1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 36 1 IRN Karim Bagheri (19 goals) 1994 2002 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 advanced to the second round. Each group were decided on its system of play. Second 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 third round. Third round: 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 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round Group 1 main WDL complete RSSSF KSA MAS TPE BAN 5 1 0 18 1 3 2 1 5 3 1 1 4 4 13 1 0 5 4 14 KSA MAS TPE BAN Q Q green1 Second round 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 Second round 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 Second round 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 Second round 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 Second round 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 Second round 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 Second round 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 Second round 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 Second round 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 Second round Second round 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round Group A main WDL Group A Q y complete KSA KSA IRN IRN CHN CHN QAT QAT KUW KUW 4 2 2 8 6 3 3 2 13 8 3 2 3 11 14 3 1 4 7 10 2 2 4 7 8 green1 1998 FIFA World Cup A blue1 Third round B RSSSF Group B main WDL Group B Q y complete KOR KOR 1997 JPN JPN 1870 UAE UAE UZB UZB KAZ KAZ 6 1 1 19 7 3 4 1 17 9 2 3 3 9 12 1 3 4 13 18 1 3 4 7 19 green1 1998 FIFA World Cup A blue1 Third round B RSSSF Third round The third round (play-off) was played over a single leg at a neutral venue. Extra time was played using the golden goal rule. 16 November 1997 21:00 UTC+8 IRN 2–3 yes JPN 1870 Azizi 46Daei 58 Nakayama 39Jo 75Okano 118 Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia 22,000 Manuel Diaz Vega (Spain) report (FIFA)report (Japanese) Inter-confederation play-offs 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off) 3–3 on aggregate, Iran won on away goals Qualified teams The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 KSA A1 Final round group A winners 12 November 1997 1 (1994) KOR 1997 B1 Final round group B winners 18 October 1997 1 4 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994) JPN 1947 PO1 Play-off winners 16 November 1997 0 (debut) IRN PO2 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 20em yes IRN Karim Bagheri 14 goals 20em yes JPN 1947 Kazuyoshi Miura 9 goals 20em yes IRN Ali Daei KOR 1997 Choi Yong-soo 8 goals 20em yes IRN Khodadad Azizi QAT Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi UZB Oleg Shatskikh 7 goals 20em yes JPN 1947 Takuya Takagi KSA Khaled Al-Muwallid 6 goals 20em yes CHN Hao Haidong SYR 1980 Said Bayazid 5 goals 20em yes JPN 1947 Hidetoshi Nakata KUW Jasem Al Huwaidi KSA Ibrahim Al-Shahrani YEM Omar Al Ariki 4 goals 20em yes CHN Fan Zhiyi IRN Mehdi Mahdavikia IRN Alireza Mansourian IRQ 1991 Hussam Fawzi KAZ Viktor Zubarev KUW Bashar Abdulaziz SYR 1980 Nihad Al Boushi TJK Arsen Avakov UAE Khamees Saad Mubarak UZB Ravshan Bozorov UZB Andrei Fyodorov UZB Igor Shkvyrin 3 goals 20em yes CHN Gao Feng IDN Rocky Putiray IDN Widodo Putro IRN Hamid Estili IRN Reza Shahroudi IRQ 1991 Laith Hussein JPN 1947 Yutaka Akita JPN 1947 Wagner Lopes JPN 1947 Hiroshi Nanami KAZ Boulat Esmagambetov KAZ Vladimir Loginov KAZ Pavel Yevteyev KGZ 1992 Sergey Kutsov OMA 1995 Ahmed Hassan QAT Mahmoud Soufi KSA Obeid Al-Dosari KSA Sami Al-Jaber KSA Fahad Al-Mehallel KOR 1997 Kim Do-hoon KOR 1997 Lee Sang-yoon KOR 1997 Yoo Sang-chul SYR 1980 Nader Joukhadar SYR 1980 Khaled Al Zaher TJK Shukhrat Dzhaborov TJK Takhirdjon Mouminov TKM 1992 Mouslim Agaev UAE Zuhair Bakheet 2 goals 20em yes BAN Mohammed Jewel Rana CAM Hok Sochetra CHN Li Bing CHN Ma Mingyu CHN Peng Weiguo IDN Ansyari Lubis IDN Ronny Wabia IRN Mehrdad Minavand IRN Ali Asghar Modir Roosta IRQ 1991 Sahib Abbas IRQ 1991 Qahtan Chathir JPN 1947 Shoji Jo JPN 1947 Hiroaki Morishima JPN 1947 Masashi Nakayama JPN 1947 Akinori Nishizawa JPN 1947 Norio Omura JOR Jeris Tadrus KAZ Alexei Klishin KAZ Nourken Mazbaev KUW Fawaz Al Ahmad KUW Hamed Al Saleh KGZ 1992 Farhat Haitbaev KGZ 1992 Aleksandr Merzlikin LIB Abdulfattah Shehab OMA 1995 Mahfood Sultan Al Araimi OMA 1995 Saeed Shaaban Al Busaidy OMA 1995 Majdi Shaaban Samir PAK Mohammad Umer QAT Zamel Al Kuwari QAT Adel Khamis Al Noobi QAT Fazli KOR 1997 Choi Moon-sik KOR 1997 Ha Seok-ju KOR 1997 Seo Jung-won SRI Roshan Perera SYR 1980 Aref Al Agha SYR 1980 Tarek Jabban TJK Oumed Alidodov TJK Viacheslav Knizaev THA Natipong Sritong-In UAE Adnan Al Talyani UAE Adel Mohamed Abdulla UZB Numon Khasanov UZB Sergey Lebedev UZB Shukhrat Maksudov UZB Abdukahhor Marifaliev UZB Nikolai Shirshov 1 goal 20em yes BHR 1972 Khaled Al-Doseri BHR 1972 Hameed Darwish BHR 1972 Faisal Aziz Rashed BAN Mohammed Alfaz Ahmed BAN Ahmed Imtiaz CHN Li Jinyu CHN Li Ming CHN Mao Yijun CHN Su Maozhen CHN Zhang Enhua TPE Chen Kuei-jen TPE Hsu Te Ming TPE Huang Che-ming TPE Lin Wen Han HKG 1959 Au Wai Lun HKG 1959 Cheng Sin Siu HKG 1959 Lee Kin Woo IND Carlton Chapman IND Bruno Coutinho IND Raman Vijayan IDN Sudirman IRN Farhad Majidi IRN Ali Mousavi IRQ 1991 Haidar Abdullah IRQ 1991 Ahmed Radhi IRQ 1991 Sadiq Saadoun JPN 1947 Yasuto Honda JPN 1947 Masami Ihara JPN 1947 Masayuki Okano JPN 1947 Naoki Soma JPN 1947 Motohiro Yamaguchi JOR Basam Al-Khateeb JOR Hassouneh Al-Sheikh KAZ Ruslan Baltiyev KAZ Vitali Sparyshev KAZ Valeri Yablochkin KAZ Dmitri Yurist KUW Faisal Al Otaibi KUW Hani Al Saqer KUW Jamal Mubarak KUW Abdullah Saihan KGZ 1992 Vladimir Chertkov KGZ 1992 Sergei Ivanov KGZ 1992 Alexandr Korzanov KGZ 1992 Kanat Sardarov KGZ 1992 Rafik Yusupov LIB Babkin Melikian LIB Wael Nazha MAC colonial Che Chi Man MAC colonial Cheang Chon Man MAC colonial José Maria da Cruz Martins MAS Idris Abdul Karim MAS Azman Adnan MAS Ahmad Che Zambil MAS Rosdee Sulong MAS Zainal Abidin Hassan NEP Deepak Amatya NEP Hari Khadka OMA 1995 Mohamed Tayib Abdul Noor OMA 1995 Farid Al Masori OMA 1995 Nabeel Mubar Al Siyabi PAK Zahir Rafiq QAT Dahi Al Naemi QAT Abdul Jaloof QAT Nasir Khamees QAT Waleed Bakhit Maayof KSA Abdulaziz Al-Dosari KSA Abdullah Al-Dosari KSA Khalid Al-Temawi KSA Yousuf Al-Thunayan KSA Khamis Al-Zahrani SIN Chuan Tan Teng SIN Zulkarnaen Zainal KOR 1997 Ko Jeong-woon KOR 1997 Lee Min-sung KOR 1997 Park Kun-ha KOR 1997 Roh Sang-rae SRI Anton Silva SRI Chaminda Steinwall SYR 1980 Redwan Abrash SYR 1980 Ali Cheikh Dib SYR 1980 Abdel Kader Rifai SYR 1980 Ammar Rihawi SYR 1980 Bashar Srour SYR 1980 Loay Taleb TJK Alier Achourmamadov THA Dusit Chalermsan THA Krissada Piandit THA Piyapong Pue-on TKM 1992 Redjeb Agabaev TKM 1992 Valeri Broshin TKM 1992 Valeri Gulyan TKM 1992 Djumadurdy Meredov TKM 1992 Georgi Tkavadze UAE Bakhit Alabadla UAE Gholam Ali UAE Hassan Mubarak UAE Mohamed Obaid UAE Ahmed Saeed UZB Jafar Irismetov UZB Bahtior Kambaraliev UZB Mirdjalal Kasimov VIE Lê Huỳnh Đức VIE Nguyễn Công Vinh YEM Abdul Rahman Abdulla YEM Jeyeb Bashafal YEM Esam Dariban YEM Munif Shaef Noman YEM Mohammed Zughair 1 own goal 20em yes IRQ 1991 Sadiq Saadoun (playing against Kazakhstan) NEP Raju Kaji Shakya (playing against Oman) Notes External links 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) at FIFA.com AFC 1998 Category:1997 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