Football at the 1998 Asian Games

Football at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Thailand from 30 November to 19 December 1998. 24 countries participated in the football competition.

Football at the 1998 Asian Games
Venues	Nakhon Sawan Stadium Surat Thani Stadium Supachalasai Stadium Trang Stadium Suphan Buri Stadium 700th Anniversary Stadium Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium Tinsulanon Stadium Thammasat Stadium Rajamangala Stadium Thupatemi Stadium Thai-Japanese Stadium
Dates	30 November – 19 December
Nations	24
Medalists
Iran (men) China (women)   Kuwait (men) North Korea (women)   China (men) Japan (women)

Iran won the men's gold medal with the skeleton of the team that played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France with addition of some new players. Iran won the goal medal defeating Kuwait in the final 2–0. China beat the host team Thailand 3–0 in the bronze medal match to finish third.

China won the women's competition after beating North Korea 1–0 after the extra time.

Venues

Bangkok			Chiang Mai	Pathum Thani
Rajamangala Stadium	Supachalasai Stadium	Thai-Japanese Stadium	700th Anniversary Stadium	Thupatemi Stadium	Thammasat Stadium
Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 6,600	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 25,000
Suphanburi	Songkhla	Nakhon Sawan	Sisaket	Surat Thani	Trang
Suphanburi Stadium	Tinsulanon Stadium	Nakhon Sawan Stadium	Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium	Surat Thani Stadium	Trang Municipality Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 11,200	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 4,789
Bangkok Pathum Thani Suphanburi Nakhon Sawan Sisaket Surat Thani Trang Songkhla Chiang Mai

Schedule

P

Preliminary round

S

Second round

¼

Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

F

Finals

Event↓/Date →	30th Mon	1st Tue	2nd Wed	3rd Thu	4th Fri	5th Sat	6th Sun	7th Mon	8th Tue	9th Wed	10th Thu	11th Fri	12th Sat	13th Sun	14th Mon	15th Tue	16th Wed	17th Thu	18th Fri	19th Sat
Men	P	P	P	P	P	P		S	S	S	S	S	S		¼		½			F
Women								P	P	P	P	P	P			½		F

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Iran Behzad Gholampour Mehdi Mahdavikia Javad Zarincheh Mohammad Khakpour Nader Mohammadkhani Karim Bagheri Alireza Mansourian Sattar Hamedani Hamid Estili Ali Daei Ali Mousavi Dariush Yazdani Ali Janmaleki Mohammad Navazi Vahid Hashemian Ali Karimi Rasoul Khatibi Mahmoud Fekri Nima Nakisa Hamid Reza Babaei	Kuwait Khaled Al-Fadhli Naser Al-Omran Jamal Mubarak Ali Abdulreda Asel Nohair Al-Shammari Hussain Al-Khodari Bader Haji Mohammad Al-Buraiki Ayman Al-Hussaini Hani Al-Saqer Faraj Laheeb Nawaf Al-Khaldi Ahmad Al-Mutairi Khaled Abdulqoddus Saleh Al-Buraiki Mohammad Jasem Esam Sakeen Naser Al-Othman Jasem Al-Huwaidi Ahmad Al-Jasem	China Jiang Jin Ma Yongkang Zhang Enhua Sun Jihai Fan Zhiyi Li Tie Zhao Junzhe Ma Mingyu Hao Haidong Yang Chen Bian Jun Sui Dongliang Wang Peng Shu Chang Huang Yong Yao Xia Li Weifeng Li Jinyu Chen Dong Chi Rongliang
Women	China Bai Jie Fan Yunjie Gao Hong Jin Yan Liu Ailing Liu Ying Man Yanling Qiu Haiyan Shui Qingxia Sun Qimin Sun Wen Wang Jingxia Wang Liping Wen Lirong Xie Huilin Zhang Ouying Zhao Lihong Zhao Yan	North Korea Jin Pyol-hui Jo Jong-ran Jo Song-ok Kim Hye-ran Kim Kum-sil Kim Song-ryo Kim Sun-hui Kim Sun-hye Kye Yong-sun Pak Jong-ae Ri Ae-gyong Ri Hyang-ok Ri Jong-hui Ri Kum-suk Ri Kyong-ae Sol Yong-suk Yang Kyong-hui Yun In-sil	Japan Mito Isaka Hiromi Isozaki Kazumi Kishi Tomomi Mitsui Mai Nakachi Kae Nishina Yumi Obe Shiho Onodera Nami Otake Tomoe Sakai Homare Sawa Miki Sugawara Yumi Tomei Tamaki Uchiyama Yasuyo Yamagishi Nozomi Yamago Rie Yamaki Miyuki Yanagita

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	1	0	1	2
2	Iran (IRI)	1	0	0	1
3	Kuwait (KUW)	0	1	0	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	0	1
5	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Draw

Men

Group A

• Turkmenistan
• Vietnam
• South Korea

Group B

• China
• Lebanon
• Cambodia

Group C

• Nepal
• Japan
• India

Group D

• Tajikistan
• Maldives
• Qatar
• Brunei*

Group E

• North Korea
• Myanmar*
• United Arab Emirates
• Bangladesh*

Group F

• Hong Kong
• Oman
• Thailand

Group G

• Uzbekistan
• Mongolia
• Kuwait

Group H

• Kazakhstan
• Iran
• Laos

* Withdrew

Women

Group A

• Thailand
• Japan
• North Korea
• Vietnam

Group B

• China
• South Korea
• Chinese Taipei
• India

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1998 Asian Games – Squads

Final standing

Men

Further information: Football at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's tournament

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

Women

Further information: Football at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's tournament

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	China	5	5	0	0	28	0	+28	15
	North Korea	5	3	1	1	26	4	+22	10
	Japan	5	3	0	2	18	7	+11	9
4	Chinese Taipei	5	1	2	2	16	10	+6	5
5	South Korea	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
6	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	1	16	−15	1
7	Thailand	3	0	1	2	1	22	−21	1
8	India	3	0	0	3	1	36	−35	0

References

• RSSSF

External links

• Results
• Asian Football Results 1998