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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup
qualification Qualification is either the process of qualifying for an achievement, or a credential attesting to that achievement, and may refer to: * Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...
rounds for the Asian zone ( AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article
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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 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


Group 1


Group 2


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

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Play-off

*The play-off was played over a single leg at a neutral venue. * Extra time was played using the
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rule.


Inter-confederation play-offs


Qualified teams

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament. :
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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Ali Cheikh Dib Ali Cheikh Dib ( ar, علي عادل شيخ ديب) is a Syrian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Cheikh Dib won the Syrian Premier League twice with Al-Hurriya in 1992 and 1994. Then, he was part of the Syria national footbal ...
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Abdel Kader Rifai Abdel Kader Rifai ( ar, عبد القادر الرفاعي) is a retired professional Syrian football midfielder who last played for Al-Karamah in the Syrian Premier League. Career Rifai's career began in the youth system of Al-Karamah before ...
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Loay Taleb Louay Taleb ( ar, لؤي طالب; born August 9, 1975 in Damascus, Syria) is a retired Syrian football player. He ended his career as a player at Al-Wahda in 2002 and became one of the assistant coaches there. He moved to Al-Faisaly club in Jor ...
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Dusit Chalermsan Dusit Chalermsan (born April 22, 1970; th, ดุสิต เฉลิมแสน) is a Thai football coach and retired professional footballer who played as a Left-back. He is currently manager of Thai League 1 club PT Prachuap. He played ...
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Piyapong Pue-on Piyapong Pue-on ( th, ปิยะพงษ์ ผิวอ่อน; ) born: Padej Khankruea ( th, เผด็จ ขันเครือ; ; November 14, 1959) is a Thai retired football player who played as a striker. He was a member of the ...
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Redjeb Agabaev Rajab ( ar, رَجَب) is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of the classical Arabic verb ''rajaba'' is "to respect" which could also mean "be awe or be in fear", of which Rajab is a derivative. This month is reg ...
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Valeri Broshin Valeri (or Valery) Viktorovich Broshin (Russian: Валерий Викторович Брошин; 19 October 1962, Leningrad – 5 March 2009, Moscow) was a Russian-Turkmen professional association football, footballer and football manager ...
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Valeri Gulyan The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric, abbot of Leuconay, Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant ...
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Bakhit Alabadla Bakheet ( ar, بخيت), also transliterated Bakhet or Bakhit, and sometimes even Bekheet or Bekhit, and also sometimes preceded by ''Al-'' or ''El-'' ( ar, البخيت), is an Arabic surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Abdullah B ...
* Gholam Ali * Hassan Mubarak * Mohamed Obaid * Ahmed Saeed *
Jafar Irismetov Jafar Irismetov (russian: Джафар Ирисметов) (born 23 August 1976) is a former Uzbekistan footballer and coach. Playing career On 29 December 2012 IFFHS published list of ''The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorer amon ...
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Mirdjalal Kasimov Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov ( uz, Mirjalol Qoʻshoqovich Qosimov, russian: Мирджалол Кушакович Касымов; in English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan na ...
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Lê Huỳnh Đức Lê Huỳnh Đức (born April 20, 1972 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese football manager and former footballer. He is currently serving as technical director for V.League 1 side Saigon. Huỳnh Đức is a former member of the Vi ...
* Nguyễn Công Vinh *
Abdul Rahman Abdulla Abdul (also Romanization of Arabic, transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word ''Abd (Arabic), Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and th ...
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Esam Dariban *ESAM or Esam may refer to: *ESAM (gene) * Esam (given name) *John Esam, performer at the International Poetry Incarnation, 1965 *Mons Esam, mountain on the moon *Empire State Aerosciences Museum The Empire State Aerosciences Museum (commonly refe ...
* Munif Shaef Noman * Mohammed Zughair ;1 own goal * Sadiq Saadoun (playing against
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
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Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...
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