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Bahrain | Bangladesh | Cambodia | China | Hong Kong | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Lebanon | Macao | Malaysia | Maldives | Nepal | Oman | Pakistan | Philippines | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Singapore | Sri Lanka | South Korea | Syria | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Thailand | Turkmenistan | United Arab Emirates | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | Yemen
16/03/1997 Malaysia 2 - 0 Bangladesh (1-0)
16/03/1997 Taiwan 0 - 2 Saudi_Arabia (0-2) *
18/03/1997 Bangladesh 1 - 3 Taiwan (0-0) *
18/03/1997 Malaysia 0 - 0 Saudi_Arabia (0-0)
20/03/1997 Bangladesh 1 - 4 Saudi_Arabia (1-2) *
20/03/1997 Malaysia 2 - 0 Taiwan (2-0)
27/03/1997 Saudi_Arabia 3 - 0 Bangladesh (2-0)
27/03/1997 Taiwan 0 - 0 Malaysia (0-0) *
29/03/1997 Saudi_Arabia 3 - 0 Malaysia (0-0)
29/03/1997 Taiwan 1 - 2 Bangladesh (0-1) *
31/03/1997 Bangladesh 0 - 1 Malaysia (0-1) *
31/03/1997 Saudi_Arabia 6 - 0 Taiwan (4-0)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 SAUDI_ARABIA 6 5 1 0 18 1 +17 16 88.9
2 Malaysia 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11 61.1
3 Taiwan 6 1 1 4 4 13 -9 4 22.2
4 Bangladesh 6 1 0 5 4 14 -10 3 16.7
02/06/1997 Maldives 0 - 17 Iran (0-6) *
04/06/1997 Kyrgyzstan 0 - 7 Iran (0-1) *
04/06/1997 Syria 12 - 0 Maldives (7-0)
06/06/1997 Kyrgyzstan 3 - 0 Maldives (3-0) *
06/06/1997 Syria 0 - 1 Iran (0-1)
09/06/1997 Iran 3 - 1 Kyrgyzstan (1-1)
09/06/1997 Maldives 0 - 12 Syria (0-1) *
11/06/1997 Iran 9 - 0 Maldives (7-0)
11/06/1997 Kyrgyzstan 2 - 1 Syria (0-0) *
13/06/1997 Iran 2 - 2 Syria (2-2)
13/06/1997 Maldives 0 - 6 Kyrgyzstan (0-3) *
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 IRAN 6 5 1 0 39 3 +36 16 88.9
2 Kyrgyzstan 5 3 0 2 12 11 +1 9 60.0
3 Syria 5 2 1 2 27 5 +22 7 46.7
4 Maldives 6 0 0 6 0 59 -59 0 0.0
Kyrgyzstan v Syria not played.
08/04/1997 Jordan 0 - 0 United_Arab_Emirates (0-0) *
11/04/1997 Bahrain 1 - 2 United_Arab_Emirates (0-1)
14/04/1997 Bahrain 1 - 0 Jordan (1-0)
19/04/1997 Jordan 4 - 1 Bahrain (2-1) *
22/04/1997 United_Arab_Emirates 3 - 0 Bahrain (1-0)
26/04/1997 United_Arab_Emirates 2 - 0 Jordan (1-0)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 UNITED_ARAB_EMIRATES 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 83.3
2 Jordan 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 4 33.3
3 Bahrain 4 1 0 3 3 9 -6 3 25.0
23/03/1997 Nepal 1 - 1 Macao (1-1) *
23/03/1997 Oman 0 - 1 Japan (0-1)
25/03/1997 Macao 0 - 10 Japan (0-3) *
25/03/1997 Oman 1 - 0 Nepal (0-0)
27/03/1997 Nepal 0 - 6 Japan (0-1) *
27/03/1997 Oman 4 - 0 Macao (2-0)
22/06/1997 Japan 10 - 0 Macao (6-0)
22/06/1997 Nepal 0 - 6 Oman (0-3) *
25/06/1997 Japan 3 - 0 Nepal (1-0)
25/06/1997 Macao 0 - 2 Oman (0-1) *
28/06/1997 Japan 1 - 1 Oman (1-0)
28/06/1997 Macao 2 - 1 Nepal (1-0) *
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 JAPAN 6 5 1 0 31 1 +30 16 88.9
2 Oman 6 4 1 1 14 2 +12 13 72.2
3 Macao 6 1 1 4 3 28 -25 4 22.2
4 Nepal 6 0 1 5 2 19 -17 1 5.6
06/04/1997 Indonesia 8 - 0 Cambodia (6-0)
13/04/1997 Indonesia 0 - 0 Yemen (0-0)
20/04/1997 Cambodia 0 - 1 Yemen (0-1)
27/04/1997 Cambodia 1 - 1 Indonesia (0-0)
09/05/1997 Yemen 0 - 1 Uzbekistan (0-1)
16/05/1997 Yemen 7 - 0 Cambodia (3-0)
25/05/1997 Uzbekistan 6 - 0 Cambodia (4-0)
01/06/1997 Indonesia 1 - 1 Uzbekistan (1-0)
13/06/1997 Yemen 1 - 1 Indonesia (1-0)
20/06/1997 Uzbekistan 3 - 0 Indonesia (2-0)
29/06/1997 Cambodia 1 - 4 Uzbekistan (1-3)
24/08/1997 Uzbekistan 5 - 1 Yemen (1-1)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 UZBEKISTAN 6 5 1 0 20 3 +17 16 88.9
2 Yemen 6 2 2 2 10 7 +3 8 44.4
3 Indonesia 6 1 4 1 11 6 +5 7 38.9
4 Cambodia 6 0 1 5 2 27 -25 1 5.6
22/02/1997 Hong_Kong 0 - 2 South_Korea (0-1)
02/03/1997 Thailand 1 - 3 South_Korea (0-1)
09/03/1997 Thailand 2 - 0 Hong_Kong (1-0)
30/03/1997 Hong_Kong 3 - 2 Thailand (1-1)
28/05/1997 South_Korea 4 - 0 Hong_Kong (2-0)
01/06/1997 South_Korea 0 - 0 Thailand (0-0)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 SOUTH_KOREA 4 3 1 0 9 1 +8 10 83.3
2 Thailand 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 4 33.3
3 Hong_Kong 4 1 0 3 3 10 -7 3 25.0
13/04/1997 Lebanon 1 - 1 Singapore (0-0)
26/04/1997 Singapore 0 - 1 Kuwait (0-1)
08/05/1997 Kuwait 2 - 0 Lebanon (1-0)
24/05/1997 Singapore 1 - 2 Lebanon (0-1)
05/06/1997 Kuwait 4 - 0 Singapore (3-0)
22/06/1997 Lebanon 1 - 3 Kuwait (0-2)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 KUWAIT 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 12 100.0
2 Lebanon 4 1 1 2 4 7 -3 4 33.3
3 Singapore 4 0 1 3 2 8 -6 1 8.3
04/05/1997 Tajikistan 4 - 0 Vietnam (2-0)
04/05/1997 Turkmenistan 1 - 4 China (0-2)
11/05/1997 Tajikistan 0 - 1 China (0-0)
11/05/1997 Turkmenistan 2 - 1 Vietnam (1-0)
25/05/1997 Turkmenistan 1 - 2 Tajikistan (1-1)
25/05/1997 Vietnam 1 - 3 China (1-3)
01/06/1997 China 1 - 0 Turkmenistan (0-0)
01/06/1997 Vietnam 0 - 4 Tajikistan (0-2)
08/06/1997 China 0 - 0 Tajikistan (0-0)
08/06/1997 Vietnam 0 - 4 Turkmenistan (0-2)
22/06/1997 China 4 - 0 Vietnam (2-0)
22/06/1997 Tajikistan 5 - 0 Turkmenistan (4-0)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 CHINA 6 5 1 0 13 2 +11 16 88.9
2 Tajikistan 6 4 1 1 15 2 +13 13 72.2
3 Turkmenistan 6 2 0 4 8 13 -5 6 33.3
4 Vietnam 6 0 0 6 2 21 -19 0 0.0
11/05/1997 Kazakhstan 3 - 0 Pakistan (1-0)
23/05/1997 Pakistan 2 - 6 Iraq (1-2)
06/06/1997 Iraq 1 - 2 Kazakhstan (1-1)
11/06/1997 Pakistan 0 - 7 Kazakhstan (0-3)
20/06/1997 Iraq 6 - 1 Pakistan (2-0)
29/06/1997 Kazakhstan 3 - 1 Iraq (2-0)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 KAZAKHSTAN 4 4 0 0 15 2 +13 12 100.0
2 Iraq 4 2 0 2 14 8 +6 6 50.0
3 Pakistan 4 0 0 4 3 22 -19 0 0.0
20/09/1996 Qatar 3 - 0 Sri_Lanka (1-0)
21/09/1996 India 2 - 0 Philippines (0-0) *
23/09/1996 Qatar 5 - 0 Philippines (5-0)
24/09/1996 Sri_Lanka 1 - 1 India (1-1) *
26/09/1996 Sri_Lanka 3 - 0 Philippines (1-0) *
27/09/1996 Qatar 6 - 0 India (3-0)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 QATAR 3 3 0 0 14 0 +14 9 100.0
2 Sri_Lanka 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 44.4
3 India 3 1 1 1 3 7 -4 4 44.4
4 Philippines 3 0 0 3 0 10 -10 0 0.0
Winners of each group qualify for finals, second-placed teams qualify for Asian playoff.
13/09/1997 China 2 - 4 Iran (1-0)
14/09/1997 Saudi_Arabia 2 - 1 Kuwait (1-1)
19/09/1997 Iran 1 - 1 Saudi_Arabia (0-1)
19/09/1997 Qatar 0 - 2 Kuwait (0-1)
26/09/1997 Kuwait 1 - 1 Iran (1-0)
26/09/1997 Qatar 1 - 1 China (1-0)
03/10/1997 China 1 - 0 Saudi_Arabia (0-0)
03/10/1997 Iran 3 - 0 Qatar (2-0)
10/10/1997 Kuwait 1 - 2 China (1-1)
11/10/1997 Saudi_Arabia 1 - 0 Qatar (0-0)
17/10/1997 Iran 4 - 1 China (2-0)
17/10/1997 Kuwait 2 - 1 Saudi_Arabia (0-1)
24/10/1997 Kuwait 0 - 1 Qatar (0-1)
24/10/1997 Saudi_Arabia 1 - 0 Iran (0-0)
31/10/1997 China 2 - 3 Qatar (1-1)
31/10/1997 Iran 0 - 0 Kuwait (0-0)
06/11/1997 Saudi_Arabia 1 - 1 China (1-1)
07/11/1997 Qatar 2 - 0 Iran (1-0)
12/11/1997 China 1 - 0 Kuwait (1-0)
12/11/1997 Qatar 0 - 1 Saudi_Arabia (0-0)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 SAUDI_ARABIA 8 4 2 2 8 6 +2 14 58.3
2 Iran 8 3 3 2 13 8 +5 12 50.0
3 China 8 3 2 3 11 14 -3 11 45.8
4 Qatar 8 3 1 4 7 10 -3 10 41.7
5 Kuwait 8 2 2 4 7 8 -1 8 33.3
06/09/1997 South_Korea 3 - 0 Kazakhstan (1-0)
07/09/1997 Japan 6 - 3 Uzbekistan (4-0)
12/09/1997 South_Korea 2 - 1 Uzbekistan (1-0)
12/09/1997 United_Arab_Emirates 4 - 0 Kazakhstan (1-0)
19/09/1997 United_Arab_Emirates 0 - 0 Japan (0-0)
20/09/1997 Kazakhstan 1 - 1 Uzbekistan (0-0)
27/09/1997 Uzbekistan 2 - 3 United_Arab_Emirates (1-0)
28/09/1997 Japan 1 - 2 South_Korea (0-0)
25/10/1997 Uzbekistan 4 - 0 Kazakhstan (3-0)
26/10/1997 Japan 1 - 1 United_Arab_Emirates (1-1)
04/10/1997 Kazakhstan 1 - 1 Japan (0-1)
04/10/1997 South_Korea 3 - 0 United_Arab_Emirates (1-0)
11/10/1997 Kazakhstan 1 - 1 South_Korea (0-1)
11/10/1997 Uzbekistan 1 - 1 Japan (1-0)
18/10/1997 Kazakhstan 3 - 0 United_Arab_Emirates (0-0)
18/10/1997 Uzbekistan 1 - 5 South_Korea (0-3)
01/11/1997 South_Korea 0 - 2 Japan (0-2)
02/11/1997 United_Arab_Emirates 0 - 0 Uzbekistan (0-0)
08/11/1997 Japan 5 - 1 Kazakhstan (3-0)
09/11/1997 United_Arab_Emirates 1 - 3 South_Korea (0-2)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 SOUTH_KOREA 8 6 1 1 19 7 +12 19 79.2
2 Japan 8 3 4 1 17 9 +8 13 54.2
3 United_Arab_Emirates 8 2 3 3 9 12 -3 9 37.5
4 Uzbekistan 8 1 3 4 13 18 -5 6 25.0
5 Kazakhstan 8 1 3 4 7 19 -12 6 25.0
16/11/1997 Iran 2 - 3 Japan (0-1) * AET (FT: 2-2)
Japan qualified for finals, Iran qualified for Asia/Oceania playoff.
22/11/1997 Iran 1 - 1 Australia (1-1) 29/11/1997 Australia 2 - 2 Iran (1-0)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS % 1 Japan 15 9 5 1 51 12 +39 32 71.1 2 Iran 17 8 6 3 57 17 +40 30 58.8 3 Saudi_Arabia 14 9 3 2 26 7 +19 30 71.4 4 South_Korea 12 9 2 1 28 8 +20 29 80.6 5 China 14 8 3 3 24 16 +8 27 64.3 6 Uzbekistan 14 6 4 4 33 21 +12 22 52.4 7 Kuwait 12 6 2 4 17 9 +8 20 55.6 8 Qatar 11 6 1 4 21 10 +11 19 57.6 9 United_Arab_Emirates 12 5 4 3 16 13 +3 19 52.8 10 Kazakhstan 12 5 3 4 22 21 +1 18 50.0 11 Tajikistan 6 4 1 1 15 2 +13 13 72.2 12 Oman 6 4 1 1 14 2 +12 13 72.2 13 Malaysia 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11 61.1 14 Kyrgyzstan 5 3 0 2 12 11 +1 9 60.0 15 Yemen 6 2 2 2 10 7 +3 8 44.4 16 Syria 5 2 1 2 27 5 +22 7 46.7 17 Indonesia 6 1 4 1 11 6 +5 7 38.9 18 Iraq 4 2 0 2 14 8 +6 6 50.0 19 Turkmenistan 6 2 0 4 8 13 -5 6 33.3 20 Jordan 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 4 33.3 21 Sri_Lanka 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 44.4 22 Thailand 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 4 33.3 23 Lebanon 4 1 1 2 4 7 -3 4 33.3 24 India 3 1 1 1 3 7 -4 4 44.4 25 Taiwan 6 1 1 4 4 13 -9 4 22.2 26 Macao 6 1 1 4 3 28 -25 4 22.2 27 Bahrain 4 1 0 3 3 9 -6 3 25.0 28 Hong_Kong 4 1 0 3 3 10 -7 3 25.0 29 Bangladesh 6 1 0 5 4 14 -10 3 16.7 30 Australia 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 33.3 31 Singapore 4 0 1 3 2 8 -6 1 8.3 32 Nepal 6 0 1 5 2 19 -17 1 5.6 33 Cambodia 6 0 1 5 2 27 -25 1 5.6 34 Philippines 3 0 0 3 0 10 -10 0 0.0 35 Pakistan 4 0 0 4 3 22 -19 0 0.0 36 Vietnam 6 0 0 6 2 21 -19 0 0.0 37 Maldives 6 0 0 6 0 59 -59 0 0.0
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