1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

International football competition January 2014 December 2015 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 main WDL complete RSSSF KSA MAS TPE BAN 5 1 0 18 1 H 3 2 1 5 3 H 1 1 4 4 13 1 0 5 4 14 KSA MAS Taiwan BAN Q Q green1 Final round 16 March 1997 19:45 UTC+08:00 KSA 2–0 Taiwan O. Al-Dosari 34Al-Shahrani 37 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam 15,000 Hiroyuki Umemoto (Japan) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/TPEVSKSA.HTM 16 March 1997 21:45 UTC+08:00 BAN 0–2 MAS Azman 43Abdul Karim 87 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam 30,000 Wei Jihong (China) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/MYSVSBGD.HTM 18 March 1997 19:45 UTC+08:00 MAS 0–0 KSA Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam 20,000 Hiroyuki Umemoto (Japan) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/MYSVSKSA.HTM 18 March 1997 21:45 UTC+08:00 Taiwan 3–1 BAN Lin Wen-han 59Huang Che-ming 62Chen Kuei-jen 78 Jewel 56 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam 25,000 Hameed Al-Hindyani (Kuwait) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/BGDVSTPE.HTM 20 March 1997 19:45 UTC+08:00 KSA 4–1 BAN Al-Muwallid 20Al-Temawi 27Al-Shahrani 65Al-Mehallel 73 Jewel 44 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam 12,000 Fong Fat Wah (Hong Kong) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/BGDVSKSA.HTM 20 March 1997 21:45 UTC+08:00 Taiwan 0–2 MAS Che Zambil 2Sulong 16 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Ahmed Ibrahim Hakeem (United Arab Emirates) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/MYSVSTPE.HTM 27 March 1997 18:30 UTC+03:00 MAS 0–0 Taiwan Youth Welfare, Jeddah 20,000 Mohamed Bin Khamis Al Kabi (Oman) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/TPEVSMYS.HTM 27 March 1997 20:30 UTC+03:00 BAN 0–3 KSA Ibrahim Suwayed 3O. Al-Dosari 45Abdullah Al-Dosari 79 Youth Welfare, Jeddah 20,000 Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Libanon) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/KSAVSBGD.HTM 29 March 1997 18:30 UTC+03:00 KSA 3–0 MAS Al-Muwallid 59 85O. Al-Dosari 87 Youth Welfare, Jeddah 15,000 Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/KSAVSMAS.HTM 29 March 1997 20:30 UTC+03:00 BAN 2–1 Taiwan Alfaz 45Nakib 81 Hsu Te-ming 51 Youth Welfare, Jeddah 2,000 Omar Abu Loom (Jordan) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/TPEVSBGD.HTM 31 March 1997 18:30 UTC+03:00 MAS 1–0 BAN Zainal 32 Youth Welfare, Jeddah 6,000 Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/BGDVSMYS.HTM 31 March 1997 20:30 UTC+03:00 Taiwan 0–6 KSA Al-Jaber 3 16 63Al-Muwallid 5Abdulaziz Al-Dosari 30Al-Zahrani 46 Youth Welfare, Jeddah 9,000 Kim Young-Joo (South Korea) https://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/ASIA/G01/KSAVSTPE.HTM Group 2 main WDL complete RSSSF IRN SYR KGZ MDV 5 1 0 39 3 3 1 2 30 5 3 0 3 12 14 0 0 6 0 59 IRN SYR 1980 KGZ 1992 MDV Q Q green1 Final round 2 June 1997 16:30 UTC+3 MDV 0–17 IRN Bagheri 9 13 16 60 66 67 86Estili 29 47 55Azizi 35 36Shahroudi 56Mahdavikia 63Daei 75 77Minavand 87 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 7,000 An Bong-Ki (South Korea) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204194919/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8398/report.html Note: This match broke the score difference record in FIFA A-level matches, while the previous record was created by Denmark in the 1908 Summer Olympics against France by 17–1. 2 June 1997 SYR 1980 3–0AwardedFIFA awarded Syria a 3–0 win as a result of Kyrgyzstan being late on the pitch.July 2025 "note" KGZ 1992 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 4 June 1997 SYR 1980 12–0 MDV Al-Said 7 13Jokhadar 9 37 89Rifai 10Jabban 12 78Srour 21Zaher 49Boshi 70 79 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 15,000 Esa Mohamed Saleh (United Arab Emirates) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204072022/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8399/report.html 4 June 1997 15:30 UTC+3 KGZ 1992 0–7 IRN Bagheri 35 51Daei 57Majidi 68 88Minavand 76Mousavi 82 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 8,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204072804/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8400/report.html 6 June 1997 17:30 UTC+3 SYR 1980 0–1 IRN Daei 65 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 33,000 Masayoshi Okada (Japan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204073724/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8401/report.html 6 June 1997 KGZ 1992 3–0 MDV Korzanov 4Merzlikin 24Yusupov 28 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 7,000 Wang Xuezhi (China) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204075749/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8402/report.html 9 June 1997 19:00 IRN 3–1 KGZ 1992 Azizi 3 77Bagheri 52 Kutsov 16 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 50,000 Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204075413/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8403/report.html 9 June 1997 MDV 0–12 SYR 1980 Agha 24 50Dib 55Taleb 60Al-Said 62 63 87Rihawi 66Abrash 80 90Zaher 85 89 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 25,000 Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204092350/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8404/report.html 11 June 1997 19:00 IRN 9–0 MDV Mansourian 15 44Bagheri 22 39Daei 33 43Mahdavikia 38Shahroudi 68Azizi 87 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 30,000 Mohamed Sanhoub (Yemen) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204090216/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8405/report.html 11 June 1997 KGZ 1992 2–1 SYR 1980 Sardarov 76Kutsov 89 Boshi 84 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 15,000 Yu Jingyin (China) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204082128/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8406/report.html 13 June 1997 IRN 2–2 SYR 1980 Shahroudi 10Mansourian 30 Boshi 11Al-Said 39 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 100,000 Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204085311/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8407/report.html 13 June 1997 MDV 0–6 KGZ 1992 Merzlikin 14Chertkov 22Kutsov 26Haitbaev 47 89Ivanov 47 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 70,000 Fahed Al-Damisi (Jordan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204080749/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8408/report.html Group 3 main WDL complete RSSSF UAE JOR BHR 3 1 0 7 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 0 3 3 9 UAE JOR BHR 1972 Q Q green1 Final round 8 April 1997 JOR 0–0 UAE Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 3,000 Omer Al Mehannah (Saudi Arabia) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204074344/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8409/report.html 11 April 1997 BHR 1972 1–2 UAE Darwish 84 Abdulla 18 57 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 18,000 Lu Jun (China) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204083737/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8410/report.html 14 April 1997 BHR 1972 1–0 JOR Al-Doseri 27 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 4,000 Eskandar Hammal (Syria) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204083206/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8411/report.html 19 April 1997 JOR 4–1 BHR 1972 Tadrus 14 89Al-Sheikh 33Al-Khatib 88 Rashed 43 Sports Stadium, Sharjah 4,000 Menfi Redha Falah (Iraq) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204090512/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8412/report.html 22 April 1997 UAE 3–0 BHR 1972 Saeed 14Mubarak 50 60 Sports Stadium, Sharjah 12,000 Kiyoshi Ota (Japan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204091807/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8413/report.html 26 April 1997 UAE 2–0 JOR Al Talyani 27Mubarak 88 Sports Stadium, Sharjah 12,000 Hossein Asgari (Iran) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204074342/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8414/report.html Group 4 main WDL complete RSSSF JPN OMA MAC NEP 5 1 0 31 1 4 1 1 14 2 1 1 4 3 28 0 1 5 2 19 JPN OMA 1995 MAC municipal NEP Q Q green1 Final round 23 March 1997 18:40 UTC+4 OMA 1995 0–1 JPN Omura 10 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 2,000 Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia) https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103553/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8416/report.html 23 March 1997 23:03 UTC+4 NEP 1–1 MAC municipal Khadka 23 Cheng 13 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 500 Mahmoud Nurilddin (Iraq) https://web.archive.org/web/20151222140253/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8415/report.html 25 March 1997 16:30 UTC+4 MAC municipal 0–10 JPN Akita 1Takagi 14 33 72Soma 45Miura 54 89Moroshima 80 82Nanami 86 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 600 Wang Xuezhi (China) https://web.archive.org/web/20151222082548/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8417/report.html 25 March 1997 18:40 UTC+4 OMA 1995 1–0 NEP Al Busaidy 75 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 1,000 Yousef Shaikho (Syria) https://web.archive.org/web/20151222162458/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8418/report.html 27 March 1997 16:30 UTC+4 NEP 0–6 JPN Morishima 24 Takagi 47 55 89Omura 76Honda 90 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 500 Sardar Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan) https://web.archive.org/web/20151222165023/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8419/report.html 27 March 1997 18:40 UTC+4 OMA 1995 4–0 MAC municipal Samir 32Al Siyabi 42 56Abdul Noor 83 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 0 Mahmoud Nurilddin (Iraq) https://web.archive.org/web/20151222162732/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8420/report.html 22 June 1997 JPN 10–0 MAC municipal Nakata 17 61Nishizawa 21Miura 23 29 44 57 62 79Nanami 42 Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 27,342 Ali Naghi Mostafanezhad (Iran) https://web.archive.org/web/20151222164407/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8421/report.html 22 June 1997 NEP 0–6 OMA 1995 Shakya 1 o.g.Al Busaidy 13Ahmed Hassan 17 50Al Araimi 73Al Masori 78 Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 15,875 Sun Baojie (China) https://web.archive.org/web/20151222152257/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8422/report.html 25 June 1997 JPN 3–0 NEP Nishizawa 44Miura 72 87 Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 28,360 Abayawansa Mahasena Yapa (Sri Lanka) https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150923/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8423/report.html 25 June 1997 MAC municipal 0–2 OMA 1995 Al Araimi 44 Ahmed Hassan 89 Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 8,737 Mahmoud Al Rifaee (Syria) https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103127/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8424/report.html 28 June 1997 JPN 1–1 OMA 1995 Nakata 4 Samir 63 Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 48,839 Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia) https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081634/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8425/report.html 28 June 1997 MAC municipal 2–1 NEP Che 78Da Cruz Martins 89 Deepak Amatya 19 Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 22,972 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222111733/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8426/report.html Group 5 main WDL complete RSSSF UZB YEM IDN CAM 5 1 0 20 3 2 2 2 10 7 1 4 1 11 6 0 1 5 2 27 UZB YEM IDN CAM Q Q green1 Final round 6 April 1997 IDN 8–0 CAM Putro 1Lubis 6 52Putiray 12 44 70Wabia 31 36 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 25,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204080617/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8427/report.html 13 April 1997 IDN 0–0 YEM Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 25,000 Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204085201/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8428/report.html 20 April 1997 CAM 0–1 YEM Dariban 39 Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh 20,000 Ng Yim Kin (Hong Kong) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204081801/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8429/report.html 27 April 1997 CAM 1–1 IDN Sochetra 65 Putro 80 Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh 30,000 Li Haiseng (China) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204075711/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8430/report.html 9 May 1997 YEM 0–1 UZB Khasanov 27 Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a 28,000 Yousef Sawarkeh (Jordan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204075338/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8431/report.html 16 May 1997 YEM 7–0 CAM Al Ariki 4 13 15 83Noman 50Bashafal 55Abdulla 65 Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a 40,000 Khaled Dalu (Syria) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204072727/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8432/report.html 25 May 1997 UZB 6–0 CAM Shirshov 8Khasanov 18Lebedev 38 73Fedorov 45Irismetov 55 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 53,000 Viktor Kolpakov (Kyrgyzstan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204073603/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8433/report.html 1 June 1997 IDN 1–1 UZB Sudirman 34 Shatskikh 74 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 30,000 Kim Kwang-Jong (South Korea) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204081958/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8434/report.html 13 June 1997 YEM 1–1 IDN Al Ariki 33 Putro 59 Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a 35,000 Ali Al Hosni Ali Bin Mubarak (Oman) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204085205/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8435/report.html 20 June 1997 UZB 3–0 IDN Shatskikh 12Maksudov 37 87 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 55,000 Jalal Moradi (Iran) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204092300/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8436/report.html 29 June 1997 CAM 1–4 UZB Sochetra 12 Abdukahhor Marifaliev 2 60Ravshan Bozorov 9 30 12,000 Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh Abdul Shakoor Baloch (Pakistan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204090114/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8437/report.html 24 August 1997 UZB 5–1 YEM Shkvirin 8 63Shatskikh 55 75Bazarov 62 Zughair 30 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 20,000 Sultan Mujalli Al Aalaq (Bahrain) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204072226/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8438/report.html Group 6 main WDL complete RSSSF KOR THA HKG 3 1 0 9 1 1 1 2 5 6 1 0 3 3 10 KOR THA HKG 1959 Q Q green1 Final round 22 February 1997 HKG 1959 0–2 KOR Seo Jung-won 60Choi Moon-sik 75 Hong Kong Yoshimi Ogawa (Japan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204072849/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8661/report.html 2 March 1997 THA 1–3 KOR Piyapong 48 Roh Sang-rae 18Ha Seok-ju 74Choi Moon-sik 86 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok 20,000 Lu Jun (China) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204073726/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8439/report.html 9 March 1997 THA 2–0 HKG 1959 Krissada 23Natipong 79 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok 10,000 Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail (Saudi Arabia) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204074953/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8662/report.html 30 March 1997 HKG 1959 3–2 THA Lee Kin Wo 23Cheng Siu Chung 48Au Wai Lun 88 Natipong 43Chalermsan 70 Hong Kong 20,000 Nazri Abdullah Mohamed (Malaysia) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204073846/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8440/report.html 28 May 1997 KOR 4–0 HKG 1959 Yoo Sang-chul 25Choi Yong-soo 39 72Park Kun-ha 86 Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex, Daejeon 20,000 Hussein Issa (Iraq) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204072405/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8441/report.html 1 June 1997 KOR 0–0 THA Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul 20,000 Jamal Al Sharif (Syria) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204074509/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8442/report.html Group 7 main WDL complete RSSSF KUW LIB SIN 4 0 0 10 1 1 1 2 4 7 0 1 3 2 8 KUW LIB SIN Q Q green1 Final round 13 April 1997 LIB 1–1 SIN Nazha 49 Zainal 88 Bourj Hammoud Stadium, Beirut 12,000 Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204080904/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8443/report.html 26 April 1997 SIN 0–1 KUW Al Saqer 29 National Stadium, Singapore 13,000 Park Hae-Yong (South Korea) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204090617/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8444/report.html 8 May 1997 KUW 2–0 LIB Al Huwaidi 38Al Ahmad 79 Kuwait City 12,000 Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204091914/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8445/report.html 24 May 1997 SIN 1–2 LIB Steven Tan 58 pen. Shehab 35Melikian 80 National Stadium, Singapore 14,455 Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204083739/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8446/report.html 5 June 1997 KUW 4–0 SIN Wabran 28Al Ahmad 35Al Huwaidi 43Abdullah 78 Kuwait City 13,000 Suleman Abo Allo (Syria) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204083304/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8447/report.html 22 June 1997 LIB 1–3 KUW Shehab 29 Otaibi 7Al Saleh 32Hussain 74 Bourj Hammoud Stadium, Beirut 2,500 Masayoshi Okada (Japan) https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/25995/Lebanon_Kuwait.html Group 8 main WDL complete RSSSF CHN TJK TKM VIE 5 1 0 13 2 4 1 1 15 2 2 0 4 8 13 0 0 6 2 21 CHN TJK TKM 1997 VIE Q Q green1 Final round 4 May 1997 TJK 4–0 VIE Alidodov 8Muminov 15Dzhaborov 50 84 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe 18,000 Alexander Koulakov (Kazakhstan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204075522/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8449/report.html 4 May 1997 TKM 1997 1–4 CHN Meredov 90 Peng Weiguo 26 39Gao Feng 78Li Bing 80 Nisa-Çandybil Stadium, Ashgabat 3,000 Saeed Abdulla Ibrahim (United Arab Emirates) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204081432/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8450/report.html 11 May 1997 TJK 0–1 CHN Hao Haidong 65 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe 19,000 Masoud Kaabi (Iran) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204084940/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8451/report.html 11 May 1997 TKM 1997 2–1 VIE Agabaev 39Gulyan 53 Nguyen Cong Vinh 71 Nisa-Çandybil Stadium, Ashgabat 2,500 Gyanu Shrestha (Nepal) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204092019/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8452/report.html 25 May 1997 VIE 1–3 CHN Le Huynh Duc 38 Li Bing 23Fan Zhiyi 32Hao Haidong 44 Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City 23,000 Russamee Jindamai (Thailand) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204085903/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8453/report.html 25 May 1997 TKM 1997 1–2 TJK Tkavadze 18 Knizaev 41 49 Nisa-Çandybil Stadium, Ashgabat 3,000 Inayath Ulla Khan (India) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204075520/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8454/report.html 1 June 1997 CHN 1–0 TKM 1997 Li Jinyu 81 Workers Stadium, Beijing 20,000 Yoshimi Ogawa (Japan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204075202/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8455/report.html 1 June 1997 VIE 0–4 TJK Muminov 5Alidodov 24Avakov 67Achourmamadov 75 Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City 10,000 Ngadiman Asri (Indonesia) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204072537/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8456/report.html 8 June 1997 CHN 0–0 TJK Workers Stadium, Beijing 21,000 Abdul Khudheir Abdul Hussein (Iraq) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204073444/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8457/report.html 8 June 1997 VIE 0–4 TKM 1997 Agaev 16 57 63Broshin 20 Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City 5,000 Kyaw U Kyaw (Myanmar) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204091916/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8458/report.html 22 June 1997 CHN 4–0 VIE Fan Zhiyi 7Hao Haidong 45Ma Mingyu 65Su Maozhen 70 Workers Stadium, Beijing 15,000 Jang Sok Jin (North Korea) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204090619/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8459/report.html 22 June 1997 TJK 5–0 TKM 1997 Avakov 4 26 34Dzhaborov 14Muminov 88 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe 7,000 Nail Lutfullin (Uzbekistan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204092204/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8460/report.html Group 9 main WDL complete RSSSF KAZ IRQ PAK 4 0 0 15 2 2 0 2 14 8 0 0 4 3 22 KAZ IRQ 1991 PAK Q Q green1 Final round 11 May 1997 KAZ 3–0 PAK Yesmagambetov 2 62Yablochkin 49 Central Stadium, Almaty 12,000 Allabergen Sapaev (Turkmenistan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204090010/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8461/report.html 23 May 1997 PAK 2–6 IRQ 1991 Umar 8Rafiq 53 Fawzi 1 62Chathir 35 61Hussein 52Radhi 70 Railway Stadium, Lahore 12,000 Sunil Senaweera (Sri Lanka) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204081554/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8462/report.html 6 June 1997 IRQ 1991 1–2 KAZ Saadoun 2 Klishin 41Loginov 48 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 20,000 Wei Jihong (China) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204085055/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8463/report.html 11 June 1997 PAK 0–7 KAZ Yesmagambetov 28Klishin 32Loginov 36Mazbayev 53Zubarev 64 68 72 Railway Stadium, Lahore 3,500 Abbas Al Dashti Essa (Kuwait) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204072650/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8464/report.html 20 June 1997 IRQ 1991 6–1 PAK Hussein 11 26Fawzi 69 76Abbas 71 89 Umar 58 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Ammar Ammar (Lebanon) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204073521/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8465/report.html 29 June 1997 KAZ 3–1 IRQ 1991 Mazbayev 4Loginov 36Saadoun 56 o.g. Abdullah 1 Central Stadium, Almaty 12,000 Jindamai Russamee (Thailand) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204075604/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8466/report.html Group 10 main WDL complete RSSSF QAT SRI IND PHI 3 0 0 14 0 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 3 7 0 0 3 0 10 QAT SRI IND PHI Q Q green1 Final round 20 September 1996 18:15 QAT 3–0 SRI Soufi 35Al-Enazi 51Mustafa 81 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha 1,000 Kurmanbek Ordabayev (Kazakhstan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204075316/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8467/report.html 21 September 1996 18:15 IND 2–0 PHI Vijayan 81Coutinho 85 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha 700 Omar Ali Al Shughair (Saudi Arabia) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204083406/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8468/report.html 23 September 1996 18:15 QAT 5–0 PHI Al-Enazi 19 41Soufi 29Khamis 30Jaloof 38 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha 800 Muhammad Sahib (Iraq) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204083842/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8469/report.html 24 September 1996 18:15 SRI 1–1 IND Silva 14 Chapman 39 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha 400 Ammar Ammar (Lebanon) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204074601/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8470/report.html 26 September 1996 18:15 PHI 0–3 SRI Steinwall 28Perera 55 80 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha 200 Kurmanbek Ordabayev (Kazakhstan) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204180748/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8471/report.html 27 September 1996 18:15 QAT 6–0 IND Al-Enazi 27 40Al Kuwari 42Maayof 47Soufi 52Mustafa 61 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha 3,000 Omar Ali Al Shughair (Saudi Arabia) https://web.archive.org/web/20160204174051/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=916/match=8472/report.html Notes External links RSSSF Page Category:1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Qual Qual Category:Saudi Arabia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Category:Japan at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Category:Iran at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Category:South Korea at the 1998 FIFA World Cup