1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

1997-98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Teams	29
Final positions
Champions	Al Nassr (1st title)
Runners-up	Suwon Samsung Bluewings

The winners of the 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, the association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation, are listed below.

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kairat Almaty	4-2	Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	3-0	1-2
Köpetdag Aşgabat	6-3	Neftchi Farg'ona	4-0	2-3
Al Shabab	4-3¹	Al Ahli Hudayda	2-0	2-3
Al Nijmeh	0-3	Al Ittihad	0-0	0-3
Bahrain club	4-5	Kazma	2-3	2-2
Al-Seeb	3-4	Al Shorta	3-2	0-2
Bargh Shiraz	bye
Al-Nassr	bye
AiK Bishkek	withdrew

¹ both matches in UAE

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
East Bengal	11-0	Tribhuvan Club	8-0	3-0
Old Benedictines	0-8	Abahani KC	0-5	0-3
Beijing Guoan	12-0¹	New Radiant	4-0	8-0
Instant Dict	3-6	Singapore Armed Forces	2-3	1-3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	9-1	Hải Quan	5-1	4-0
Royal Thai Air Force	2-1	Melaka Telekom	0-0	2-1
Verdy Kawasaki	bye
PSM Makassar	bye

¹ Both matches played in China, 1st leg at Beijing, 2nd leg at Wenzhou.

Second round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kairat Almaty	3-3(a)	Köpetdag Aşgabat	3-1	0-2
Al Shabab	(w/o)¹	Al-Nassr
Bargh Shiraz	2-3	Al Shorta	1-1	1-2
Al Ittihad	1-0²	Kazma	1-0	0-0

¹ Al Shabab withdrew
² both matches in Qatar

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Royal Thai Air Force	1-2	PSM Makassar	1-2	0-0
Singapore Armed Forces	0-8	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0-2	0-6
Abahani KC	0-3	Beijing Guoan	0-1	0-2
Verdy Kawasaki	5-3	East Bengal	5-2	0-1

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Köpetdag Aşgabat	5-1	Al Shorta	4-0	1-1
Al-Nassr	3-2	Al Ittihad	0-0	3-2

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Verdy Kawasaki	0-3	Beijing Guoan	0-2	0-1
PSM Makassar	0-13	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0-1	0-12

Semifinals

Al-Nassr v Köpetdag Aşgabat

April 10, 1998

Al-Nassr	2–1	Köpetdag Aşgabat
Mohaisen_Al-Jam'an 10' Majed Abdullah 39'		Magdiýew 79'

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

April 10, 1998

Beijing Guoan	0–5	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
		Olariu 36' Lee Ki-Hyung 58' Park Kun-Ha 73' (p) 84' Cho Hyun 90'

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Third place match

Beijing Guoan v Köpetdag Aşgabat

April 12, 1998

Beijing Guoan	4–1	Köpetdag Aşgabat

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Final

Al-Nassr v Suwon Samsung Bluewings

April 12, 1998

Al-Nassr	1–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Hristo Stoichkov 9'

King Fahd International Stadium , Riyadh

Champions

Asian Cup Winners Cup 1997-1998

Al-Nassr
First Title

References

Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998

Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League

Asian Champion Club Tournament era, 1967–1971

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Seasons

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