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Asia (AFC) Final Round World Cup Qualifying Results
Posted: Thur December 4, 1997 at 12:25 p.m. EST
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ASIA/OCEANIA WORLD CUP PLAYOFF
(IRAN QUALIFIES)
NOTE: (3-3 AGGREGATE SCORE; IRAN WINS ON AWAY GOALS RULE)
2nd leg: Nov. 29th at Melbourne
Australia 2, Iran 2
1st leg: Nov. 22nd at Tehran
Iran 1, Australia 1
Asian Playoff result
(Japan qualified for France)
November 16th, 1997
Japan 3, Iran 2 (sudden-death extra time)
(at Johor Bahru, Malaysia)
GROUP A
W L T GF GA PTS
x-Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 8 6 14
p-Iran 3 2 3 13 8 12
China 3 3 2 11 14 11
Qatar 3 4 1 7 10 10
Kuwait 2 4 2 7 8 8
Group A Results
Iran 4, China 2
Saudi Arabia 2, Kuwait 1
Iran 1, Saudi Arabia 1
Kuwait 2, Qatar 0
Kuwait 1, Iran 1
Qatar 1, China 1
Iran 3, Qatar 0
China 1, Saudi Arabia 0
China 2, Kuwait 1
Saudi Arabia 1, Qatar 0
Iran 4, China 1
Kuwait 2, Saudi Arabia 1
Saudi Arabia 1, Iran 0
Qatar 1, Kuwait 0
Qatar 3, China 2
Iran 0, Kuwait 0
Saudi Arabia 1, China 1
Qatar 2, Iran 0
China 1, Kuwait 0
Saudi Arabia 1, Qatar 0
GROUP B
W L T GF GA PTS
x-South Korea 6 1 1 19 7 19
x-Japan 3 1 4 17 9 13
United Arab Emirates 2 3 3 9 12 9
Uzbekistan 1 4 3 13 18 6
Kazakhstan 1 4 3 7 19 6
Group B results
South Korea 3, Kazakhstan 0
Japan 6, Uzbekistan 3
UAE 4, Kazakhstan 0
South Korea 2, Uzbekistan 1
UAE 0, Japan 0
Kazakhstan 1, Uzbekistan 1
UAE 3, Uzbekistan 2
South Korea 2, Japan 1
Kazakhstan 1, Japan 1
South Korea 3, UAE 0
Kazakhstan 1, South Korea 1
Uzbekistan 1, Japan 1
Kazakhstan 3, UAE 0
South Korea 5, Uzbekistan 1
Uzbekistan 4, Kazakhstan 0
Japan 1, UAE 1
Japan 2, South Korea 0
UAE 0, Uzbekistan 0
Japan 5, Kazakhstan 1
South Korea 3, UAE 1
NOTE: South Korea and Saudi Arabia qualified for the World Cup in
France as group winners. Japan beat Iran, 3-2, in sudden-death
extra time of the playoff match held at Johor Bahru in Malaysia.
Japan was the 29th country to qualify for the World Cup. Iran
became the 32nd (last) nation to qualify for France, by advancing
3-3 aggregate score based on away goals rule over Australia, the
Oceania Zone winner.
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