1992 AFC Asian Cup

1992 Asian Cup
第10回アジアカップ1992
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates29 October – 8 November
Teams8
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place China
Fourth place United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored31 (1.94 per match)
Attendance316,496 (19,781 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Bishi (3 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
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1996

The 1992 AFC Asian Cup was the 10th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international 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, defeated the defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final in Hiroshima.[1]

This was the first Asian Cup not to have any debuting countries.[2]

  1. ^ Williams, Aidan (4 January 2019). "How the 1992 Asian Cup awoke Japanese football, the continent's sleeping giant". Thesefootballtimes.co. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Asian Cup of Nations 1992". Retrieved 12 May 2023.

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