Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3

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This page provides the summaries of the matches of the group stage of the Asian football qualifiers for 2008 Olympics.

Format[]

The 12 teams in this round were divided into three groups of four teams each and played on a home-and-away format. The group winner from each group advanced to the 2008 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Beijing.

Matches[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  AUS  IRQ  PRK  LIB
 Australia 6 3 3 0 7 1 +6 12 2–0 1–0 3–0
 Iraq 6 3 2 1 12 4 +8 11 0–0 2–0 5–2
 North Korea 6 1 2 3 3 6 −3 5 1–1 0–0 0–1
 Lebanon 6 1 1 4 4 15 −11 4 0–0 0–5 1–2
Source:[citation needed]
Iraq 0–0 Australia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
North Korea 0–1 Lebanon
Yaacoub Goal 12'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

Australia 1–0 North Korea
Milligan Goal 49'
Energy Australia Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 4,903
Lebanon 0–5 Iraq
Saeed Goal 22'
Abdul-Zahra Goal 59'89'
Ali Abbas Goal 72'
Karrar Jassim Goal 76'

Australia 3–0 Lebanon
Ward Goal 6'
Bridge Goal 24'
Williams Goal 90+3'
Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 4,171
Referee: (Kyrgyzstan)
Iraq 2–0 North Korea
Ibrahim Goal 21'
Abdul-Zahra Goal 69'
Attendance: 1,500

Lebanon 0–0 Australia
Attendance: 350
Referee: Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic)
North Korea 0–0 Iraq
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: (Bangladesh)

Australia 2–0 Iraq
Leijer Goal 19'
Milligan Goal 58'
Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 13,888
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Lebanon 1–2 North Korea
Salameh Goal 5' (pen.) Kim Kyong-Il Goal 45+1'
Kim Kuk-Jin Goal 70'

Iraq 5–2 Lebanon
Abdul-Zahra Goal 8'23'81'
Mustafa Goal 30'
Samer Saeed Goal 37'
Maatouk Goal 59' (pen.)
Al Saadi Goal 72' (pen.)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
North Korea 1–1 Australia
Pak Chol-Min Goal 10' Leijer Goal 70'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  KOR  BHR  SYR  UZB
 South Korea 6 3 3 0 4 1 +3 12 0–0 1–0 2–1
 Bahrain 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 0–1 1–1 2–0
 Syria 6 0 4 2 5 7 −2 4 0–0 1–2 3–3
 Uzbekistan 6 0 3 3 5 9 −4 3 0–0 1–2 0–0
Source:[citation needed]
South Korea 2–1 Uzbekistan
Lee Sang-ho Goal 49'
Lee Keun-Ho Goal 79'
Kim Jin-Kyu Goal 24' (o.g.)
Attendance: 22,885
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)
Syria 1–2 Bahrain
Al Hussain Goal 37' Okwunwanne Goal 45'90+2'
Attendance: 3,000

Uzbekistan 0–0 Syria
Samarqand Stadium, Samarkand
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Bahrain 0–1 South Korea
Kang Min-Soo Goal 64'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: (Lebanon)

Uzbekistan 1–2 Bahrain
Abdullaev Goal 86' Abdullah Omar Goal 29'
Goal 90+2'
Central Army Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
South Korea 1–0 Syria
Kim Seung-Yong Goal 10'
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: (China PR)

Bahrain 2–0 Uzbekistan
Okwunwanne Goal 45'
Abdullah Omar Goal 55'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: (Saudi Arabia)
Syria 0–0 South Korea
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: (Iran)

Uzbekistan 0–0 South Korea
Central Army Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (Qatar)
Bahrain 1–1 Syria
Aaish Goal 63' Al Haj Goal 42'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: (Jordan)

South Korea 0–0 Bahrain
Syria 3–3 Uzbekistan
Al Haj Goal 42'
Bakri Tarrab Goal 44'
Goal 86'
Tadjiyev Goal 61' (pen.)
Galiulin Goal 63'66'

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  JPN  QAT  KSA  VIE
 Japan 6 3 2 1 7 2 +5 11 1–0 0–0 1–0
 Qatar 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 2–1 1–0 3–1
 Saudi Arabia 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 0–0 2–1 2–0
 Vietnam 6 0 2 4 3 12 −9 2 0–4 1–1 1–1
Source:[citation needed]
Japan 1–0 Vietnam
Aoyama Goal 45+1'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 22,507
Qatar 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Al-Hamad Goal 71'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Vietnam 1–1 Qatar
Vũ Phong Goal 13' Al Yazeedi Goal 11'
My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic)
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Japan

Vietnam 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Công Vinh Goal 65' Naif Hazazi Goal 80'
My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Japan 1–0 Qatar
Kajiyama Goal 6'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 23,163
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

Saudi Arabia 2–0 Vietnam
Al-Salem Goal 64' (pen.)90+3' (pen.)
Qatar 2–1 Japan
Al Haidos Goal 77'
Majdi Siddiq Goal 90+3' (pen.)
Aoyama Goal 43'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Vietnam 0–4 Japan
Lee Goal 9'25'
Honda Goal 40' (pen.)
Hosogai Goal 87'
My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Qatar
Al-Bishi Goal 76' (pen.)
Al-Ghanam Goal 88'
Magid Mohamed Goal 69'

Japan 0–0 Saudi Arabia
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 42,913
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)
Qatar 3–1 Vietnam
Jassem Goal 22'52'
Al Haidos Goal 31'
Công Vinh Goal 80'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Lebanon)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Iraq had to play their remaining home games of the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifiers at a neutral venue

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