The 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification (AFC) was held in Hong Kong, from 1 May to 3 May 1992.
Group A | Group B |
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 4 | 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship |
Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 2 | |
Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 0 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 4 | 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship |
Oman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 2 | |
Kuwait | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 31 | -22 | 0 |
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The Asian Football Confederation is a governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in OFC, joined AFC in 2006. Guam, a territory of the United States, and the Northern Mariana Islands, 1 of the 2 commonwealths of the United States are also AFC members that are geographically in Oceania. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC who managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986 ALFC merged with AFC.
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The CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal is the main national futsal competition of the CONMEBOL nations organized by the FIFA. It was first held in 1964 and was organized by Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF) as "Sudamericano". The tournament was also a qualifier for the AMF Futsal World Cup. The AMF organised the championship until 1989.
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