| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 16.11.97 | Japan | 3-2 | Iran | 1-0 | | aet, FT 2-2 |
| Group 1-II | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Saudi Arabia | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8: | 6 | | 2. Iran | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13: | 8 | | 3. China | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11: | 14 | | 4. Qatar | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7: | 10 | | 5. Kuwait | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7: | 8 |
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| Team | Sa | Ir | Ch | Qa | Ku | | Saudi Arabia | --- | 1:0 | 1:1 | 1:0 | 2:1 | | Iran | 1:1 | --- | 4:1 | 3:0 | 0:0 | | China | 1:0 | 2:4 | --- | 2:3 | 1:0 | | Qatar | 0:1 | 2:0 | 1:1 | --- | 0:2 | | Kuwait | 2:1 | 1:1 | 1:2 | 0:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 13.09.97 | Dalian | China | 2-4 | Iran | 1-0 | | 14.09.97 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 2-1 | Kuwait | 1-1 | | 19.09.97 | Doha | Qatar | 0-2 | Kuwait | 0-1 | | 19.09.97 | Tehran | Iran | 1-1 | Saudi Arabia | 0-1 | | 26.09.97 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 1-1 | Iran | 1-0 | | 26.09.97 | Doha | Qatar | 1-1 | China | 1-0 | | 03.10.97 | Dalian | China | 1-0 | Saudi Arabia | 0-0 | | 03.10.97 | Tehran | Iran | 3-0 | Qatar | 2-0 | | 10.10.97 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 1-2 | China | 1-1 | | 11.10.97 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 1-0 | Qatar | 0-0 | | 17.10.97 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 2-1 | Saudi Arabia | 0-1 | | 17.10.97 | Tehran | Iran | 4-1 | China | 2-0 | | 24.10.97 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 1-0 | Iran | 0-0 | | 24.10.97 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 0-1 | Qatar | 0-1 | | 31.10.97 | Tehran | Iran | 0-0 | Kuwait | 0-0 | | 31.10.97 | Dalian | China | 2-3 | Qatar | 1-1 | | 06.11.97 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 1-1 | China | 1-1 | | 07.11.97 | Doha | Qatar | 2-0 | Iran | 1-0 | | 12.11.97 | Doha | Qatar | 0-1 | Saudi Arabia | | | 12.11.97 | Dalian | China | 1-0 | Kuwait | 1-0 |
| Group 2-II | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. South Korea | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19: | 7 | | 2. Japan | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17: | 9 | | 3. UA Emirates | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9: | 12 | | 4. Uzbekistan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13: | 18 | | 5. Kazakhstan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7: | 19 |
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| Team | So | Ja | UA | Uz | Ka | | South Korea | --- | 0:2 | 3:0 | 2:1 | 3:0 | | Japan | 1:2 | --- | 1:1 | 6:3 | 5:1 | | UA Emirates | 1:3 | 0:0 | --- | 0:0 | 4:0 | | Uzbekistan | 1:5 | 1:1 | 2:3 | --- | 4:0 | | Kazakhstan | 1:1 | 1:1 | 3:0 | 1:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 06.09.97 | Seoul | South Korea | 3-0 | Kazakhstan | 1-0 | | 07.09.97 | Tokyo | Japan | 6-3 | Uzbekistan | 4-0 | | 12.09.97 | Abu Dhabi | UA Emirates | 4-0 | Kazakhstan | 1-0 | | 12.09.97 | Seoul | South Korea | 2-1 | Uzbekistan | 1-0 | | 19.09.97 | Abu Dhabi | UA Emirates | 0-0 | Japan | 0-0 | | 20.09.97 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 1-1 | Uzbekistan | 0-0 | | 27.09.97 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 2-3 | UA Emirates | 1-0 | | 28.09.97 | Tokyo | Japan | 1-2 | South Korea | 0-0 | | 04.10.97 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 1-1 | Japan | 0-1 | | 04.10.97 | Seoul | South Korea | 3-0 | UA Emirates | 1-0 | | 11.10.97 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 1-1 | South Korea | 0-1 | | 11.10.97 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 1-1 | Japan | 1-0 | | 18.10.97 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 3-0 | UA Emirates | 0-0 | | 18.10.97 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 1-5 | South Korea | 0-3 | | 25.10.97 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 4-0 | Kazakhstan | 3-0 | | 26.10.97 | Tokyo | Japan | 1-1 | UA Emirates | 1-1 | | 01.11.97 | Seoul | South Korea | 0-2 | Japan | 0-2 | | 02.11.97 | Abu Dhabi | UA Emirates | 0-0 | Uzbekistan | 0-0 | | 08.11.97 | Tokyo | Japan | 5-1 | Kazakhstan | 3-0 | | 09.11.97 | Abu Dhabi | UA Emirates | 1-3 | South Korea | 0-2 |
| Group 1 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Saudi Arabia | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18: | 1 | | 2. Malaysia | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5: | 3 | | 3. Taiwan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4: | 13 | | 4. Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4: | 14 |
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| Team | Sa | Ma | Ta | Ba | | Saudi Arabia | --- | 3:0 | 6:0 | 3:0 | | Malaysia | 0:0 | --- | 2:0 | 2:0 | | Taiwan | 0:2 | 0:0 | --- | 3:1 | | Bangladesh | 1:4 | 0:1 | 2:1 | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Kuala Lumpur (MAS) | | 16.03.97 | Malaysia | 2-0 | Bangladesh | 1-0 | | 16.03.97 | Taiwan | 0-2 | Saudi Arabia | 0-2 | | 18.03.97 | Bangladesh | 1-3 | Taiwan | 0-0 | | 18.03.97 | Malaysia | 0-0 | Saudi Arabia | 0-0 | | 20.03.97 | Malaysia | 2-0 | Taiwan | 2-0 | | 20.03.97 | Bangladesh | 1-4 | Saudi Arabia | 1-2 | | played at Jeddah (KSA) | | 27.03.97 | Saudi Arabia | 3-0 | Bangladesh | 2-0 | | 27.03.97 | Taiwan | 0-0 | Malaysia | 0-0 | | 29.03.97 | Saudi Arabia | 3-0 | Malaysia | 0-0 | | 29.03.97 | Taiwan | 1-2 | Bangladesh | 0-1 | | 31.03.97 | Saudi Arabia | 6-0 | Taiwan | 4-0 | | 31.03.97 | Bangladesh | 0-1 | Malaysia | 0-1 |
| Group 2 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Iran | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 39: | 3 | | 2. Syria | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30: | 5 | | 3. Kirgistan | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12: | 14 | | 4. Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0: | 59 |
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| Team | Ir | Sy | Ki | Ma | | Iran | ---- | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 17: 0 | | Syria | 0: 1 | ---- | 3: - | 12: 0 | | Kirgistan | 0: 7 | 2: 1 | ---- | 3: 0 | | Maldives | 0: 9 | 0:12 | 0: 6 | ---- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Damascus (SYR) | | 02.06.97 | Maldives | 0-17 | Iran | 0-6 | | 04.06.97 | Kyrgyzstan | 0-7 | Iran | 0-1 | | 04.06.97 | Syria | 12-0 | Maldives | 7-0 | | 06.06.97 | Kyrgyzstan | 3-0 | Maldives | 3-0 | | 06.06.97 | Syria | 0-1 | Iran | 0-0 | | played at Tehran (IRN) | | 09.06.97 | Maldives | 0-12 | Syria | 0-1 | | 09.06.97 | Iran | 3-1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1-1 | | 11.06.97 | Kyrgyzstan | 2-1 | Syria | 0-0 | | 11.06.97 | Iran | 9-0 | Maldives | 7-0 | | 13.06.97 | Maldives | 0-6 | Kyrgyzstan | 0-3 | | 13.06.97 | Iran | 2-2 | Syria | 2-2 |
| Group 3 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. UA Emirates | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7: | 1 | | 2. Jordan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4: | 4 | | 3. Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3: | 9 |
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| Team | UA | Jo | Ba | | UA Emirates | --- | 2:0 | 3:0 | | Jordan | 0:0 | --- | 4:1 | | Bahrain | 1:2 | 1:0 | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Manama (BRN) | | 08.04.97 | Jordan | 0-0 | UA Emirates | 0-0 | | 11.04.97 | Bahrain | 1-2 | UA Emirates | 0-1 | | 14.04.97 | Bahrain | 1-0 | Jordan | 1-0 | | played at Sharjah (UAE) | | 19.04.97 | Jordan | 4-1 | Bahrain | 2-1 | | 22.04.97 | UA Emirates | 3-0 | Bahrain | 1-0 | | 26.04.97 | UA Emirates | 2-0 | Jordan | 1-0 |
| Group 4 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Japan | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31: | 1 | | 2. Oman | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14: | 2 | | 3. Macau | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3: | 28 | | 4. Nepal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2: | 19 |
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| Team | Ja | Om | Ma | Ne | | Japan | ---- | 1: 1 | 10: 0 | 3: 0 | | Oman | 0: 1 | ---- | 4: 0 | 1: 0 | | Macau | 0:10 | 0: 2 | ---- | 2: 1 | | Nepal | 0: 6 | 0: 6 | 1: 1 | ---- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Muscat (OMA) | | 23.03.97 | Oman | 0-1 | Japan | 0-1 | | 23.03.97 | Nepal | 1-1 | Macau | 1-1 | | 25.03.97 | Oman | 1-0 | Nepal | 0-0 | | 25.03.97 | Macau | 0-10 | Japan | 0-3 | | 27.03.97 | Nepal | 0-6 | Japan | 0-1 | | 27.03.97 | Oman | 4-0 | Macau | 2-0 | | played at Tokyo (JPN) | | 22.06.97 | Japan | 10-0 | Macau | 6-0 | | 22.06.97 | Nepal | 0-6 | Oman | 0-3 | | 25.06.97 | Macau | 0-2 | Oman | 0-1 | | 25.06.97 | Japan | 3-0 | Nepal | 1-0 | | 28.06.97 | Macau | 2-1 | Nepal | 1-0 | | 28.06.97 | Japan | 1-1 | Oman | 1-0 |
| Group 5 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Uzbekistan | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18: | 2 | | 2. Yemen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9: | 5 | | 3. Indonesia | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11: | 6 | | 4. Cambodia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2: | 27 |
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| Team | Uz | Ye | In | Ca | | Uzbekistan | --- | 3:- | 3:0 | 6:0 | | Yemen | 0:1 | --- | 1:1 | 7:0 | | Indonesia | 1:1 | 0:0 | --- | 8:0 | | Cambodia | 1:4 | 0:1 | 1:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 06.04.97 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 8-0 | Cambodia | 6-0 | | 13.04.97 | Manado | Indonesia | 0-0 | Yemen | 0-0 | | 20.04.97 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 0-1 | Yemen | 0-1 | | 27.04.97 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 1-1 | Indonesia | 0-0 | | 09.05.97 | Sana`a | Yemen | 0-1 | Uzbekistan | 0-1 | | 16.05.97 | Sana`a | Yemen | 7-0 | Cambodia | 3-0 | | 25.05.97 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 6-0 | Cambodia | 4-0 | | 01.06.97 | Surabaya | Indonesia | 1-1 | Uzbekistan | 1-0 | | 13.06.97 | Sana`a | Yemen | 1-1 | Indonesia | 1-0 | | 20.06.97 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 3-0 | Indonesia | 2-0 | | 29.06.97 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 1-4 | Uzbekistan | 1-3 | | 24.08.97 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 5-1 | Yemen | 1-1 |
| Group 6 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. South Korea | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9: | 1 | | 2. Thailand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5: | 6 | | 3. Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3: | 10 |
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| Team | So | Th | Ho | | South Korea | --- | 0:0 | 4:0 | | Thailand | 1:3 | --- | 2:0 | | Hong Kong | 0:2 | 3:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 22.02.97 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0-2 | South Korea | 0-0 | | 02.03.97 | Bangkok | Thailand | 1-3 | South Korea | 0-1 | | 09.03.97 | Bangkok | Thailand | 2-0 | Hong Kong | 1-0 | | 30.03.97 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 3-2 | Thailand | 1-1 | | 28.05.97 | Seoul | South Korea | 4-0 | Hong Kong | 2-0 | | 01.06.97 | Seoul | South Korea | 0-0 | Thailand | 0-0 |
| Group 7 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Kuwait | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10: | 1 | | 2. Lebanon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4: | 7 | | 3. Singapore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2: | 8 |
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| Team | Ku | Le | Si | | Kuwait | --- | 2:0 | 4:0 | | Lebanon | 1:3 | --- | 1:1 | | Singapore | 0:1 | 1:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 13.04.97 | Beirut | Lebanon | 1-1 | Singapore | 0-0 | | 26.04.97 | Singapore | Singapore | 0-1 | Kuwait | 0-1 | | 08.05.97 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 2-0 | Lebanon | 1-0 | | 24.05.97 | Singapore | Singapore | 1-2 | Lebanon | 0-1 | | 05.06.97 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 4-0 | Singapore | 3-0 | | 22.06.97 | Beirut | Lebanon | 1-3 | Kuwait | 0-2 |
| Group 8 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. China | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13: | 2 | | 2. Tajikistan | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15: | 2 | | 3. Turkmenistan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8: | 13 | | 4. Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2: | 21 |
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| Team | Ch | Ta | Tu | Vi | | China | --- | 0:0 | 1:0 | 4:0 | | Tajikistan | 0:1 | --- | 5:0 | 4:0 | | Turkmenistan | 1:4 | 1:2 | --- | 2:1 | | Vietnam | 1:3 | 0:4 | 0:4 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 04.05.97 | Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | 1-4 | China | 0-2 | | 04.05.97 | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | 4-0 | Vietnam | 2-0 | | 11.05.97 | Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | 2-1 | Vietnam | 1-0 | | 11.05.97 | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | 0-1 | China | 0-0 | | 25.05.97 | Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | 1-2 | Tajikistan | 1-1 | | 25.05.97 | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam | 1-3 | China | 1-3 | | 01.06.97 | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam | 0-4 | Tajikistan | 0-2 | | 01.06.97 | Beijing | China | 1-0 | Turkmenistan | 0-0 | | 08.06.97 | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam | 0-4 | Turkmenistan | 0-2 | | 08.06.97 | Beijing | China | 0-0 | Tajikistan | 0-0 | | 22.06.97 | Beijing | China | 4-0 | Vietnam | 2-0 | | 22.06.97 | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | 5-0 | Turkmenistan | 4-0 |
| Group 9 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Kazakhstan | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14: | 2 | | 2. Iraq | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14: | 7 | | 3. Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3: | 22 |
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| Team | Ka | Ir | Pa | | Kazakhstan | --- | 2:1 | 3:0 | | Iraq | 1:2 | --- | 6:1 | | Pakistan | 0:7 | 2:6 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 11.05.97 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 3-0 | Pakistan | 1-0 | | 23.05.97 | Lahore | Pakistan | 2-6 | Iraq | 1-2 | | 06.06.97 | Baghdad | Iraq | 1-2 | Kazakhstan | 1-1 | | 11.06.97 | Lahore | Pakistan | 0-7 | Kazakhstan | 0-3 | | 20.06.97 | Baghdad | Iraq | 6-1 | Pakistan | 2-0 | | 29.06.97 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 3-1 | Iraq | 2-0 |
| Group 10 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Qatar | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14: | 0 | | 2. Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4: | 4 | | 3. India | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3: | 7 | | 4. Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0: | 10 |
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| Team | Qa | Sr | In | Ph | | Qatar | --- | 3:0 | 6:0 | 5:0 | | Sri Lanka | | --- | 1:1 | 3:0 | | India | | | --- | 2:0 | | Philippines | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Doha (QAT) | | 20.09.96 | Qatar | 3-0 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 | | 21.09.96 | India | 2-0 | Philippines | 0-0 | | 23.09.96 | Qatar | 5-0 | Philippines | 5-0 | | 24.09.96 | Sri Lanka | 1-1 | India | 1-1 | | 26.09.96 | Philippines | 0-3 | Sri Lanka | 0-1 | | 27.09.96 | Qatar | 6-0 | India | 3-0 |
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