Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

The Asian Football Confederation's Pre-Olympic Tournament was held from 3 April 1999 to 13 November 1999. Thirty-five teams entered the qualification for the three allocated spots for the 2000 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Sydney.

The qualification saw Korea Republic, Japan and Kuwait winning their final round groups and qualifying to the Olympics.

Format

Asian berths for the final is 3.

First round: 35 teams were grouped into 9 groups, where each group would consist of round-robin tournament. The winners of each group would qualify to the finals. 12 teams from West Asia were grouped into 4 groups of 3 teams each, 5 teams from Central Asia were grouped into one group, 18 teams from East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia were grouped into 4 groups of 4 or 5 teams each.
Final round: 9 teams were grouped into 3 groups of 3 teams each, where each group would consist of home and away round-robin tournament. The winners of each group would qualify to the finals.

First round

The first round was played in nine groups held from 3 April 1999 to 24 Jnly 1999. The winner of each group will be promoted to the final round.

Group 1

20 May 1999	Yemen	0 – 3	Qatar

23 May 1999	United Arab Emirates	6 – 1	Yemen

26 May 1999	United Arab Emirates	0 – 1	Qatar

1 June 1999	Qatar	3 – 1	Yemen

4 June 1999	Yemen	0 – 5	United Arab Emirates

7 June 1999	Qatar	2 – 2	United Arab Emirates

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Qatar	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10
2	United Arab Emirates	4	2	1	1	13	4	+9	7
3	Yemen	4	0	0	4	2	17	-15	0

Qatar qualify to the final round.

Group 2

6 May 1999	Oman	2 – 2	Kuwait

14 May 1999	Syria	1 – 2	Kuwait

20 May 1999	Oman	1 – 5	Syria

25 May 1999	Kuwait	3 – 2	Syria

31 May 1999	Syria	0 – 1	Oman

5 June 1999	Kuwait	3 – 1	Oman

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kuwait	4	3	1	0	10	6	+4	10
2	Oman	4	1	1	2	5	10	-5	4
3	Syria	4	1	0	3	8	7	+1	3

Kuwait qualify to the final round.

Group 3

1 July 1999	Jordan	1 – 3	Saudi Arabia

3 July 1999	Iraq	4 – 2	Jordan

5 July 1999	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Iraq

8 July 1999	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	Jordan

10 July 1999	Jordan	5 – 0	Iraq

12 July 1999	Iraq	2 – 2	Saudi Arabia

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4	8
2	Iraq	4	1	2	1	7	10	-3	5
3	Jordan	4	1	0	3	8	9	-1	3

Saudi Arabia qualify to the final round.

Group 4

14 May 1999	Iran	2 – 1	Bahrain

20 May 1999	Bahrain	2 – 1	Lebanon

6 June 1999	Lebanon	2 – 0	Iran

11 June 1999	Bahrain	2 – 0	Iran

18 June 1999	Lebanon	0 – 2	Bahrain

25 June 1999	Iran	1 – 1	Lebanon

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bahrain	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9
2	Lebanon	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1	4
3	Iran	4	1	1	2	3	6	-3	4

Bahrain qualify to the final round.

Group 5

3 April 1999	Uzbekistan	3 – 1	Kyrgyzstan

3 April 1999	Tajikistan	1 – 2	Turkmenistan

10 April 1999	Uzbekistan	3 – 0	Tajikistan

24 April 1999	Tajikistan	0 – 0	Kazakhstan

24 April 1999	Turkmenistan	1 – 1	Uzbekistan

8 May 1999	Kazakhstan	4 – 1	Turkmenistan

8 May 1999	Kyrgyzstan	1 – 0	Tajikistan

15 May 1999	Turkmenistan	3 – 0	Kyrgyzstan

15 May 1999	Uzbekistan	0 – 2	Kazakhstan

29 May 1999	Kyrgyzstan	2 – 1	Turkmenistan

29 May 1999	Kazakhstan	3 – 1	Uzbekistan

5 June 1999	Turkmenistan	3 – 2	Kazakhstan

5 June 1999	Tajikistan	1 – 2	Kyrgyzstan

12 June 1999	Kazakhstan	5 – 1	Tajikistan

12 June 1999	Uzbekistan	3 – 0	Turkmenistan

19 June 1999	Kazakhstan	1 – 1	Kyrgyzstan

26 June 1999	Tajikistan	0 – 2	Uzbekistan

26 June 1999	Kyrgyzstan	2 – 3	Kazakhstan

3 July 1999	Kyrgyzstan	0 – 2	Uzbekistan

3 July 1999	Turkmenistan	6 – 1	Tajikistan

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kazakhstan	8	5	2	1	20	9	+11	17
2	Uzbekistan	8	5	1	2	15	7	+8	16
3	Turkmenistan	8	4	1	3	17	14	+3	13
4	Kyrgyzstan	8	3	1	4	9	14	-5	10
5	Tajikistan	8	0	1	7	4	21	-17	1

Kazakhstan qualify to the final round.

Group 6

12 June 1999	Philippines	0 – 13	Japan

12 June 1999	Hong Kong	1 – 2	Nepal

14 June 1999	Nepal	0 – 5	Japan

14 June 1999	Hong Kong	2 – 2	Malaysia

16 June 1999	Philippines	0 – 1	Nepal

16 June 1999	Malaysia	0 – 4	Japan

18 June 1999	Malaysia	6 – 1	Philippines

18 June 1999	Hong Kong	1 – 4	Japan

20 June 1999	Nepal	1 – 1	Malaysia

20 June 1999	Hong Kong	4 – 1	Philippines

26 June 1999	Philippines	0 – 1	Hong Kong

26 June 1999	Japan	9 – 0	Nepal

28 June 1999	Nepal	1 – 2	Hong Kong

28 June 1999	Japan	4 – 0	Malaysia

30 June 1999	Nepal	2 – 2	Philippines

30 June 1999	Malaysia	0 – 3	Hong Kong

2 July 1999	Philippines	0 – 5	Malaysia

2 July 1999	Japan	2 – 0	Hong Kong

4 July 1999	Malaysia	3 – 2	Nepal

4 July 1999	Japan	11 – 0	Philippines

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	8	8	0	0	52	1	+51	24
2	Hong Kong	8	4	1	3	14	12	+2	13
3	Malaysia	8	3	2	3	17	17	0	11
4	Nepal	8	2	2	4	9	23	-14	8
5	Philippines	8	0	1	7	4	43	-39	1

Japan qualify to the final round.

Group 7

23 May 1999	Myanmar	0 – 1	North Korea

23 May 1999	Vietnam	0 – 4	China PR

26 May 1999	Vietnam	1 – 2	North Korea

26 May 1999	Myanmar	0 – 4	China PR

29 May 1999	Vietnam	1 – 2	Myanmar

29 May 1999	North Korea	0 – 1	China PR

12 June 1999	North Korea	6 – 0	Myanmar

12 June 1999	China PR	3 – 0	Vietnam

15 June 1999	North Korea	1 – 1	Vietnam

15 June 1999	China PR	6 – 0	Myanmar

18 June 1999	Myanmar	0 – 0	Vietnam

18 June 1999	China PR	2 – 0	North Korea

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China PR	6	6	0	0	20	0	+20	18
2	North Korea	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10
3	Myanmar	6	1	1	4	2	18	-16	4
4	Vietnam	6	0	2	4	3	12	-9	2

China qualify to the final round.

Group 8

25 May 1999	Chinese Taipei	1 – 2	Indonesia

25 May 1999	South Korea	5 – 0	Sri Lanka

27 May 1999	Indonesia	2 – 1	Sri Lanka

27 May 1999	South Korea	7 – 0	Chinese Taipei

29 May 1999	Chinese Taipei	4 – 1	Sri Lanka

29 May 1999	South Korea	7 – 0	Indonesia

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	3	3	0	19	0	+19	9
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	4	9	-5	6
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	5	10	-5	3
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	2	11	-9	0

South Korea qualify to the final round.

Group 9

17 July 1999	Thailand	2 – 0	India

24 July 1999	India	0 – 0	Thailand

Singapore, Brunei and Laos withdrew.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Thailand	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
2	India	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	1

Thailand qualify to the final round.

Final round

The final round was played in three groups of three teams each held from 1 October to 13 November 1999. The winner of each group will represent Asia at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Group A

1 October 1999	Qatar	4 – 1	Saudi Arabia

8 October 1999	Saudi Arabia	2 – 1	Kuwait

15 October 1999	Kuwait	4 – 0	Qatar

29 October 1999	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	Qatar

7 November 1999	Kuwait	3 – 0	Saudi Arabia

12 November 1999	Qatar	1 – 2	Kuwait

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kuwait	4	3	1	10	3	+7	9
2	Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	5	8	-3	6
3	Qatar	4	1	3	5	9	-4	3

Kuwait qualify to the 2000 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Sydney.

Group B

3 October 1999	South Korea	1 – 0	China PR

10 October 1999	China PR	2 – 1	Bahrain

17 October 1999	Bahrain	0 – 1	South Korea

29 October 1999	China PR	1 – 1	South Korea

5 November 1999	Bahrain	1 – 0	China PR

13 November 1999	South Korea	2 – 1	Bahrain

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	5	2	+3	10
2	China PR	4	1	1	2	3	4	-1	4
3	Bahrain	4	1	0	3	3	5	-2	3

South Korea qualify to the 2000 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Sydney.

Group C

2 October 1999	Kazakhstan	0 – 0	Thailand

9 October 1999	Kazakhstan	0 – 2	Japan

17 October 1999	Japan	3 – 1	Thailand

30 October 1999	Thailand	1 – 4	Kazakhstan

6 November 1999	Japan	3 – 1	Kazakhstan

13 November 1999	Thailand	0 – 6	Japan

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	14	2	+12	12
2	Kazakhstan	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	4
3	Thailand	4	0	1	3	2	13	-11	1

Japan qualify to the 2000 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Sydney.

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