1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Format
A total of 36 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 3.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.
There were three rounds of play:
- First round: The 36 teams were divided into 10 groups of 3 or 4 teams each. The teams played against each other twice, except in Group 10, where the teams played against each other once. The group winners advanced to the second round.
- Second round: The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified for the World Cup. The runners-up advanced to the third round.
- Third round: The two teams played against each other once in Malaysia. The winner qualify for the World Cup. The loser advanced to the AFC–OFC intercontinental play-offs.
First round
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Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Group 7
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Group 8
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Group 9
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Group 10
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Second round
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Group A
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Group B
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Third round
- The third round (play-off) was played over a single leg at a neutral venue.
- Extra time was played using the golden goal rule.
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Inter-confederation play-offs
Template:TwoLeg end 3–3 on aggregate, Iran won on away goalsQualified teams
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg | 3–3 (a) | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Australia | flag alias = Flag of Australia (converted).svg | flag alias-1901 = Flag of Australia (1901-1903).svg | flag alias-1903 = Flag of Australia (1903-1908).svg | flag alias-union = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | flag alias-colonial = Australian Colonial Flag.svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Australia.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Australia.svg | flag alias-naval-1913 = Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg | link alias-naval = Royal Australian Navy | link alias-army = Australian Army | flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Australia.svg | link alias-air force = Royal Australian Air Force | flag alias-air force-1948 = Air Force Ensign of Australia (1948–1982).svg | flag alias-air force-1922 = Air Force Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg | link alias-football = Australia men's national soccer team | flag alias-marines=UCP 2RAR.svg | link alias-marines=2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Australia.svg | link alias-navy = Royal Australian Navy | flag alias-military = Ensign of the Australian Defence Force.svg | link alias-military = Australian Defence Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
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1–1 | 2–2 |
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Saudi Arabia | flag alias = Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg | flag alias-1744 = Flag of the First Saudi State.svg | flag alias-1822 = Flag of the First Saudi State.svg | flag alias-1902 = Flag of the Second Saudi State.svg | flag alias-1921 = Flag of Nejd (1921).svg | flag alias-1926 = Flag of Nejd (1926).svg | flag alias-1932 = Flag of Saudi Arabia (1932–1934).svg | flag alias-1934 = Flag of Saudi Arabia (1934–1938).svg | flag alias-1938 = Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938–1973).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Saudi Arabia.svg | link alias-naval = Royal Saudi Navy | flag alias-navy = Naval base flag of the Royal Saudi Navy.svg | link alias-navy = Royal Saudi Navy | flag alias-army = Flag of the Royal Saudi Land Forces.svg | link alias-army = Saudi Arabian Army | flag alias-military = Saudi Armed Forces Flag.svg | link alias-military = Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia | flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Royal Saudi Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Royal Saudi Air Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
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| {{ Template:Yesno | alias = South Korea | flag alias = Flag of South Korea.svg | flag alias-1945 = Flag of South Korea (1945–1948).svg | flag alias-1948 = Flag of South Korea (1948–1949).svg | flag alias-1949 = Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg | flag alias-1984 = Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg | flag alias-1997 = Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg | flag alias-army = Flag of the Republic of Korea Army.svg | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Republic of Korea Air Force.svg | link alias-army = Republic of Korea Army | flag alias-naval = Flag of the Republic of Korea Navy.svg | link alias-naval = Republic of Korea Navy | link alias-air force = Republic of Korea Air Force | flag alias-marines = Flag of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps.svg | link alias-marines = Republic of Korea Marine Corps | link alias-navy = Republic of Korea Navy | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Republic of Korea Navy.svg | flag alias-military = Flag of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.svg | link alias-military = Republic of Korea Armed Forces | flag alias-coast guard = Flag of the Korean Coast Guard.svg | link alias-coast guard = Korea Coast Guard | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant = 1997
}} || Script error: No such module "sort". || Template:Dts || 4 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994) | ||||||||
| {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Japan | flag alias = Flag of Japan.svg | flag alias-1870 = Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg | link alias-1870 = Empire of Japan | flag alias-1945 = Flag of Allied Occupied Japan.svg | border-1945 = | flag alias-1947 = Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg | flag alias-ryukyu = Civil ensign of the Ryukyu Islands (1952–1967).svg | border-ryukyu = | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Japan.svg | flag alias-coast guard = Ensign of the Japanese Coast Guard.svg | link alias-coast guard = Japan Coast Guard | link alias-naval = Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | flag alias-army = Flag of JSDF.svg | link alias-army = Japan Ground Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.svg | link alias-air force = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force-1955 = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (1955-1957).png | link alias-air force-1955 = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force-1957 = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (1957-1972).png | link alias-air force-1957 = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force-1972 = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (1972-2001).png | link alias-air force-1972 = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-military=Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.svg | link alias-military=Japan Self-Defense Forces | flag alias-marines=Flag of JSDF.svg | link alias-marines=Japanese Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Japan.svg | link alias-navy = Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | empty = Junior Japan | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant = 1947
}} || Script error: No such module "sort". || Template:Dts || 0 (debut) |
| {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Iran | flag alias = Flag of Iran.svg | flag alias-official = Flag of Iran (official).svg | flag alias-1502 = Flag of Persia (1502-1524).svg | flag alias-1576 = Safavid Flag.svg | flag alias-1665 = Flag of Persia (1665).svg | flag alias-1736 = Nadir Shah Flag.svg | flag alias-1760 = Zand Dynasty flag.svg | border-1760 = | flag alias-1796 = Qajar Naval Ensign.svg | flag alias-1849 = Amir Kabir Flag.svg | flag alias-1907 = Flag of Persia (1907).svg | flag alias-1910 = Flag of Persia (1910-1925).svg | flag alias-1925 = State Flag of Iran (1925).svg | flag alias-1964 = State Flag of Iran (1964).svg | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force | flag alias-army = Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces.svg | link alias-army = Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.svg | link alias-navy = Islamic Republic of Iran Navy | link alias-naval = Islamic Republic of Iran Navy | flag alias-military = Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army.svg | link alias-military = Islamic Republic of Iran Army | flag alias-coast guard = Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg | link alias-coast guard = Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant = | related1 = Persia | related2 = Pahlavi Iran | related3 = Qajar Iran
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- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 459 goals scored in 132 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 3.53 goals per match.
- 19 goals
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- 9 goals
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- 8 goals
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- 7 goals
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- 5 goals
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- Template:Flagicon Mehdi Mahdavikia
- Template:Flagicon Alireza Mansourian
- Template:Flagicon Hussam Fawzi
- Template:Flagicon Viktor Zubarev
- Template:Flagicon Bashar Abdulaziz
- Template:Flagicon Nihad Al Boushi
- Template:Flagicon Arsen Avakov
- Template:Flagicon Khamees Saad Mubarak
- Template:Flagicon Ravshan Bozorov
- Template:Flagicon Andrei Fyodorov
- Template:Flagicon Igor Shkvyrin
- 3 goals
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- Template:Flagicon Rocky Putiray
- Template:Flagicon Widodo Putro
- Template:Flagicon Hamid Estili
- Template:Flagicon Reza Shahroudi
- Template:Flagicon Laith Hussein
- Template:Flagicon Yutaka Akita
- Template:Flagicon Wagner Lopes
- Template:Flagicon Hiroshi Nanami
- Template:Flagicon Boulat Esmagambetov
- Template:Flagicon Vladimir Loginov
- Template:Flagicon Pavel Yevteyev
- Template:Flagicon Sergey Kutsov
- Template:Flagicon Ahmed Hassan
- Template:Flagicon Mahmoud Soufi
- Template:Flagicon Obeid Al-Dosari
- Template:Flagicon Fahad Al-Mehallel
- Template:Flagicon Kim Do-hoon
- Template:Flagicon Lee Sang-yoon
- Template:Flagicon Yoo Sang-chul
- Template:Flagicon Nader Joukhadar
- Template:Flagicon Khaled Al Zaher
- Template:Flagicon Shukhrat Dzhaborov
- Template:Flagicon Takhirdjon Mouminov
- Template:Flagicon Mouslim Agaev
- Template:Flagicon Zuhair Bakheet
- 2 goals
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- Template:Flagicon Hok Sochetra
- Template:Flagicon Li Bing
- Template:Flagicon Ma Mingyu
- Template:Flagicon Peng Weiguo
- Template:Flagicon Ansyari Lubis
- Template:Flagicon Ronny Wabia
- Template:Flagicon Mehrdad Minavand
- Template:Flagicon Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
- Template:Flagicon Sahib Abbas
- Template:Flagicon Qahtan Chathir
- Template:Flagicon Shoji Jo
- Template:Flagicon Hiroaki Morishima
- Template:Flagicon Masashi Nakayama
- Template:Flagicon Akinori Nishizawa
- Template:Flagicon Norio Omura
- Template:Flagicon Jeris Tadrus
- Template:Flagicon Alexei Klishin
- Template:Flagicon Nourken Mazbaev
- Template:Flagicon Fawaz Al Ahmad
- Template:Flagicon Hamed Al Saleh
- Template:Flagicon Farhat Haitbaev
- Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Merzlikin
- Template:Flagicon Abdulfattah Shehab
- Template:Flagicon Mahfood Sultan Al Araimi
- Template:Flagicon Saeed Shaaban Al Busaidy
- Template:Flagicon Majdi Shaaban Samir
- Template:Flagicon Mohammad Umer
- Template:Flagicon Zamel Al Kuwari
- Template:Flagicon Adel Khamis Al Noobi
- Template:Flagicon Fazli
- Template:Flagicon Choi Moon-sik
- Template:Flagicon Ha Seok-ju
- Template:Flagicon Seo Jung-won
- Template:Flagicon Roshan Perera
- Template:Flagicon Aref Al Agha
- Template:Flagicon Tarek Jabban
- Template:Flagicon Oumed Alidodov
- Template:Flagicon Viacheslav Knizaev
- Template:Flagicon Natipong Sritong-In
- Template:Flagicon Adnan Al Talyani
- Template:Flagicon Adel Mohamed Abdulla
- Template:Flagicon Numon Khasanov
- Template:Flagicon Sergey Lebedev
- Template:Flagicon Shukhrat Maksudov
- Template:Flagicon Abdukahhor Marifaliev
- Template:Flagicon Nikolai Shirshov
- 1 goal
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- Template:Flagicon Khaled Al-Doseri
- Template:Flagicon Hameed Darwish
- Template:Flagicon Faisal Aziz Rashed
- Template:Flagicon Mohammed Alfaz Ahmed
- Template:Flagicon Ahmed Imtiaz
- Template:Flagicon Li Jinyu
- Template:Flagicon Li Ming
- Template:Flagicon Mao Yijun
- Template:Flagicon Su Maozhen
- Template:Flagicon Zhang Enhua
- Template:Flagicon Chen Kuei-jen
- Template:Flagicon Hsu Te Ming
- Template:Flagicon Huang Che-ming
- Template:Flagicon Lin Wen Han
- Template:Flagicon Au Wai Lun
- Template:Flagicon Cheng Sin Siu
- Template:Flagicon Lee Kin Woo
- Template:Flagicon Carlton Chapman
- Template:Flagicon Bruno Coutinho
- Template:Flagicon Raman Vijayan
- Template:Flagicon Sudirman
- Template:Flagicon Farhad Majidi
- Template:Flagicon Ali Mousavi
- Template:Flagicon Haidar Abdullah
- Template:Flagicon Ahmed Radhi
- Template:Flagicon Sadiq Saadoun
- Template:Flagicon Yasuto Honda
- Template:Flagicon Masami Ihara
- Template:Flagicon Masayuki Okano
- Template:Flagicon Naoki Soma
- Template:Flagicon Motohiro Yamaguchi
- Template:Flagicon Basam Al-Khateeb
- Template:Flagicon Hassouneh Al-Sheikh
- Template:Flagicon Ruslan Baltiyev
- Template:Flagicon Vitali Sparyshev
- Template:Flagicon Valeri Yablochkin
- Template:Flagicon Dmitri Yurist
- Template:Flagicon Faisal Al Otaibi
- Template:Flagicon Hani Al Saqer
- Template:Flagicon Jamal Mubarak
- Template:Flagicon Abdullah Saihan
- Template:Flagicon Vladimir Chertkov
- Template:Flagicon Sergei Ivanov
- Template:Flagicon Alexandr Korzanov
- Template:Flagicon Kanat Sardarov
- Template:Flagicon Rafik Yusupov
- Template:Flagicon Babkin Melikian
- Template:Flagicon Wael Nazha
- Template:Flagicon Che Chi Man
- Template:Flagicon Cheang Chon Man
- Template:Flagicon José Maria da Cruz Martins
- Template:Flagicon Idris Abdul Karim
- Template:Flagicon Azman Adnan
- Template:Flagicon Ahmad Che Zambil
- Template:Flagicon Rosdee Sulong
- Template:Flagicon Zainal Abidin Hassan
- Template:Flagicon Deepak Amatya
- Template:Flagicon Hari Khadka
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Tayib Abdul Noor
- Template:Flagicon Farid Al Masori
- Template:Flagicon Nabeel Mubar Al Siyabi
- Template:Flagicon Zahir Rafiq
- Template:Flagicon Dahi Al Naemi
- Template:Flagicon Abdul Jaloof
- Template:Flagicon Nasir Khamees
- Template:Flagicon Waleed Bakhit Maayof
- Template:Flagicon Abdulaziz Al-Dosari
- Template:Flagicon Abdullah Al-Dosari
- Template:Flagicon Sami Al-Jaber
- Template:Flagicon Khalid Al-Temawi
- Template:Flagicon Yousuf Al-Thunayan
- Template:Flagicon Khamis Al-Zahrani
- Template:Flagicon Chuan Tan Teng
- Template:Flagicon Zulkarnaen Zainal
- Template:Flagicon Ko Jeong-woon
- Template:Flagicon Lee Min-sung
- Template:Flagicon Park Kun-ha
- Template:Flagicon Roh Sang-rae
- Template:Flagicon Anton Silva
- Template:Flagicon Chaminda Steinwall
- Template:Flagicon Redwan Abrash
- Template:Flagicon Ali Cheikh Dib
- Template:Flagicon Abdel Kader Rifai
- Template:Flagicon Ammar Rihawi
- Template:Flagicon Bashar Srour
- Template:Flagicon Loay Taleb
- Template:Flagicon Alier Achourmamadov
- Template:Flagicon Dusit Chalermsan
- Template:Flagicon Krissada Piandit
- Template:Flagicon Piyapong Pue-on
- Template:Flagicon Redjeb Agabaev
- Template:Flagicon Valeri Broshin
- Template:Flagicon Valeri Gulyan
- Template:Flagicon Djumadurdy Meredov
- Template:Flagicon Georgi Tkavadze
- Template:Flagicon Bakhit Alabadla
- Template:Flagicon Gholam Ali
- Template:Flagicon Hassan Mubarak
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Obaid
- Template:Flagicon Ahmed Saeed
- Template:Flagicon Jafar Irismetov
- Template:Flagicon Bahtior Kambaraliev
- Template:Flagicon Mirdjalal Kasimov
- Template:Flagicon Lê Huỳnh Đức
- Template:Flagicon Nguyễn Công Vinh
- Template:Flagicon Abdul Rahman Abdulla
- Template:Flagicon Jeyeb Bashafal
- Template:Flagicon Esam Dariban
- Template:Flagicon Munif Shaef Noman
- Template:Flagicon Mohammed Zughair
- 1 own goal
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Notes
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