Qatar qualified as hosts.
Qualifying
Group 1 (in Bosher, Oman)
20- 7-98 Oman 4-0 Turkmenistan 1.OMAN 3 3 0 0 18- 1 9
Palestine 0-6 Kuwait 2.Kuwait 3 1 1 1 8- 4 4
22- 7-98 Kuwait 1-3 Oman 3.Turkmenistan 3 1 1 1 4- 6 4
Palestine 1-3 Turkmenistan 4.Palestine 3 0 0 3 1-20 0
24- 7-98 Kuwait 1-1 Turkmenistan
Oman 11-0 Palestine
Group 2 (in Tabriz, Iran)
Yemen withdrew 1.IRAN 2 2 0 0 4- 0 6
27- 7-98 UAE 3-0 Tajikistan 2.UA Emirates 2 1 0 1 3- 1 3
31- 7-98 Iran 1-0 UAE 3.Tajikistan 2 0 0 2 0- 6 0
2- 8-98 Iran 3-0 Tajikistan
Group 3 (in Hael, Saudi Arabia)
3- 8-98 Bahrain 5-1 Jordan 1.BAHRAIN 2 2 0 0 7- 2 6
5- 8-98 Bahrain 2-1 Saudi Arabia 2.Jordan 2 1 0 1 3- 5 3
7- 8-98 Jordan 2-0 Saudi Arabia 3.Saudi Arabia 2 0 0 2 1- 4 0
Group 4 (in Hyderabad, India)
24- 7-98 Pakistan 1-1 Kazakhstan 1.NORTH KOREA 3 3 0 0 9- 1 9
North Korea 1-0 India 2.India 3 1 1 1 6- 1 4
26- 7-98 North Korea 2-0 Pakistan 3.Pakistan 3 0 2 1 1- 3 2
India 6-0 Kazakhstan 4.Kazakhstan 3 0 1 2 2-13 1
28- 7-98 North Korea 6-1 Kazakhstan
Pakistan 0-0 India
Group 5 (in Katmandu, Nepal)
20- 4-98 Nepal 10-0 Guam 1.BANGLADESH 3 3 0 0 16- 0 9
21- 4-98 Sri Lanka 0-4 Bangladesh 2.Nepal 3 2 0 1 11- 1 6
23- 4-98 Guam 0-8 Sri Lanka 3.Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 8- 5 3
24- 4-98 Nepal 0-1 Bangladesh 4.Guam 3 0 0 3 0-29 0
26- 4-98 Bangladesh 11-0 Guam
27- 4-98 Nepal 1-0 Sri Lanka
Group 6 (in Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Bhutan withdrew 1.IRAQ 2 2 0 0 8- 1 6
16- 6-98 Iraq 5-0 Maldives 2.Uzbekistan 2 1 0 1 7- 3 3
18- 6-98 Uzbekistan 1-3 Iraq 3.Maldives 2 0 0 2 0-11 0
20- 6-98 Uzbekistan 6-0 Maldives
Group 7 (in Chengdu, China)
Philippines withdrew 1.SOUTH KOREA 2 1 1 0 6- 0 4
16- 5-98 South Korea 6-0 Taiwan 2.China 2 1 1 0 6- 0 4
18- 5-98 Taiwan 0-6 China 3.Taiwan 2 0 0 2 0-12 0
20- 5-98 China 0-0 South Korea
Group 8 (in Yangon, Myanmar)
25- 5-98 Japan 4-0 Hong Kong 1.JAPAN 4 4 0 0 15- 2 12
Laos 0-5 Myanmar 2.Myanmar 4 3 0 1 13- 4 9
27- 5-98 Hong Kong 4-0 Malaysia 3.Hong Kong 4 1 1 2 5- 9 4
Japan 4-1 Laos 4.Laos 4 1 1 2 4-11 4
29- 5-98 Malaysia 2-3 Myanmar 5.Malaysia 4 0 0 4 3-14 0
Hong Kong 1-1 Laos
31- 5-98 Japan 5-0 Malaysia
Myanmar 4-0 Hong Kong
2- 6-98 Malaysia 1-2 Laos
Myanmar 1-2 Japan
Group 9 (in Cholburi, Thailand)
21- 4-98 Thailand 9-0 Singapore 1.THAILAND 3 3 0 0 25- 0 9
Brunei 0-6 Indonesia 2.Indonesia 3 1 1 1 8- 8 4
23- 4-98 Thailand 10-0 Brunei 3.Singapore 3 1 1 1 4-12 4
Indonesia 2-2 Singapore 4.Brunei 3 0 0 3 1-18 0
25- 4-98 Singapore 2-1 Brunei
Thailand 6-0 Indonesia
FINAL ROUND
In Doha, Qatar (Al Arabi stadium).
Group A
3- 9-98 Qatar 4-0 Iran 1.QATAR 4 3 1 0 9- 3 10
4- 9-98 Iraq 3-0 North Korea 2.THAILAND 4 2 1 1 6- 6 7
5- 9-98 Iran 1-2 Thailand 3.Iraq 4 2 0 2 9- 4 6
6- 9-98 Qatar 3-2 North Korea 4.North Korea 4 2 0 2 5- 6 6
8- 9-98 Thailand 3-2 Iraq 5.Iran 4 0 0 4 1-11 0
North Korea 1-0 Iran
9- 9-98 Qatar 1-0 Iraq
10- 9-98 Thailand 0-2 North Korea
11- 9-98 Iran 0-4 Iraq
12- 9-98 Thailand 1-1 Qatar
Group B
4- 9-98 Oman 1-1 Bangladesh 1.BAHRAIN 4 3 0 1 9- 6 9
Japan 1-2 South Korea 2.SOUTH KOREA 4 3 0 1 8- 6 9
5- 9-98 Bangladesh 0-2 Bahrain 3.Japan 4 2 1 1 8- 6 7
6- 9-98 South Korea 1-0 Oman 4.Bangladesh 4 0 2 2 4- 7 2
7- 9-98 Bahrain 1-2 Japan 5.Oman 4 0 1 3 3- 7 1
8- 9-98 Bangladesh 1-2 South Korea
9- 9-98 Japan 3-1 Oman
10- 9-98 Bahrain 4-3 South Korea
11- 9-98 Japan 2-2 Bangladesh
12- 9-98 Bahrain 2-1 Oman
Semifinals
15- 9-98 Qatar 2-1 South Korea
Bahrain 0-6 Thailand
Third Place Match
17- 9-98 Bahrain 5-1 South Korea
Final
17- 9-98 Thailand 1-1 Qatar [aet, 3-2 pen]
Thailand and Qatar qualified for U-17 World Youth Championship in
1999 in New Zealand.
Bahrain play off against Australia (1st in Oceanian U-17 championship 1999)
for a place in New Zealand.
Playoff:
First Leg [Aug 14, Canberra]
Australia 2-1 Bahrain
Second Leg [Aug 27, Manama]
Bahrain 0-1 Australia
[matches originally scheduled for May 22 and Jun 4, but postponed due to
disagreements on Asia's places at World Cup 2002; the Bahraini FA claimed
players could not come for study reasons]
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