Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3

This page provides the summaries of the matches of the group stage of the Asian football qualifiers for 2008 Olympics.

Format

The 12 teams in this round were divided into three groups of four teams each and played on a home-and-away format. The group winner from each group advanced to the 2008 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Beijing.

Matches

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 633071+612
 Iraq 6321124+811
 North Korea 612336−35
 Lebanon 6114415−114
  Australia Iraq North Korea Lebanon
Australia  – 2–0 1–0 3–0
Iraq  0–0 – 2–0 5–2
North Korea  1–1 0–0 – 0–1
Lebanon  0–0 0–5 1–2 –

Iraq 0–0 Australia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)

North Korea 0–1 Lebanon
Ali Yaacoub  12'
Attendance: 35,000

Australia 1–0 North Korea
Milligan  49'
Attendance: 4,903

Lebanon 0–5 Iraq
Saeed  22'
Abdul-Zahra  59', 89'
Ali Abbas  72'
Karrar Jassim  76'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)

Australia 3–0 Lebanon
Ward  6'
Bridge  24'
Williams  90+3'
Attendance: 4,171
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)

Iraq 2–0 North Korea
Ibrahim  21'
Abdul-Zahra  69'
Attendance: 1,500

Lebanon 0–0 Australia
Attendance: 350

North Korea 0–0 Iraq
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Hasan Tayeb (Bangladesh)

Australia 2–0 Iraq
Leijer  19'
Milligan  58'
Attendance: 13,888

Lebanon 1–2 North Korea
Hamzeh Salameh  5' (pen.) Kim Kyong-Il  45+1'
Kim Kuk-Jin  70'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Iraq 5–2 Lebanon
Abdul-Zahra  8', 23', 81'
Mustafa  30'
Samer Saeed  37'		 Hassan Maatouk  59' (pen.)
Al Saadi  72' (pen.)
Attendance: 100

North Korea 1–1 Australia
Pak Chol-Min  10' Leijer  70'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 633041+312
 Bahrain 632174+311
 Syria 604257−24
 Uzbekistan 603359−43
  Bahrain South Korea Syria Uzbekistan
Bahrain  – 0–1 1–1 2–0
South Korea  0–0 – 1–0 2–1
Syria  1–2 0–0 – 3–3
Uzbekistan  1–2 0–0 0–0 –

South Korea 2–1 Uzbekistan
Lee Sang-ho  49'
Lee Keun-Ho  79'		 Kim Jin-Kyu  24' (o.g.)
Attendance: 22,885

Syria 1–2 Bahrain
Al Hussain  37' Okwunwanne  45', 90+2'
Attendance: 3,000

Uzbekistan 0–0 Syria
Attendance: 9,000

Bahrain 0–1 South Korea
Kang Min-Soo  64'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)

Uzbekistan 1–2 Bahrain
Abdullaev  86' Abdullah Omar  29'
Al Banki  90+2'
Attendance: 12,000

South Korea 1–0 Syria
Kim Seung-Yong  10'
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China PR)

Bahrain 2–0 Uzbekistan
Okwunwanne  45'
Abdullah Omar  55'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)

Syria 0–0 South Korea
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)

Uzbekistan 0–0 South Korea
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Abdulla Mohamed Balideh (Qatar)

Bahrain 1–1 Syria
Aaish  63' Al Haj  42'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

South Korea 0–0 Bahrain
Attendance: 28,221

Syria 3–3 Uzbekistan
Al Haj  42'
Bakri Tarrab  44'
Dalli Hasan  86'		 Tadjiyev  61' (pen.)
Galiulin  63', 66'
Attendance: 300

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 632172+511
 Qatar 631286+210
 Saudi Arabia 623153+29
 Vietnam 6024312−92
  Japan Qatar Saudi Arabia Vietnam
Japan  – 1–0 0–0 1–0
Qatar  2–1 – 1–0 3–1
Saudi Arabia  0–0 2–1 – 2–0
Vietnam  0–4 1–1 1–1 –

Japan 1–0 Vietnam
Aoyama  45+1'
Attendance: 22,507

Qatar 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Al-Hamad  71'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Vietnam 1–1 Qatar
Vũ Phong  13' Al Yazeedi  11'
Attendance: 14,000

Saudi Arabia 0–0 Japan
Attendance: 9,000

Vietnam 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Công Vinh  65' Naif Hazazi  80'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Japan 1–0 Qatar
Kajiyama  6'
Attendance: 23,163

Saudi Arabia 2–0 Vietnam
Al-Salem  64' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)

Qatar 2–1 Japan
Al Haidos  77'
Majdi Siddiq  90+3' (pen.)		 Aoyama  43'
Attendance: 6,000

Vietnam 0–4 Japan
Lee  9', 25'
Honda  40' (pen.)
Hosogai  87'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

Saudi Arabia 2–1 Qatar
Al-Bishi  76' (pen.)
Al-Ghanam  88'		 Magid Mohamed  69'
Attendance: 15,000

Japan 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Attendance: 42,913

Qatar 3–1 Vietnam
Jassem  22', 52'
Al Haidos  31'		 Công Vinh  80'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Iraq had to play their remaining home games of the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifiers at a neutral venue
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