The Asian Football Confederation's Asian Cup 1992 finals were held in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan between October 29 and November 8. The host nation, Japan, defeated the defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final in Hiroshima.

Stadiums

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• Big Arch Stadium (Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima)
• Bingo Sports Park Athletics Stadium (Onomichi, Hiroshima)
• Hiroshima Stadium (Nishi-ku, Hiroshima)

Qualification

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• qualified automatically as host
• qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 6 qualifying teams were:

First round

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All times local (GMT + 0900)

Notes:

• Abbreviations:
  • Pld: games played
  • W: won
  • D: drawn
  • L: lost
  • GF: goals for
  • GA: goals against
  • Pts: points

Group A

Group A matches were held in Hiroshima. U.A.E.JapanIranD.P.R. Korea

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
3	1	2	0	2	1	5
3	1	2	0	2	1	5
3	1	1	1	2	1	4
3	0	1	2	2	5	1

October 30
	Iran	2 – 0	D.P.R. Korea		Bingo Sports Park
		(HT: 1 – 0)			Ref: Omar Al-Mehanna (KSA)
	Pious 30'
	Ghayeghran 80'
	Japan	0 – 0	U.A.E.		Bingo Sports Park (1900)
		(HT: 0 – 0)			Ref: Wie Jihong (CHN)
November 1
	Iran	0 – 0	U.A.E.		Bingo Sports Park
		(HT: 0 – 0)			Ref: Jamal Al-Sharif (SYR)
	Japan	1 – 1	D.P.R. Korea		Big Arch Stadium (1400)
		(HT: 0 – 1)			Ref: Rasheed Al-Jassas (KUW)
	Nakayama 80'		Kim Kwangmin 29'
November 3
	U.A.E.	2 – 1	D.P.R. Korea		Big Arch Stadium
		(HT: 0 – 0)			Ref: Jouini Neji (TUN)
	Mubarak 81'		Kim Kwangmin 69'
	Bakhit Bilal 85'
	Japan	1 – 0	Iran		Big Arch Stadium (1400)
		(HT: 0 – 0)			Ref: Jamal Al-Sharif (SYR)
	Miura 85'

Group B

Group B matches were held in Hiroshima.

Saudi ArabiaP.R.ChinaQatarThailand

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
3	1	2	0	6	2	5
3	1	2	0	3	2	5
3	0	2	1	3	4	2
3	0	2	1	1	5	2

October 29
	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	P.R. China	Big Arch Stadium
		(HT: 1 – 0)		Ref: Sinichoro Obata (JAP)
	Al-Thunyan 17'		Li Bang 41'
	Qatar	1 – 1	Thailand	Big Arch Stadium
		(HT: 1 – 1)		Ref: Hossein Khoshkhan (IRN)
	Soufi 17'		Thanis Areesngarkul 42'
October 31
	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Qatar	Hiroshima Stadium
		(HT: 0 – 0)		Ref: Jouini Neji (TUN)
	Al-Muwallid 86'		Noorallah 74'
	P.R. China	0 – 0	Thailand	Hiroshima Stadium
		(HT: 0 – 0)		Ref: Noh Byung Il (ROK)
November 2
	Saudi Arabia	4 – 0	Thailand	Bingo Sports Park
		(HT: 0 – 0)		Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Owairan 4'
	Al-Bishi 19'
	Al-Thunyan 64'
	Al-Bishi 72'
	P.R. China	2 – 1	Qatar	Bingo Sports Park
		(HT: 1 – 1)
	Peng Weiguo 44'		Al-Sulaiti 20'
	Peng Weiguo 58'

Semi-finals

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November 6
SF1:	Japan	3 – 2	P.R. CHINA		Hiroshima Stadium (1630)
		(HT: 0 – 1)			Ref: Hussein Khoshkhan (IRN)
		(FT: 3 – 2)
	Fukuda 48'		Yuxin Xie 1'
	Kitazawa 57'		Xiao Li 70'
	Nakayama 84'
SF2:	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	U.A.E.		Hiroshima Stadium
		(HT:0 – 0)			Ref: Rasheed Al-Jassas (KUW)
		(FT: 2 – 0)
	Owairan 67'
	Al-Bishi 80'

Third Place Match

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November 7
	P.R. CHINA	1 – 1	U.A.E.		Big Arch Stadium
		(HT: 1 – 1)			Ref: Jouini Neji (TUN)
	Hao Haidong 15'		Mubarak 10'
	China wins 4 – 3 on penalties

Final

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November 8
	Japan	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia		Hiroshima Big Arch
		(HT: 1 – 0)			Ref: Jamal Al-Sharif (SYR)
	Takagi 6'
	Asian Cup 1992 champions: JAPAN

Scoring players

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3 goals Fahad A.F. Al-Bishi

2 goals Peng Weiguo Masashi Nakayama Kim Kwangmin Saeed Owairan Yousef Ibrahim Al-Thunyan Khalid Ismail Mubarak

1 goal Xie Yuxin Li Bang Li Xiao Hao Haidong Sirous Ghayeghran Farshad Peyous Kazuyoshi Miura Masahiro Fukuda Tsuyoshi Kitazawa Takuya Takagi Mubarak Mustafa Noorallah Khalifa Khamis Al-Sulaiti Mahmoud Yasin Soufi Khalid Mossaed Al-Muwallid Thanis Areesngarkul Zuhair Bakhit Bilal

Top scoring teams

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8 goals Saudi Arabia

6 goals P.R.China Japan

3 goals Qatar U.A.E.

2 goals Iran D.P.R. Korea

1 goal Thailand

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