Football at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's tournament

1998 Asian Games event


Men's Football Tournament
at the 1998 Asian Games
Tournament details
Host countryThailand Thailand
Dates30 November – 19 December
Teams23 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)9
Final positions
Champions Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up Kuwait
Third place China
Fourth place Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored74 (1.37 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kuwait Faraj Laheeb (9)
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The men's football tournament at the 1998 Asian Games was held from 30 November to 19 December 1998 in Thailand.

Venues

Bangkok Chiang Mai Suphanburi Songkhla
Rajamangala Stadium Supachalasai Stadium 700th Anniversary Stadium Suphanburi Stadium Tinsulanon Stadium
Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000
Nakhon Sawan Sisaket Surat Thani Trang
Nakhon Sawan Stadium Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium Surat Thani Stadium Trang Municipality Stadium
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 11,200 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 4,789

Squads

Results

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Turkmenistan 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
2  South Korea 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
3  Vietnam 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: RSSSF
Vietnam 0–4 South Korea
Kim Eun-jung 30'
Choi Yong-soo 43', 87'
Yoon Jong-hwan 67'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  China 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 6
2  Lebanon 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 3
3  Cambodia 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0
Source: RSSSF
China 4–1 Lebanon
Fan Zhiyi 21'
Ma Mingyu 43'
Li Jinyu 80'
Wang Peng 89'		 Taha 61'
Cambodia 1–4 China
Hok Sochetra 81' Yang Chen 17', 77', 82'
Wang Peng 21'
Lebanon 5–1 Cambodia
Taha 34', 80'
Chahrour 36'
Al-Indari 45'
Hojeij 55'		 Nuth Sony 70'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
2  India 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3    Nepal 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: RSSSF
Nepal   0–5 Japan
Fukuda 10', 11'
Ono 30'
Inamoto 60', 89'
Japan 1–0 India
Fukuda 55'
India 1–0   Nepal
Chapman 46'

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Qatar 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
2  Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3  Maldives 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Source: RSSSF
Qatar 2–1 Tajikistan
Al-Obaidly 31'
Mustafa 51'		 Jabborov 90' (pen.)
Maldives 0–4 Qatar
Al-Kuwari 21', 41', 61', 68'

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
2  North Korea 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
Source: RSSSF
United Arab Emirates 3–3 North Korea
Matar 20'
Mohamed 31', 39'		 Kang Sun-il 62'
Ri Chang-ha 82'
Jon Yong-chol 89'
Penalties
4–1

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Thailand 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6
2  Oman 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3
3  Hong Kong 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Source: RSSSF
Hong Kong 0–6 Oman
Khadim 16'
Shaaban 44'
Al-Dhabit 74', 80', 90+1'
Masoud 75'
Thailand 5–0 Hong Kong
Piandit 1'
Srimaka 8'
Senamuang 22', 86'
Sripan 53'

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Uzbekistan 2 1 1 0 18 3 +15 4
2  Kuwait 2 1 1 0 14 3 +11 4
3  Mongolia 2 0 0 2 0 26 −26 0
Source: RSSSF
Mongolia 0–11 Kuwait
Mubarak 3'
Laheeb 15', 19', 26', 88'
Al-Huwaidi 37', 61', 85' (pen.), 90'
Al-Mutairi 29'
Al-Saqer 39'
Uzbekistan 3–3 Kuwait
Fyodorov 4'
Khvostunov 67'
Akopyants 76'		 Al-Huwaidi 43'
Laheeb 78', 90'
Mongolia 0–15 Uzbekistan
Lebedev 7' (pen.), 18' (pen.), 38', 45'
Shkvyrin 9', 15', 20'
Akopyants 23'
Quttiboev 29', 33', 47'
Qosimov 53', 57', 77'
Rahmonqulov 83'

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Iran 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6
2  Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
3  Laos 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0
Source: RSSSF
Kazakhstan 0–2 Iran
Hashemian 1', 55'
Laos 0–5 Kazakhstan
Makayev 32'
Niyazymbetov 40'
Zubarev 53', 56', 88'
Iran 6–1 Laos
Mousavi 25', 33'
Mansourian 73'
Yazdani 81'
Daei 82'
Douangdala 86' (o.g.)		 Keophet 45'

Second round

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
2  Turkmenistan 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3  North Korea 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4  India 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: RSSSF

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9
2  Kuwait 3 1 0 2 6 3 +3 3
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
Source: RSSSF
Japan 0–2 South Korea
Choi Yong-soo 31' (pen.), 46'
United Arab Emirates 0–5 Kuwait
Al-Saqer 6'
Laheeb 36'
Al-Huwaidi 69', 82', 86'
United Arab Emirates 1–2 South Korea
Al-Bloushi 66' Yoon Jong-hwan 38'
Yoo Sang-chul 58' (pen.)
Japan 2–1 Kuwait
Yamashita 83'
Nakamura 86' (pen.)		 Laheeb 69'
Japan 0–1 United Arab Emirates
Saeed 60'

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  China 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
2  Iran 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 6
3  Oman 3 1 1 1 8 11 −3 4
4  Tajikistan 3 0 1 2 4 11 −7 1
Source: RSSSF
Iran 2–4 Oman
Daei 20'
Hashemian 63'		 Zayid 24'
Mohammadkhani 41' (o.g.)
Al-Dhabit 51'
Salim 90'
Tajikistan 0–5 Iran
Daei 5', 71'
Bagheri 11'
Khakpour 18'
Mousavi 49'
Oman 1–6 China
Al-Dhabit 64' Hao Haidong 2'
Yao Xia 20'
Li Jinyu 29', 37'
Li Weifeng 62'
Yang Chen 76'
Iran 2–1 China
Daei 28'
Bagheri 30'		 Li Jinyu 10'
Tajikistan 3–3 Oman
Jabborov 11'
Muminov 25', 68'		 Al-Balushi 27'
Salim 43'
Shaaban 85'

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Qatar 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
2  Thailand 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Kazakhstan 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Lebanon 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
Source: RSSSF
Qatar 1–0 Lebanon
Karim 56'
Qatar 0–2 Kazakhstan
Zubarev 13'
Mirzabayev 88'
Thailand 1–0 Lebanon
Srimaka 33'
Kazakhstan 0–3 Lebanon
Al-Indari 13', 49'
Al-Jurdi 76'
Thailand 1–2 Qatar
Jaturapattarapong 34' Mustafa 36'
Al-Shemmari 69'

Knockout round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
14 December
 
 
 Uzbekistan0
 
16 December
 
 Iran4
 
 Iran1
 
14 December
 
 China0
 
 Turkmenistan0
 
19 December
 
 China3
 
 Iran2
 
14 December
 
 Kuwait0
 
 Thailand (a.e.t.)2
 
16 December
 
 South Korea1
 
 Thailand0
 
14 December
 
 Kuwait3 Bronze medal match
 
 Qatar0 (1)
 
19 December
 
 Kuwait (p)0 (3)
 
 China3
 
 
 Thailand0
 

Quarterfinals

Uzbekistan 0–4 Iran
Mousavi 29'
Daei 83', 88', 90'
Qatar 0–0 (a.e.t.) Kuwait
Penalties
Mustafa soccer ball with check mark
Anwar soccer ball with red X
Al-Tamimi soccer ball with red X
Nahnak soccer ball with red X		 1–3 soccer ball with check mark Jasem
soccer ball with check mark S. Al-Buraiki
soccer ball with check mark Al-Shammari

Semifinals

Iran 1–0 China
Mousavi 55'

Bronze medal match

China 3–0 Thailand
Fan Zhiyi 25'
Wang Peng 66'
Ma Mingyu 83'

Gold medal match

Iran 2–0 Kuwait
Karimi 6'
Bagheri 26'

Goalscorers

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Iran 8 7 0 1 24 6 +18 21
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kuwait 8 3 2 3 23 8 +15 11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China 8 6 0 2 24 7 +17 18
4  Thailand 8 4 1 3 12 10 +2 13
5  Qatar 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13
6  South Korea 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12
7  Uzbekistan 6 3 2 1 25 8 +17 11
8  Turkmenistan 6 3 2 1 10 9 +1 11
9  Japan 5 3 0 2 8 4 +4 9
10  Kazakhstan 5 2 1 2 8 6 +2 7
11  Oman 5 2 1 2 14 13 +1 7
12  Lebanon 5 2 0 3 9 7 +2 6
13  North Korea 4 1 2 1 6 8 −2 5
14  Tajikistan 5 1 1 3 8 13 −5 4
15  United Arab Emirates 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5 4
16  India 5 1 0 4 3 8 −5 3
17    Nepal 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
17  Vietnam 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
19  Cambodia 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0
20  Maldives 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
21  Laos 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0
22  Hong Kong 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
23  Mongolia 2 0 0 2 0 26 −26 0

References

  • RSSSF

External links

  • Results
  • Asian Football Results 1998