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) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 1–1 | 2–2 |
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| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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| File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia | Script error: No such module "sort". | Template:Dts | 1 (1994) |
| File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea | Script error: No such module "sort". | Template:Dts | 4 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994) |
| File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan | Script error: No such module "sort". | Template:Dts | 0 (debut) |
| File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | Script error: No such module "sort". | Template:Dts | 1 (1978) |
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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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- 14 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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