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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

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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
Malaysia  2–0  Bangladesh
Azman   43'
Abdul Karim   87'		 (Report)
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
Bangladesh  1–4  Saudi Arabia
Jewel Rana   44' (Report) Al-Muwallid   20'
Al-Temawi   27'
Al-Shahrani   65'
Al-Mehallel   73'
Attendance: 5,000
Malaysia  2–0  Chinese Taipei
Che Zambil   2'
Sulong   16'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,293
Chinese Taipei  0–0  Malaysia
(Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Saudi Arabia  3–0  Bangladesh
Al-Shahrani   (21)
O. Al-Dosari   (23)
Abdullah Al-Dosari   (50)		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
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
Bangladesh  0–1  Malaysia
(Report) Zainal   87'
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

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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

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  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
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
Iran  9–0  Maldives
Mansourian   15', 44'
Bagheri   22', 39'
Daei   33', 43'
Mahdavikia   38'
Shahroudi   68'
Azizi   87'		 (Report)
Attendance: 30,000
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
Maldives  0–6  Kyrgyzstan
(Report) Merzlikin   14'
Chertkov   22'
Kutsov   26'
Haitbaev   47', 89'
Ivanov   47'
Attendance: 70,000

Group 3

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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
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
Jordan  4–1  Bahrain
Tadrus   14', 89'
Al-Sheikh   33'
Al-Khateeb   88'		 (Report) Rashed   43'
Attendance: 4,000
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

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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
Oman  0–1  Japan
(Report) Omura   10'
Attendance: 2,000
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
Nepal    0–6  Japan
(Report) Morishima   24'
Takagi   47', 55', 89'
Omura   76'
Honda   90'
Attendance: 500
Oman  4–0  Macau
Samir   32'
Al Siyabi   42', 56'
Abdul Noor   83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 0
Japan  10–0  Macau
Nakata   17', 61'
Nishizawa   21'
Miura   23', 29', 44', 57', 62', 79'
Nanami   42'		 (Report)
Attendance: 27,342
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
Macau  0–2  Oman
(Report) Al Araimi   44'
Ahmed Hassan   89'
Attendance: 8,737
Japan  1–1  Oman
Nakata   4' (Report) Samir   63'
Attendance: 48,839
Macau  2–1    Nepal
Che   78'
Da Cruz Martins   89'		 (Report) Deepak Amatya   19'
Attendance: 22,972

Group 5

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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
Cambodia  0–1  Yemen
(Report) Dariban   39'
Attendance: 20,000
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
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
Indonesia  1–1  Uzbekistan
Sudirman   34' (Report) Shatskikh   74'
Attendance: 30,000
Yemen  1–1  Indonesia
Al Ariki   33' (Report) Putro   59'
Attendance: 35,000
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

Group 6

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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
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
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

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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
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
Lebanon  1–3  Kuwait
Shehab   29' (Report) Otaibi   7'
Al Saleh   32', 74'
Attendance: 2,500

Group 8

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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
Turkmenistan  1–4  China
Meredov   90' (Report) Peng Weiguo   26', 39'
Gao Feng   78'
Li Bing   80'
Attendance: 3,000
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
Vietnam  1–3  China
Le Huynh Duc   38' (Report) Li Bing   23'
Fan Zhiyi   32'
Hao Haidong   44'
Attendance: 23,000
Turkmenistan  1–2  Tajikistan
Tkavadze   18' (Report) Knizaev   41', 49'
Attendance: 3,000
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
China  0–0  Tajikistan
(Report)
Attendance: 21,000
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
Tajikistan  5–0  Turkmenistan
Avakov   4', 26', 34'
Dzhaborov   14'
Mouminov   88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 7,000

Group 9

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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
Pakistan  2–6  Iraq
Umer   8'
Rafiq   53'		 (Report) Fawzi   1', 62'
Chathir   35', 61'
Hussein   52'
Radhi   70'
Attendance: 12,000
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
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   1'
Attendance: 12,000

Group 10

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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
India  2–0  Philippines
Vijayan   81'
Coutinho   85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 700
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
Qatar  6–0  India
Al-Enazi   27', 40'
Al Kuwari   42'
Maayof   47'
Soufi   52'
Fazli   61'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,000

Notes

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  1. ^ FIFA awarded Syria a 3–0 win as a result of Kyrgyzstan was late on the pitch.
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