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

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

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  AUS  IRQ  PRK  LIB
 Australia 6 3 3 0 7 1 +6 12 2–0 1–0 3–0
 Iraq 6 3 2 1 12 4 +8 11 0–0 2–0 5–2
 North Korea 6 1 2 3 3 6 −3 5 1–1 0–0 0–1
 Lebanon 6 1 1 4 4 15 −11 4 0–0 0–5 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Iraq 0–0 Australia
Al-Rayyan Stadium, Al-Rayyan (Qatar)[note 1]
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
North Korea 0–1 Lebanon
Yaacoub 12'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
Australia 1–0 North Korea
Milligan 49'
Lebanon 0–5 Iraq
Saeed 22'
Abdul-Zahra 59', 89'
Ali Abbas 72'
Karrar Jassim 76'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
Australia 3–0 Lebanon
Ward 6'
Bridge 24'
Williams 90+3'
Attendance: 4,171
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Iraq 2–0 North Korea
Ibrahim 21'
Abdul-Zahra 69'
Lebanon 0–0 Australia
North Korea 0–0 Iraq
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Hasan Tayeb (Bangladesh)
Australia 2–0 Iraq
Leijer 19'
Milligan 58'
Lebanon 1–2 North Korea
Salameh 5' (pen.) Kim Kyong-Il 45+1'
Kim Kuk-Jin 70'
Iraq 5–2 Lebanon
Abdul-Zahra 8', 23', 81'
Mustafa 30'
Samer Saeed 37'		 Maatouk 59' (pen.)
Al Saadi 72' (pen.)
North Korea 1–1 Australia
Pak Chol-Min 10' Leijer 70'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  KOR  BHR  SYR  UZB
 South Korea 6 3 3 0 4 1 +3 12 0–0 1–0 2–1
 Bahrain 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 0–1 1–1 2–0
 Syria 6 0 4 2 5 7 −2 4 0–0 1–2 3–3
 Uzbekistan 6 0 3 3 5 9 −4 3 0–0 1–2 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
South Korea 2–1 Uzbekistan
Lee Sang-ho 49'
Lee Keun-Ho 79'		 Kim Jin-Kyu 24' (o.g.)
Attendance: 22,885
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)
Syria 1–2 Bahrain
Al Hussain 37' Okwunwanne 45', 90+2'
Attendance: 3,000
Uzbekistan 0–0 Syria
Bahrain 0–1 South Korea
Kang Min-Soo 64'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)
Uzbekistan 1–2 Bahrain
Abdullaev 86' Abdullah Omar 29'
Al Banki 90+2'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
South Korea 1–0 Syria
Kim Seung-Yong 10'
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China PR)
Bahrain 2–0 Uzbekistan
Okwunwanne 45'
Abdullah Omar 55'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)
Syria 0–0 South Korea
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)
Uzbekistan 0–0 South Korea
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Abdulla Mohamed Balideh (Qatar)
Bahrain 1–1 Syria
Aaish 63' Al Haj 42'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
South Korea 0–0 Bahrain
Syria 3–3 Uzbekistan
Al Haj 42'
Bakri Tarrab 44'
Dalli Hasan 86'		 Tadjiyev 61' (pen.)
Galiulin 63', 66'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  JPN  QAT  KSA  VIE
 Japan 6 3 2 1 7 2 +5 11 1–0 0–0 1–0
 Qatar 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 2–1 1–0 3–1
 Saudi Arabia 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 0–0 2–1 2–0
 Vietnam 6 0 2 4 3 12 −9 2 0–4 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Japan 1–0 Vietnam
Aoyama 45+1'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 22,507
Qatar 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Al-Hamad 71'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Vietnam 1–1 Qatar
Nguyễn Vũ Phong 13' Al Yazeedi 11'
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Japan
Vietnam 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Lê Công Vinh 65' Naif Hazazi 80'
Japan 1–0 Qatar
Kajiyama 6'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 23,163
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Vietnam
Al-Salem 64' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.)
Qatar 2–1 Japan
Al Haidos 77'
Majdi Siddiq 90+3' (pen.)		 Aoyama 43'
Vietnam 0–4 Japan
Lee 9', 25'
Honda 40' (pen.)
Hosogai 87'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Qatar
Al-Bishi 76' (pen.)
Al-Ghanam 88'		 Magid Mohamed 69'
Japan 0–0 Saudi Arabia
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 42,913
Qatar 3–1 Vietnam
Jassem 22', 52'
Al Haidos 31'		 Lê Công Vinh 80'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)

Notes

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

External links

  • Official site of the AFC Men's Olympic Qualifiers