1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 36 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 3.5 places 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 would advance to the final round.
- Final 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 would qualify. The runners-up would advance to the AFC play-off.
- Play-off: The two teams played against each other once in Malaysia. The winner would qualify. The loser would advance to the AFC–OFC intercontinental play-offs.
First round
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Group 2
- The match between Syria and Kyrgyzstan was not played.
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Final round
Group A
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Group B
Play-off
- The play-off was played over a single leg at a neutral venue.
- Extra time was played using the golden goal rule.
Inter-confederation play-offs
Qualified teams
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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Goalscorers
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- Fan Zhiyi
- Mehdi Mahdavikia
- Alireza Mansourian
- Hussam Fawzi
- Viktor Zubarev
- Bashar Abdulaziz
- Nihad Al Boushi
- Arsen Avakov
- Khamees Saad Mubarak
- Ravshan Bozorov
- Andrei Fyodorov
- Igor Shkvyrin
- Gao Feng
- Rocky Putiray
- Widodo Putro
- Hamid Estili
- Reza Shahroudi
- Laith Hussein
- Yutaka Akita
- Wagner Lopes
- Hiroshi Nanami
- Boulat Esmagambetov
- Vladimir Loginov
- Pavel Yevteyev
- Sergey Kutsov
- Ahmed Hassan
- Mahmoud Soufi
- Obeid Al-Dosari
- Fahad Al-Mehallel
- Kim Do-hoon
- Lee Sang-yoon
- Yoo Sang-chul
- Nader Jokhadar
- Khaled Al Zaher
- Shukhrat Dzhaborov
- Takhirdjon Mouminov
- Mouslim Agaev
- Zuhair Bakheet
- Mohammed Jewel Rana
- Hok Sochetra
- Li Bing
- Ma Mingyu
- Peng Weiguo
- Ansyari Lubis
- Ronny Wabia
- Mehrdad Minavand
- Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
- Sahib Abbas
- Qahtan Chathir
- Shoji Jo
- Hiroaki Morishima
- Masashi Nakayama
- Akinori Nishizawa
- Norio Omura
- Jeris Tadrus
- Alexei Klishin
- Nourken Mazbaev
- Fawaz Al Ahmad
- Hamed Al Saleh
- Farhat Haitbaev
- Aleksandr Merzlikin
- Abdulfattah Shehab
- Mahfood Sultan Al Araimi
- Saeed Shaaban Al Busaidy
- Majdi Shaaban Samir
- Mohammad Umer
- Zamel Al Kuwari
- Adel Khamis Al Noobi
- Fazli
- Choi Moon-sik
- Ha Seok-ju
- Seo Jung-won
- Roshan Perera
- Aref Al Agha
- Tarek Jabban
- Oumed Alidodov
- Viacheslav Knizaev
- Natipong Sritong-In
- Adnan Al Talyani
- Adel Mohamed Abdulla
- Numon Khasanov
- Sergey Lebedev
- Shukhrat Maksudov
- Abdukahhor Marifaliev
- Nikolai Shirshov
- Khaled Al-Doseri
- Hameed Darwish
- Faisal Aziz Rashed
- Mohammed Alfaz Ahmed
- Ahmed Imtiaz
- Li Jinyu
- Li Ming
- Mao Yijun
- Su Maozhen
- Zhang Enhua
- Chen Kuei-jen
- Hsu Te Ming
- Huang Che-ming
- Lin Wen Han
- Au Wai Lun
- Cheng Sin Siu
- Lee Kin Woo
- Carlton Chapman
- Bruno Coutinho
- Raman Vijayan
- Sudirman
- Farhad Majidi
- Ali Mousavi
- Haidar Abdullah
- Ahmed Radhi
- Sadiq Saadoun
- Yasuto Honda
- Masami Ihara
- Masayuki Okano
- Naoki Soma
- Motohiro Yamaguchi
- Basam Al-Khateeb
- Hassouneh Al-Sheikh
- Ruslan Baltiyev
- Vitali Sparyshev
- Valeri Yablochkin
- Dmitri Yurist
- Faisal Al Otaibi
- Hani Al Saqer
- Jamal Mubarak
- Abdullah Saihan
- Vladimir Chertkov
- Sergei Ivanov
- Alexandr Korzanov
- Kanat Sardarov
- Rafik Yusupov
- Babkin Melikian
- Wael Nazha
- Che Chi Man
- Cheang Chon Man
- José Maria da Cruz Martins
- Idris Abdul Karim
- Azman Adnan
- Ahmad Che Zambil
- Rosdee Sulong
- Zainal Abidin Hassan
- Deepak Amatya
- Hari Khadka
- Mohamed Tayib Abdul Noor
- Farid Al Masori
- Nabeel Mubar Al Siyabi
- Zahir Rafiq
- Dahi Al Naemi
- Abdul Jaloof
- Nasir Khamees
- Waleed Bakhit Maayof
- Abdulaziz Al-Dosari
- Abdullah Al-Dosari
- Sami Al-Jaber
- Khalid Al-Temawi
- Yousuf Al-Thunayan
- Khamis Al-Zahrani
- Chuan Tan Teng
- Zulkarnaen Zainal
- Ko Jeong-woon
- Lee Min-sung
- Park Kun-ha
- Roh Sang-rae
- Anton Silva
- Chaminda Steinwall
- Redwan Abrash
- Ali Cheikh Dib
- Abdel Kader Rifai
- Ammar Rihawi
- Bashar Srour
- Loay Taleb
- Alier Achourmamadov
- Dusit Chalermsan
- Krissada Piandit
- Piyapong Pue-on
- Redjeb Agabaev
- Valeri Broshin
- Valeri Gulyan
- Djumadurdy Meredov
- Georgi Tkavadze
- Bakhit Alabadla
- Gholam Ali
- Hassan Mubarak
- Mohamed Obaid
- Ahmed Saeed
- Jafar Irismetov
- Bahtior Kambaraliev
- Mirdjalal Kasimov
- Lê Huỳnh Đức
- Nguyễn Công Vinh
- Abdul Rahman Abdulla
- Jeyeb Bashafal
- Esam Dariban
- Munif Shaef Noman
- Mohammed Zughair
- Sadiq Saadoun
- Raju Kaji Shakya