1992 AFC Asian Cup

1992 Asian Cup第10回アジアカップ1992

Tournament details
Host country| Japan
Dates| 29 October – 8 November
Teams| 8
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 played| 16
Goals scored| 31 (1.94 per match)
Attendance| 316,496 (19,781 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Fahad Al-Bishi (3 goals)
Best player(s)|  Kazuyoshi Miura

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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

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Hiroshima

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

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Main article: 1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Team  | Qualified as  | Qualified on  | Previous appearance

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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

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Further information: 1992 AFC Asian Cup squads

## First round

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

30 October 1992

17:00

North Korea | 0–2|  Iran

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| Report | Pious 30'
Ghayeghran 80'

Bingo Sports Park, Onomichi

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

30 October 1992

19:00

Japan | 0–0|  United Arab Emirates

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| Report |

Bingo Sports Park, Onomichi

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Wei Jihong (China)

* * *

1 November 1992

12:00

Iran | 0–0|  United Arab Emirates

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| Report |

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

1 November 1992

14:00

Japan | 1–1|  North Korea

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Nakayama 80' | Report | Kim Kwang-min 29' (pen.)

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Rasheed Al-Jassas (Kuwait)

* * *

3 November 1992

12:00

United Arab Emirates | 2–1|  North Korea

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K. Mubarak 81'
Bakhit 85' | Report | Kim Kwang-min 69'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

3 November 1992

14:00

Japan | 1–0|  Iran

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Miura 87' | Report |

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

Source: WorldFootball.net

29 October 1992

17:00

Saudi Arabia | 1–1|  China

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Al-Thunayan 17' | Report | Li Bing 41'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Sinichoro Obata (Japan)

29 October 1992

19:00

Thailand | 1–1|  Qatar

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Thanis 42' | Report | Soufi 81'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Hossein Khoshkhan (Iran)

* * *

31 October 1992

13:00

Saudi Arabia | 1–1|  Qatar

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Al-Muwallid 86' | Report | Mustafa 74'

Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

31 October 1992

15:00

China | 0–0|  Thailand

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| Report |

Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Noh Byung-Il (South Korea)

* * *

2 November 1992

17:00

Saudi Arabia | 4–0|  Thailand

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Al-Owairan 4'
Al-Bishi 19', 72'
Al-Thunayan 64' | Report |

Bingo Sports Park, Onomichi

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

2 November 1992

19:00

Qatar | 1–2|  China

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Al-Sulaiti 20' | Report | Peng Weiguo 44', 58'

Bingo Sports Park, Onomichi

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

## Knockout stage

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |

| 6 November – Hiroshima| |

|  Japan| 3

| 8 November – Hiroshima

|  China| 2 |

|  Japan| 1

| 6 November – Hiroshima

| |  Saudi Arabia| 0

|  Saudi Arabia| 2

|  United Arab Emirates| 0 |

| Third place

| 8 November – Hiroshima

|  China (pen.)| 1 (4)

|  United Arab Emirates| 1 (3)

### Semi-finals

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6 November 1992

16:30

Japan | 3–2|  China

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Fukuda 48'
Kitazawa 57'
Nakayama 84' | Report | Xie Yuxin 1'
Li Xiao 70'

Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Hossein Khoshkhan (Iran)

* * *

6 November 1992

19:00

Saudi Arabia | 2–0|  United Arab Emirates

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Al-Owairan 77'
Al-Bishi 80' | Report |

Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Rasheed Al-Jassas (Kuwait)

### Third place play-off

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8 November 1992

12:00

China | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  United Arab Emirates

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Hao Haidong 15' | Report | Ismail 10'
Penalties
Fan Zhiyi
Cai Sheng
Wu Qunli
Peng Weiguo
Fu Yubin | 4–3 |  Al-Talyani

Ismaïl

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

### Final

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Main article: 1992 AFC Asian Cup final

8 November 1992

14:30

Japan | 1–0|  Saudi Arabia

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Takagi 36' | Report |

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

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GK | 19 | Kazuya Maekawa
RB | 4 | Takumi Horiike |  45'
CB | 5 | Tetsuji Hashiratani (c)
CB | 7 | Masami Ihara
LB | 6 | Satoshi Tsunami
DM | 15 | Mitsunori Yoshida |  |  86'
RM | 14 | Tsuyoshi Kitazawa
LM | 10 | Ruy Ramos |  69'
AM | 8 | Masahiro Fukuda
CF | 20 | Takuya Takagi
CF | 11 | Kazuyoshi Miura |  75'
Substitutions:
DF | 3 | Toshinobu Katsuya |  |  86'
Manager:
Hans Ooft
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GK | 21 | Shaker Al-Shujaa
CB | 2 | Abdullah Al-Dosari |  88'
CB | 4 | Abdul Rahman Al-Roomi
CB | 5 | Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
RM | 3 | Salem Al-Alawi
CM | 6 | Fuad Anwar Amin (c)
CM | 8 | Fahad Al-Bishi |  70'
LM | 14 | Khaled Al-Muwallid
RF | 7 | Saeed Al-Owairan
CF | 9 | Hamzah Idris |  |  66'
LF | 15 | Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Substitutions:
FW | 11 | Fahad Al-Mehallel |  |  66'
Manager:
Nelsinho Rosa

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

## Winners

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AFC Asian Cup 1992 winners

Japan
First title

## Awards

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### MVP (Most Valuable Player)

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* Kazuyoshi Miura

### Top Scorer

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* Fahad Al-Bishi – 3 goals

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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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

* Fahad Al-Bishi

2 goals

* Peng Weiguo
* Masashi Nakayama
* Kim Kwang-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 Ismail
* Khamees Saad Mubarak
* Zuhair Bakhit

### Top scoring teams

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8 goals

* Saudi Arabia

6 goals

* China
* Japan

3 goals

* Qatar
* United Arab Emirates

2 goals

* Iran
* North Korea

1 goal

* Thailand

## References

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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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