1992 AFC Asian Cup
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.
AFC Asian Cup Japan 1992 AFCアジアカップ1992 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Japan |
Dates | 29 October – 8 November |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 31 (1.94 per match) |
Attendance | 316,496 (19,781 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
Best player(s) | |
This was the first Asian Cup not to have any debuting countries.
Stadiums
Hiroshima | |
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Hiroshima Big Arch | Hiroshima Stadium |
Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 13,800 |
Onomichi | Hiroshima Big Arch Hiroshima Stadium Bingo Athletic Stadium |
Bingo Athletic Stadium | |
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 |
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1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
North Korea | 0–2 | |
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Report | Pious Ghayeghran |
Japan | 1–1 | |
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Nakayama |
Report | Kim Gwang-Min |
United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | |
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K. Saad Bakhit |
Report | Kim Gwang-Min |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | ||
3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 |
Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | |
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Al-Thunayan |
Report | Li Bing |
Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | |
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Al-Muwallid |
Report | Mustafa |
Saudi Arabia | 4–0 | |
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Al-Owairan Al-Bishi Al-Thunayan |
Report |
Knockout stage
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
6 November – Hiroshima | ||||||
3 | ||||||
8 November – Hiroshima | ||||||
2 | ||||||
1 | ||||||
6 November – Hiroshima | ||||||
0 | ||||||
2 | ||||||
0 | ||||||
Third place | ||||||
8 November – Hiroshima | ||||||
1 (4) | ||||||
1 (3) |
Semi-finals
Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | |
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Al-Owairan Al-Bishi |
Report |
Third place play-off
China PR | 1–1 | |
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Hao Haidong |
Report | Ismail |
Penalties | ||
Fan Zhiyi Cai Seng Wu Liqun Peng Weiguo Fu Yubin |
4–3 |
Final
Japan | 1–0 | |
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Takagi |
Report |
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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
Peng Weiguo Masashi Nakayama Kim Gwang-Min Saeed Al-Owairan Yousuf Al-Thunayan
1 goal
Xie Yuxin Li Bing Li Xiao Hao Haidong Sirous Ghayeghran Farshad Pious Kazuyoshi Miura Masahiro Fukuda Tsuyoshi Kitazawa Takuya Takagi Mubarak Mustafa Khalifa Al-Sulaiti Mahmoud Soufi Khalid Al-Muwallid Thanis Areesngarkul Khalid Ismaïl Khamis Saad Zuhair Bakhit
Top scoring teams
- 8 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Final positions
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PCT | Result |
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1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | .800 | 1st | |
2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | .600 | 2nd | |
3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .500 | 3rd | |
4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | .500 | ||
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | .500 | Eliminated in the first stage | |
6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | .333 | ||
7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 | .333 | ||
8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | .167 |