1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

July 2026 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 1997–98 19 October 1997 – 12 April 1998 29 KSA Al-Nassr 1 KOR 1997 Suwon Samsung Bluewings CHN Beijing Guoan TKM 1997 Köpetdag Aşgabat 46 171 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup was the eighth edition of association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation specifically for its members cup holders. First round West Asia Kairat Almaty KAZ 4–2 Vakhsh Qurghonteppa TJK 3–0 1–2 Köpetdag Aşgabat TKM 6–3 Neftchi Farg'ona UZB 4–0 2–3 1997 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi UAE 4–31 Al-Ahli Hudayda YEM 2–0 2–3 Nejmeh LIB 0–3 Al-Ittihad QAT 0–0 0–3 Bahrain Club BHR 4–5 Kazma KUW 2–3 2–2 Al-Seeb OMN 3–4 Al-Shorta IRQ 3–2 0–2 1991 Bargh Shiraz IRN bye Al-Nassr SAU bye AiK Bishkek KGZ withdrew |} 1 both matches in UAE East Asia East Bengal IND 11–0 Tribhuvan NEP 8–0 3–0 Old Benedictines SRI 0–8 Abahani BAN 0–5 0–3 Beijing Guoan CHN 12–01 New Radiant MDV 4–0 8–0 Instant Dict HKG 3–6 Singapore Armed Forces SIN 2–3 1–3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR 9–1 Hải Quan VIE 5–1 4–0 Royal Thai Air Force THA 2–1 Melaka Telekom MAS 0–0 2–1 Verdy Kawasaki JPN bye PSM Makassar INA bye |} 1 Both matches played in China, 1st leg at Beijing, 2nd leg at Wenzhou. Second round West Asia Kairat Almaty KAZ 3–3(a) Köpetdag Aşgabat TKM 3–1 0–2 1997 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi UAE (w/o)1 Al-Nassr SAU Bargh Shiraz IRN 2–3 Al-Shorta IRQ 1–1 1–2 1991 Al-Ittihad QAT 1–02 Kazma KUW 1–0 0–0 |} 1 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi withdrew 2 both matches in Qatar East Asia Royal Thai Air Force THA 1–2 PSM Makassar INA 1–2 0–0 Singapore Armed Forces SIN 0–8 Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR 0–2 0–6 Abahani KC BAN 0–3 Beijing Guoan CHN 0–1 0–2 Verdy Kawasaki JPN 5–3 East Bengal IND 5–2 0–1 |} Quarterfinals West Asia Köpetdag Aşgabat TKM 5–1 Al-Shorta IRQ 4–0 1–1 1997 1991 Al-Nassr SAU 3–2 Al-Ittihad QAT 0–0 3–2 |} East Asia Verdy Kawasaki JPN 0–3 Beijing Guoan CHN 0–2 0–1 PSM Makassar INA 0–13 Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR 0–1 0–12 |} Semifinals 10 April 1998 Al-Nassr SAU 2–1 TKM 1997 Köpetdag Aşgabat Mohaisen Al-Jam'an 11 Majed Abdullah 39 Magdiýew 79 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia) 10 April 1998 Beijing Guoan CHN 0–5 KOR 1997 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Olăroiu 36 Lee Ki-Hyung 58 Park Kun-Ha 73 pen. 84 Cho Hyun 90 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh Third place match 12 April 1998 Beijing Guoan CHN 4–1 TKM 1997 Köpetdag Aşgabat King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh Final 12 April 1998 Al-Nassr SAU 1–0 KOR 1997 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Hristo Stoichkov 9 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh Qasem Hamza (Kuwait) References Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998 1997-98 Cup Winners' Cup