1964 AFC Asian Cup qualification
# 1964 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The qualification for the 1964 AFC Asian Cup consisted of several teams separated in four groups. The winner of each group would join hosts Israel in the final tournament.

## Zones

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

* * Withdrew
* ** Moved to Central group 2

## Central zone

All matches held in South Vietnam.

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 5 |
| South Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 2 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |

## Eastern zone

All the others withdrew, so South Korea qualified automatically.

## Western zone

All the others withdrew, so India qualified automatically.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
| - | - | - | - |
| Israel | Hosts | N/A | 2 (1956, 1960) |
| Hong Kong | Central Zone winners | 14 December 1963 | 1 (1956) |
| South Korea | Eastern zone winners (automatically qualified) | 1963 | 2 (1956, 1960) |
| India | Western Zone winners (automatically qualified) | 1963 | 0 (debut) |
