1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round

The AFC First Round of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 36 AFC members.

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto (Japan)
Malaysia 2–0 Bangladesh
Azman  43'
Abdul Karim  87'		 (Report)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
Bangladesh 1–3 Chinese Taipei
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
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
Imtiaz
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)
Syria 3–0
Awarded[note 1]		 Kyrgyzstan
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'
Attendance: 8,000
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)
Attendance: 3,000
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'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Menfi Redha Falah (Iraq)
United Arab Emirates 3–0 Bahrain
Saeed  14'
Mubarak  50', 60'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kiyoshi Ota (Japan)
United Arab Emirates 2–0 Jordan
Al Talyani  27'
Mubarak  88'		 (Report)
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)
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'
Attendance: 15,875
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Japan 3–0   Nepal
Nishizawa  44'
Miura  72', 87'		 (Report)
Attendance: 28,360
Referee: Abayawansa Mahasena Yapa (Sri Lanka)
Macau 0–2 Oman
(Report) Al Araimi  44'
Ahmed Hassan  89'
Attendance: 8,737
Referee: Mahmoud Al Rifaee (Syria)
Japan 1–1 Oman
Nakata  4' (Report) Samir  63'
Attendance: 48,839
Referee: Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia)
Macau 2–1   Nepal
Che  78'
Da Cruz Martins  89'		 (Report) Deepak Amatya  19'
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)
Attendance: 25,000
Indonesia 0–0 Yemen
(Report)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia)
Cambodia 0–1 Yemen
(Report) Dariban  39'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ng Yim Kin (Hong Kong)
Cambodia 1–1 Indonesia
Sochetra  65' (Report) Putro  80'
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'
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'
Referee: Yoshimi Ogawa (Japan)
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 Woo  23'
Cheng Sin Siu  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)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hussein Issa (Iraq)
South Korea 0–0 Thailand
(Report)
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'
Attendance: 12,000
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'
Attendance: 14,455
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'
Attendance: 2,500

Group 8
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China PR 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 PR
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 PR
(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 PR
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 PR 1–0 Turkmenistan
Li Jinyu  81' (Report)
Workers Stadium, Beijing
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 PR 0–0 Tajikistan
(Report)
Workers Stadium, Beijing
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 PR 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)
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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