{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = Asian Cup | year = 1992 | other_titles = 第10回アジアカップ1992 | image = | size = 200px | caption = Logo of the 1992 Asian Cup | country = Japan | dates = 29 October – 8 November | num_teams = 8 | confederations = | venues = 3 | champion = JPN | champion-flagvar = 1947 | count = 1 | second = KSA | third = PRC | fourth = UAE | cities = 2 | matches = 16 | goals = 31 | attendance = 316496 | top_scorer = {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Fahad Al-Bishi]] (3 goals) | player = {{flagicon|Japan|1870}} [[Kazuyoshi Miura]] | updated = | prevseason = [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]] | nextseason = [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]] }}
The '''1992 AFC Asian Cup''' was the 10th edition of the men's [[AFC Asian Cup]], a quadrennial international [[association football|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 national football team|Japan]], defeated the defending champion [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] in the final in [[Hiroshima]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2019/01/04/how-the-1992-asian-cup-awoke-japanese-football-the-continents-sleeping-giant/|title=How the 1992 Asian Cup awoke Japanese football, the continent's sleeping giant|first=Aidan|last=Williams|website=Thesefootballtimes.co|date=4 January 2019|access-date=19 April 2022|archive-date=4 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504023945/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2019/01/04/how-the-1992-asian-cup-awoke-japanese-football-the-continents-sleeping-giant/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
This was the first Asian Cup [[AFC Asian Cup records and statistics#Debut of teams|not to have any debuting countries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/92asch.html|title=Asian Cup of Nations 1992|access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref>
==Stadiums== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="2" | [[Hiroshima]] |- | [[Hiroshima Big Arch]] | [[Hiroshima Stadium]] |- | Capacity: '''50,000''' | Capacity: '''13,800''' |- | [[File:Bigarch050423.jpg|200px]] | [[File:Hiroshimasogokyujo.JPG|200px]] |- ! [[Onomichi, Hiroshima|Onomichi]] !rowspan="4"| {{location map+|Japan Hiroshima Prefecture|float=right|width=300|caption=|places= {{location map~|Japan Hiroshima Prefecture|lat=34.440778|long=132.39425|label=[[Hiroshima Big Arch]]|position=top}} {{location map~|Japan Hiroshima Prefecture|lat=34.375666|long=132.422939|label=[[Hiroshima Stadium]]|position=bottom}} {{location map~|Japan Hiroshima Prefecture|lat=34.433333|long=133.1775|label=[[Bingo Athletic Stadium]]|position=top}} }} |- |[[Bingo Athletic Stadium]] |- | Capacity: '''9,245''' |- | [[File:Bingoriku1.jpg|200px]] |- |}
==Qualification== {{main|1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- ! Team ! Qualified as ! Qualified on ! Previous appearance |- | {{fb|JPN|1870}} || {{Sort|*|Hosts}} || {{N/A|N/A}} || {{sort|01|1 ([[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]])}} |- | {{fb|KSA}} ||{{Sort|881|[[1988 AFC Asian Cup#Final|1988 AFC Asian Cup champions]]}} || 18 December 1988 || {{sort|02|2 ([[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]])}} |- | {{fb|QAT}} || {{Sort|A1|[[1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 1|Group 1]] winners}} || 31 May 1992 || {{sort|03|3 ([[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]])}} |- | {{fb|UAE}} || {{Sort|B1|[[1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 2|Group 2]] winners}} || 30 May 1992 || {{sort|03|3 ([[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]])}} |- | {{fb|IRN}} || {{Sort|C1|[[1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 3|Group 3]] winners}} || 15 May 1992 || {{sort|06|6 ([[1968 AFC Asian Cup|1968]], [[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]], [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]], [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]])}} |- | {{fb|PRK}} || {{Sort|D1|[[1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 4|Group 4]] winners}} || 7 June 1992 || 1 ([[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]]) |- | {{fb|CHN}} || {{Sort|E1|[[1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 5|Group 5]] winners}} || 26 April 1992 || {{sort|04|4 ([[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]], [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]])}} |- | {{fb|THA}} || {{Sort|F1|[[1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 6|Group 6]] winners}} || 23 June 1992 || {{sort|01|1 ([[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]])}} |}
==Squads==
{{further|1992 AFC Asian Cup squads}}
==First round== All times are [[Japan Standard Time]] ([[UTC+9]])
===Group A=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group A |update=complete |team1=JPN |team2=UAE |team3=IRN|team4=PRK
|win_JPN=1 |draw_JPN=2 |loss_JPN=0 |gf_JPN=2 |ga_JPN=1 |status_JPN=H |win_UAE=1 |draw_UAE=2 |loss_UAE=0 |gf_UAE=2 |ga_UAE=1 |status_UAE= |win_IRN=1 |draw_IRN=1 |loss_IRN=1 |gf_IRN=2 |ga_IRN=1 |status_IRN= |win_PRK=0 |draw_PRK=1 |loss_PRK=2 |gf_PRK=2 |ga_PRK=5 |status_PRK= |name_JPN={{fb|JPN|1870}}|name_UAE={{fb|UAE}}|name_IRN={{fb|IRN}}|name_PRK={{fb|PRK}} |res_col_header=Q|result1=KO |result2=KO |col_KO=green1|text_KO=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]] |source=[https://www.weltfussball.de/schedule/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-1/0/ WorldFootball.net] |winpoints=2|drawpoints=1 }}</onlyinclude>
{{football box |date= 30 October 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK}} |score = 0–2 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-1-iran-nordkorea/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|IRN}} |time = 17:00 |goals1 = |goals2 = [[Farshad Pious|Pious]] {{goal|30}}<br>[[Sirous Ghayeghran|Ghayeghran]] {{goal|80}} |stadium = [[Bingo Sports Park Athletics Stadium|Bingo Sports Park]], [[Onomichi, Hiroshima|Onomichi]] |attendance= 8,000 |referee= [[Omer Al-Mehannah]] ([[Saudi Arabian Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]]) }}
{{football box |date= 30 October 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}} |score = 0–0 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-1-japan-va-emirate/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|UAE}} |time = 19:00 |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = [[Bingo Sports Park Athletics Stadium|Bingo Sports Park]], [[Onomichi, Hiroshima|Onomichi]] |attendance= 9,000 |referee= [[Wei Jihong]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]]) }} ---- {{football box |date= 1 November 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}} |score = 0–0 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-1-iran-va-emirate/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|UAE}} |time = 12:00 |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = [[Hiroshima Big Arch]], [[Hiroshima]] |attendance= 25,000 |referee= [[Jamal Al Sharif]] ([[Syrian Arab Federation for Football|Syria]]) }}
{{football box |date= 1 November 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}} |score = 1–1 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-1-japan-nordkorea/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|PRK}} |time = 14:00 |goals1 = [[Masashi Nakayama|Nakayama]] {{goal|80}} |goals2 = [[Kim Kwang-min (footballer, born 1962)|Kim Kwang-min]] {{goal|29|pen.}} |stadium = [[Hiroshima Big Arch]], [[Hiroshima]] |attendance= 32,000 |referee= [[Rasheed Al-Jassas]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]]) }} ---- {{football box |date= 3 November 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}} |score = 2–1 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-1-va-emirate-nordkorea/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|PRK}} |time = 12:00 |goals1 = [[Khamees Saad Mubarak|K. Mubarak]] {{goal|81}}<br>[[Zuhair Bakhit|Bakhit]] {{goal|85}} |goals2 = [[Kim Kwang-min (footballer, born 1962)|Kim Kwang-min]] {{goal|69}} |stadium = [[Hiroshima Big Arch]], [[Hiroshima]] |attendance= 33,000 |referee= [[Neji Jouini]] ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]]) }}
{{football box |date= 3 November 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}} |score = 1–0 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-1-japan-iran/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|IRN}} |time = 14:00 |goals1 = [[Kazuyoshi Miura|Miura]] {{goal|87}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[Hiroshima Big Arch]], [[Hiroshima]] |attendance= 37,000 |referee= [[Jamal Al Sharif]] ([[Syrian Arab Federation for Football|Syria]]) }}
===Group B=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group B |update=complete |team1=KSA |team2=CHN |team3=QAT|team4=THA
|win_KSA=1 |draw_KSA=2 |loss_KSA=0 |gf_KSA=6 |ga_KSA=2 |status_KSA= |win_CHN=1 |draw_CHN=2 |loss_CHN=0 |gf_CHN=3 |ga_CHN=2 |status_CHN= |win_QAT=0 |draw_QAT=2 |loss_QAT=1 |gf_QAT=3 |ga_QAT=4 |status_QAT= |win_THA=0 |draw_THA=2 |loss_THA=1 |gf_THA=1 |ga_THA=5 |status_THA= |name_KSA={{fb|KSA}}|name_CHN={{fb|CHN}}|name_QAT={{fb|QAT}}|name_THA={{fb|THA}} |res_col_header=Q|result1=KO |result2=KO |col_KO=green1|text_KO=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]] |source=[https://www.weltfussball.de/schedule/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-2/0/ WorldFootball.net] |winpoints=2|drawpoints=1 }}</onlyinclude> {{football box |date= 29 October 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}} |score = 1–1 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-2-saudi-arabien-china/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|CHN}} |time = 17:00 |goals1 = [[Yousuf Al-Thunayan|Al-Thunayan]] {{goal|17}} |goals2 = [[Li Bing (footballer)|Li Bing]] {{goal|41}} |stadium = [[Hiroshima Big Arch]], [[Hiroshima]] |attendance= 15,000 |referee= [[Sinichoro Obata]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]]) }}
{{football box |date= 29 October 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}} |score = 1–1 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-2-katar-thailand/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|QAT}} |time = 19:00 |goals1 = [[Thanis Areesngarkul|Thanis]] {{goal|42}} |goals2 = [[Mahmoud Soufi|Soufi]] {{goal|81}} |stadium = [[Hiroshima Big Arch]], [[Hiroshima]] |attendance= 21,000 |referee= [[Hossein Khoshkhan]] ([[Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation|Iran]]) }} ---- {{football box |date= 31 October 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}} |score = 1–1 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-2-saudi-arabien-katar/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|QAT}} |time =13:00 |goals1 = [[Khalid Al-Muwallid|Al-Muwallid]] {{goal|86}} |goals2 = [[Mubarak Mustafa|Mustafa]] {{goal|74}} |stadium = [[Hiroshima Stadium]], [[Hiroshima]] |attendance= 4,000 |referee= [[Neji Jouini]] ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]]) }}
{{football box |date= 31 October 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}} |score = 0–0 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-2-china-thailand/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|THA}} |time = 15:00 |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = [[Hiroshima Stadium]], [[Hiroshima]] |attendance= 5,000 |referee= [[Noh Byung-Il]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]]) }} ---- {{football box |date= 2 November 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}} |score = 4–0 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-2-saudi-arabien-thailand/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|THA}} |time = 17:00 |goals1 = [[Saeed Al-Owairan|Al-Owairan]] {{goal|4}}<br>[[Fahad Al-Bishi|Al-Bishi]] {{goal|19||72}}<br>[[Yousuf Al-Thunayan|Al-Thunayan]] {{goal|64}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[Bingo Sports Park Athletics Stadium|Bingo Sports Park]], [[Onomichi, Hiroshima|Onomichi]] |attendance= 4,000 |referee= [[Ali Bujsaim]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]]) }}
{{football box |date= 2 November 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|QAT}} |score = 1–2 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-gruppe-2-china-katar/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|CHN}} |time = 19:00 |goals1 = [[Khalifa Al-Sulaiti|Al-Sulaiti]] {{goal|20}} |goals2 = [[Peng Weiguo]] {{goal|44||58}} |stadium = [[Bingo Sports Park Athletics Stadium|Bingo Sports Park]], [[Onomichi, Hiroshima|Onomichi]] |attendance= 4,200 |referee= [[Badara Sène (referee)|Badara Sène]] ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]]) }}
==Knockout stage== All times are [[Japan Standard Time]] ([[UTC+9]])
{{Round4-with third |widescore=yes |RD1=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]] |RD2=[[#Final|Final]] |Consol=[[#Third place play-off|Third place]] <!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 --> <!--semi finals --> |6 November – [[Hiroshima]]|'''{{fb|JPN|1947}}'''|3|{{fb|CHN}}|2 |6 November – [[Hiroshima]]|'''{{fb|KSA}}'''|2|{{fb|UAE}}|0 <!--final --> |8 November – [[Hiroshima]]|'''{{fb|JPN|1947}}'''|1|{{fb|KSA}}|0 <!--third place --> |8 November – [[Hiroshima]]|'''{{fb|CHN}}''' ([[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])|1 (4)|{{fb|UAE}}|1 (3) }}
===Semi-finals=== {{football box |date= 6 November 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}} |score = 3–2 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-halbfinale-japan-china/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|CHN}} |time = 16:30 |goals1 = [[Masahiro Fukuda|Fukuda]] {{goal|48}}<br>[[Tsuyoshi Kitazawa|Kitazawa]] {{goal|57}}<br>[[Masashi Nakayama|Nakayama]] {{goal|84}} |goals2 = [[Xie Yuxin]] {{goal|1}}<br>[[Li Xiao (footballer)|Li Xiao]] {{goal|70}} |stadium = [[Hiroshima Stadium]], [[Hiroshima]] |attendance= 15,000 |referee= [[Hossein Khoshkhan]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]]) }} ---- {{football box |date= 6 November 1992 |team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}} |score = 2–0 |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-halbfinale-saudi-arabien-va-emirate/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|UAE}} |time = 19:00 |goals1 = [[Saeed Al-Owairan|Al-Owairan]] {{goal|77}}<br>[[Fahad Al-Bishi|Al-Bishi]] {{goal|80}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[Hiroshima Stadium]], [[Hiroshima]] |attendance= 12,000 |referee= [[Rasheed Al-Jassas]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]]) }}
===Third place play-off=== {{football box |date= 8 November 1992 |time=12:00 |team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}} |score = 1–1 |aet = yes |report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1992-in-japan-3-platz-china-va-emirate/ Report] |team2 = {{fb|UAE}} |goals1 = [[Hao Haidong]] {{goal|15}} |goals2 = [[Khalid Ismail|Ismail]] {{goal|10}} |stadium = [[Hiroshima Big Arch]], [[Hiroshima]] |attendance= 40,000 |referee=[[Neji Jouini]] ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]]) |penalties1 = [[Fan Zhiyi]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Cai Sheng]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Wu Qunli]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Peng Weiguo]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Fu Yubin]] {{pengoal}} |penaltyscore = 4–3 |penalties2 = {{penmiss}} [[Adnan Al Talyani|Al-Talyani]]<br />{{pengoal}}<br />{{pengoal}}<br />{{pengoal}}<br />{{penmiss}} [[Khalid Ismaïl|Ismaïl]] }}
===Final=== {{Main|1992 AFC Asian Cup final}} {{#lst:1992 AFC Asian Cup final|Final}}
==Winners== {{winners|fb|AFC Asian Cup 1992 winners|Japan|First|1870}}
==Awards==
===[[AFC Asian Cup awards#Most Valuable Player|MVP (Most Valuable Player)]]=== *{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Kazuyoshi Miura]]
===[[AFC Asian Cup awards#Top Goalscorer|Top Scorer]]=== *{{flagicon|KSA}} [[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''' *{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Fahad Al-Bishi]]
'''2 goals''' {{colbegin|colwidth=18em}} *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Weiguo]] *{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Masashi Nakayama]] *{{flagicon|PRK|1948}} [[Kim Kwang-min (footballer, born 1962)|Kim Kwang-min]] *{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Saeed Al-Owairan]] *{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Yousuf Al-Thunayan]] {{colend}} '''1 goal''' {{colbegin|colwidth=18em}} *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xie Yuxin]] *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Bing (footballer)|Li Bing]] *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Xiao (footballer)|Li Xiao]] *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Hao Haidong]] *{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Sirous Ghayeghran]] *{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Farshad Pious]] *{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Kazuyoshi Miura]] *{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Masahiro Fukuda]] *{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Tsuyoshi Kitazawa]] *{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Takuya Takagi]] *{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Mubarak Mustafa]] *{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Khalifa Al-Sulaiti]] *{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Mahmoud Soufi]] *{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Khalid Al-Muwallid]] *{{flagicon|THA}} [[Thanis Areesngarkul]] *{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Khalid Ismail]] *{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Khamees Saad Mubarak]] *{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Zuhair Bakhit]] {{colend}}
===Top scoring teams=== {{colbegin|colwidth=18em}} :'''8 goals''' :*{{fb|Saudi Arabia}}
:'''6 goals''' :*{{fb|China}} :*{{fb|Japan|1947}}
:'''3 goals''' :*{{fb|Qatar}} :*{{fb|UAE}}
:'''2 goals''' :*{{fb|Iran}} :*{{fb|PRK|1948}}
:'''1 goal''' :*{{fb|Thailand}} {{colend}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/92asch.html RSSSF Details]
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