2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The qualification for the Asian Cup in China in 2004 was held from March to December 2003. China hosts and defending champions Japan were directly qualified for the final round.

  • 2.1 Group A
  • 2.2 Group B
  • 2.3 Group C
  • 2.4 Group D
  • 2.5 Group E
  • 2.6 Group F
  • 2.7 Group G

Prequalification

The 20 of the FIFA World Ranking poorly placed most teams started in the pre-qualification, which consisted of 7 groups. The winners of each group were allowed to attend the main qualification.

Preliminary Round Group A

Preliminary Round Group B

Group C

Preliminary round Group D

Preliminary Round Group E

Preliminary Round Group F

Preliminary Round Group G

Main qualification

After the seven winners of the pre-qualification stood firm, they were drawn together with the remaining 21 teams in 7 groups of 4 teams. The first two of each group qualified for the Asia Cup 2004.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

1When score of 1-0 to Iran, the game was canceled and counted 3-0 for Iran

2The game was scored 3-0 to Jordan

Group E

Group F

Group G

V.A.E. = United Arab Emirates

Qualified Teams 2004

For the Asian Cup 2004, the following 16 teams have qualified:

People's Republic of China People's Republic of China3 Japan Japan4 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Thailand, Kuwait Kuwait Qatar Qatar Saudi - Arabia Saudi - Arabia Indonesia Indonesia

Iran Iran Jordan Jordan Oman Oman Flag of South Korea South Korea Iraq 1991 Iraq Bahrain Bahrain Turkmenistan Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates UAE

3The host 4Next defending

1956 Hong Kong | South Korea 1960 | Israel 1964 | Iran 1968 | Thailand 1972 | Iran 1976 | Kuwait 1980 | Singapore 1984 | Qatar 1988 | Japan 1992 | United Arab Emirates 1996 | Lebanon 2000 | China 2004 | Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007 | Qatar 2011 | Australia 2015

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