1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Central zone	Eastern zone	Western zone 1	Western zone 2
Brunei  Burma*  Hong Kong  Indonesia  Khmer Republic  Laos*  Malaysia  Singapore*  Thailand  South Vietnam*	Japan*  Philippines*  Republic of China *  South Korea	Afghanistan*  Israel**    Nepal*	Bahrain  Ceylon  India*  Iraq***  Jordan  Kuwait  Pakistan*  Lebanon  Syria

• * Withdrew
• **  Israel originally qualified as hosts, but withdrew later^[1]
• *** Iraq were allocated to Western zone later
•  Iran qualified as defending champions

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• All matches played in Thailand.

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Indonesia	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10	4
Thailand	2	1	0	1	10	1	+9	2
Brunei	2	0	0	2	0	19	−19	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	4
Khmer Republic	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

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Thailand and Khmer Republic qualified for final tournament

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Since all other teams withdrew, the zone was scratched and  South Korea qualified automatically.

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• All matches played in Kuwait.

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

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Ceylon (Sri Lanka) had a bye

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	6
Jordan	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	4
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	2
Ceylon	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3
Lebanon	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
Syria	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1

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Iraq and Kuwait qualified for final tournament

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