Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian qualifiers preliminary round 3

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This page provides the summaries of the matches of the group stage of the Asian football qualifiers for 2008 Olympics .

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Format

The 12 teams in this round were divided into three groups of four teams each and played on a home-and-away format. The group winner from each group advanced to the 2008 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Beijing.

Matches

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts  AUS   IRQ   PRK   LIB
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 633071+612 2–0 1–0 3–0
Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq 6321124+811 0–0 2–0 5–2
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 61233635 1–1 0–0 0–1
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 6114415114 0–0 0–5 1–2
Source: [ citation needed ]
Iraq  Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg0–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg0–1Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Yaacoub Soccerball shade.svg12'
Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–0Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Milligan Soccerball shade.svg49'
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg0–5Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq
Saeed Soccerball shade.svg22'
Abdul-Zahra Soccerball shade.svg59', 89'
Ali Abbas Soccerball shade.svg72'
Karrar Jassim Soccerball shade.svg76'

Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–0Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Ward Soccerball shade.svg6'
Bridge Soccerball shade.svg24'
Williams Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Iraq  Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg2–0Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Ibrahim Soccerball shade.svg21'
Abdul-Zahra Soccerball shade.svg69'

Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg0–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg0–0Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq
Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Hasan Tayeb (Bangladesh)

Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–0Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq
Leijer Soccerball shade.svg19'
Milligan Soccerball shade.svg58'
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg1–2Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Salameh Soccerball shade.svg5' (pen.) Kim Kyong-Il Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Kim Kuk-Jin Soccerball shade.svg70'
Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Iraq  Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg5–2Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Abdul-Zahra Soccerball shade.svg8', 23', 81'
Mustafa Soccerball shade.svg30'
Samer Saeed Soccerball shade.svg37'
Maatouk Soccerball shade.svg59' (pen.)
Al Saadi Soccerball shade.svg72' (pen.)
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg1–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Pak Chol-Min Soccerball shade.svg10' Leijer Soccerball shade.svg70'
Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts  KOR   BHR   SYR   UZB
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 633041+312 0–0 1–0 2–1
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 632174+311 0–1 1–1 2–0
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 60425724 0–0 1–2 3–3
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 60335943 0–0 1–2 0–0
Source: [ citation needed ]
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg2–1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Lee Sang-ho Soccerball shade.svg49'
Lee Keun-Ho Soccerball shade.svg79'
Kim Jin-Kyu Soccerball shade.svg24' (o.g.)
Syria  Flag of Syria.svg1–2Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Al Hussain Soccerball shade.svg37' Okwunwanne Soccerball shade.svg45', 90+2'
Hamdanyeh Stadium, Aleppo
Attendance: 3,000

Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg0–0Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg0–1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Kang Min-Soo Soccerball shade.svg64'

Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg1–2Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Abdullaev Soccerball shade.svg86' Abdullah Omar Soccerball shade.svg29'
Al Banki Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Central Army Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg1–0Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Kim Seung-Yong Soccerball shade.svg10'
Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China PR)

Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg2–0Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Okwunwanne Soccerball shade.svg45'
Abdullah Omar Soccerball shade.svg55'
Syria  Flag of Syria.svg0–0Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)

Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg0–0Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg1–1Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Aaish Soccerball shade.svg63' Al Haj Soccerball shade.svg42'
Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0–0Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Syria  Flag of Syria.svg3–3Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Al Haj Soccerball shade.svg42'
Bakri Tarrab Soccerball shade.svg44'
Dalli Hasan Soccerball shade.svg86'
Tadjiyev Soccerball shade.svg61' (pen.)
Galiulin Soccerball shade.svg63', 66'

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts  JPN   QAT   KSA   VIE
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 632172+511 1–0 0–0 1–0
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 631286+210 2–1 1–0 3–1
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 623153+29 0–0 2–1 2–0
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 602431292 0–4 1–1 1–1
Source: [ citation needed ]
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–0Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Aoyama Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg1–0Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Al-Hamad Soccerball shade.svg71'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg1–1Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Nguyễn Vũ Phong Soccerball shade.svg13' Al Yazeedi Soccerball shade.svg11'
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg0–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg1–1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Lê Công Vinh Soccerball shade.svg65' Naif Hazazi Soccerball shade.svg80'
Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–0Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Kajiyama Soccerball shade.svg6'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 23,163
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg2–0Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Al-Salem Soccerball shade.svg64' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.)
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg2–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Al Haidos Soccerball shade.svg77'
Majdi Siddiq Soccerball shade.svg90+3' (pen.)
Aoyama Soccerball shade.svg43'

Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg0–4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Lee Soccerball shade.svg9', 25'
Honda Soccerball shade.svg40' (pen.)
Hosogai Soccerball shade.svg87'
Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg2–1Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Al-Bishi Soccerball shade.svg76' (pen.)
Al-Ghanam Soccerball shade.svg88'
Magid Mohamed Soccerball shade.svg69'

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–0Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 42,913
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg3–1Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Jassem Soccerball shade.svg22', 52'
Al Haidos Soccerball shade.svg31'
Lê Công Vinh Soccerball shade.svg80'

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Iraq had to play their remaining home games of the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifiers at a neutral venue

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