# Football at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 1998 Asian Games was held from 30 November to 19 December 1998 in Thailand.

## Venues

| Bangkok | Bangkok | Chiang Mai | Suphanburi | Songkhla |
| Rajamangala Stadium | Supachalasai Stadium | 700th Anniversary Stadium | Suphanburi Stadium | Tinsulanon Stadium |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
| Nakhon Sawan | Sisaket | Surat Thani | Trang | |
| Nakhon Sawan Stadium | Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium | Surat Thani Stadium | Trang Municipality Stadium | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 11,200 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 4,789 | |
| BangkokSuphanburiNakhon SawanSisaketSurat ThaniTrangSongkhlaChiang Mai |||||

## Results

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 |
| 3 | Vietnam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 |
| 2 | Lebanon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 | Cambodia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
| 2 | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Nepal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Qatar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | Tajikistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |

#### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | North Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |

#### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 |
| 2 | Oman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |

#### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 4 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 4 |
| 3 | Mongolia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | −26 | 0 |

#### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
| 3 | Laos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |

### Second round
#### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |

#### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |

#### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 |
| 3 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |

#### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Qatar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 14 December | 14 December | | | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | | | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 16 December | 16 December | | |
| Iran | 4 | 16 December | 16 December | |
| Iran | 4 | Iran | 1 | |
| 14 December | 14 December | | Iran | 1 | |
| 14 December | 14 December | China | 0 | |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | China | 0 | |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | | | | 19 December | 19 December |
| China | 3 | | | | 19 December | 19 December |
| China | 3 | | | | Iran | 2 |
| 14 December | 14 December | | | | | Iran | 2 |
| 14 December | 14 December | | | | Kuwait | 0 |
| Thailand (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | Kuwait | 0 |
| Thailand (a.e.t.) | 2 | 16 December | 16 December | | | |
| South Korea | 1 | 16 December | 16 December | | | |
| South Korea | 1 | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| 14 December | 14 December | | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| 14 December | 14 December | Kuwait | 3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Qatar | 0 (1) | Kuwait | 3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Qatar | 0 (1) | | | | 19 December | 19 December |
| Kuwait (p) | 0 (3) | | | | 19 December | 19 December |
| Kuwait (p) | 0 (3) | | | | China | 3 |
| | | | | | Thailand | 0 |

#### Gold medal match
## Goalscorers

9 goals
* Faraj Laheeb (KUW)
8 goals
* Ali Daei (IRI)
* Jasem Al-Huwaidi (KUW)
7 goals
* Choi Yong-soo (KOR)
6 goals
* Li Jinyu (CHN)
5 goals
* Ali Mousavi (IRI)
* Viktor Zubarev (KAZ)
* Hani Al-Dhabit (OMA)
* Igor Shkvyrin (UZB)
4 goals
* Yang Chen (CHN)
* Mubarak Al-Kuwari (QAT)
* Sergey Lebedev (UZB)
* Nematullo Quttiboev (UZB)

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Iran | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | +18 | 21 |
| | Kuwait | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 11 |
| | China | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 18 |
| 4 | Thailand | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 13 |
| 5 | Qatar | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 |
| 6 | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 11 |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 11 |
| 9 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 |
| 11 | Oman | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 7 |
| 12 | Lebanon | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| 13 | North Korea | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 |
| 14 | Tajikistan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 |
| 16 | India | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 |
| 17 | Nepal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| 17 | Vietnam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| 19 | Cambodia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
| 20 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| 21 | Laos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
| 22 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
| 23 | Mongolia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | −26 | 0 |