1992 AFC Asian Cup explained

Tourney Name:Asian Cup
Year:1992
Other Titles:第10回アジアカップ1992
Size:200px
Country:Japan
Dates:29 October – 8 November
Num Teams:8
Venues:3
Champion:JPN
Champion-Flagvar:1947
Count:1
Second:KSA
Third:PRC
Fourth:UAE
Cities:2
Matches:16
Goals:31
Attendance:316496
Top Scorer: Fahad Al-Bishi (3 goals)
Player: Kazuyoshi Miura
Prevseason:1988
Nextseason: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 ArchHiroshima Stadium
Capacity: 50,000Capacity: 13,800
Onomichi
Bingo Athletic Stadium
Capacity: 9,245

Qualification

See main article: 1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearance
18 December 1988
31 May 1992
30 May 1992
15 May 1992
7 June 1992 1 (1980)
26 April 1992
23 June 1992

First round

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 1992 AFC Asian Cup final.

GK19
RB4
CB5Tetsuji Hashiratani (c)
CB7Masami Ihara
LB6Satoshi Tsunami
DM15
RM14
LM10
AM8Masahiro Fukuda
CF20Takuya Takagi
CF11
Substitutions:
DF3
Manager:
Hans Ooft
GK21
CB2
CB4Abdul Rahman Al-Roomi
CB5Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
RM3
CM6Fuad Anwar Amin (c)
CM8
LM14
RF7Saeed Al-Owairan
CF9
LF15Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Substitutions:
FW11
Manager:
Nelsinho Rosa
Assistant referees


Noh Byung-Il (South Korea)
Choi Hae-Il (North Korea)

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: How the 1992 Asian Cup awoke Japanese football, the continent's sleeping giant. Aidan. Williams. Thesefootballtimes.co. 4 January 2019. 19 April 2022. 4 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210504023945/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2019/01/04/how-the-1992-asian-cup-awoke-japanese-football-the-continents-sleeping-giant/. dead.
  2. Web site: Asian Cup of Nations 1992. 12 May 2023.