1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Final Round
Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
The AFC Final Round of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between the 10 group winners from the First Round split across 2 groups.
The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, with the two runners up facing each other in a play off. The winner of this play off went on to compete for a place in the World Cup in the OFC / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
Format
The seeded teams were as follows:
| Seeded teams |
|---|
Group A
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Saudi Arabia |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 |  Iran |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 |  China PR |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | –3 | 11 |
| 4 |  Qatar |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | –3 | 10 |
| 5 |  Kuwait |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 8 |
| China PR |
2–4 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
Fan Zhiyi  44' (pen.)Li Ming 54' |
(Report) | Bagheri 61' (pen.) Mahdavikia 67', 73'Roosta 86' |
17 October 1997 |
| Iran |
4–1 | China PR |
|---|---|---|
| Mansourian 2' Roosta 44'Bagheri 69'Ali Daei 73' |
(Report) | Mao Yijun 87' |
31 October 1997 |
| China PR |
2–3 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| Gao Feng 19' Fan Zhiyi 80' |
(Report) | Al Naemi 44' Al-Enazi 54'Al Kuwari 60' |
Group B
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 |  Japan |
8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 |  United Arab Emirates |
8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | –3 | 9 |
| 4 |  Uzbekistan |
8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | –5 | 6 |
| 5 |  Kazakhstan |
8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | –12 | 6 |
| Japan |
6–3 | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| Miura 4' (pen.), 40', 64', 80' Nakata 40'Jo 44' |
(Report) | Shatskikh 56', 77' Fyodorov 69' (pen.) |
12 September 1997 |
| South Korea |
2–1 | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| Choi Yong-Soo 15' Lee Sang-Yoon 87' |
(Report) | Shatskikh 74' |
12 September 1997 |
| United Arab Emirates |
4–0 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| Ali 20' Obaid 48'Zuhair Bakheet 75'Mubarak 85' |
(Report) |
27 September 1997 |
| Uzbekistan |
2–3 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Shirshov 10' Bazarov 90' |
(Report) | Zuhair Bakheet 51' Alabadla 60'Adnan Al Talyani 85' |
4 October 1997 |
| South Korea |
3–0 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Ha Seok-Ju 8' Yoo Sang-Chul 69'Lee Sang-Yoon 81' |
(Report) |
18 October 1997 |
| Uzbekistan |
1–5 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Fedorov 61' |
(Report) | Choi Yong-Soo 19', 41' Yoo Sang-Chul 38'Ko Jeong-Woon 57'Kim Do-Hoon 70' |
8 November 1997 |
| Japan |
5–1 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| Akita 11' Nakata 15'Nakayama 44'Ihara 66'Takagi 88' |
(Report) | Yevteyev 73' |
9 November 1997 |
| United Arab Emirates |
1–3 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Zuhair Bakheet 58' |
(Report) | Lee Sang-Yoon 11' Kim Do-Hoon 42', 67' |
References
- ↑ FIFA report made a mistake here, the scorer is Ma Mingyu.
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