See main article: 1968 AFC Asian Cup.
Qualification for the 1968 AFC Asian Cup. The winner of each group advances to the final tournament.
| Tourney Name: | 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| Dates: | 22 March – 19 November 1967 |
| Num Teams: | 14 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 26 |
| Goals: | 86 |
| Prevseason: | 1964 |
| Nextseason: | 1972 |
| width=25% | Central zone | width=25% | Eastern zone | width=25% | Western zone 1 | width=25% | Western zone 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| valign=top | valign=top | valign=top | valign=top |
All matches held in Hong Kong.
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 |
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All matches held in Republic of China.
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 |
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All the others withdrew, so qualified automatically.
All matches held in Burma.
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
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| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1] | 0 (debut) | |||
| Central Zone winners | 2 April 1967 | |||
| Eastern zone winners | 7 August 1967 | |||
| Western Zone 1 winners (automatically qualified) | 1967 | |||
| Western Zone 2 winners | 16 November 1967 | 0 (debut) |