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1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Field	Value
tourney_name	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
num_teams	36
confederations	1
top_scorer	IRN Karim Bagheri
(19 goals)
prevseason	[1994](1994-fifa-world-cup-qualification-afc)
nextseason	[2002](2002-fifa-world-cup-qualification-afc)

(19 goals)

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

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Second round

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

Group A

Group B

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.

Daei Jo Okano report (Japanese)

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off)

3–3 on aggregate, Iran won on away goals

Qualified teams

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup[1](1)
			1 ([1994](1994-fifa-world-cup))
			4 ([1954](1954-fifa-world-cup), [1986](1986-fifa-world-cup), [1990](1990-fifa-world-cup), [1994](1994-fifa-world-cup))
			0 (debut)
			1 ([1978](1978-fifa-world-cup))

: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

IRN Karim Bagheri

;14 goals

JPN Kazuyoshi Miura

;9 goals

IRN Ali Daei
KOR Choi Yong-soo

;8 goals

IRN Khodadad Azizi
QAT Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
UZB Oleg Shatskikh

;7 goals

JPN Takuya Takagi
KSA Khaled Al-Muwallid

;6 goals

CHN Hao Haidong
SYR Said Bayazid

;5 goals

JPN Hidetoshi Nakata
KUW Jasem Al Huwaidi
KSA Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
YEM Omar Al Ariki

;4 goals

CHN Fan Zhiyi
IRN Mehdi Mahdavikia
IRN Alireza Mansourian
IRQ Hussam Fawzi
KAZ Viktor Zubarev
KUW Bashar Abdulaziz
SYR Nihad Al Boushi
TJK Arsen Avakov
UAE Khamees Saad Mubarak
UZB Ravshan Bozorov
UZB Andrei Fyodorov
UZB Igor Shkvyrin

;3 goals

CHN Gao Feng
IDN Rocky Putiray
IDN Widodo Putro
IRN Hamid Estili
IRN Reza Shahroudi
IRQ Laith Hussein
JPN Yutaka Akita
JPN Wagner Lopes
JPN Hiroshi Nanami
KAZ Boulat Esmagambetov
KAZ Vladimir Loginov
KAZ Pavel Yevteyev
KGZ Sergey Kutsov
OMA Ahmed Hassan
QAT Mahmoud Soufi
KSA Obeid Al-Dosari
KSA Fahad Al-Mehallel
KOR Kim Do-hoon
KOR Lee Sang-yoon
KOR Yoo Sang-chul
SYR Nader Joukhadar
SYR Khaled Al Zaher
TJK Shukhrat Dzhaborov
TJK Takhirdjon Mouminov
TKM Mouslim Agaev
UAE Zuhair Bakheet

;2 goals

BAN Mohammed Jewel Rana
CAM Hok Sochetra
CHN Li Bing
CHN Ma Mingyu
CHN Peng Weiguo
IDN Ansyari Lubis
IDN Ronny Wabia
IRN Mehrdad Minavand
IRN Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
IRQ Sahib Abbas
IRQ Qahtan Chathir
JPN Shoji Jo
JPN Hiroaki Morishima
JPN Masashi Nakayama
JPN Akinori Nishizawa
JPN Norio Omura
JOR Jeris Tadrus
KAZ Alexei Klishin
KAZ Nourken Mazbaev
KUW Fawaz Al Ahmad
KUW Hamed Al Saleh
KGZ Farhat Haitbaev
KGZ Aleksandr Merzlikin
LIB Abdulfattah Shehab
OMA Mahfood Sultan Al Araimi
OMA Saeed Shaaban Al Busaidy
OMA Majdi Shaaban Samir
PAK Mohammad Umer
QAT Zamel Al Kuwari
QAT Adel Khamis Al Noobi
QAT Fazli
KOR Choi Moon-sik
KOR Ha Seok-ju
KOR Seo Jung-won
SRI Roshan Perera
SYR Aref Al Agha
SYR Tarek Jabban
TJK Oumed Alidodov
TJK Viacheslav Knizaev
THA Natipong Sritong-In
UAE Adnan Al Talyani
UAE Adel Mohamed Abdulla
UZB Numon Khasanov
UZB Sergey Lebedev
UZB Shukhrat Maksudov
UZB Abdukahhor Marifaliev
UZB Nikolai Shirshov

;1 goal

BHR Khaled Al-Doseri
BHR Hameed Darwish
BHR Faisal Aziz Rashed
BAN Mohammed Alfaz Ahmed
BAN Ahmed Imtiaz
CHN Li Jinyu
CHN Li Ming
CHN Mao Yijun
CHN Su Maozhen
CHN Zhang Enhua
TPE Chen Kuei-jen
TPE Hsu Te Ming
TPE Huang Che-ming
TPE Lin Wen Han
HKG Au Wai Lun
HKG Cheng Sin Siu
HKG Lee Kin Woo
IND Carlton Chapman
IND Bruno Coutinho
IND Raman Vijayan
IDN Sudirman
IRN Farhad Majidi
IRN Ali Mousavi
IRQ Haidar Abdullah
IRQ Ahmed Radhi
IRQ Sadiq Saadoun
JPN Yasuto Honda
JPN Masami Ihara
JPN Masayuki Okano
JPN Naoki Soma
JPN Motohiro Yamaguchi
JOR Basam Al-Khateeb
JOR Hassouneh Al-Sheikh
KAZ Ruslan Baltiyev
KAZ Vitali Sparyshev
KAZ Valeri Yablochkin
KAZ Dmitri Yurist
KUW Faisal Al Otaibi
KUW Hani Al Saqer
KUW Jamal Mubarak
KUW Abdullah Saihan
KGZ Vladimir Chertkov
KGZ Sergei Ivanov
KGZ Alexandr Korzanov
KGZ Kanat Sardarov
KGZ Rafik Yusupov
LIB Babkin Melikian
LIB Wael Nazha
MAC Che Chi Man
MAC Cheang Chon Man
MAC José Maria da Cruz Martins
MAS Idris Abdul Karim
MAS Azman Adnan
MAS Ahmad Che Zambil
MAS Rosdee Sulong
MAS Zainal Abidin Hassan
NEP Deepak Amatya
NEP Hari Khadka
OMA Mohamed Tayib Abdul Noor
OMA Farid Al Masori
OMA Nabeel Mubar Al Siyabi
PAK Zahir Rafiq
QAT Dahi Al Naemi
QAT Abdul Jaloof
QAT Nasir Khamees
QAT Waleed Bakhit Maayof
KSA Abdulaziz Al-Dosari
KSA Abdullah Al-Dosari
KSA Sami Al-Jaber
KSA Khalid Al-Temawi
KSA Yousuf Al-Thunayan
KSA Khamis Al-Zahrani
SIN Chuan Tan Teng
SIN Zulkarnaen Zainal
KOR Ko Jeong-woon
KOR Lee Min-sung
KOR Park Kun-ha
KOR Roh Sang-rae
SRI Anton Silva
SRI Chaminda Steinwall
SYR Redwan Abrash
SYR Ali Cheikh Dib
SYR Abdel Kader Rifai
SYR Ammar Rihawi
SYR Bashar Srour
SYR Loay Taleb
TJK Alier Achourmamadov
THA Dusit Chalermsan
THA Krissada Piandit
THA Piyapong Pue-on
TKM Redjeb Agabaev
TKM Valeri Broshin
TKM Valeri Gulyan
TKM Djumadurdy Meredov
TKM Georgi Tkavadze
UAE Bakhit Alabadla
UAE Gholam Ali
UAE Hassan Mubarak
UAE Mohamed Obaid
UAE Ahmed Saeed
UZB Jafar Irismetov
UZB Bahtior Kambaraliev
UZB Mirdjalal Kasimov
VIE Lê Huỳnh Đức
VIE Nguyễn Công Vinh
YEM Abdul Rahman Abdulla
YEM Jeyeb Bashafal
YEM Esam Dariban
YEM Munif Shaef Noman
YEM Mohammed Zughair

;1 own goal

IRQ Sadiq Saadoun (playing against Kazakhstan)
NEP Raju Kaji Shakya (playing against Oman)

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