1992 AFC Asian Cup final

1992 AFC Asian Cup final

Hiroshima Big Arch (pictured in 2005) held the final
Event	1992 AFC Asian Cup
Japan Saudi Arabia 1 0
Date	8 November 1992 (1992-11-08)
Venue	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
Referee	Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
Attendance	60,000
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The 1992 AFC Asian Cup final was a football match which determined the winner of the 1992 AFC Asian Cup, the 10th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of the Asian Football Confederation.^[1][2]

Venue

Hiroshima Big Arch also known as Edion Stadium Hiroshima, located in Hiroshima, Japan, hosted the 1992 AFC Asian Cup Final. The 36,894-seat stadium was built in 1992. It was the main stadium used to host the 1992 Asian Cup; eight matches were played in this stadium including the final.

Route to the final

Japan		Round	Saudi Arabia
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
United Arab Emirates	0–0	Match 1	China	1–1
North Korea	1–1	Match 2	Qatar	1–1
Iran	1–0	Match 3	Thailand	4–0
Group A Winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Japan (H) 3 4 2  United Arab Emirates 3 4 3  Iran 3 3 4  North Korea 3 1 Source: WorldFootball.net (H) Hosts		Final standings	Group B winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Saudi Arabia 3 4 2  China 3 4 3  Qatar 3 2 4  Thailand 3 2 Source: WorldFootball.net
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
China	3–2	Semi-finals	United Arab Emirates	2–0

Match

Final

8 November 1992

14:30

Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Takagi 36'	Report

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

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)

References

1. "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part Two (1992-2007) | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
2. "Asian Classics: Vingada relives Saudi Arabia's 1996 AFC Asian Cup triumph". the-AFC.

External links

• Official website