1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
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Article ImagesListed 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.
Tournament details | |
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Teams | 36 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer(s) | Karim Bagheri (19 goals) |
← 1994 2002 → |
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 advanced 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 qualified for the World Cup. The runners-up advanced to the AFC play-off.
- Play-off: The two teams played against each other once in Malaysia. The winner qualify for the World Cup. The loser advanced to the AFC–OFC intercontinental play-offs.
First round
Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC 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 | 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 |
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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 | 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
13 September 1997
16:15 UTC+8
China | 2–4 | Iran |
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Fan Zhiyi 44' (pen.) Li Ming 54' |
(report) | Bagheri 61' (pen.) Mahdavikia 67', 73' Roosta 86' |
11 October 1997
Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | Qatar |
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Mehalel 66' | (report) |
17 October 1997
Kuwait | 2–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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Abdulaziz 48' Mubarak 67' |
(report) | Al-Muwallid 31' |
17 October 1997
Iran | 4–1 | China |
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Mansourian 2' Roosta 44' Bagheri 69' Ali Daei 73' |
(report) | Mao Yijun 87' |
24 October 1997
Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | Iran |
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Al-Muwallid 88' | (report) |
31 October 1997
China | 2–3 | Qatar |
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Gao Feng 19' Fan Zhiyi 80' |
(report) | Al-Naemi 44' Al-Enazi 54' Al-Kuwari 60' |
6 November 1997
Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | China |
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Al-Muwallid 4' | (report) | Hao Haidong 10' |
12 November 1997
Qatar | 0–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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(report) | Al-Shahrani 61' |
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
7 September 1997
19:00 UTC+9
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.) |
12 September 1997
South Korea | 2–1 | Uzbekistan |
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Choi Yong-soo 15' Lee Sang-yoon 87' |
Report | Shatskikh 74' |
12 September 1997
United Arab Emirates | 4–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Ali 20' Obaid 48' Zuhair Bakheet 75' Mubarak 85' |
Report |
19 September 1997
United Arab Emirates | 0–0 | Japan |
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Report |
20 September 1997
Kazakhstan | 1–1 | Uzbekistan |
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Baltiyev 84' | Report | Shatskikh 85' |
27 September 1997
Uzbekistan | 2–3 | United Arab Emirates |
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Shirshov 10' Bazarov 90' |
Report | Zuhair Bakheet 51' Alabadla 60' Adnan Al Talyani 85' |
28 September 1997
Japan | 1–2 | South Korea |
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Yamaguchi 67' | Report | Seo Jung-won 83' Lee Min-sung 86' |
4 October 1997
South Korea | 3–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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Ha Seok-ju 8' Yoo Sang-chul 69' Lee Sang-yoon 81' |
Report |
Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
4 October 1997
Kazakhstan | 1–1 | Japan |
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Zubarev 90+2' | Report | Akita 23' |
11 October 1997
Uzbekistan | 1–1 | Japan |
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Kambaraliev 30' | Report | Lopes 89' |
11 October 1997
Kazakhstan | 1–1 | South Korea |
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Yevteyev 50' | Report | Choi Yong-soo 5' |
18 October 1997
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' |
18 October 1997
Kazakhstan | 3–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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Sparyshev 55' Yevteyev 64' Yurist 75' |
Report |
25 October 1997
Uzbekistan | 4–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Shkvyrin 19', 33' Fedorov 44' Kasimov 71' |
Report |
26 October 1997
Japan | 1–1 | United Arab Emirates |
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Lopes 4' | Report | Mubarak 37' |
1 November 1997
South Korea | 0–2 | Japan |
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Report | Nanami 2' Lopes 37' |
2 November 1997
United Arab Emirates | 0–0 | Uzbekistan |
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Report |
8 November 1997
Japan | 5–1 | Kazakhstan |
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Akita 11' Nakata 15' Nakayama 44' Ihara 66' Takagi 88' |
Report | Yevteyev 73' |
9 November 1997
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.
Inter-confederation play-offs
Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off)
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Iran | 3–3 (a) | 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
There were 459 goals scored in 132 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 3.53 goals per match.
- 19 goals
- 14 goals
- 9 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Gao Feng
- Rocky Putiray
- Widodo Putro
- Hamid Estili
- Reza Shahroudi
- Laith Hussein
- Yutaka Akita
- Wagner Lopes
- Hiroshi Nanami
- Boulat Esmagambetov
- 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 Joukhadar
- Khaled Al Zaher
- Shukhrat Dzhaborov
- Takhirdjon Mouminov
- Mouslim Agaev
- Zuhair Bakheet
- 2 goals
- Mohammed Jewel Rana
- 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
- Nourken Mazbaev
- Fawaz Al Ahmad
- Hamed Al Saleh
- Farhat Haitbaev
- Aleksandr Merzlikin
- Abdulfattah Shehab
- Mahfood Sultan Al Araimi
- Saeed Shaaban Al Busaidy
- Majdi Shaaban Samir
- Mohammad Umer
- Zamel Al Kuwari
- Adel Khamis Al Noobi
- Fazli
- Choi Moon-sik
- Ha Seok-ju
- Seo Jung-won
- Roshan Perera
- Aref Al Agha
- Tarek Jabban
- Oumed Alidodov
- Viacheslav Knizaev
- Natipong Sritong-In
- Adnan Al Talyani
- Adel Mohamed Abdulla
- Numon Khasanov
- Sergey Lebedev
- Shukhrat Maksudov
- Abdukahhor Marifaliev
- Nikolai Shirshov
- 1 goal
- Khaled Al-Doseri
- Hameed Darwish
- Faisal Aziz Rashed
- Mohammed Alfaz Ahmed
- Ahmed Imtiaz
- Li Jinyu
- Li Ming
- Mao Yijun
- Su Maozhen
- Zhang Enhua
- Chen Kuei-jen
- Hsu Te Ming
- Huang Che-ming
- Lin Wen Han
- Au Wai Lun
- Cheng Sin Siu
- Lee Kin Woo
- 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
- Basam Al-Khateeb
- Hassouneh Al-Sheikh
- Ruslan Baltiyev
- Vitali Sparyshev
- Valeri Yablochkin
- Dmitri Yurist
- Faisal Al Otaibi
- Hani Al Saqer
- Jamal Mubarak
- Abdullah Saihan
- Vladimir Chertkov
- Sergei Ivanov
- Alexandr Korzanov
- Kanat Sardarov
- Rafik Yusupov
- Babkin Melikian
- Wael Nazha
- Che Chi Man
- Cheang Chon Man
- José Maria da Cruz Martins
- Idris Abdul Karim
- Azman Adnan
- Ahmad Che Zambil
- Rosdee Sulong
- Zainal Abidin Hassan
- Deepak Amatya
- Hari Khadka
- Mohamed Tayib Abdul Noor
- Farid Al Masori
- Nabeel Mubar Al Siyabi
- Zahir Rafiq
- Dahi Al Naemi
- Abdul Jaloof
- Nasir Khamees
- Waleed Bakhit Maayof
- Abdulaziz Al-Dosari
- Abdullah Al-Dosari
- Sami Al-Jaber
- Khalid Al-Temawi
- Yousuf Al-Thunayan
- Khamis Al-Zahrani
- Chuan Tan Teng
- Zulkarnaen Zainal
- Ko Jeong-woon
- Lee Min-sung
- Park Kun-ha
- Roh Sang-rae
- Anton Silva
- Chaminda Steinwall
- Redwan Abrash
- Ali Cheikh Dib
- Abdel Kader Rifai
- Ammar Rihawi
- Bashar Srour
- Loay Taleb
- Alier Achourmamadov
- Dusit Chalermsan
- Krissada Piandit
- Piyapong Pue-on
- Redjeb Agabaev
- Valeri Broshin
- Valeri Gulyan
- Djumadurdy Meredov
- Georgi Tkavadze
- Bakhit Alabadla
- Gholam Ali
- Hassan Mubarak
- Mohamed Obaid
- Ahmed Saeed
- Jafar Irismetov
- Bahtior Kambaraliev
- Mirdjalal Kasimov
- Lê Huỳnh Đức
- Nguyễn Công Vinh
- Abdul Rahman Abdulla
- Jeyeb Bashafal
- Esam Dariban
- Munif Shaef Noman
- Mohammed Zughair
- 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.