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1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)#Group 10

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

| year =

| alt =

| caption =

| host countries =

| dates =

| num_teams = 36

| confederations = 1

| matches =

| goals =

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IRN}} Karim Bagheri
(19 goals)

| prevseason = 1994

| nextseason = 2002

}}

{{Qualification for championships (AFC)}}

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|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round}}

=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

{{main|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round}}

=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.

{{football box

|date = 16 November 1997

|time = 21:00 UTC+8

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}}

|score = 2–3

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fb|JPN|1870}}

|goals1 = Azizi {{goal|46}}
Daei {{goal|58}}

|goals2 = Nakayama {{goal|39}}
Jo {{goal|75}}
Okano {{golden goal|118}}

|stadium = Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

|attendance = 22,000

|referee = Manuel Diaz Vega (Spain)

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120522075017/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=895/matches/match=8703/report.html report (FIFA)]
[http://samuraiblue.jp/timeline/19971116/ report (Japanese)]

}}

Inter-confederation play-offs

{{main article|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off)}}

{{:1998 FIFA World Cup qualification}}

Qualified teams

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

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! Qualified as

! Qualified on

! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1

{{fb|KSA}}{{sort|A1|Final round group A winners}}{{dts|12 November 1997}}1 (1994)
{{fb|KOR|1997}}{{sort|B1|Final round group B winners}}{{dts|18 October 1997|addkey=1}}4 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994)
{{fb|JPN|1947}}{{sort|PO1|Play-off winners}}{{dts|16 November 1997}}0 (debut)
{{fb|IRN}}{{sort|PO2|AFC–OFC play-off winners}}{{dts|29 November 1997}}1 (1978)

:

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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;6 goals

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;5 goals

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;4 goals

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;3 goals

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;2 goals

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;1 goal

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;1 own goal

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Notes

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014044609/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=895/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)] at FIFA.com

{{1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers}}

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