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1992 Asian Cup
第10回アジアカップ1992
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates29 October – 8 November
Teams8
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Japan (1st title)
Runners-up  Saudi Arabia
Third place  China
Fourth place  United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored31 (1.94 per match)
Attendance316,496 (19,781 per match)
Top scorer(s) Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Bishi (3 goals)
Best player(s) Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
1988
1996

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. [1]

This was the first Asian Cup not to have any debuting countries. [2]

Stadiums

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

Qualification

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
  Japan Hosts N/A 1 ( 1988)
  Saudi Arabia 1988 AFC Asian Cup champions 18 December 1988 2 ( 1984, 1988)
  Qatar Group 1 winners 31 May 1992 3 ( 1980, 1984, 1988)
  United Arab Emirates Group 2 winners 30 May 1992 3 ( 1980, 1984, 1988)
  Iran Group 3 winners 15 May 1992 6 ( 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988)
  North Korea Group 4 winners 7 June 1992 1 ( 1980)
  China Group 5 winners 26 April 1992 4 ( 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988)
  Thailand Group 6 winners 23 June 1992 1 ( 1972)

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 Advance 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) Hosts
North Korea 0–2  Iran
Report Pious 30'
Ghayeghran 80'
Japan 0–0  United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Wei Jihong ( China)

Iran 0–0  United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Japan 1–1  North Korea
Nakayama 80' Report Kim Kwang-min 29' ( pen.)
Attendance: 32,000

United Arab Emirates 2–1  North Korea
K. Mubarak 81'
Bakhit 85'
Report Kim Kwang-min 69'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Neji Jouini ( Tunisia)
Japan 1–0  Iran
Miura 87' Report
Attendance: 37,000

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 4 Advance to knockout stage
2   China 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
3   Qatar 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4   Thailand 3 0 2 1 1 5 −4 2
Saudi Arabia 1–1  China
Al-Thunayan 17' Report Li Bing 41'
Attendance: 15,000
Thailand 1–1  Qatar
Thanis 42' Report Soufi 81'
Attendance: 21,000

Saudi Arabia 1–1  Qatar
Al-Muwallid 86' Report Mustafa 74'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Neji Jouini ( Tunisia)
China 0–0  Thailand
Report
Attendance: 5,000

Saudi Arabia 4–0  Thailand
Al-Owairan 4'
Al-Bishi 19', 72'
Al-Thunayan 64'
Report
Qatar 1–2  China
Al-Sulaiti 20' Report Peng Weiguo 44', 58'
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Badara Sène ( Senegal)

Knockout stage

All times are Japan Standard Time ( UTC+9)

 
Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
6 November – Hiroshima
 
 
  Japan3
 
8 November – Hiroshima
 
  China2
 
  Japan1
 
6 November – Hiroshima
 
  Saudi Arabia0
 
  Saudi Arabia2
 
 
  United Arab Emirates0
 
Third place
 
 
8 November – Hiroshima
 
 
  China ( pen.)1 (4)
 
 
  United Arab Emirates1 (3)

Semi-finals

Japan 3–2  China
Fukuda 48'
Kitazawa 57'
Nakayama 84'
Report Xie Yuxin 1'
Li Xiao 70'
Attendance: 15,000

Saudi Arabia 2–0  United Arab Emirates
Al-Owairan 77'
Al-Bishi 80'
Report
Attendance: 12,000

Third place play-off

Final

Japan 1–0  Saudi Arabia
Takagi 36' Report
Attendance: 50,000

Assistant referees:
Noh Byung-Il ( South Korea)
Choi Hae-Il ( North Korea)

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.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Top scoring teams

8 goals
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ Williams, Aidan (4 January 2019). "How the 1992 Asian Cup awoke Japanese football, the continent's sleeping giant". Thesefootballtimes.co. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Asian Cup of Nations 1992". Retrieved 12 May 2023.

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