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

Zones

• * 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

Hong Kong	2–0	South Vietnam

Malaysia	1–1	Singapore

Thailand	0–1	South Vietnam

Thailand	4–1	Singapore

Hong Kong	3–1	Malaysia

South Vietnam	0–2	Malaysia

Hong Kong	2–0	Singapore

Thailand	1–0	Malaysia

Hong Kong	2–0	Thailand

South Vietnam	3–0	Singapore

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

Republic of China	2–2	Japan

South Korea	1–1	Indonesia

Republic of China	9–0	Philippines

Japan	2–1	South Korea

Republic of China	3–2	Indonesia

Japan	2–0	Philippines

Japan	2–1	Indonesia

South Korea	7–0	Philippines

Republic of China	1–0	South Korea

Indonesia	6–0	Philippines

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

Burma	2–0	India

Cambodia	1–0	Pakistan
Neou Kandien 80'	Report

Pakistan	1–1	India
Bakhsh	Report	Subramanium

Burma	1–0	Cambodia

Cambodia	3–1	India
Sea Cheang Eng 35' Sieng Tara 57' 60'	Report	P. Kannan 89'

Burma	2–0	Pakistan
Suk Bahadur 61' Hla Kyi 77'	Report

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)

References

1. "Malaysia to meet Iraq, Indonesia". The Straits Times. 27 December 1966. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

• Garin, Erik; Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1968". RSSSF.

• 1967 in Asian football
• AFC Asian Cup qualification
• 1968 AFC Asian Cup
• International association football competitions hosted by Myanmar