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Qualification for the Asian Football Confederation's 1988 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Qatar between 2 and 18 December. Saudi Arabia defeated Republic of Korea in the final match in Doha.

Groups

• * Withdrew

Qualification

Group 1

• All matches played in United Arab Emirates.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United Arab Emirates	9	5	4	1	0	12	1	+11
China	8	5	3	2	0	10	0	+10
North Yemen	5	5	1	3	1	5	5	0
Thailand	4	5	1	2	2	5	12	–7
Bangladesh	3	5	0	3	2	1	9	–8
India	1	5	0	1	4	0	6	–6

United Arab Emirates	3–0	Thailand

China	0–0	North Yemen

Bangladesh	0–0	India
	Report

United Arab Emirates	2–1	North Yemen

China	4–0	Bangladesh

India	0–1	Thailand

United Arab Emirates	0–0	China

North Yemen	1–0	India
Mohammed Al Sharani

Thailand	1–1	Bangladesh
Natee Thongsookkaew		Ahmed Ali 44'

United Arab Emirates	3–0	India
Khamees 59' Mohamed 63' Al Talyani 67'	Report

China	5–0	Thailand

North Yemen	0–0	Bangladesh

China	1–0	India
Liu Haiguang 30'	Report

North Yemen	3–3	Thailand

United Arab Emirates	4–0	Bangladesh

Group 2

• All matches played in Malaysia.
• Iraq were originally drawn in this group, but they withdrew on 6 April 1988 in protest at the AFC changing the fixtures schedule at late notice.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Kuwait	7	4	3	1	0	9	0	+9
Japan	5	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
Jordan	5	4	1	3	0	2	1	+1
Malaysia	3	4	1	1	2	4	6	–2
Pakistan	0	4	0	0	4	1	12	–11

Malaysia	4–0	Pakistan
Mat Din 49' Hassan 79', 80' Salleh 84'	Report

Kuwait	1–0	Japan

Jordan	1–0	Pakistan
Al-Turk 44'	Report

Malaysia	0–1	Japan

Kuwait	0–0	Jordan

Malaysia	0–0	Jordan

Kuwait	3–0	Pakistan
Al-Haddad ?' Al-Anezi ?' Hussain ?'	Report

Japan	1–1	Jordan

Malaysia	0–5	Kuwait

Japan	4–1	Pakistan
Maeda 3' Oenoki 37' Matsuyama 69' Minoguchi 88'	Report	Sarwar 63'

Group 3

• All matches played in Nepal.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Syria	7	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6
Iran	6	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5
North Korea	5	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1
Hong Kong	1	4	0	1	3	0	5	–5
Nepal	1	4	0	1	3	0	7	–7

Nepal	0–0	Hong Kong

Syria	2–1	North Korea
Al Nasser 28' Kareghli 90'		Kang Myong-sam 45'

Iran	2–0	Hong Kong
Ghayeghran 9' Marfavi 73'

Nepal	0–1	North Korea
		Ju Kyong-shik 52'

Syria	1–1	Iran
Siflan 13'		Bavi 73'

North Korea	1–0	Hong Kong
Kim Kwang-min 22'

Nepal	0–3	Syria
		unknown Ahmed 23' Al Nasser 65'

Iran	0–0	North Korea

Syria	2–0	Hong Kong
Kardeghli 48' Mahrous 73'

Nepal	0–3	Iran
		Bavi 6', 53', 67'

Group 4

• All matches played in Indonesia.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bahrain	5	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
South Korea	3	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2
Indonesia	3	3	1	1	1	1	4	–3
South Yemen	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	–3

Indonesia	1–0	South Yemen

Bahrain	2–0	South Korea

South Korea	1–1	South Yemen

Indonesia	0–0	Bahrain

Bahrain	2–0	South Yemen

Indonesia	0–4	South Korea

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
Qatar	Hosts	N/A	2 (1980, 1984)
Saudi Arabia	1984 AFC Asian Cup champions	16 December 1984	1 (1984)
United Arab Emirates	Group 1 winners	17 February 1988	1 (1980, 1984)
China	Group 1 runners-up	16 February 1988	3 (1976, 1980, 1984)
Kuwait	Group 2 winners	18 April 1988	4 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984)
Japan	Group 2 runners-up	18 April 1988	0 (debut)
Syria	Group 3 winners	3 June 1988	2 (1980, 1984)
Iran	Group 3 runners-up	4 June 1988	5 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984)
Bahrain	Group 4 winners	22 June 1988	0 (debut)
South Korea	Group 4 runners-up	22 June 1988	6 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984)

References

1. Rokk, Lazarus (7 April 1988). "Angry Iraq pull out". New Straits Times.

• RSSSF details
• *"Stiff test for Lions in 1988" The Straits Times, 13 December 1986, Page 38
• GSA details

• 1988 AFC Asian Cup
• AFC Asian Cup qualification