2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The qualification process for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup football competition began on March 2003. Out of the 45 AFC members only Cambodia and the Philippines failed to enter for the tournament. Both China, the hosts and Japan, the reigning champions automatically qualified for the finals. The lowest ranked 20 teams were placed in 6 preliminary qualifying groups of 3 and one group of 2, with the group winners joining the remaining 21 teams in 7 groups of 4. The top two of each of these groups qualified for the finals in China.

Preliminary round

In the following tables:

Group A

All matches played in Malé, Maldives

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Myanmar 6220070+7
 Maldives 1201113−2
 Brunei 1201116−5

21 March 2003
Brunei  1 – 1  Maldives
Fadlin  59' Ali Umar  42'

23 March 2003
Myanmar  5 – 0  Brunei
Win Hyikie  10'
Aung Kyaw Moe  14'
Yan Pang  45',  66'
Lwin Oo  75'

25 March 2003
Maldives  0 – 2  Myanmar
Win Htike  52'
Zaw Zaw  65'

Group B

All matches played in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Sri Lanka 6220053+2
 Chinese Taipei 3210142+2
 Timor-Leste 0200226−4

21 March 2003
Timor-Leste  2 – 3  Sri Lanka
Mohammad Hamza  3' (o.g.)
F.J.G.R.M Cabral  81' 		Kasun Jayasuriya  36'
Channa  44',  89'

23 March 2003
Chinese Taipei  3 – 0  Timor-Leste
H.C. Ming
C.J. Ming  33'

25 March 2003
Sri Lanka  2 – 1  Chinese Taipei
S.R. Kumara  13'
Channa  78' 		Yen C.W.  47'

Group C

All matches played in Kathmandu, Nepal

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
   Nepal 3210142+2
 Kyrgyzstan 3210132+1
 Afghanistan 3210125−3

16 March 2003
Kyrgyzstan  1 – 2  Afghanistan
Zhumagulov  63' Tahir Shah  25'
Farid Azami  76'
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jehangir Khan (Pakistan)

18 March 2003
Afghanistan  0 – 4    Nepal
Nirajan Rayamajhi  35'
Hari Khadka  39',  87'
Dipak Lama  90'

20 March 2003
Nepal    0 – 2  Kyrgyzstan
Pryanishnikov  27', 45'
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rizwan Ul Haq (India)

Group D

All matches played in Hong Kong

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Hong Kong 4211073+4
 Laos 3210136−3
 Bangladesh 1201134−1

25 March 2003
Laos  1 – 5  Hong Kong
Visay Phaphouvanin  66' Chan Chi Hong  17', 35'
Kwok Yue Hung  47'
Au Wai Lun  59' (pen.), 82'

27 March 2003
Bangladesh  1 – 2  Laos
Ariful Kabir  90+1' Kholadeth Ponephachan  30'
Visay Phaphouvanin  37'

30 March 2003
Hong Kong  2 – 2  Bangladesh
Au Wai Lun  44' (pen.)
Szeto Man Chun  45' 		Feroj Mahmood Hossain  66'
Md. Monwar Hossen  77'

Group E

All matches played in Singapore

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Singapore 6220050+5
 Pakistan 32101330
 Macau 0200205−5

21 March 2003
Macau  0 – 3  Pakistan
Qadeer Ahmed  27',  65'
Sarfraz Rassol  51'

23 March 2003
Singapore  2 – 0  Macau
Azhar Baksin  23'
Indra Sahdan Daud  58'

25 March 2003
Pakistan  0 – 3  Singapore
Indra Sahdan Daud  8',  35'
Mohd Noh Alam Shah  66'

Group F

All matches played in Thimphu, Bhutan

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Bhutan 4211060+6
 Mongolia 4211050+5
 Guam 02002011−11

23 April 2003
Guam  0 – 6  Bhutan
Wangay Dorji  32',  35'
Dinesh Chhetri  59'
Passang Tshering  76' (pen)
Pema Chopel  88'
Yeshey Nedup  89'

25 April 2003
Mongolia  5 – 0  Guam
Ganbat Bat-Yalalt  20'
Ganbaataryn Tögsbayar  26',  56',  90'
Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav  61'

27 April 2003
Bhutan  0 – 0  Mongolia

Group G

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 North Korea 4211031+2
 India 1201113−2

24 March 2003
North Korea  2 – 0  India
Choe So-Hyok  44',  70'

30 March 2003
India  1 – 1  North Korea
I.M. Vijayan  29' Choe Hyun-Yu  85'

Qualifying round

In the following tables:

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Uzbekistan 136411136+7
 Thailand 96303107+3
 Tajikistan 8622235−2
 Hong Kong 46114311−8

Played in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

6 November 2003
Tajikistan  1 – 0  Thailand
Fuzailov  79'

6 November 2003
18:00
Uzbekistan  4 – 1  Hong Kong
Akopyants  1'
Shishelov  17', 67'
Soliev  28' 		Law Chun Bong  45'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Referee: Suresh Srinivasan (India)

8 November 2003
Hong Kong  0 – 0  Tajikistan

8 November 2003
18:00
Thailand  0 – 3  Uzbekistan
Shatskikh  23'
Shishelov  27', 70'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Referee: Moghaddam Rahimi (Iran)

10 November 2003
Hong Kong  2 – 1  Thailand
Cheung Sai Ho  28'
Wong Chun Yue  69' 		Datsakorn Thonglao 64'

10 November 2003
18:00
Uzbekistan  0 – 0  Tajikistan
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Salah Amim Mohammed (UAE)

Played in Bangkok, Thailand.

17 November 2003
Thailand  4 – 0  Hong Kong
Noywech  24'
Thonglao  35'
Chaikamdee  79', 88' (pen.)

17 November 2003
20:00
Uzbekistan  4 – 1  Tajikistan
Shishelov  8', 36'
Kapadze  50'
Koshelev  61' 		Burkhanov  65'

19 November 2003
Tajikistan  0 – 1  Thailand
Chaiman  83'

19 November 2003
20:00
Hong Kong  0 – 1  Uzbekistan
Shirshov  32'

21 November 2003
Hong Kong  0 – 1  Tajikistan
Muhidinov  68'

21 November 2003
17:00
Thailand  4 – 1  Uzbekistan
Noywech  38'
Surasiang  56'
Thongman  78'
Chaikamdee  81' 		Koshelev  88'

Group B

NB: All Palestine's home matches played away.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Kuwait 166510175+12
 Qatar 116321106+4
 Singapore 46114311−8
 Palestine 26024311−8

4 September 2003
Singapore  1 – 3  Kuwait
Goncalves  50'' Neda  10'
Al-Mutawa  67', 90'
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 10,500

14 September 2003
Kuwait  2 – 1  Qatar
Abdullah  56'
Wabran  85' 		Al-Ghanem  27'

20 September 2003
Qatar  2 – 2  Kuwait
Bechir  21', 82' Redha  26'
Al Ateeqi  71'

24 September 2003
Palestine  1 – 1  Qatar
Mansour  90' Abdullah  47'

27 September 2003
Kuwait  4 – 0  Singapore
Abdullah  25', 78'
Al-Mutawa  47'
Abdulreda  53'

27 September 2003
Qatar  2 – 1  Palestine
Mohyeddin  68'
Hamzah  90' 		Abdala  77'

5 October 2003
Kuwait  2 – 1  Palestine
Wabran  25'
Al-Mutawa  59' 		Amer  72'
Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli, Kuwait
Referee: Abdullah Al-Harasi (Oman)

8 October 2003
Palestine  0 – 4  Kuwait
Abdullah  36', 57' (pen.)
Al-Mutawa  42', 46'
Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli, Kuwait
Referee: Muslim Al-Boloushi (UAE)

19 October 2003
Singapore  2 – 0  Palestine
Juraimi  18'
Shah  88'
Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 2,787
Referee: Sarkar Subrata (India)

22 October 2003
Palestine  0 – 0  Singapore
Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 3,076
Referee: Anura de Silva (Sri Lanka)

19 November 2003
Qatar  2 – 0  Singapore
Bechir  10'
Mustafa  28'

29 November 2003
Singapore  0 – 2  Qatar
Koni  42'
Bechir  55'

Group C

Played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Saudi Arabia 186600311+30
 Indonesia 106312913−4
 Yemen 7621315150
 Bhutan 06006026−26

6 October 2003
Saudi Arabia  7 – 0  Yemen
Yusri Al Bashah 16',18',24',35'
Mohammed Noor 65'
Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 73'pk
Talal Al-Meshal 80'

6 October 2003
Indonesia  2 – 0  Bhutan
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 19'
Zaenal Arif 48'

8 October 2003
Yemen  0 – 3  Indonesia
Uston Nawawi 51',89'
Zaenal Arif 70'

8 October 2003
Saudi Arabia  6 – 0  Bhutan
Yusri Al Bashah 7'
Abdullah Jumaa 9',25'
Yasser Al-Qahtani 28'
Abdulaziz Al-Janoubi 43'
Said Wadaani 90'

10 October 2003
Saudi Arabia  5 – 0  Indonesia
Talal Al-Meshal 38',55',56'
Yusri Al Bashah 47',49'

10 October 2003
Bhutan  0 – 8  Yemen
Yasir Bashi 20',25',82'
Fikri Al-Habibshi 35'
Saled Al-Shiri 59'
Adel Al-Shiri 59'
Adel Al-Salemi 67',88'
Nashwan Aziz 74'

13 October 2003
Yemen  1 – 3  Saudi Arabia
Yasir Bashi 12' Hamad Al-Montashari 18'
Abdullah Al-Waked 20'
Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 82'pk

13 October 2003
Bhutan  0 – 2  Indonesia
Eduard Ivakdalam 19'
Zaenal Arif 33'

15 October 2003
Indonesia  2 – 2  Yemen
Eduard Ivakdalam 12'pk,38' Adel Al-Salimi 31pk
Ali Al-Amki 56'

15 October 2003
Bhutan  0 – 4  Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Jumaa 3',24',80'
Bandar Temim 44'pk

17 October 2003
Yemen  4 – 0  Bhutan
Nashwan Al-Jajjam 3', 20
Ali Al-Amki 33'
Adel Al-Salimi 81'

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 156501165+11
 Jordan 156501136+7
 Lebanon 4611428−6
 North Korea 16015214−12

4 September 2003
North Korea  0 – 1  Lebanon
Buddy Farah 56'
Pyongyang, North Korea
Attendance: 95, 000[1]

5 September 2003
Iran  4 – 1  Jordan
Ali Daei 45',90'
Nekounam 75'
Mobali 80 		Mo'ayyad Salim 2'

26 September 2003
Jordan  3 – 2  Iran
Mo'ayyad Salim 41'
Shelbaieh 45'
Al-Shaqran 81' 		Golmohammadi 6'
Majidi 59'

17 October 2003
Jordan  1 – 0  Lebanon
Hatem Aqel 86' (p.)

27 October 2003
North Korea  1 – 3  Iran
Myong Song-Chol  61' Karimi  47', 79'
Navidkia  87'

3 November 2003
Lebanon  1 – 1  North Korea
Khaled Hamieh 59' Kim Yong-chol 62'

12 November 2003
Lebanon  0 – 2  Jordan
Hassouneh Al-Sheikh 37'
Al-Shaqran 65'

12 November 2003
Iran  3 – 0 1  North Korea

18 November 2003
Jordan  3 – 0  North Korea
Shelbaieh 7'
Al-Shboul 89'
Anas Al-Zboun 90'

19 November 2003
Lebanon  0 – 3  Iran
Ali Daei 38' (p.)
Golmohammadi 61'
Nikbakht 80'

28 November 2003
Iran  1 – 0  Lebanon
Ali Daei 27

28 November 2003
North Korea  0 – 3 2  Jordan

1 The match was abandoned after 61 minutes with Iran leading 1-0 after North Korea walked off the pitch due to firecrackers thrown from the crowd; despite the instructions of the referee, North Korea refused to return to the pitch. The match was awarded 3-0 to Iran, who were ordered to play their next home match in an official AFC or FIFA competition behind closed doors.

2 The match was abandoned after North Korean immigration officials refused Jordan's team entry into the country, claiming that they had failed to obtain the correct visa. The match was awarded 3-0 to Jordan, while North Korea were found guilty of improper conduct by the AFC, suspended from AFC competitions for one year, and banned from qualifying for the 2007 Asian Cup.

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Oman 156501242+22
 South Korea 126402304+26
 Vietnam 96303813−5
   Nepal 06006043−43

Played in Incheon, Korea Republic.

25 September 2003
Nepal    0 – 7  Oman
Fawzi Bashir  2', 25'
Ahmed Hadid  4', 12'
Hassan Mudhafar  6'
Badar Al-Maimani  51'
Hani Al-Dhabit  59'

25 September 2003
Vietnam  0 – 5  South Korea
Lee Ki-Hyung  35'
Cho Jae-Jin  49'
Kim Do-Hoon  68'
Kim Dae-Ui  72'
Woo Sung-Yong  86'
Munhak Stadium, Incheon, South Korea
Attendance: 14,327
Referee: Subash Anthony Lazar (Singapore)

27 September 2003
Vietnam  5 – 0    Nepal
Pham Van Quyen  14', 23', 36'
Nguyen Tuan Phong  22'
Phan Thanh Binh  90'

27 September 2003
South Korea  1 – 0  Oman
Choi Sung-Kuk  46'

29 September 2003
Oman  6 – 0  Vietnam
Nasser Zayid
Al-Dhabit
Badar Al-Maimani

29 September 2003
South Korea  16 – 0    Nepal
Kim Dae-Eui  18',  37'
Woo Sung-Yong  21',  46',  48'
Park Jin-Sub  22',  28',  64',  67',  89'
Lee Eul-Yong  54'
Lee Kwan-Woo  57'
Kim Do-Hoon  75',  84',  86'
Chung Kyung-Ho  80'

Played in Muscat, Oman.

19 October 2003
Nepal    0 – 6  Oman
Fawzi Bashir  18', 62', 82'
Yousuf Shaaban  20'
Ahmed Hadid  44'
Hashim Saleh  78'

19 October 2003
South Korea  0 – 1  Vietnam
Pham Van Quyen  74'
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Panya Hanlumyaung (Thailand)

21 October 2003
Vietnam  2 – 0    Nepal
Nguyen Minh Phuong  49'
Phan Thanh Binh  50'

21 October 2003
Oman  3 – 1  South Korea
Al-Dhabit  60'
Hashim Saleh  64'
Fawzi Bashir  88' 		Chung Kyung-Ho  49'
Woo Sung-Yong Red card 91'

24 October 2003
South Korea  7 – 0    Nepal
Cho Jae-Jin  1'
Lee Ki-Hyung  5', 51'
Kim Do-Hoon  15' (pen.), 31', 33'
Chung Kyung-Ho  51'

24 October 2003
Oman  2 – 0  Vietnam
Al-Dhabit  47'
Ahmed Hadid  68'

Group F

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 136411164+12
 Bahrain 136411149+5
 Malaysia 56123912−3
 Myanmar 36105418−14

Played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

8 October 2003
Iraq  5 – 1  Bahrain
Younis Mahmoud  5'  48'  69'  83'
Jassim Swadi  25' 		Saleh Farhan  71'
Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 350
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)

8 October 2003
Malaysia  4 – 0  Myanmar
Tengku Hazman  34'  80'
Gilbert Cassidy  67'
Tun Lin Soe  86' (o.g.)
Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Yang Ziqiang (China)

10 October 2003
Myanmar  1 – 3  Bahrain
Soe Myat Min  77' Talal Yousef  14'
A'ala Hubail  49'
Hussain Ali Ahmed  76'
Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 800
Referee: Santhan Nagalingam (Singapore)

10 October 2003
Malaysia  0 – 0  Iraq
Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Khantama Adunyachart (Thailand)

12 October 2003
Iraq  3 – 0  Myanmar
Haidar Obeid  39'
Ahmad Mnajed  50'
Hesham Mohammed  86'
Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 500
Referee: Yang Ziqiang (China)

12 October 2003
Malaysia  2 – 2  Bahrain
Shukor Adan  80'
Norhafiz Zamani Misbah  90' 		Sayed Mahmood Jalal  6'
Mohammed Husain Bahzad  45'
Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)

Played in Manama, Bahrain.

20 October 2003
Iraq  5 – 1  Malaysia
Qusai Hashim  20'
Younis Mahmoud  36'  45'  63'
Hussam Fawzi  70' 		Hairuddin Omar  53'
Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mohammed Omar Al-Saeedi (UAE)

20 October 2003
Bahrain  4 – 0  Myanmar
Abdulla Al Marzooqi  22'
Hussain Ali Ahmed 27'
Sayed Mahmood Jalal  45'
Saleh Farhan  45+2' (pen.)
Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Abdullah Al-Harrasi (Oman)

22 October 2003
Myanmar  1 – 3  Iraq
Zaw Zaw  45' Abbas Hassan  38'
Abbas Rahim  66'
Jassim Swadi  89' (pen.)
Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 300
Referee: Farajollah Yasrebi (Iran)

22 October 2003
Bahrain  3 – 1  Malaysia
Hussain Ali Ahmed  30'  45'
Talal Yousef  43' (pen.) 		Indra Putra Mahayuddin  37'
Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Talat Najem (Lebanon)

24 October 2003
Myanmar  2 – 1  Malaysia
Soe Myat Min  25'
Fadzli Saari  43' (o.g.) 		Hairuddin Omar  86'
Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdullah Al-Harrasi (Oman)

24 October 2003
Bahrain  1 – 0  Iraq
A'ala Hubail  12'
Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Mohammed Omar Al-Saaedi (UAE)

Group G

NB: All of Sri Lanka's home matches were played away.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Turkmenistan 146420102+8
 United Arab Emirates 136411135+8
 Syria 762131610+6
 Sri Lanka 06006123−22

15 October 2003
Syria  5 – 0  Sri Lanka
Iyad Mando  34', 82'
Maher Al-Sayed  54', 84'
Firas Al-Khatib  73'

18 October 2003
Sri Lanka  0 – 8  Syria
Firas Al-Khatib  40', 49', 55'
Maher Al-Sayed  45', 65'
Iyad Mando  60'
Nabil Al Shahmeh  80', 83'

7 November 2003
Syria  1 – 3  United Arab Emirates
Firas Al-Khatib  50' Rami Yaslam  74'
Mohammed Srour  80'
Abdulrahim Jumaa  89'

9 November 2003
Turkmenistan  1 – 0  Sri Lanka
Agabayew  9'

12 November 2003
Sri Lanka  0 – 3  Turkmenistan

28 November 2003
Syria  1 – 1  Turkmenistan
Anas Sari  10' Urazow  16'

3 December 2003
Turkmenistan  3 – 01  Syria

1 Syria failed to show up for the match. The match was awarded 3-0 to Turkmenistan.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/30/1067233325247.html?from=storyrhs

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