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1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

Field	Value
tourney_name	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
caption	r
num_teams	21
confederations	2
top_scorer	Keith Nelson (7 goals)
prevseason	[1974](1974-fifa-world-cup-qualification-afc-and-ofc)
nextseason	[1982](1982-fifa-world-cup-qualification-afc-and-ofc)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone (AFC and OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 21 AFC and OFC teams and Israel entered the competition. However, South Vietnam could not compete after being annexed by Vietnam. The Asian zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the final tournament.

Format

There would be two rounds of play:

First Round: The 21 teams would be divided into 5 groups. The groups had different rules, as follows:
- Group 1 had 6 teams. The teams played against each other once in Singapore. The top 2 teams after the group matches played against each other in a single match. The winner would advance to the Final Round.
- Groups 2 and 3 had 4 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
- Group 4 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other twice in Qatar. The group winner would qualify.
- Group 5 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
Final Round: The 5 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

First round

Group 1

Rajagopal

Wun Chee Keung Kwok Ka Ming Lau Wing Yip

Isa Bakar Witthaya Niwat

Dollah Kassim

Chung Chor Wai

Jesdaporn Niwat Junaedi Abdillah

Anjas Asmara Andi Lala Iswadi Idris

Play-off

Hong Kong and Singapore finished in the top two places, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

Hong Kong advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Bar

Peretz

Park Sang-in Choi Jong-duk

Korea Republic advanced to the Final Round. North Korea withdrew prior to the tournament in protest of Israel's participation.

Group 3

Bo Saeed

Khouri

Roshan

Sharifi

Iran advanced to the Final Round.

Group 4

Yaqoub

Matter

Al-Anberi

Al Duraihem

Zowayed Al Farhan

Ma'yoof Al Saleh Bo Hamad

Kuwait advanced to the Final Round.

Group 5

Abonyi

Campbell Taylor Weymouth

Sumner Lo Chih Tsong

Kosmina

Australia advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Jahani

Barnes

Yaqoub Bo Hamad

Al-Anberi

Chung Chor Wai Abonyi Bennett

Bo Abbas Choi Jong-duk

Al-Anberi Kameel

Kazerani

Khabiri

Huh Jung-moo Kim Jae-han Park Sang-in Chan Fat Chi

Iran qualified.

Qualified teams

The following team from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup[1](1)
			0 (debut)

:1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

;7 goals

NZL Keith Nelson

;6 goals

AUS John Kosmina
AUS Peter Ollerton
KUW Faisal Al-Dakhil

;5 goals

IRN Ghafour Jahani
KOR Cha Bum-kun

;4 goals

HKG Chung Chor Wai
IRN Hassan Roshan
KUW Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
KUW Jasem Yaqoub
MAS James Wong

;3 goals

AUS Attila Abonyi
AUS Jimmy Rooney
HKG Kwok Ka Ming
HKG Wun Chee Keung
KUW Fat'hi Kameel Fayaz Matar Marzouq
NZL Steve Sumner
KOR Park Sang-in
THA Jesdaporn Naphatalung

;2 goals

BHR Fuad Abou Shaqr
HKG Lau Wing Yip
IRN Hossein Kazerani
IRN Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
ISR Oded Machnes
KUW Hamad Khalid Bo Hamad
MAS Isa Bakar
SIN Quah Kim Song
KOR Choi Jong-duk
KOR Kim Jae-han
KOR Lee Young-moo
THA Vidthaya Laohakul
THA Niwat Srisawat

;1 goal

AUS Murray Barnes
AUS Colin Bennett
BHR Ibrahim Al Farhan
BHR Ebrahim Zowayed
HKG Chan Fat Chi
HKG Fung Chi Ming
HKG Tang Hung Cheong
IDN Junaedi Abdillah
IDN Anjas Asmara
IDN Iswadi Idris
IDN Waskito Kaihun
IDN Andi Lala
IDN Ronny Pattinasarany
IDN Risdianto
IRN Behtash Fariba
IRN Habib Khabiri
IRN Ali Parvin
IRN Habib Shareefi
IRN Mohsin Yousifi
ISR Haim Bar
ISR Uri Malmilian
ISR Itzhak Peretz
KUW Ibrahim Mohammed Al Duraihem
KUW Farouk Ibrahim Al Awadi Al Saleh
KUW Badr Abdul Hameed Bo Abbas
KUW Abdullah Yousuf Ma'yoof
MAS Bakri Ibni
NZL Clive Campbell
NZL Dave Taylor
NZL Kevin Weymouth
QAT Anbar Bashir Abubakr
QAT Hassan Myuter Saied Al Suwaidi
QAT Mansour Muftah Faraj Bekhit
KSA Samir Sultan Al Fahad
KSA Saoud Al Gassem Mohammed Bo Saeed
KSA Mohammed Abdul Ghani
SIN Mohammed Noh Hussein
SIN Dollah Kassim
SIN Suriamurthy Rajagopal
KOR Huh Jung-moo
KOR Kim Ho-kon
SYR Abdul Hamid Al Katbi
SYR Marwan Khalifa Khouri
TAI Chang Kuo Chi
THA Cherdsak Chaiyabutr

;1 own goal

TAI Lo Chih Tsong (playing against New Zealand)

References

[https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01e1-0f85d993dfca-1b71600133e9-1000--israel-make-their-mark/ Israel left the AFC in 1974]
Japan played its "home" match against Israel away at Israel.
(29 January 1977). "North Korea Out Of World Soccer Cup Preliminaries". [[The Wichita Eagle]].
Both matches between Australia and Taiwan were played on neutral ground.
Both matches between Australia and Taiwan were played on neutral ground.
Taiwan played its "home" match against New Zealand away instead.

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