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
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)
Malaysia 2–0 Bangladesh
Azman 43'
Abdul Karim 87'		 (Report)
Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
Bangladesh 1–3 Chinese Taipei
Jewel Rana 56' (Report) Lin Wen Han 59'
Huang Che-ming 62'
Chen Kuei-jen 78'
Attendance: 10,000
Malaysia 0–0 Saudi Arabia
(Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto (Japan)
Bangladesh 1–4 Saudi Arabia
Jewel Rana 44' (Report) Al-Muwallid 20'
Al-Temawi 27'
Al-Shahrani 65'
Al-Mehallel 73'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Fong Fat Wah (Hong Kong)
Malaysia 2–0 Chinese Taipei
Che Zambil 2'
Sulong 16'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,293
Referee: Ahmed Ibrahim Hakeem (United Arab Emirates)
Chinese Taipei 0–0 Malaysia
(Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Bin Khamis Al Kabi (Oman)
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Bangladesh
Al-Shahrani
O. Al-Dosari
Abdullah Al-Dosari 		(Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Libanon)
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Malaysia
Al-Muwallid 59', 85'
O. Al-Dosari 87'		 (Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Chinese Taipei 1–2 Bangladesh
Hsu Te Ming (Report) Alfaz Ahmed
Nakib
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Omar Abu Loom (Jordan)
Bangladesh 0–1 Malaysia
(Report) Zainal
Attendance: 6,000
Saudi Arabia 6–0 Chinese Taipei
Al-Jaber 3', 16', 63'
Al-Muwallid 5'
Abdulaziz Al-Dosari 30'
Al-Zahrani 46'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,000

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
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'
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.

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)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Esa Mohamed Saleh (United Arab Emirates)
Kyrgyzstan 0–7 Iran
(Report) Bagheri 35', 51'
Daei 57'
Majidi 68', 88'
Minavand 76'
Mousavi 82'
Syria 0–1 Iran
(Report) Daei 65'
Attendance: 33,000
Kyrgyzstan 3–0 Maldives
Korzanov 4'
Merzlikin 24'
Yusupov 28'		 (Report)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Wang Xuezhi (China)
Iran 3–1 Kyrgyzstan
Azizi 3', 77'
Bagheri 52'		 (Report) Kutsov 16'
Attendance: 50,000
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'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Iran 9–0 Maldives
Mansourian 15', 44'
Bagheri 22', 39'
Daei 33', 43'
Mahdavikia 38'
Shahroudi 68'
Azizi 87'		 (Report)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mohamed Sanhoub (Yemen)
Kyrgyzstan 2–1 Syria
Sardarov 76'
Kutsov 89'		 (Report) Boshi 84'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yu Jingyin (China)
Iran 2–2 Syria
Shahroudi 10'
Mansourian 30'		 (Report) Boshi 11'
Al-Said 39'
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Maldives 0–6 Kyrgyzstan
(Report) Merzlikin 14'
Chertkov 22'
Kutsov 26'
Haitbaev 47', 89'
Ivanov 47'
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
Jordan 0–0 United Arab Emirates
(Report)
Bahrain 1–2 United Arab Emirates
Darwish 84' (Report) Abdulla 18', 57'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Bahrain 1–0 Jordan
Al-Doseri 27' (Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Eskandar Hammal (Syria)
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)
United Arab Emirates 3–0 Bahrain
Saeed 14'
Mubarak 50', 60'		 (Report)
Sports Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kiyoshi Ota (Japan)
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
Nepal   1–1 Macau
Khadka 23' (Report) Cheng 13'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mahmoud Nurilddin (Iraq)
Oman 0–1 Japan
(Report) Omura 10'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)
Macau 0–10 Japan
(Report) Akita 1'
Takagi 14', 33', 72'
Soma 45'
Miura 54', 89'
Moroshima 80', 82'
Nanami 86'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Wang Xuezhi (China)
Oman 1–0   Nepal
Al Busaidy 75' (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Yousef Shaikho (Syria)
Nepal   0–6 Japan
(Report) Morishima 24'
Takagi 47', 55', 89'
Omura 76'
Honda 90'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sardar Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan)
Oman 4–0 Macau
Samir 32'
Al Siyabi 42', 56'
Abdul Noor 83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mahmoud Nurilddin (Iraq)
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)
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)
Japan 3–0   Nepal
Nishizawa 44'
Miura 72', 87'		 (Report)
Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 28,360
Referee: Abayawansa Mahasena Yapa (Sri Lanka)
Macau 0–2 Oman
(Report) Al Araimi 44'
Ahmed Hassan 89'
Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 8,737
Referee: Mahmoud Al Rifaee (Syria)
Japan 1–1 Oman
Nakata 4' (Report) Samir 63'
Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 48,839
Referee: Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia)
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
Indonesia 8–0 Cambodia
Putro 1'
Lubis 6', 52'
Putiray 12', 44', 70'
Wabia 31', 36'		 (Report)
Indonesia 0–0 Yemen
(Report)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia)
Cambodia 0–1 Yemen
(Report) Dariban 39'
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ng Yim Kin (Hong Kong)
Cambodia 1–1 Indonesia
Sochetra 65' (Report) Putro 80'
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Li Haiseng (China)
Yemen 0–1 Uzbekistan
(Report) Khasanov 27'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Yousef Sawarkeh (Jordan)
Yemen 7–0 Cambodia
Al Ariki 4', 13', 15', 83'
Noman 50'
Bashafal 55'
Abdulla 65'		 (Report)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Khaled Dalu (Syria)
Uzbekistan 6–0 Cambodia
Shirshov 8'
Khasanov 18'
Lebedev 38', 73'
Fedorov 45'
Irismetov 55'		 (Report)
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Viktor Kolpakov (Kyrgyzstan)
Indonesia 1–1 Uzbekistan
Sudirman 34' (Report) Shatskikh 74'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kim Kwang-Jong (South Korea)
Yemen 1–1 Indonesia
Al Ariki 33' (Report) Putro 59'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ali Al Hosni Ali Bin Mubarak (Oman)
Uzbekistan 3–0 Indonesia
Shatskikh 12'
Maksudov 37', 87'		 (Report)
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Jalal Moradi (Iran)
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)
Uzbekistan 5–1 Yemen
Shkvirin 8', 63'
Shatskikh 55', 75'
Bazarov 62'		 (Report) Zughair 30'
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
Hong Kong 0–2 South Korea
(Report) Seo Jung-Won 60'
Choi Moon-Sik 75'
Thailand 1–3 South Korea
Piyapong 48' (Report) Roh Sang-Rae 18'
Ha Seok-Ju 74'
Choi Moon-Sik 86'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Thailand 2–0 Hong Kong
Krissada 23'
Natipong 79'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail (Saudi Arabia)
Hong Kong 3–2 Thailand
Lee Kin Wo 23'
Cheng Siu Chung 48'
Au Wai Lun 88'		 (Report) Natipong 43'
Chalermsan 70'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nazri Abdullah Mohamed (Malaysia)
South Korea 4–0 Hong Kong
Yoo Sang-Chul 25'
Choi Yong-Soo 39', 72'
Park Kun-Ha 86'		 (Report)
South Korea 0–0 Thailand
(Report)
Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 20,000

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
Lebanon 1–1 Singapore
Nazha 49' (Report) Zainal 88'
Singapore 0–1 Kuwait
(Report) Al Saqer 29'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Park Hae-Yong (South Korea)
Kuwait 2–0 Lebanon
Al Huwaidi 38'
Al Ahmad 79'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Singapore 1–2 Lebanon
Chuan Tan Teng 58' (pen.) (Report) Shehab 35'
Melikian 80'
Kuwait 4–0 Singapore
Wabran 28'
Al Ahmad 35'
Al Huwaidi 43'
Abdullah 78'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Suleman Abo Allo (Syria)
Lebanon 1–3 Kuwait
Shehab 29' (Report) Otaibi 7'
Al Saleh 32', 74'

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
Tajikistan 4–0 Vietnam
Alidodov 8'
Mouminov 15'
Dzhaborov 50', 84'		 (Report)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alexander Koulakov (Kazakhstan)
Turkmenistan 1–4 China
Meredov 90' (Report) Peng Weiguo 26', 39'
Gao Feng 78'
Li Bing 80'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Saeed Abdulla Ibrahim (United Arab Emirates)
Tajikistan 0–1 China
(Report) Hao Haidong 65'
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Masoud Kaabi (Iran)
Turkmenistan 2–1 Vietnam
Agabaev 39'
Gulyan 53'		 (Report) Nguyen Cong Vinh 71'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Gyanu Shrestha (Nepal)
Vietnam 1–3 China
Le Huynh Duc 38' (Report) Li Bing 23'
Fan Zhiyi 32'
Hao Haidong 44'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)
Turkmenistan 1–2 Tajikistan
Tkavadze 18' (Report) Knizaev 41', 49'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Inayath Ulla Khan (India)
China 1–0 Turkmenistan
Li Jinyu 81' (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Yoshimi Ogawa (Japan)
Vietnam 0–4 Tajikistan
(Report) Mouminov 5'
Alidodov 24'
Avakov 67'
Achourmamadov 75'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ngadiman Asri (Indonesia)
China 0–0 Tajikistan
(Report)
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Abdul Khudheir Abdul Hussein (Iraq)
Vietnam 0–4 Turkmenistan
(Report) Agaev 16', 57', 63'
Broshin 20'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kyaw U Kyaw (Myanmar)
China 4–0 Vietnam
Fan Zhiyi 7'
Hao Haidong 45'
Ma Mingyu 65'
Su Maozhen 70'		 (Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jang Sok Jin (North Korea)
Tajikistan 5–0 Turkmenistan
Avakov 4', 26', 34'
Dzhaborov 14'
Mouminov 88'		 (Report)
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
Kazakhstan 3–0 Pakistan
Esmagambetov 2', 62'
Yablochkin 49'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Allabergen Sapaev (Turkmenistan)
Pakistan 2–6 Iraq
Umer 8'
Rafiq 53'		 (Report) Fawzi 1', 62'
Chathir 35', 61'
Hussein 52'
Radhi 70'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sunil Senaweera (Sri Lanka)
Iraq 1–2 Kazakhstan
Saadoun 2' (Report) Klishin 41'
Loginov 48'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
Pakistan 0–7 Kazakhstan
(Report) Esmagambetov 28'
Klishin 32'
Loginov 36'
Mazbaev 53'
Zubarev 64', 68', 72'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Abbas Al Dashti Essa (Kuwait)
Iraq 6–1 Pakistan
Hussein 11', 26'
Fawzi 69', 76'
Abbas 71', 89'		 (Report) Umer 58'
Referee: Ammar Ammar (Lebanon)
Kazakhstan 3–1 Iraq
Mazbaev 4'
Loginov 36'
Saadoun 56' (o.g.)		 (Report) Abdullah 56'
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
Qatar 3–0 Sri Lanka
Soufi 35'
Al-Enazi 51'
Fazli 81'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kurmanbek Ordabayev (Kazakhstan)
India 2–0 Philippines
Vijayan 81'
Coutinho 85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Omar Ali Al Shughair (Saudi Arabia)
Qatar 5–0 Philippines
Al-Enazi 19', 41'
Soufi 29'
Al Noobi 30'
Jaloof 38'		 (Report)
Attendance: 800
Referee: Muhammad Sahib (Iraq)
Sri Lanka 1–1 India
Silva 14' (Report) Chapman 39'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ammar Ammar (Lebanon)
Philippines 0–3 Sri Lanka
(Report) Steinwall 28'
Perera 55', 80'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kurmanbek Ordabayev (Kazakhstan)
Qatar 6–0 India
Al-Enazi 27', 40'
Al Kuwari 42'
Maayof 47'
Soufi 52'
Fazli 61'		 (Report)
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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