1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round
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Tournament details | |
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Teams | 36 (from 1 confederation) |
The AFC First Round of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 36 AFC members.
The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the final round, where the ten remaining teams will be divided into two groups of five.
Group 1[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 16 | Final round |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 11 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 |
Source: RSSSF
Chinese Taipei ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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(Report) | O. Al-Dosari ![]() Al-Shahrani ![]() |
Malaysia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Azman ![]() Abdul Karim ![]() |
(Report) |
Bangladesh ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() Huang Che-ming ![]() Chen Kuei-jen ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000
Bangladesh ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Al-Muwallid ![]() Al-Temawi ![]() Al-Shahrani ![]() Al-Mehallel ![]() |
Malaysia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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(Report) |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Shahrani ![]() O. Al-Dosari ![]() Abdullah Al-Dosari ![]() |
(Report) |
Youth Welfare, Jeddah
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Libanon)
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Muwallid ![]() O. Al-Dosari ![]() |
(Report) |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Jaber ![]() Al-Muwallid ![]() ![]() Al-Zahrani ![]() |
(Report) |
Youth Welfare, Jeddah
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
Group 2[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3 | +36 | 16 | Final round |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 5 | +25 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 9 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 59 | −59 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Maldives ![]() | 0–17 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Bagheri ![]() Estili ![]() Azizi ![]() Shahroudi ![]() Mahdavikia ![]() Daei ![]() Minavand ![]() |
Syria ![]() | 3–0 Awarded[note 1] | ![]() |
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Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Syria ![]() | 12–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Said ![]() Jokhadar ![]() ![]() Jabban ![]() Srour ![]() Zaher ![]() ![]() ![]() |
(Report) |
Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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(Report) |
Iran ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Azizi ![]() Bagheri ![]() |
(Report) | Kutsov ![]() |
Maldives ![]() | 0–12 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Agha ![]() Dib ![]() Taleb ![]() Al-Said ![]() Rihawi ![]() ![]() Zaher ![]() |
Iran ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() |
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Mansourian ![]() Bagheri ![]() Daei ![]() Mahdavikia ![]() Shahroudi ![]() Azizi ![]() |
(Report) |
Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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![]() Kutsov ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() |
Iran ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Shahroudi ![]() Mansourian ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() Al-Said ![]() |
Maldives ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() ![]() Kutsov ![]() ![]() Ivanov ![]() |
Group 3[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 10 | Final round |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
Source: RSSSF
Bahrain ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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![]() Mubarak ![]() |
(Report) |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Al Talyani ![]() Mubarak ![]() |
(Report) |
Group 4[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | +30 | 16 | Final round |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 13 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 1 |
Source: RSSSF
Macau ![]() | 0–10 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Akita ![]() Takagi ![]() Soma ![]() Miura ![]() Moroshima ![]() Nanami ![]() |
Japan ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Nishizawa ![]() Miura ![]() |
(Report) |
Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 28,360
Referee: (Sri Lanka)
Macau ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Che ![]() Da Cruz Martins ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() |
Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 22,972
Group 5[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 16 | Final round |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 1 |
Source: RSSSF
Yemen ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Khasanov ![]() |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Shirshov ![]() Khasanov ![]() Lebedev ![]() Fedorov ![]() Irismetov ![]() |
(Report) |
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: (Kyrgyzstan)
Indonesia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Sudirman ![]() |
(Report) | Shatskikh ![]() |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Shatskikh ![]() Maksudov ![]() |
(Report) |
Cambodia ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Sochetra ![]() |
(Report) | Abdukahhor Marifaliev ![]() Ravshan Bozorov ![]() |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Shkvirin ![]() Shatskikh ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() |
Group 6[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 10 | Final round |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 |
Source: RSSSF
Hong Kong ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Seo Jung-Won ![]() Choi Moon-Sik ![]() |
Hong Kong
Referee: Yoshimi Ogawa (Japan)
Thailand ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Piyapong ![]() |
(Report) | Roh Sang-Rae ![]() Ha Seok-Ju ![]() Choi Moon-Sik ![]() |
Hong Kong ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() Au Wai Lun ![]() |
(Report) | Natipong ![]() Chalermsan ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Yoo Sang-Chul ![]() Choi Yong-Soo ![]() Park Kun-Ha ![]() |
(Report) |
South Korea ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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(Report) |
Group 7[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 12 | Final round |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Source: RSSSF
Singapore ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Al Saqer ![]() |
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: (South Korea)
Kuwait ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Wabran ![]() Al Ahmad ![]() Al Huwaidi ![]() Abdullah ![]() |
(Report) |
Kuwait City
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: (Syria)
Group 8[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 16 | Final round |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 13 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Tajikistan ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() Dzhaborov ![]() |
(Report) |
Turkmenistan ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Peng Weiguo ![]() Gao Feng ![]() Li Bing ![]() |
Tajikistan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Hao Haidong ![]() |
Turkmenistan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() |
Vietnam ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Le Huynh Duc ![]() |
(Report) | Li Bing ![]() Fan Zhiyi ![]() Hao Haidong ![]() |
Turkmenistan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() |
China PR ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Li Jinyu ![]() |
(Report) |
Vietnam ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() ![]() Avakov ![]() ![]() |
Vietnam ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Agaev ![]() Broshin ![]() |
China PR ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Fan Zhiyi ![]() Hao Haidong ![]() Ma Mingyu ![]() Su Maozhen ![]() |
(Report) |
Tajikistan ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Avakov ![]() Dzhaborov ![]() ![]() |
(Report) |
Group 9[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 12 | Final round |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Kazakhstan ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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![]() Yablochkin ![]() |
(Report) |
Pakistan ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() Klishin ![]() Loginov ![]() ![]() Zubarev ![]() |
Iraq ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Hussein ![]() Fawzi ![]() Abbas ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() |
Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
Referee: (Lebanon)
Kazakhstan ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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![]() Loginov ![]() Saadoun ![]() |
(Report) | Abdullah ![]() |
Group 10[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Final round |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
India ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Vijayan ![]() Coutinho ![]() |
(Report) |
Qatar ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Enazi ![]() Soufi ![]() ![]() ![]() |
(Report) |
Philippines ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() ![]() |
Notes[]
- ^ FIFA awarded Syria a 3–0 win as a result of Kyrgyzstan was late on the pitch.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
- 1996 in Asian football
- 1997 in Asian football