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| Western Asia | | Group 1 | Syria | UA Emirates | Lebanon | Bahrain | | | Group 2 | Qatar | Bangladesh | Afghanistan | | | | Eastern Asia | | Group 3 | North Korea | Malaysia | Thailand | Sri Lanka | Singapore | | Hong Kong | Indonesia | | | Group 4 | South Korea | China | Macau | Philippines | |
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| Group 1 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Syria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2: | 0 | | 2. UA Emirates | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2: | 0 | | 3. Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2: | 1 | | 4. Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0: | 5 |
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| Team | Syri | UA E | Leba | Bahr | | Syria | --- | 0:0 | 1:0 | 1:0 | | UA Emirates | | --- | 0:0 | 2:- | | Lebanon | | | --- | 2:- | | Bahrain | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played in Abu Dhabi (UAE) | | --.--.79 | Syria | 1-0 | Bahrain | | | --.--.79 | UA Emirates | 0-0 | Lebanon | | | --.--.79 | Syria | 0-0 | UA Emirates | | | --.--.79 | Lebanon | 2-0 | Bahrain | | | --.--.79 | Syria | 1-0 | Lebanon | | | --.--.79 | UA Emirates | 2-0 | Bahrain | |
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| Group 2 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Qatar | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10: | 2 | | 2. Bangladesh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7: | 8 | | 3. Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4: | 11 |
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| Team | Qata | Bang | Afgh | | Qatar | --- | 4:0 | 3:0 | | Bangladesh | 1:1 | --- | 2:2 | | Afghanistan | 1:2 | 1:4 | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played in Dhaka (BAN) | | --.02.79 | Bangladesh | 1-1 | Qatar | | | --.02.79 | Qatar | 3-0 | Afghanistan | | | --.02.79 | Bangladesh | 2-2 | Afghanistan | | | --.03.79 | Qatar | 4-0 | Bangladesh | | | --.03.79 | Afghanistan | 1-2 | Qatar | | | --.03.79 | Afghanistan | 1-4 | Bangladesh | |
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| Finals | | Game | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | 14.05.79 | North Korea | 1-0 | Malaysia | | | 3-4 | 14.05.79 | Thailand | 1-2 | Hong Kong | | | 1/2 | 11.05.79 | Malaysia | 0-0 | Hong Kong | | | penalties 5-4 | | 1/2 | 12.05.79 | North Korea | 1-0 | Thailand | |
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| Group 3A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5: | 2 | | 2. North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4: | 2 | | 3. Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2: | 7 |
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| Team | Mala | Nort | Indo | | Malaysia | --- | 1:1 | 4:1 | | North Korea | | --- | 3:1 | | Indonesia | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 05.05.79 | Malaysia | 4-1 | Indonesia | | | 07.05.79 | North Korea | 3-1 | Indonesia | | | 09.05.79 | Malaysia | 1-1 | North Korea | |
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| Group 3B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Thailand | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9: | 0 | | 2. Hong Kong | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8: | 2 | | 3. Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4: | 9 | | 4. Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1: | 11 |
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| Team | Thai | Hong | Sri | Sing | | Thailand | --- | 1:0 | 4:0 | 4:0 | | Hong Kong | | --- | 5:0 | 3:1 | | Sri Lanka | | | --- | 4:0 | | Singapore | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 04.05.79 | Hong Kong | 3-1 | Singapore | | | 04.05.79 | Thailand | 4-0 | Sri Lanka | | | 06.05.79 | Hong Kong | 5-0 | Sri Lanka | | | 06.05.79 | Thailand | 4-0 | Singapore | | | 08.05.79 | Sri Lanka | 4-0 | Singapore | | | 08.05.79 | Thailand | 1-0 | Hong Kong | |
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| Allocation matches | | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 01.05.79 | Thailand | 3-1 | Indonesia | | | 02.05.79 | Malaysia | 3-1 | Sri Lanka | | | 02.05.79 | North Korea | 3-0 | Hong Kong | |
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| Group 4 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. South Korea | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10: | 1 | | 2. China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5: | 2 | | 3. Macau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4: | 7 | | 4. Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1: | 10 |
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| Team | SoKo | Chin | Maca | Phil | | South Korea | --- | 1:0 | 4:1 | 5:0 | | China | | --- | 2:1 | 3:0 | | Macau | | | --- | 2:1 | | Philippines | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played in Manila (PHI) | | 23.12.78 | Macau | 2-1 | Philippines | | | 25.12.78 | South Korea | 4-1 | Macau | | | 25.12.78 | China | 3-0 | Philippines | | | 27.12.78 | South Korea | 5-0 | Philippines | | | 27.12.78 | China | 2-1 | Macau | | | 29.12.78 | South Korea | 1-0 | China | |
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