# 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone (AFC and OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification.
India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines withdrew before the matches were played. The remaining 15 teams were divided into 2 zones, based on geographical and political considerations, as follows:

## Format

* Zone A had 7 teams (teams from East Asia, plus Israel). All matches were played in Korea Republic. There would be four stages of play:
** Classification matches: All teams except Korea Republic would be paired up to play preliminary matches to determine group classification.
** Group stage: Based on the results of the classification matches, the 7 teams were divided into 2 groups (Group A1 with 3 teams and Group A2 with 4 teams). The teams played against each other once. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the semifinals.
** Semifinals: The winner of Group A1 played against the runner-up of Group A2 in a single match, and the winner of Group A2 played against the runner-up of Group A1 in a single match. The winners would advance to the Final.
** Final: The 2 teams played against each other in a single match. The winner would advance to the Final Round.
* Zone B had 8 teams (teams from West Asia and Oceania, plus Indonesia and Korea DPR). There would be two stages of play:
** Group stage: The 8 teams were divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each. The teams played against each other twice (Group B1 in Australia and New Zealand and Group B2 in Iran). The group winners would advance to the final.
** Final: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the Final Round.
In the Final Round, the winners of Zone A and Zone B played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.

## Zone A

* All matches played in Seoul, South Korea.

### Group stage
#### Group A1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Zonal semi-finals | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 2 | Advance to Zonal semi-finals | — | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | South Vietnam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | | — | — | — |

#### Group A2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 5 | Advance to Zonal semi-finals | — | — | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 | Advance to Zonal semi-finals | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | | — | — | — | — |

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 26 May – Seoul | 26 May – Seoul |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 28 May – Seoul | 28 May – Seoul |
| South Korea | 3 | 28 May – Seoul | 28 May – Seoul |
| South Korea | 3 | South Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| 26 May – Seoul | 26 May – Seoul | | South Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| 26 May – Seoul | 26 May – Seoul | Israel | 0 |
| Israel (a.e.t.) | 1 | Israel | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | | |

### Final
## Zone B
### Group Stage
#### Group B1

* All matches played in Australia in a double round-robin format (except New Zealand–Australia first leg)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Australia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 9 | Advance to Zonal final | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| 2 | Iraq | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 | | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | | 0–6 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — |

#### Group B2

* All matches played in Tehran, Iran in a double round-robin format
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Iran | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Zonal final | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Syria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| 3 | North Korea | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |

### Bracket

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Iran | Iran | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 |

### Final

Australia won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Final round

| Zonal Semi-finals | Zonal Semi-finals | Zonal Semi-finals | Zonal Semi-finals | Zonal Semi-finals | Zonal Final | Zonal Final | Zonal Final | Zonal Final | Zonal Final | | | Qualification Final | Qualification Final | Qualification Final | Qualification Final | Qualification Final |
| 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | | | | | | | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1 | 28 May 1973 – Seoul | 28 May 1973 – Seoul | 28 May 1973 – Seoul | 28 May 1973 – Seoul | 28 May 1973 – Seoul | | | | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | South Korea | South Korea | 3 | 28 May 1973 – Seoul | 28 May 1973 – Seoul | 28 May 1973 – Seoul | 28 May 1973 – Seoul | 28 May 1973 – Seoul | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | South Korea | South Korea | 3 | South Korea (a.e.t.) | South Korea (a.e.t.) | South Korea (a.e.t.) | South Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 | | |
| 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | | | | | South Korea (a.e.t.) | South Korea (a.e.t.) | South Korea (a.e.t.) | South Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 | | |
| 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | 26 May 1973 – Seoul | Israel | Israel | Israel | Israel | 0 | | |
| Israel (a.e.t.) | Israel (a.e.t.) | Israel (a.e.t.) | Israel (a.e.t.) | 1 | Israel | Israel | Israel | Israel | 0 | | |
| Israel (a.e.t.) | Israel (a.e.t.) | Israel (a.e.t.) | Israel (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | | | | October/November 1973 – Sydney/Seoul/Hong Kong | October/November 1973 – Sydney/Seoul/Hong Kong | October/November 1973 – Sydney/Seoul/Hong Kong | October/November 1973 – Sydney/Seoul/Hong Kong | October/November 1973 – Sydney/Seoul/Hong Kong |
| Japan | Japan | Japan | Japan | 0 | | | | | | | | October/November 1973 – Sydney/Seoul/Hong Kong | October/November 1973 – Sydney/Seoul/Hong Kong | October/November 1973 – Sydney/Seoul/Hong Kong | October/November 1973 – Sydney/Seoul/Hong Kong | October/November 1973 – Sydney/Seoul/Hong Kong |
| Japan | Japan | Japan | Japan | 0 | | | | | | | | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Australia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | 18/24 August 1973 – Sydney/Tehran | 18/24 August 1973 – Sydney/Tehran | 18/24 August 1973 – Sydney/Tehran | 18/24 August 1973 – Sydney/Tehran | 18/24 August 1973 – Sydney/Tehran | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Iran | Iran | 0 | 2 | 2 | | |
Australia and South Korea tied 2–2 on aggregate; a final play-off was decided.
Australia won 1–0.

## Qualified teams

The following team qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup |
| Australia | Final round winners | 13 November 1973 | 0 (debut) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Goalscorers
### 5 goals

* Sabah Hatim
* Moshe Onana

### 4 goals

* Adrian Alston

### 3 goals

* Attila Abonyi
* Ray Baartz
* Jimmy Mackay
* Parviz Ghelichkhani
* Chung Kyu-poong
* Kim Jae-han
* Joseph Chahrestan

### 2 goals

* Branko Buljevic
* Ernie Campbell
* Ray Richards
* Yuen Kuen Chu
* Iswadi Idris
* Sarman Panggabean
* Ali Kadhim
* Zvi Rozen
* Itzhak Shum
* Mordechai Spiegler
* Kunishige Kamamoto
* Hamad Bo Hamad
* Alan Vest
* Ma Jung-u
* Cha Bum-kun

### 1 goal

* Doug Utjesenovic
* Peter Wilson
* Kwok Ka Ming
* Lo Hung Hoi
* Andjas Asmara
* Ali Jabbari
* Akbar Kargarjam
* Mehdi Monajati
* Ali Parvin
* Mohammad Sadeghi
* Gholam Vafakhah
* Douglas Aziz
* Riyadh Nouri
* Bashar Rashid
* Salah Obeid
* George Borba
* Zvi Farkash
* Shusaku Hirasawa
* Koji Mori
* Ibrahim Al Duraihem
* Fathi Kameel
* Shaharuddin Abdullah
* Harun Jusoh
* Dennis Tindall
* Brian Turner
* An Se-uk
* Kim Jong-min
* Pak Sung-jin
* Ko Jae-wook
* Park Yi-chun
* Nabil Nano
* Samir Said
* Abdulghani Tatiche

### 1 own goal

* Bobby Hogg (playing against New Zealand)
* Maurice Tillotson (playing against Indonesia)
* Nguyễn Vinh Quang (playing against Japan)
* Supakit Meelarpkit (playing against South Vietnam)