1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details | |
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Teams | 36 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer(s) | Karim Bagheri (19 goals) |
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Format[]
A total of 36 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 3.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.
There were three rounds of play:
- First round: The 36 teams were divided into 10 groups of 3 or 4 teams each. The teams played against each other twice, except in Group 10, where the teams played against each other once. The group winners would advance to the final round.
- Final round: The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up would advance to the AFC play-off.
- Play-off: The two teams played against each other once in Malaysia. The winner would qualify. The loser would advance to the AFC–OFC intercontinental play-offs.
First round[]
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners qualify for the Final round |
Group 1[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Saudi Arabia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 16 |
Malaysia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 11 |
Chinese Taipei | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 |
Bangladesh | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 |
Source: RSSSF
Group 2[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Iran | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3 | +36 | 16 |
Syria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 5 | +25 | 10 |
Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 9 |
Maldives | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 59 | −59 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Group 3[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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United Arab Emirates | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 10 |
Jordan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Bahrain | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
Source: RSSSF
Group 4[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Japan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | +30 | 16 |
Oman | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 13 |
Macau | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 4 |
Nepal | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 1 |
Source: RSSSF
Group 5[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Uzbekistan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 16 |
Yemen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 8 |
Indonesia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 |
Cambodia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 1 |
Source: RSSSF
Group 6[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 10 |
Thailand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 |
Source: RSSSF
Group 7[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Kuwait | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 12 |
Lebanon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
Singapore | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Source: RSSSF
Group 8[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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China PR | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 16 |
Tajikistan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 13 |
Turkmenistan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 |
Vietnam | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Group 9[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kazakhstan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 12 |
Iraq | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 6 |
Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Group 10[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 |
Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 |
Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Final round[]
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup | |
Runners-up advance to the AFC play off |
Group A[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Saudi Arabia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 14 |
Iran | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 |
China PR | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 11 |
Qatar | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 10 |
Kuwait | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 |
Source: RSSSF
China PR | 2–4 | Iran |
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Fan Zhiyi 44' (pen.) Li Ming 54' |
(report) | Bagheri 61' (pen.) Mahdavikia 67', 73' Roosta 86' |
Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Kuwait |
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Mehalel 43' Al Thuniyan 55' |
(report) | Abdulaziz 18' |
Iran | 1–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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Bagheri 64' | (report) | Al Sharani 32' |
Qatar | 0–2 | Kuwait |
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(report) | Al Huwaidi 16' Abdulaziz 88' |
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria)
Qatar | 1–1 | China PR |
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Nasir Khamees 10' | (report) | Hao Haidong 67' |
China PR | 1–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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Zhang Enhua 69' | (report) |
Kuwait | 1–2 | China PR |
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Al Huwaidi 24' | (report) | Hao Haidong 3' Gao Feng 89' |
Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | Qatar |
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Mehalel 66' | (report) |
Kuwait | 2–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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Abdulaziz 48' Mubarak 67' |
(report) | Al Muwallid 31' |
Iran | 4–1 | China PR |
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Mansourian 2' Roosta 44' Bagheri 69' Ali Daei 73' |
(report) | Mao Yijun 87' |
Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | Iran |
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Al Muwallid 88' | (report) |
Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | China PR |
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Al-Muwallid 4' | (report) | Hao Haidong 10' |
China PR | 1–0 | Kuwait |
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Ma Mingyu 32'[1] | (report) |
Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian
Referee: Arturo Angeles (United States)
Qatar | 0–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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(report) | Al Shahrani 61' |
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Group B[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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South Korea | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 19 |
Japan | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 13 |
United Arab Emirates | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 9 |
Uzbekistan | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 6 |
Kazakhstan | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 6 |
Source: RSSSF
South Korea | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Choi Yong-soo 24', 67', 74' | Report |
Japan | 6–3 | Uzbekistan |
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Miura 4' (pen.), 40', 64', 80' Nakata 40' Jo 44' |
Report | Shatskikh 56', 77' Fyodorov 69' (pen.) |
South Korea | 2–1 | Uzbekistan |
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Choi Yong-soo 15' Lee Sang-yoon 87' |
Report | Shatskikh 74' |
United Arab Emirates | 4–0 | Kazakhstan |
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20' Obaid 48' Zuhair Bakheet 75' Mubarak 85' |
Report |
United Arab Emirates | 0–0 | Japan |
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Report |
Kazakhstan | 1–1 | Uzbekistan |
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Baltiyev 84' | Report | Shatskikh 85' |
Uzbekistan | 2–3 | United Arab Emirates |
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Shirshov 10' 90' |
Report | Zuhair Bakheet 51' 60' Adnan Al Talyani 85' |
Japan | 1–2 | South Korea |
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Yamaguchi 67' | Report | Seo Jung-won 83' Lee Min-sung 86' |
South Korea | 3–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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Ha Seok-ju 8' Yoo Sang-chul 69' Lee Sang-yoon 81' |
Report |
Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul
Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
Kazakhstan | 1–1 | Japan |
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Zubarev 90+2' | Report | Akita 23' |
Uzbekistan | 1–1 | Japan |
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30' | Report | Lopes 89' |
Kazakhstan | 1–1 | South Korea |
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Yevteyev 50' | Report | Choi Yong-soo 5' |
Uzbekistan | 1–5 | South Korea |
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Fedorov 61' (pen.) | Report | Choi Yong-soo 19', 41' Yoo Sang-chul 38' Ko Jeong-woon 57' Kim Do-hoon 70' |
Kazakhstan | 3–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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55' Yevteyev 64' 75' |
Report |
Uzbekistan | 4–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Shkvyrin 19', 33' Fedorov 44' Kasimov 71' |
Report |
United Arab Emirates | 0–0 | Uzbekistan |
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Report |
Japan | 5–1 | Kazakhstan |
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Akita 11' Nakata 15' Nakayama 44' Ihara 66' Takagi 88' |
Report | Yevteyev 73' |
United Arab Emirates | 1–3 | South Korea |
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Zuhair Bakheet 58' | Report | Lee Sang-yoon 11' Kim Do-hoon 42', 67' |
Play-off[]
- The play-off was played over a single leg at a neutral venue.
- Extra time was played using the golden goal rule.
Iran | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Japan |
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Azizi 46' Daei 58' |
report (FIFA) report (Japanese) |
Nakayama 39' Jo 75' Okano 118' |
Inter-confederation play-offs[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Iran | (a) 3–3 | Australia | 1–1 | 2–2 |
Qualified teams[]
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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Saudi Arabia | Final Round Group A winners | 12 November 1997 | 1 (1994) |
South Korea | Final Round Group B winners | 18 October 1997 | 4 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994) |
Japan | Play-off winners | 16 November 1997 | 0 (debut) |
Iran | AFC–OFC play-off winners | 29 November 1997 | 1 (1978) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers[]
- 19 goals
- Karim Bagheri
- 14 goals
- 9 goals
- Ali Daei
- Choi Yong-soo
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- Takuya Takagi
- Khaled Al-Muwallid
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- Hidetoshi Nakata
- Jasem Al Huwaidi
- Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
- 4 goals
- Fan Zhiyi
- Mehdi Mahdavikia
- Alireza Mansourian
- Hussam Fawzi
- Viktor Zubarev
- Bashar Abdulaziz
- Nihad Al Boushi
- Arsen Avakov
- Khamees Saad Mubarak
- Ravshan Bozorov
- Andrei Fyodorov
- Igor Shkvyrin
- 3 goals
- Gao Feng
- Rocky Putiray
- Widodo Putro
- Hamid Estili
- Reza Shahroudi
- Laith Hussein
- Yutaka Akita
- Wagner Lopes
- Hiroshi Nanami
- Vladimir Loginov
- Pavel Yevteyev
- Sergey Kutsov
- Ahmed Hassan
- Mahmoud Soufi
- Obeid Al-Dosari
- Fahad Al-Mehallel
- Kim Do-hoon
- Lee Sang-yoon
- Yoo Sang-chul
- Nader Jokhadar
- Khaled Al Zaher
- Shukhrat Dzhaborov
- Zuhair Bakheet
- 2 goals
- Hok Sochetra
- Li Bing
- Ma Mingyu
- Peng Weiguo
- Ansyari Lubis
- Ronny Wabia
- Mehrdad Minavand
- Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
- Sahib Abbas
- Qahtan Chathir
- Shoji Jo
- Hiroaki Morishima
- Masashi Nakayama
- Akinori Nishizawa
- Norio Omura
- Jeris Tadrus
- Alexei Klishin
- Fawaz Al Ahmad
- Fazli
- Choi Moon-sik
- Ha Seok-ju
- Seo Jung-won
- Roshan Perera
- Aref Al Agha
- Tarek Jabban
- Natipong Sritong-In
- Adnan Al Talyani
- Numon Khasanov
- Sergey Lebedev
- Shukhrat Maksudov
- Abdukahhor Marifaliev
- Nikolai Shirshov
- 1 goal
- Li Jinyu
- Li Ming
- Mao Yijun
- Su Maozhen
- Zhang Enhua
- Chen Kuei-jen
- Huang Che-ming
- Au Wai Lun
- Carlton Chapman
- Bruno Coutinho
- Raman Vijayan
- Sudirman
- Farhad Majidi
- Ali Mousavi
- Haidar Abdullah
- Ahmed Radhi
- Sadiq Saadoun
- Yasuto Honda
- Masami Ihara
- Masayuki Okano
- Naoki Soma
- Motohiro Yamaguchi
- Hassouneh Al-Sheikh
- Ruslan Baltiyev
- Valeri Yablochkin
- Hani Al Saqer
- Jamal Mubarak
- Abdullah Saihan
- Vladimir Chertkov
- Sergei Ivanov
- Babkin Melikian
- Wael Nazha
- Che Chi Man
- Cheang Chon Man
- José Maria da Cruz Martins
- Idris Abdul Karim
- Azman Adnan
- Zainal Abidin Hassan
- Hari Khadka
- Dahi Al Naemi
- Nasir Khamees
- Waleed Bakhit Maayof
- Abdullah Al-Dosari
- Sami Al-Jaber
- Khalid Al-Temawi
- Yousuf Al-Thunayan
- Khamis Al-Zahrani
- Zulkarnaen Zainal
- Ko Jeong-woon
- Lee Min-sung
- Park Kun-ha
- Roh Sang-rae
- Anton Silva
- Ali Cheikh Dib
- Abdel Kader Rifai
- Ammar Rihawi
- Bashar Srour
- Loay Taleb
- Dusit Chalermsan
- Piyapong Pue-on
- Valeri Broshin
- Hassan Mubarak
- Mohamed Obaid
- Jafar Irismetov
- Mirdjalal Kasimov
- Lê Huỳnh Đức
- 1 own goal
- Sadiq Saadoun (playing against Kazakhstan)
- Raju Kaji Shakya (playing against Oman)
Notes[]
- ^ FIFA report made a mistake here, the scorer is Ma Mingyu.
External links[]
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