Football at the 1998 Asian Games

Football at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand from November 30 to December 19, 1998.

Medal summary

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Iran	Kuwait	China PR
Women	China PR	North Korea	Japan

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	1	0	1	2
2	Iran	1	0	0	1
3	Kuwait	0	1	0	1
3	North Korea	0	1	0	1
5	Japan	0	0	1	1

Men

Preliminaries

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Turkmenistan	6	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
South Korea	3	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3
Vietnam	0	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	6	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
Lebanon	3	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1
Cambodia	0	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	6	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
India	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Nepal	0	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

•  Mongolia moved from Group G.
•  Yemen withdrew.

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Qatar	6	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Tajikistan	3	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Maldives	0	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7
Brunei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

•  Brunei withdrew.

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
North Korea	1	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

•  Bangladesh and  Burma withdrew.

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Thailand	6	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Oman	3	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4
Hong Kong	0	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11

Group G

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Uzbekistan	4	2	1	1	0	18	3	+15
Kuwait	4	2	1	1	0	14	3	+11
Mongolia	0	2	0	0	2	0	26	−26

•    Nepal moved to Group C.

Group H

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	6	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3
Laos	0	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10

Round 2

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Uzbekistan	7	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6
Turkmenistan	5	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
North Korea	4	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2
India	0	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
South Korea	9	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4
Kuwait	3	3	1	0	2	6	3	+3
Japan	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
United Arab Emirates	3	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	6	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6
Iran	6	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4
Oman	4	3	1	1	1	8	11	−3
Tajikistan	1	3	0	1	2	4	11	−7

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Qatar	6	3	2	0	1	3	3	0
Thailand	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Kazakhstan	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Lebanon	3	3	1	0	2	3	2	+1

Knockout stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	December 14
	Uzbekistan	0
					December 16
	Iran	4
					Iran	1
	December 14
					China PR	0
	China PR	3
									December 19
	Turkmenistan	0
									Iran	2
	December 14
									Kuwait	0
	South Korea	1
					December 16
	Thailand (aet)	2
					Thailand	0			Third place
	December 14
					Kuwait	3
	Qatar	0 (1)							China PR	3
	Kuwait (PSO)	0 (3)							Thailand	0
									December 19

Quarter finals

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Semi finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Women

Preliminaries

Original draw

Group A	Group B
Japan  Laos *  Thailand  Vietnam	China PR  Chinese Taipei  India    Nepal *

• * Withdrew

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	9	3	3	0	0	24	0	+24
Chinese Taipei	4	3	1	1	1	14	7	+7
South Korea	4	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4
India	0	3	0	0	3	1	36	−35

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
North Korea	9	3	3	0	0	25	2	+23
Japan	6	3	2	0	1	16	3	+13
Vietnam	1	3	0	1	2	1	16	−15
Thailand	1	3	0	1	2	1	22	−21

Knockout stages

	Semi-finals				Final
	December 15
	China PR	3
	Japan	0
					December 17
					China PR	1
					North Korea	0
					Third place
	December 15			December 17
	North Korea (PSO)	1 (6)		Japan	2
	Chinese Taipei	1 (5)			Chinese Taipei	1

References

• RSSSF

World Soccer 1998

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