2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The qualification process for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup football competition began on March 2003. Out of the 45 AFC members only Cambodia and the Philippines failed to enter for the tournament. Both China, the hosts and Japan, the reigning champions automatically qualified for the finals. The lowest ranked 20 teams were placed in 6 preliminary qualifying groups of 3 and one group of 2, with the group winners joining the remaining 21 teams in 7 groups of 4. The top two of each of these groups qualified for the finals in China.

Contents

Preliminary round

In the following tables:

Group A

All matches played in Malé, Maldives

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Myanmar 6 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7
 Maldives 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2
 Brunei 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 −5

2003-03-21
Brunei  1 – 1  Maldives
Gamal Faldin  89' Ali Umar  42'

2003-03-23
Myanmar  5 – 0  Brunei
Win Hyikie  10'
Aung Kyaw Moe  14'
Yan Pang  45',  66'
Lwin Oo  75'

2003-03-25
Maldives  0 – 2  Myanmar
Win Htike  52'
Zaw Zaw  65'

Group B

All matches played in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Sri Lanka 6 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2
 Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
 Timor-Leste 0 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4
2003-03-21
Timor-Leste  2 – 3  Sri Lanka
Mohammad Hamza  3' (o.g.)
F.J.G.R.M Cabral  81'
Kasun Jayasuriya  36'
E.B. Channa  44',  89'

2003-03-23
Chinese Taipei  3 – 0  Timor-Leste
H.C. Ming  10'
 22'
C.J Ming  33'

2003-03-25
Sri Lanka  2 – 1  Chinese Taipei
S.R. Kumara  13'
E.B. Channa  78'
Yen C. W  47'

Group C

All matches played in Kathmandu, Nepal

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Nepal 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
 Kyrgyzstan 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
 Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3
2003-03-16
Kyrgyzstan  1 – 2  Afghanistan Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jehangir Khan (Pakistan)
Zhumagulov  63' Tahir Shah  25'
Farid Azami  76'

2003-03-18
Afghanistan  0 – 4  Nepal Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal
Nirajan Rayamajhi  35'
Hari Khadka  39',  87'
Dipak Lama  90'

2003-03-20
Nepal  0 – 2  Kyrgyzstan Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rizwan Ul Haq (India)
Pryanishnikov  27'45'

Group D

All matches played in Hong Kong

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Hong Kong 4 2 1 1 0 7 3 +4
 Laos 3 2 1 0 1 3 6 −3
 Bangladesh 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1
2003-03-25
Laos  1 – 5  Hong Kong
Visay Phaphouvanin  66' Chan Chi Hong  17'35'
Kwok Yue Hung  47'
Au Wai Lun  59' (pen.)82'

2003-03-27
Bangladesh  1 – 2  Laos
Ariful Kabir  90+1' Kholadeth Ponephachan  30'
Visay Phaphouvanin  37'

2003-03-30
Hong Kong  2 – 2  Bangladesh
Au Wai Lun  44' (pen.)
Szeto Man Chun  45'
Feroj Mahmood Hossain  66'
Md. Monwar Hossen  77'

Group E

All matches played in Singapore

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Singapore 6 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5
 Pakistan 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
 Macau 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5
2003-03-21
Macau  0 – 3  Pakistan
Qadeer Ahmed  27',  65'
Sarfraz Rassol  51'

2003-03-23
Singapore  2 – 0  Macau
Azhar Baksin  23'
Indra Sahdan Daud  58'

2003-03-25
Pakistan  0 – 3  Singapore
Indra Sahdan Daud  8',  35'
Mohd Noh Alam Shah  66'

Group F

All matches played in Thimphu, Bhutan

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Bhutan 4 2 1 1 0 6 0 +6
 Mongolia 4 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5
 Guam 0 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11
2003-04-23
Guam  0 – 6  Bhutan
Wangay Dorji  32',  35'
Dinesh Chhetri  59'
Passang Tshering  76' (pen)
Pema Chopel  88'
Yeshey Nedup  89'

2003-04-25
Mongolia  5 – 0  Guam
Ganbat Bat-Yalalt  20'
Ganbaataryn Tögsbayar  26',  56',  90'
Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav  61'

2003-04-27
Bhutan  0 – 0  Mongolia

Group G

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 North Korea 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
 India 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2
2003-03-24
North Korea  2 – 0  India Pyongyang
Choe So-Hyok  44',  70'

2003-03-30
India  1 – 1  North Korea Margao
I.M. Vijayan  29' Choe Hyun-Yu  85'

Qualifying round

In the following tables:

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Uzbekistan 13 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7
 Thailand 9 6 3 0 3 10 7 +3
 Tajikistan 8 6 2 2 2 3 5 −2
 Hong Kong 4 6 1 1 4 3 11 −8

Played in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

2003-11-06
Tajikistan  1 – 0  Thailand
Rakhmatullo Fuzailov 79'

2003-11-06
18:00
Uzbekistan  4 – 1  Hong Kong Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Referee: Suresh Srinivasan (India)
Andrey Akopyants 1'
Vladimir Shishelov 17',67'
Anvarjon Soliev 28'
Law Chun Bong  45'

2003-11-08
Hong Kong  0 – 0  Tajikistan

2003-11-08
18:00
Thailand  0 – 3  Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Referee: Moghaddam Rahimi (Iran)
Maxim Shatskikh 23'
Vladimir Shishelov 27', 70'

2003-11-10
Hong Kong  2 – 1  Thailand
Cheung Sai Ho  28'
Wong Chun Yue  69'
Datsakorn Thonglao 64'

2003-11-10
18:00
Uzbekistan  0 – 0  Tajikistan Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Salah Amim Mohammed (UAE)

Played in Bangkok, Thailand.

2003-11-17
Thailand  4 – 0  Hong Kong
Manit Noywech 24'
Datsakorn Thonglao 35'
Sarayoot Chaikamdee 79', 88'pk

2003-11-17
20:00
Uzbekistan  4 – 1  Tajikistan Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Vladimir Shishelov 8',36'
Timur Kapadze 50'
Leonid Koshelev 61'
Pirmurod Burkhanov 65'

2003-11-19
Tajikistan  0 – 1  Thailand
Therdsak Chaiman 83'

2003-11-19
20:00
Hong Kong  0 – 1  Uzbekistan Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Nikolay Shirshov 32'

2003-11-21
Hong Kong  0 – 1  Tajikistan
Dzhomikhon Muhidinov 68'

2003-11-21
17:00
Thailand  4 – 1  Uzbekistan Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Attendance: 25,000
Manit Noywech 38'
Nirut Surasiang 56'
Piyawat Thongman 78'
Sarayoot Chaikamdee 81'
Leonid Koshelev 88'

Group B

NB: All Palestine's home matches played away.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Kuwait 16 6 5 1 0 17 5 +12
 Qatar 11 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4
 Singapore 4 6 1 1 4 3 11 −8
 Palestine 2 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8
2003-09-04
Singapore  1 – 3  Kuwait
Edgar Concalves 50' Mossaed Neda 10'
Bader Al-Mutawa 67',90'

2003-09-14
Kuwait  2 – 1  Qatar
Beshar Abdullah 56'
Abdullah Wabran 85'
Saoud Al-Ghanem 27'

2003-09-20
Qatar  2 – 2  Kuwait
Sayed Bechir 21',82' Ali Abdul Redha 26'
Jarrah Al-Atiqi 71'

2003-09-24
Palestine  1 – 1  Qatar Doha, Qatar
Mohamed Mansour 90' Meshal Abdullah 47'

2003-09-27
Kuwait  4 – 0  Singapore
Bashar Abdullah 25',78'
Bader Al-Mutawa 47'
Ali Abdelrida 53'

2003-09-27
Qatar  2 – 1  Palestine Doha, Qatar
Walid Mohyeddine 68'
Walid Hamza 90'
Edgardo Abdullah 77'

2003-10-05
Kuwait  2 – 1  Palestine Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Referee: Abdullah Al-Harasi (Oman)
Abdullah Wabran 25'
Bader Al-Mutawa 59'
Taysir Amer 72'

2003-10-08
Palestine  0 – 4  Kuwait Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Referee: Muslim Al-Boloushi (UAE)
Bashar Abdullah 36',57'pk
Bader Al-Mutawa 42',46'

2003-10-19
Singapore  2 – 0  Palestine Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 2,787
Referee: Sarkar Subrata (India)
Fadzuhasny Juraimi 18'
Noh Alam Shah 88'

2003-10-22
Palestine  0 – 0  Singapore Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 3,076
Referee: Anura de Silva (Sri Lanka)

2003-11-19
Qatar  2 – 0  Singapore
Sayed Bechir 10'
Mubarak Mustafa 28'

2003-11-29
Singapore  0 – 2  Qatar
Abdullah Obaid Koni 42'
Sayed Bechir 55'

Group C

Played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Saudi Arabia 18 6 6 0 0 31 1 +30
 Indonesia 10 6 3 1 2 9 13 −4
 Yemen 7 6 2 1 3 15 15 0
 Bhutan 0 6 0 0 6 0 26 −26
2003-10-06
Saudi Arabia  7 – 0  Yemen
Yosri Al-Basha 16',18',24',35'
Muhammad Nur 65'
Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 73'pk
Talal Al-Meshal 80'

2003-10-06
Indonesia  2 – 0  Bhutan
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 19'
Zaenal Arif 48'

2003-10-08
Yemen  0 – 3  Indonesia
Uston Nawawi 51',89'
Zaenal Arif 70'

2003-10-08
Saudi Arabia  6 – 0  Bhutan
Yussri Basha 7'
Abdullah Jumaa 9',25'
Yasser Al-Qahtani 28'
Abdulaziz Jenoubi 43'
Said Wadaani 90'

2003-10-10
Saudi Arabia  5 – 0  Indonesia
Talal Al-Meshal 38',55',56'
Yusri Al-Basha 47',49'

2003-10-10
Bhutan  0 – 8  Yemen
Yasir Bashi 20',25',82'
Fikri Al-Habibshi 35'
Saled Al-Shiri 59'
Adel Al-Shiri 59'
Adel Al-Salemi 67',88'
Nashwan Aziz 74'

2003-10-13
Yemen  1 – 3  Saudi Arabia
Yasir Bashi 12' Hamad Muntashari 18'
Abdullah Waked 20'
Mohammed Al-Shalhoub 82'pk

2003-10-13
Bhutan  0 – 2  Indonesia
Eduard Ivakdalam 19'
Zaenal Arif 33'

2003-10-15
Indonesia  2 – 2  Yemen
Eduard Ivakdalam 12'pk,38' Adel Al-Salimi 31pk
Ali Al-Amki 56'

2003-10-15
Bhutan  0 – 4  Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Jumaa 3',24',80'
Bandar Temim 44'pk

2003-10-17
Indonesia  0 – 6  Saudi Arabia
Talal Al-Meshal 21',86'
Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 45'
Muhammad H. Hawsawi 58'
Ahmed Al-Dosary 87'
Abdulaziz Al-Janoubi 89'

2003-10-17
Yemen  4 – 0  Bhutan
Nashwan Al-Jajjam 3', 20
Ali Al-Amki 33'
Adel Al-Salimi 81'

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 15 6 5 0 1 16 5 +11
 Jordan 15 6 5 0 1 13 6 +7
 Lebanon 4 6 1 1 4 2 8 −6
 North Korea 1 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12
2003-09-04
North Korea  0 – 1  Lebanon Pyongyang, North Korea
Attendance: 95, 000[1]

2003-09-05
Iran  4 – 1  Jordan

2003-09-26
Jordan  3 – 2  Iran

2003-10-17
Jordan  1 – 0  Lebanon

2003-10-27
North Korea  1 – 3  Iran Kim Il-Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea
Attendance: 30,000
Myong Song-Chol  61' Karimi  47'79'
Navidkia  87'

2003-11-03
Lebanon  1 – 1  North Korea

2003-11-12
Lebanon  0 – 2  Jordan

2003-11-12
Iran  3 – 0 1  North Korea

2003-11-18
Jordan  3 – 0  North Korea

2003-11-19
Lebanon  0 – 3  Iran

2003-11-28
Iran  1 – 0  Lebanon

2003-11-28
North Korea  0 – 32  Jordan

1 The match was abandoned after 61 minutes with Iran leading 1-0 after North Korea walked off the pitch due to firecrackers thrown from the crowd; despite the instructions of the referee, North Korea refused to return to the pitch. The match was awarded 3-0 to Iran, who were ordered to play their next home match in an official AFC or FIFA competition behind closed doors.

2 The match was abandoned after North Korean immigration officials refused Jordan's team entry into the country. North Korea were found guilty of improper conduct by the AFC, suspended from AFC competitions for one year, and banned from qualifying for the 2007 Asian Cup. The match was awarded 3-0 to Jordan.

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Oman 15 6 5 0 1 24 2 +22
 South Korea 12 6 4 0 2 30 4 +26
 Vietnam 9 6 3 0 3 8 13 −5
 Nepal 0 6 0 0 6 0 43 −43

Played in Incheon, Korea Republic.

2003-09-25
Nepal  0 – 7  Oman

2003-09-25
Vietnam  0 – 5  South Korea Munhak Stadium, Incheon, South Korea
Attendance: 14,327
Referee: Subash Anthony Lazar (Singapore)
Lee Ki-Hyung  35'
Cho Jae-Jin  49'
Kim Do-Hoon  68'
Kim Dae-Ui  72'
Woo Sung-Yong  86'

2003-09-27
Vietnam  5 – 0  Nepal

2003-09-27
South Korea  1 – 0  Oman Munhak Stadium, Incheon, Korea Republic
Attendance: 18,750
Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
Choi Sung-Kuk  46'

2003-09-29
Oman  6 – 0  Vietnam

2003-09-29
South Korea  16 – 0  Nepal Munhak Stadium, Incheon, Korea Republic
Attendance: 6,521
Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
Kim Dae-Eui  18',  37'
Woo Sung-Yong  21',  46',  48'
Park Jin-Sub  22',  28',  64',  67',  89'
Lee Eul-Yong  54'
Lee Kwan-Woo  57'
Kim Do-Hoon  75',  84',  86'
Chung Kyung-Ho  80'

Played in Muscat, Oman.

2003-10-19
Nepal  0 – 6  Oman

2003-10-19
South Korea  0 – 1  Vietnam Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Panya Hanlumyaung (Thailand)
Pham Van Quyen 74',

2003-10-21
Vietnam  2 – 0  Nepal

2003-10-21
Oman  3 – 1  South Korea Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 22,000
Al-Dhabit  60'
Al-Balushi  64'
Doorbeen  88'
Chung Kyung-Ho  49'
Woo Sung-Yong  91'

2003-10-24
South Korea  7 – 0  Nepal Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Attendance: 100
Cho Jae-Jin  1'
Lee Ki-Hyung  5'51'
Kim Do-Hoon  15' (pen.)31'33'
Chung Kyung-Ho  51'

2003-10-24
Oman  2 – 0  Vietnam

Group F

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 13 6 4 1 1 16 4 +12
 Bahrain 13 6 4 1 1 14 9 +5
 Malaysia 5 6 1 2 3 9 12 −3
 Myanmar 3 6 1 0 5 4 18 −14

Played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2003-10-08
Iraq  5 – 1  Bahrain Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 350
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
Younis Mahmoud  5'  48'  69'  83'
Jassim Swadi  25'
Saleh Farhan  71'

2003-10-08
Malaysia  4 – 0  Myanmar Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Yang Ziqiang (China)
Tengku Hazman  34'  80'
Gilbert Cassidy  67'
Soe Lin Tun  86' (o.g.)

2003-10-10
Myanmar  1 – 3  Bahrain Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 800
Referee: Santhan Nagalingam (Singapore)
Soe Myat Min  77' Talal Yousef  14'
A'ala Hubail  49'
Hussain Ali Ahmed  76'

2003-10-10
Malaysia  0 – 0  Iraq Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Khantama Adunyachart (Thailand)

2003-10-12
Iraq  3 – 0  Myanmar Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 500
Referee: Yang Ziqiang (China)
Haidar Obeid  39'
Ahmad Mnajed  50'
Husham Mohammed  86'

2003-10-12
Malaysia  2 – 2  Bahrain Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
Shukor Adan  80'
Norhafiz Zamani Misbah  90'
Sayed Mahmood Jalal  6'
Mohammed Hussain Bahzad  45'

Played in Manama, Bahrain.

2003-10-20
Iraq  5 – 1  Malaysia Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mohammed Omar Al-Saeedi (UAE)
Qusai Hashim  20'
Younis Mahmoud  36'  45'  63'
Hussam Fawzi  70'
Hairuddin Omar  53'

2003-10-20
Bahrain  4 – 0  Myanmar Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Abdullah Al-Harrasi (Oman)
Abdulla Al Marzooqi  22'
Hussain Ali Ahmed  27'
Sayed Mahmood Jalal  45'
Saleh Farhan  45+2' (pen.)

2003-10-22
Myanmar  1 – 3  Iraq Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 300
Referee: Farajollah Yasrebi (Iran)
Zaw Zaw  45' Abbas Hassan  38'
Abbas Rahim  66'
Jassim Swadi  89' (pen.)

2003-10-22
Bahrain  3 – 1  Malaysia Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Talat Najem (Lebanon)
Hussain Ali Ahmed  30'  45'
Talal Yousef  43' (pen.)
Indra Putra Mahayuddin  37'

2003-10-24
Myanmar  2 – 1  Malaysia Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdullah Al-Harrasi (Oman)
Soe Myat Min  25'
Fadzli Saari  43' (o.g.)
Hairuddin Omar  86'

2003-10-24
Bahrain  1 – 0  Iraq Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Mohammed Omar Al-Saaedi (UAE)
A'ala Hubail  12'

Group G

NB: All of Sri Lanka's home matches were played away.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Turkmenistan 14 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8
 United Arab Emirates 13 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8
 Syria 7 6 2 1 3 16 10 +6
 Sri Lanka 0 6 0 0 6 1 23 −22
2003-10-15
Syria  5 – 0  Sri Lanka

2003-10-18
Sri Lanka  0 – 8  Syria

2003-10-19
Turkmenistan  1 – 0  United Arab Emirates

2003-10-30
United Arab Emirates  1 – 1  Turkmenistan

2003-11-07
Syria  1 – 3  United Arab Emirates

2003-11-09
Turkmenistan  1 – 0  Sri Lanka

2003-11-12
Sri Lanka  0 – 3  Turkmenistan

2003-11-14
United Arab Emirates  3 – 1  Syria

2003-11-18
United Arab Emirates  3 – 1  Sri Lanka

2003-11-22
Sri Lanka  0 – 3  United Arab Emirates

2003-11-28
Syria  1 – 1  Turkmenistan

2003-12-03
Turkmenistan  3 – 01  Syria

1 Syria failed to show up for the match. The match was awarded 3-0 to Turkmenistan.

References

  1. ^ http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/30/1067233325247.html?from=storyrhs

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