Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone (AFC and OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification.

India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines withdrew before the matches were played. The remaining 15 teams were divided into 2 zones, based on geographical and political considerations, as follows:

Format Zone A had 7 teams (teams from East Asia, plus Israel). All matches were played in Korea Republic. There would be four stages of play: Classification matches: All teams except Korea Republic would be paired up to play preliminary matches to determine group classification. Group stage: Based on the results of the classification matches, the 7 teams were divided into 2 groups (Group A1 with 3 teams and Group A2 with 4 teams). The teams played against each other once. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the semi-finals. Semi-finals: The winner of Group A1 played against the runner-up of Group A2 in a single match, and the winner of Group A2 played against the runner-up of Group A1 in a single match. The winners would advance to the Final. Final: The 2 teams played against each other in a single match. The winner would advance to the Final Round. Zone B had 8 teams (teams from West Asia and Oceania, plus Indonesia and Korea DPR). There would be two stages of play: Group stage: The 8 teams were divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each. The teams played against each other twice (Group B1 in Australia and New Zealand and Group B2 in Iran). The group winners would advance to the final. Final: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the Final Round. In the Final Round, the winners of Zone A and Zone B played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.

Zone A

All matches played in Seoul, South Korea.

Classification matches

Group stage Group A1

Group A2

Semi-finals

Final

Zone B Group Stage Group B1 All matches played in Australia in a double round-robin format (except New Zealand–Australia first leg)

Group B2

Final

Australia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final round

Australia and South Korea tied 2–2 on aggregate; a final play-off was decided.

Australia qualified.

Qualified teams The following team qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

5 goals

Sabah Hatim Moshe Onana

4 goals

Adrian Alston

3 goals

Attila Abonyi Ray Baartz Jimmy Mackay Parviz Ghelichkhani Chung Kyu-poong Kim Jae-han Joseph Chahrestan

2 goals

Branko Buljevic Ernie Campbell Ray Richards Yuen Kuen Chu Iswadi Idris Sarman Panggabean Ali Kadhim Zvi Rozen Itzhak Shum Kunishige Kamamoto Hamad Bo Hamad Alan Vest Ma Jung-u Cha Bum-kun

1 goal

Doug Utjesenovic Peter Wilson Kwok Ka Ming Lo Hung Hoi Andjas Asmara Ali Jabbari Akbar Kargarjam Mehdi Monajati Ali Parvin Mohammad Sadeghi Gholam Vafakhah Douglas Aziz Riyadh Nouri Bashar Rashid Salah Obeid George Borba Zvi Farkash Mordechai Spiegler Shusaku Hirasawa Koji Mori Ibrahim Al Duraihem Fathi Kameel Shaharuddin Abdullah Harun Jusoh Dennis Tindall Brian Turner An Se-uk Kim Jong-min Pak Sung-jin Ko Jae-wook Park Yi-chun Nabil Nano Samir Said Abdulghani Tatiche

1 own goal

Bobby Hogg (playing against New Zealand) Maurice Tillotson (playing against Indonesia) Nguyễn Vinh Quang (playing against Japan) Supakit Meelarpkit (playing against South Vietnam)

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