Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

The following lists are for team Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers.

1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Asian Qualifiers
Dates27 September 1967 – 22 March 1968
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Qualifying tournaments edit

Group 1 edit

All matches played in Japan.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Japan 5 4 1 0 26 4 +22 9
  South Korea 5 4 1 0 17 5 +12 9
  Lebanon 5 2 1 2 18 9 +9 5
  South Vietnam 5 2 1 2 14 5 +9 5
  Republic of China 5 1 0 4 11 18 -7 2
  Philippines 5 0 0 5 3 48 -45 0
Japan  15–0  Philippines
Sugiyama   4'   75'
Ogi   5'
Kamamoto   15', 16', 26', 43', 64', 89'
Miyamoto   20', 30', 40', 46'
Watanabe   63'
Kuwahara   78'
Attendance: 12,000[1]
Referee: Atef Sinan (Lebanon)
South Korea  4–2  Republic of China
Kim Ki-bok   4', 14', 79' (pen.)
Lee Hoe-taik   15'
Tsang King-hung   2'
Cheung Chi-wai   44' (pen.)

Lebanon  11–1  Philippines
Nassar          
Altounian        
Abou Murad  
El-Sharki  
Pacheco   17'

Japan  4–0  Republic of China
Kamamoto   25'   67'   75'
Ogi   59'
Attendance: 7,181
Referee: Dau Van Dzu (South Vietnam)
South Korea  2–0  Lebanon

South Vietnam  10–0  Philippines

Republic of China  7–2  Philippines
South Korea  3–0  South Vietnam
Japan  3–1  Lebanon
Ogi   29'
Kamamoto   49'
Mori   84'
Altounian   24'
Attendance: 2,693
Referee: Eriberto Cruz (Philippines)

Japan  3–3  South Korea
Miyamoto   13'
Sugiyama   37'
Kamamoto   70'
Report Lee Hoi-Taek   48'
Huh Yoon-Jung   64'   68'
Attendance: 45,789
Referee: Tang Sun Cheung (Taiwan)
Lebanon  5–2  Republic of China
Abou Murad  
El-Sharki  
Altounian  
   
   
South Vietnam  3–0  Republic of China
     

Lebanon  1–1  South Vietnam
Abou Murad    

South Korea  5–0  Philippines
Japan  1–0  South Vietnam
Sugiyama   50'
Attendance: 23,010
Referee: Tang Sun Cheung (Taiwan)

Japan qualify.

Group 2 edit

All matches played in Thailand.
  Hong Kong,   Malaysia and   Pakistan withdrew.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Thailand 4 3 0 1 5 6 -1 6
  Iraq 4 1 1 2 7 5 +2 3
  Indonesia 4 1 1 2 4 5 -1 3
Thailand  0–4  Iraq
Dhiab   3', 33'
Atta   26'
Nouri   59'
Attendance: 7,395
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Indonesia  2–1  Iraq
Hong   32'
Sihasale   52'
Dhiab   54'
Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Govindasamy Suppiah (Singapore)
Thailand  2–1  Iraq
Srisawat   23'
Sornbutnark   62'
Dhiab   50'
Attendance: 11,297
Referee: Dau Van Dzu (South Vietnam)
Iraq  1–1  Indonesia
Dhiab   60' Soentoro   22'
Attendance: 5,679
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Thailand  1–0  Indonesia
Sornbutnark   10'
Attendance: 12,000

Thailand qualify.

Group 3 edit

All matches played in Israel.

  Burma,   India,   Iran and   North Korea withdrew.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Israel 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 4
  Ceylon 2 0 0 2 0 11 -11 0
Israel  7–0  Ceylon
George Borba   1', 63'
Mordechai Spiegler   11', 59', 85'
W.N.C. Perera   30' (o.g.)
Giora Spiegel   47'
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Wanchai Suwaree (Thailand)

Israel  4–0  Ceylon
Giora Spiegel   55'
Rahamim Talbi   62'
Shmuel Rosenthal   66'
George Borba   77'
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

Israel qualify.

Qualified team for Summer Olympics edit

The following teams from Asia qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics
  Japan 10 October 1967 3 (1936, 1956, 1964)
  Thailand 22 January 1968 1 (1956)
  Israel 22 March 1968 None

References edit

  1. ^ "Japan vs Philippines - September 27, 1967". Retrieved 29 November 2015.

External links edit