
Chen Jingang 89'
Attendance: 25,602
Referee: Al-Mauzan (Saudi Arabia)
Japan 1–0 Singapore
Kazushi Kimura 20'
Attendance: 3,730
Referee: Ausukont (Thailand)
North Korea 3–0 Macau
Li Yong-Sob 34'
Li Chang-Ha 41'
Kim Yong-Nam 87'
Attendance: 3,730
Referee: Demirdjian (Lebanon)

Based on the results, China PR, Japan and Macau were placed in Group A, while Hong Kong, Korea DPR and Singapore were placed in Group B.

Group A
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  China PR 4220040+4
2  Japan 2210131+2
3  Macau 0200206−6
China PR 3–0 Macau
Gu Guangming 17'
Zuo Shusheng 20'
Rong Zhixing 59'
Attendance: 16,562
Referee: Getkaew (Thailand)
China PR 1–0 Japan
Rong Zhixing 7'
Attendance: 16,900
Referee: Ali Al-Bannai (Kuwait)
Japan 3–0 Macau
Kazushi Kimura 68'
Hideki Maeda 80' (pen.)
Haruhisa Hasegawa 88'
Attendance: 27,629
Referee: Arafat (Syria)

China and Japan advanced to the Group 4 Semifinals.

Group B
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  North Korea 3211032+1
2  Hong Kong 22020330
3  Singapore 1201112−1
Hong Kong 1–1 Singapore
Choi York Yee 55' Pathmanathan 87'
Attendance: 16,562
Referee: Arafat (Syria)
North Korea 1–0 Singapore
Li Yong-Sob 7'
Attendance: 16,900
Referee: Al-Doy (Bahrain)
Hong Kong 2–2 North Korea
Wan Chi Keung 40'
Wu Kwok Hung 62'		 Li Yong-Man 3'
Li Yong-Sob 25'
Attendance: 27,629
Referee: Demirdjian (Lebanon)

Korea DPR and Hong Kong advanced to the Group 4 Semifinals.

Semifinals
North Korea 1–0
(a.e.t.)		 Japan
Kim Yong-Nam 114'
Attendance: 8,266
Referee: Ali Al-Bannai (Kuwait)

Korea DPR advanced to the Group 4 Final.

China PR advanced to the Group 4 Final on penalties.

Final
China PR 4–2
(a.e.t.)		 North Korea
Huang Xiangdong 44', 110'
Chen Xirong 55'
Gu Guangming 112'		 Li Chang-Ha 2'
Kim Yong-Nam 56'
Attendance: 15,974
Referee: Al-Deq (Bahrain)

China PR advanced to the Final Round.

Final round
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Kuwait 9641186+2
2=  New Zealand 76231116+5
2=  China PR 7631294+5
4  Saudi Arabia 16015416−12
China PR 0–0 New Zealand
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Sano (Japan)
New Zealand 1–0 China PR
Herbert 43'
Attendance: 15,903
Referee: Getkaew (Thailand)
New Zealand 1–2 Kuwait
Wooddin 24' Al-Dakhil 61' (pen.)
J. Yaqoub 90'
Attendance: 21,101
Referee: Hardjowasito (Indonesia)
China PR 3–0 Kuwait
Rong Zhixing 24'
Gu Guangming 28'
Shen Xiangfu 59'
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Boskovic (Australia)
Saudi Arabia 0–1 Kuwait
Al-Anbari 55'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Grey (England)
China PR 4–2 Saudi Arabia
Zuo Shusheng 62'
Chen Jingang 63'
Gu Guangming 76'
Huang Xiangdong 88'		 Al Nifawi 10'
Majed Abdullah 11'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ponnet (Belgium)
China PR 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Huang Xiangdong 24'
Cai Jinbiao 27'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Wright (Brazil)
Kuwait 1–0 China PR
Al-Anbari 7'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)
Kuwait 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Al-Dakhil 36', 56'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Redelfs (West Germany)
Kuwait 2–2 New Zealand
Kameel 41'
Al-Hashash 89'		 Sumner 65'
Rufer 66'
Attendance: 20,000
Saudi Arabia 0–5 New Zealand
Rufer 16', 39'
B. Turner 17', 43' (pen.)
Wooddin 38'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Corver (Netherlands)
Notes
  1. ^
    The match was held in Malaysia due to China and Saudi Arabia not having diplomatic relations.

Final round play-off

At the time, head-to-head results were not used to rank teams level on points, goal difference and goals scored. As China PR and New Zealand finished level on points and goal difference, a play-off on neutral ground was played to determine who would qualify.

New Zealand 2–1 China PR
Wooddin 24'
Rufer 47'		 Huang Xiangdong 75'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil)

Kuwait and New Zealand qualified.

Goalscorers
9 goals
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

See also

Notes
  • To date, this was the last time that South Korea failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.

References
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