1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Qualification for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Iran.

Groups

 * * Withdrew
 * Iran qualified as host and defending champions
 * 🇮🇱 israel and expelled from AFC in 1974

Group 1

 * All the others withdrew, so and  qualified automatically.

Group 2
🇮🇶 iraq and qualified for the final tournament. eventually withdrew from the competition.
 * All matches played in Iraq.

Group 3

 * All matches played in Hong Kong.

Final
and 🇨🇳 china qualified for the final tournament. eventually withdrew from the competition.

Group 4
and 🇹🇭 thailand qualified for the final tournament. 🇹🇭 thailand eventually withdrew from the competition.
 * All matches played in Thailand.

Qualified teams

 * Note: (Group 2  runners-up), 🇰🇵 north korea (Group 3 winners) and 🇹🇭 thailand (Group 4 runners-up) had qualified for the final tournament but withdrew later.