1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
# 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Qualification for the 1968 AFC Asian Cup. The winner of each group advances to the final tournament.

## Zones

| Central zone | Eastern zone | Western zone 1 | Western zone 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Hong Kong  Malaysia  Singapore  South Vietnam  Thailand | Indonesia  Japan  Philippines  Republic of China  South Korea | Afghanistan*  Israel  Kuwait* | Burma  Cambodia  Ceylon*  India  Pakistan |

* * Withdrew

## Central zone

All matches held in Hong Kong.

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 8 |
| Thailand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| South Vietnam | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| Singapore | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 |

## Eastern zone

All matches held in Republic of China.

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Republic of China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 7 |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 3 |
| Philippines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 |

## Western zone 1

All the others withdrew, so Israel qualified automatically.

## Western zone 2

All matches held in Burma.

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burma | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
| - | - | - | - |
| Iran | Hosts | N/A | 0 (debut) |
| Hong Kong | Central Zone winners | 2 April 1967 | 2 (1956, 1964) |
| Republic of China | Eastern zone winners | 7 August 1967 | 1 (1960) |
| Israel | Western Zone 1 winners (automatically qualified) | 1967 | 3 (1956, 1960, 1964) |
| Burma | Western Zone 2 winners | 16 November 1967 | 0 (debut) |
