1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	6	5	1	0	18	1	+17	16	Final round
2	Malaysia	6	3	2	1	5	3	+2	11
3	Chinese Taipei	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4
4	Bangladesh	6	1	0	5	4	14	−10	3

Source: RSSSF

16 March 1997

18:00

Chinese Taipei	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)	O. Al-Dosari 34' Al-Shahrani 37'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto (Japan)

16 March 1997

20:45

Malaysia	2–0	Bangladesh
Azman 43' Abdul Karim 87'	(Report)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Wei Jihong (China)

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18 March 1997

18:00

Bangladesh	1–3	Chinese Taipei
Jewel 56'	(Report)	Lin Wen Han 59' Huang Che-ming 62' Chen Kuei-jen 78'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 10,000

18 March 1997

20:45

Malaysia	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto (Japan)

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20 March 1997

18:00

Bangladesh	1–4	Saudi Arabia
Jewel 44'	(Report)	Al-Muwallid 20' Al-Temawi 27' Al-Shahrani 65' Al-Mehallel 73'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Fong Fat Wah (Hong Kong)

20 March 1997

20:45

Malaysia	2–0	Chinese Taipei
Che Zambil 2' Sulong 16'	(Report)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 10,293

Referee: Ahmed Ibrahim Hakeem (United Arab Emirates)

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27 March 1997

16:00

Chinese Taipei	0–0	Malaysia
	(Report)

Youth Welfare, Jeddah

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mohamed Bin Khamis Al Kabi (Oman)

27 March 1997

19:00

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Bangladesh
Al-Shahrani (21) O. Al-Dosari (23) Abdullah Al-Dosari (50)	(Report)

Youth Welfare, Jeddah

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Libanon)

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29 March 1997

16:00

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Malaysia
Al-Muwallid 59', 85' O. Al-Dosari 87'	(Report)

Youth Welfare, Jeddah

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

29 March 1997

19:00

Chinese Taipei	1–2	Bangladesh
Hsu Te Ming 51'	(Report)	Alfaz 45' Nakib 81'

Youth Welfare, Jeddah

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Omar Abu Loom (Jordan)

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31 March 1997

15:00

Bangladesh	0–1	Malaysia
	(Report)	Zainal 87'

Youth Welfare, Jeddah

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

31 March 1997

19:00

Saudi Arabia	6–0	Chinese Taipei
Al-Jaber 3', 16', 63' Al-Muwallid 5' Abdulaziz Al-Dosari 30' Al-Zahrani 46'	(Report)

Youth Welfare, Jeddah

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	6	5	1	0	39	3	+36	16	Final round
2	Syria	6	3	1	2	30	5	+25	10
3	Kyrgyzstan	6	3	0	3	12	14	−2	9
4	Maldives	6	0	0	6	0	59	−59	0

Source: RSSSF

2 June 1997

16:30

Maldives	0–17	Iran
	(Report)	Bagheri 9', 13', 16', 60', 66', 67', 86' Estili 29', 47', 55' Azizi 35', 36' Shahroudi 56' Mahdavikia 63' Daei 75', 77' Minavand 87'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: An Bong-Ki (South Korea)

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

Syria	3–0 Awarded [note 1]	Kyrgyzstan

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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4 June 1997

Syria	12–0	Maldives
Al-Said 7', 13' Jokhadar 9', 37', 89' Rifai 10' Jabban 12', 78' Srour 21' Zaher 49' Boshi 70', 79'	(Report)

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Esa Mohamed Saleh (United Arab Emirates)

4 June 1997

15:30

Kyrgyzstan	0–7	Iran
	(Report)	Bagheri 35', 51' Daei 57' Majidi 68', 88' Minavand 76' Mousavi 82'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

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6 June 1997

17:30

Syria	0–1	Iran
	(Report)	Daei 65'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

6 June 1997

Kyrgyzstan	3–0	Maldives
Korzanov 4' Merzlikin 24' Yusupov 28'	(Report)

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Wang Xuezhi (China)

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9 June 1997

19:00

Iran	3–1	Kyrgyzstan
Azizi 3', 77' Bagheri 52'	(Report)	Kutsov 16'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

9 June 1997

Maldives	0–12	Syria
	(Report)	Agha 24', 50' Dib 55' Taleb 60' Al-Said 62', 63', 87' Rihawi 66' Abrash 80', 90' Zaher 85', 89'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

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11 June 1997

19:00

Iran	9–0	Maldives
Mansourian 15', 44' Bagheri 22', 39' Daei 33', 43' Mahdavikia 38' Shahroudi 68' Azizi 87'	(Report)

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mohamed Sanhoub (Yemen)

11 June 1997

Kyrgyzstan	2–1	Syria
Sardarov 76' Kutsov 89'	(Report)	Boshi 84'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Yu Jingyin (China)

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13 June 1997

Iran	2–2	Syria
Shahroudi 10' Mansourian 30'	(Report)	Boshi 11' Al-Said 39'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

13 June 1997

Maldives	0–6	Kyrgyzstan
	(Report)	Merzlikin 14' Chertkov 22' Kutsov 26' Haitbaev 47', 89' Ivanov 47'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Fahed Al-Damisi (Jordan)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10	Final round
2	Jordan	4	1	1	2	4	4	0	4
3	Bahrain	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3

Source: RSSSF

8 April 1997

Jordan	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	(Report)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Omer Al Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

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11 April 1997

Bahrain	1–2	United Arab Emirates
Darwish 84'	(Report)	Abdulla 18', 57'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Lu Jun (China)

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14 April 1997

Bahrain	1–0	Jordan
Al-Doseri 27'	(Report)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Eskandar Hammal (Syria)

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19 April 1997

Jordan	4–1	Bahrain
Tadrus 14', 89' Al-Sheikh 33' Al-Khateeb 88'	(Report)	Rashed 43'

Sports Stadium, Sharjah

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Menfi Redha Falah (Iraq)

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22 April 1997

United Arab Emirates	3–0	Bahrain
Saeed 14' Mubarak 50', 60'	(Report)

Sports Stadium, Sharjah

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Kiyoshi Ota (Japan)

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26 April 1997

United Arab Emirates	2–0	Jordan
Al Talyani 27' Mubarak 88'	(Report)

Sports Stadium, Sharjah

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Hossein Asgari (Iran)

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	6	5	1	0	31	1	+30	16	Final round
2	Oman	6	4	1	1	14	2	+12	13
3	Macau	6	1	1	4	3	28	−25	4
4	Nepal	6	0	1	5	2	19	−17	1

Source: RSSSF

23 March 1997

Nepal	1–1	Macau
Khadka 23'	(Report)	Cheng 13'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 500

Referee: Mahmoud Nurilddin (Iraq)

23 March 1997

Oman	0–1	Japan
	(Report)	Omura 10'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)

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25 March 1997

Macau	0–10	Japan
	(Report)	Akita 1' Takagi 14', 33', 72' Soma 45' Miura 54', 89' Moroshima 80', 82' Nanami 86'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 600

Referee: Wang Xuezhi (China)

25 March 1997

Oman	1–0	Nepal
Al Busaidy 75'	(Report)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Yousef Shaikho (Syria)

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27 March 1997

Nepal	0–6	Japan
	(Report)	Morishima 24' Takagi 47', 55', 89' Omura 76' Honda 90'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 500

Referee: Sardar Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan)

27 March 1997

Oman	4–0	Macau
Samir 32' Al Siyabi 42', 56' Abdul Noor 83'	(Report)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 0

Referee: Mahmoud Nurilddin (Iraq)

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22 June 1997

Japan	10–0	Macau
Nakata 17', 61' Nishizawa 21' Miura 23', 29', 44', 57', 62', 79' Nanami 42'	(Report)

Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 27,342

Referee: Ali Naghi Mostafanezhad (Iran)

22 June 1997

Nepal	0–6	Oman
	(Report)	Shakya 1' (o.g.) Al Busaidy 13' Ahmed Hassan 17', 50' Al Araimi 73' Al Masori 78'

Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 15,875

Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

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25 June 1997

Japan	3–0	Nepal
Nishizawa 44' Miura 72', 87'	(Report)

Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 28,360

Referee: Abayawansa Mahasena Yapa (Sri Lanka)

25 June 1997

Macau	0–2	Oman
	(Report)	Al Araimi 44' Ahmed Hassan 89'

Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 8,737

Referee: Mahmoud Al Rifaee (Syria)

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28 June 1997

Japan	1–1	Oman
Nakata 4'	(Report)	Samir 63'

Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 48,839

Referee: Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia)

28 June 1997

Macau	2–1	Nepal
Che 78' Da Cruz Martins 89'	(Report)	Deepak Amatya 19'

Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 22,972

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	6	5	1	0	20	3	+17	16	Final round
2	Yemen	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	8
3	Indonesia	6	1	4	1	11	6	+5	7
4	Cambodia	6	0	1	5	2	27	−25	1

Source: RSSSF

6 April 1997

Indonesia	8–0	Cambodia
Putro 1' Lubis 6', 52' Putiray 12', 44', 70' Wabia 31', 36'	(Report)

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

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13 April 1997

Indonesia	0–0	Yemen
	(Report)

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia)

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20 April 1997

Cambodia	0–1	Yemen
	(Report)	Dariban 39'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ng Yim Kin (Hong Kong)

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27 April 1997

Cambodia	1–1	Indonesia
Sochetra 65'	(Report)	Putro 80'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Li Haiseng (China)

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9 May 1997

Yemen	0–1	Uzbekistan
	(Report)	Khasanov 27'

Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Yousef Sawarkeh (Jordan)

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16 May 1997

Yemen	7–0	Cambodia
Al Ariki 4', 13', 15', 83' Noman 50' Bashafal 55' Abdulla 65'	(Report)

Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Khaled Dalu (Syria)

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25 May 1997

Uzbekistan	6–0	Cambodia
Shirshov 8' Khasanov 18' Lebedev 38', 73' Fedorov 45' Irismetov 55'	(Report)

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Viktor Kolpakov (Kyrgyzstan)

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1 June 1997

Indonesia	1–1	Uzbekistan
Sudirman 34'	(Report)	Shatskikh 74'

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Kim Kwang-Jong (South Korea)

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13 June 1997

Yemen	1–1	Indonesia
Al Ariki 33'	(Report)	Putro 59'

Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Ali Al Hosni Ali Bin Mubarak (Oman)

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20 June 1997

Uzbekistan	3–0	Indonesia
Shatskikh 12' Maksudov 37', 87'	(Report)

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Jalal Moradi (Iran)

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29 June 1997

Cambodia	1–4	Uzbekistan
Sochetra 12'	(Report)	Abdukahhor Marifaliev 2', 60' Ravshan Bozorov 9', 30'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Abdul Shakoor Baloch (Pakistan)

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24 August 1997

Uzbekistan	5–1	Yemen
Shkvirin 8', 63' Shatskikh 55', 75' Bazarov 62'	(Report)	Zughair 30'

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Sultan Mujalli Al Aalaq (Bahrain)

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	10	Final round
2	Thailand	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
3	Hong Kong	4	1	0	3	3	10	−7	3

Source: RSSSF

22 February 1997

Hong Kong	0–2	South Korea
	(Report)	Seo Jung-won 60' Choi Moon-sik 75'

Hong Kong

Referee: Yoshimi Ogawa (Japan)

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2 March 1997

Thailand	1–3	South Korea
Piyapong 48'	(Report)	Roh Sang-rae 18' Ha Seok-ju 74' Choi Moon-sik 86'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Lu Jun (China)

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9 March 1997

Thailand	2–0	Hong Kong
Krissada 23' Natipong 79'	(Report)

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail (Saudi Arabia)

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30 March 1997

Hong Kong	3–2	Thailand
Lee Kin Wo 23' Cheng Siu Chung 48' Au Wai Lun 88'	(Report)	Natipong 43' Chalermsan 70'

Hong Kong

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Nazri Abdullah Mohamed (Malaysia)

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28 May 1997

South Korea	4–0	Hong Kong
Yoo Sang-chul 25' Choi Yong-soo 39', 72' Park Kun-ha 86'	(Report)

Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex, Daejeon

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hussein Issa (Iraq)

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1 June 1997

South Korea	0–0	Thailand
	(Report)

Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	12	Final round
2	Lebanon	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4
3	Singapore	4	0	1	3	2	8	−6	1

Source: RSSSF

13 April 1997

Lebanon	1–1	Singapore
Nazha 49'	(Report)	Zainal 88'

Bourj Hammoud Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

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26 April 1997

Singapore	0–1	Kuwait
	(Report)	Al Saqer 29'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Park Hae-Yong (South Korea)

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8 May 1997

Kuwait	2–0	Lebanon
Al Huwaidi 38' Al Ahmad 79'	(Report)

Kuwait City

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

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24 May 1997

Singapore	1–2	Lebanon
Chuan Tan Teng 58' (pen.)	(Report)	Shehab 35' Melikian 80'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 14,455

Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

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5 June 1997

Kuwait	4–0	Singapore
Wabran 28' Al Ahmad 35' Al Huwaidi 43' Abdullah 78'	(Report)

Kuwait City

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Suleman Abo Allo (Syria)

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22 June 1997

Lebanon	1–3	Kuwait
Shehab 29'	(Report)	Otaibi 7' Al Saleh 32', 74'

Bourj Hammoud Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	6	5	1	0	13	2	+11	16	Final round
2	Tajikistan	6	4	1	1	15	2	+13	13
3	Turkmenistan	6	2	0	4	8	13	−5	6
4	Vietnam	6	0	0	6	2	21	−19	0

Source: RSSSF

4 May 1997

Tajikistan	4–0	Vietnam
Alidodov 8' Mouminov 15' Dzhaborov 50', 84'	(Report)

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Alexander Koulakov (Kazakhstan)

4 May 1997

Turkmenistan	1–4	China
Meredov 90'	(Report)	Peng Weiguo 26', 39' Gao Feng 78' Li Bing 80'

Nisa-Çandybil Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Saeed Abdulla Ibrahim (United Arab Emirates)

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11 May 1997

Tajikistan	0–1	China
	(Report)	Hao Haidong 65'

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Masoud Kaabi (Iran)

11 May 1997

Turkmenistan	2–1	Vietnam
Agabaev 39' Gulyan 53'	(Report)	Nguyen Cong Vinh 71'

Nisa-Çandybil Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Gyanu Shrestha (Nepal)

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25 May 1997

Vietnam	1–3	China
Le Huynh Duc 38'	(Report)	Li Bing 23' Fan Zhiyi 32' Hao Haidong 44'

Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)

25 May 1997

Turkmenistan	1–2	Tajikistan
Tkavadze 18'	(Report)	Knizaev 41', 49'

Nisa-Çandybil Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Inayath Ulla Khan (India)

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1 June 1997

China	1–0	Turkmenistan
Li Jinyu 81'	(Report)

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Yoshimi Ogawa (Japan)

1 June 1997

Vietnam	0–4	Tajikistan
	(Report)	Mouminov 5' Alidodov 24' Avakov 67' Achourmamadov 75'

Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ngadiman Asri (Indonesia)

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8 June 1997

China	0–0	Tajikistan
	(Report)

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Abdul Khudheir Abdul Hussein (Iraq)

8 June 1997

Vietnam	0–4	Turkmenistan
	(Report)	Agaev 16', 57', 63' Broshin 20'

Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kyaw U Kyaw (Myanmar)

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22 June 1997

China	4–0	Vietnam
Fan Zhiyi 7' Hao Haidong 45' Ma Mingyu 65' Su Maozhen 70'	(Report)

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jang Sok Jin (North Korea)

22 June 1997

Tajikistan	5–0	Turkmenistan
Avakov 4', 26', 34' Dzhaborov 14' Mouminov 88'	(Report)

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Nail Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	4	4	0	0	15	2	+13	12	Final round
2	Iraq	4	2	0	2	14	8	+6	6
3	Pakistan	4	0	0	4	3	22	−19	0

Source: RSSSF

11 May 1997

Kazakhstan	3–0	Pakistan
Esmagambetov 2', 62' Yablochkin 49'	(Report)

Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Allabergen Sapaev (Turkmenistan)

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23 May 1997

Pakistan	2–6	Iraq
Umer 8' Rafiq 53'	(Report)	Fawzi 1', 62' Chathir 35', 61' Hussein 52' Radhi 70'

Railway Stadium, Lahore

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Sunil Senaweera (Sri Lanka)

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6 June 1997

Iraq	1–2	Kazakhstan
Saadoun 2'	(Report)	Klishin 41' Loginov 48'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Wei Jihong (China)

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11 June 1997

Pakistan	0–7	Kazakhstan
	(Report)	Esmagambetov 28' Klishin 32' Loginov 36' Mazbaev 53' Zubarev 64', 68', 72'

Railway Stadium, Lahore

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Abbas Al Dashti Essa (Kuwait)

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20 June 1997

Iraq	6–1	Pakistan
Hussein 11', 26' Fawzi 69', 76' Abbas 71', 89'	(Report)	Umer 58'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Ammar Ammar (Lebanon)

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29 June 1997

Kazakhstan	3–1	Iraq
Mazbaev 4' Loginov 36' Saadoun 56' (o.g.)	(Report)	Abdullah 1'

Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Jindamai Russamee (Thailand)

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Final round
2	Sri Lanka	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	India	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: RSSSF

20 September 1996

Qatar	3–0	Sri Lanka
Soufi 35' Al-Enazi 51' Fazli 81'	(Report)

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Kurmanbek Ordabayev (Kazakhstan)

21 September 1996

India	2–0	Philippines
Vijayan 81' Coutinho 85'	(Report)

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 700

Referee: Omar Ali Al Shughair (Saudi Arabia)

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23 September 1996

Qatar	5–0	Philippines
Al-Enazi 19', 41' Soufi 29' Al Noobi 30' Jaloof 38'	(Report)

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 800

Referee: Muhammad Sahib (Iraq)

24 September 1996

Sri Lanka	1–1	India
Silva 14'	(Report)	Chapman 39'

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 400

Referee: Ammar Ammar (Lebanon)

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26 September 1996

Philippines	0–3	Sri Lanka
	(Report)	Steinwall 28' Perera 55', 80'

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 200

Referee: Kurmanbek Ordabayev (Kazakhstan)

27 September 1996

Qatar	6–0	India
Al-Enazi 27', 40' Al Kuwari 42' Maayof 47' Soufi 52' Fazli 61'	(Report)

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Omar Ali Al Shughair (Saudi Arabia)

Notes

1. FIFA awarded Syria a 3–0 win as a result of Kyrgyzstan was late on the pitch.

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