# 1992 AFC Asian Cup

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.
This was the first Asian Cup not to have any debuting countries.

## Stadiums

Hiroshima :
| Hiroshima Big Arch | Hiroshima Stadium |
| Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 13,800 |
| Onomichi | Hiroshima Big ArchHiroshima StadiumBingo Athletic Stadium |
| Bingo Athletic Stadium | Hiroshima Big ArchHiroshima StadiumBingo Athletic Stadium |
| Capacity: 9,245 | Hiroshima Big ArchHiroshima StadiumBingo Athletic Stadium |

## Qualification

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
| Japan | Hosts | N/A | 1 (1988) |
| Saudi Arabia | 1988 AFC Asian Cup champions | 18 December 1988 | 2 (1984, 1988) |
| Qatar | Group 1 winners | 31 May 1992 | 3 (1980, 1984, 1988) |
| United Arab Emirates | Group 2 winners | 30 May 1992 | 3 (1980, 1984, 1988) |
| Iran | Group 3 winners | 15 May 1992 | 6 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988) |
| North Korea | Group 4 winners | 7 June 1992 | 1 (1980) |
| China | Group 5 winners | 26 April 1992 | 4 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988) |
| Thailand | Group 6 winners | 23 June 1992 | 1 (1972) |

## First round

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | North Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 | |

## Knockout stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 6 November – Hiroshima | 6 November – Hiroshima |
| Japan | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | 8 November – Hiroshima | 8 November – Hiroshima |
| China | 2 | 8 November – Hiroshima | 8 November – Hiroshima |
| China | 2 | Japan | 1 |
| 6 November – Hiroshima | 6 November – Hiroshima | | Japan | 1 |
| 6 November – Hiroshima | 6 November – Hiroshima | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 8 November – Hiroshima | 8 November – Hiroshima |
| | | China (pen.) | 1 (4) |
| | | United Arab Emirates | 1 (3) |

### Final

| GK | 19 | Kazuya Maekawa |
| RB | 4 | Takumi Horiike | 45' |
| CB | 5 | Tetsuji Hashiratani (c) |
| CB | 7 | Masami Ihara |
| LB | 6 | Satoshi Tsunami |
| DM | 15 | Mitsunori Yoshida | | 86' |
| RM | 14 | Tsuyoshi Kitazawa |
| LM | 10 | Ruy Ramos | 69' |
| AM | 8 | Masahiro Fukuda |
| CF | 20 | Takuya Takagi |
| CF | 11 | Kazuyoshi Miura | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 3 | Toshinobu Katsuya | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Hans Ooft ||
| GK | 21 | Shaker Al-Shujaa |
| CB | 2 | Abdullah Al-Dosari | 88' |
| CB | 4 | Abdul Rahman Al-Roomi |
| CB | 5 | Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi |
| RM | 3 | Salem Al-Alawi |
| CM | 6 | Fuad Anwar Amin (c) |
| CM | 8 | Fahad Al-Bishi | 70' |
| LM | 14 | Khaled Al-Muwallid |
| RF | 7 | Saeed Al-Owairan |
| CF | 9 | Hamzah Idris | | 66' |
| LF | 15 | Yousuf Al-Thunayan |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Fahad Al-Mehallel | | 66' |
| Manager: ||
| Nelsinho Rosa ||
* Assistant referees:
* Noh Byung-Il (South Korea)
* Choi Hae-Il (North Korea)

## Winners

* AFC Asian Cup 1992 winners
* Japan First title

## Awards
### MVP (Most Valuable Player)

* Kazuyoshi Miura

### Top Scorer

* Fahad Al-Bishi – 3 goals

## 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
* Fahad Al-Bishi
2 goals
* Peng Weiguo
* Masashi Nakayama
* Kim Kwang-min
* Saeed Al-Owairan
* Yousuf Al-Thunayan
1 goal
* Xie Yuxin
* Li Bing
* Li Xiao
* Hao Haidong
* Sirous Ghayeghran
* Farshad Pious
* Kazuyoshi Miura
* Masahiro Fukuda
* Tsuyoshi Kitazawa
* Takuya Takagi
* Mubarak Mustafa
* Khalifa Al-Sulaiti
* Mahmoud Soufi
* Khalid Al-Muwallid
* Thanis Areesngarkul
* Khalid Ismail
* Khamees Saad Mubarak
* Zuhair Bakhit

### Top scoring teams

    8 goals
   * Saudi Arabia
    6 goals
   * China
   * Japan
    3 goals
   * Qatar
   * United Arab Emirates
    2 goals
   * Iran
   * North Korea
    1 goal
   * Thailand