1998 MATCHES

ASIA

29/01/1998, Bangkok, Rajamangala National Stadium, 15000
King's Cup
THAILAND            0
SOUTH KOREA         2 (Ko Jong-Soo 52', Choi Yong-Soo 63')
Thailand:           Kittisak Rawantpa; Kritsada Piandit, Chokethawee Promrut 
                    (Sing Thotavee 84'), Surachai Jirasirichote, Dusit Chalermsan [c];
                    Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul, Sanoh Longsawang, Surachai Jaturapattarapong;
                    Kiatisuk Senamuang, Kanit Artchaayothin (Worawut Srimakha 71'),
                    Sunai Jaidee (Tawan Sripan 71').
South Korea:        Seo Dong-Myong; Chang Dae-Il; Kim Jung-Hyuk (Lee Ki-Hyung 55'),
                    Lee Min-Sung, Kim Tae-Young (Choi Sung-Yong 55'), Choi Young-Il [c]; 
                    Lee Sang-Yoon (Ko Jong-Soo 20'), Yoo Sang-Cheol, Yoon Jung-Hwan; 
                    Choi Yong-Soo (Kwak Kyung-Keoun 66'), Jin Soon-Jin (Lee Sang-Heon 78').
Coaches:            Thailand: Vittaya Laohakun.
                    South Korea: Cha Bum-Keoun.
Cards:              Thailand: Surachai Jirasirichote [Y 49'].
                    South Korea: None.

01/03/1998, Yokohama, International Stadium, 59380
Dynasty Cup
JAPAN               2 (Masashi Nakayama 18', Shoji Jo 89')
SOUTH KOREA         1 (Lee Sang-Yoon 21')
Japan:              Seigo Narazaki; Akira Narahashi, Masami Ihara [c], Yutaka Akita, 
                    Naoki Soma; Hidetoshi Nakata, Hiroshi Nanami, Tsuyoshi Kitazawa 
                    (Takashi Hirano 60'), Toshihiro Hattori; Shoji Jo, Masashi Nakayama
                    (Masayuki Okano 81').
South Korea:        Seo Dong-Myong; Chang Dae-Il; Choi Sung-Yong, Lee Min-Sung, 
                    Choi Young-Il [c], Kim Hak-Cheol (Lee Ki-Hyung 31'); Lee Sang-Yoon,
                    Yoo Sang-Cheol, Park Nam-Yeol (Ko Jong-Soo 79'); Choi Yong-Soo, Kim Do-Hoon
                    (Jin Soon-Jin 59'). 
Referee:            Ali Bujsaim (UAE).
Coaches:            Japan: Takeshi Okada.
                    South Korea: Cha Bum-Keoun.
Cards:              Japan: Yutaka Akita [Y 23'].
                    South Korea: Choi Yong-Soo [Y 64'].

01/03/1998, Yokohama (Japan), International Stadium, 40000
Dynasty Cup
CHINA               1 (Zhang Enhua 59')
HONG KONG LEAGUE    0
China:              Ou Chuliang; Sun Jihai (Wu Chengying 70'), Fan Zhiyi [c], Zhang Enhua, 
                    Wei Qun; Yao Xia, Li Ming, Shen Si (Liu Jun 61'), Ma Mingyu; Su Maozhen, 
                    Li Bing (Hu Yunfeng 61').
Hong Kong League:   Kevin Lok Kar-Win; Timothy O'Shea; Mark Grainger, Dimitre Kalkanov,
                    Wong Wai-Tak, Chan Hon-Fai; Lo Kai-Wah, Gary McKeown, Timothy Bredbury 
                    (Au Wai-Lun 66'); Wai Kwan-Lung, Dale Tempest (Cheung Sai-Ho 84').
Referee:            Masayoshi Okata (Japan).
Coaches:            China: Robert 'Bobby' Houghton (England).
                    Hong Kong League: Sebastian Araujo (Brazil).
Cards:              China: Shen Si [Y 34'], Sun Jihai [Y 69'], Yao Xia [Y 78'].
                    Hong Kong League: Chan Hon-Fai [Y 25'], Gary McKeown [Y 32'].
Note:               The match is a full FIFA international, despite the fact that the
                    Hong Kong League team consisted of top players from the local league,
                    including foreigners; the match is not official for CFA or HKFA.

04/03/1998, Yokohama, International Stadium, 50743
Dynasty Cup
JAPAN               5 (Hidetoshi Nakata 23', 36' pen, Tadatoshi Masuda 42', Hiroshi Nanami 71',
                       Wagner Lopes 85')
HONG KONG LEAGUE    1 (Dale Tempest 35')
Japan:              Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Akira Narahashi, Masami Ihara [c], Norio Omura, 
                    Naoki Soma; Hidetoshi Nakata, Motohiro Yamaguchi, Tadatoshi Masuda 
                    (Takashi Hirano 64'), Hiroshi Nanami; Wagner Lopes, Shoji Jo 
                    (Kazuyoshi Miura 77'). 
Hong Kong League:   Kevin Lok Kar-Win; Timothy O'Shea; Mark Grainger, Dimitre Kalkanov, 
                    Wong Wai-Tak, Chan Hon-Fai; Lo Kai-Wah (Cheung Sai-Ho 53'), Gary McKeown,
                    Timothy Bredbury (Lee Kin Wo 65'); Au Wai-Lun (Wai Kwan-Lung 77'), 
                    Dale Tempest. 
Referee:            Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia).
Coaches:            Japan: Takeshi Okada.
                    Hong Kong League: Sebastian Araujo (Brazil).
Cautions:           Japan: Naoki Soma [Y 33'].
                    Hong Kong League: Dale Tempest [Y 5'], Dimitre Kalkanov [Y 24'],
                                      Chan Hon-Fai [Y 59'].
Note:               The match is a full FIFA international, despite the fact that the
                    Hong Kong League team consisted of top players from the local league,
                    including foreigners; the match is not official for JFA or HKFA.

04/03/1998, Yokohama (Japan), International Stadium, 39484
Dynasty Cup
SOUTH KOREA         2 (Choi Sung-Yong 39', Lee Sang-Yoon 42')
CHINA               1 (Li Bing 16')
South Korea:        Seo Dong Myung; Hong Myung-Bo; Choi Sung-Yong, Lee Min-Sung
                    (Yoo Sang-Cheol 80'), Choi Young-Il [c], Lee Sang-Heon; Lee Sang-Yoon,
                    Kim Jung-Hyuk (Kim Tae-Young 84'), Ko Jong-Soo; Kim Do-Hoon, Choi Yong-Soo
                    (Park Keon-Ha 83').
China:              Ou Chuliang; Sun Jihai, Fan Zhiyi [c], Zhang Enhua, Wei Qun; Li Ming 
                    (Zhu Qi 61'), Yao Xia, Shen Si, Ma Mingyu (Liu Jun 74'); Li Bing, 
                    Su Maozhen (Hu Yunfeig 9').
Referee:            Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand).
Coaches:            South Korea: Cha Bum-Keoun.
                    China: Robert 'Bobby' Houghton (England).

07/03/1998, Tokyo, National Stadium, 53226
Dynasty Cup
JAPAN               0
CHINA               2 (Li Bing 10', 51')
Japan:              Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Akira Narahashi, Masami Ihara [c], Yutaka Akita, 
                    Naoki Soma; Hidetoshi Nakata, Motohiro Yamaguchi (Tsuyoshi Kitazawa 79'),
                    Toshihiro Hattori, Hiroshi Nanami; Kazuyoshi Miura (Shoji Jo 58'),
                    Masashi Nakayama (Masayuki Okano 71').
China:              Jiang Jin; Xie Feng, Fan Zhiyi [c], Zhang Enhua, Wu Chengying; Sun Jihai,
                    Yao Xia, Zhu Qi, Ma Mingyu; Hu Yunfeng, Li Bing.
Referee:            Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia).
Coaches:            Japan: Takeshi Okada.
                    China: Robert 'Bobby' Houghton (England).
Cards:              Japan: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi [Y 77'].
                    China: Wu Chengying [Y 74'].
Note:               Fan Zhiyi missed a penalty at 77'.

07/03/1998, Tokyo (Japan), National Stadium, 27668
Dynasty Cup
SOUTH KOREA         1 (Choi Yong-Soo 90')
HONG KONG LEAGUE    0
South Korea:        Seo Dong-Myung; Hong Myung-Bo; Lee Ki-Hyung (Kim Jung-Hyuk 52'),
                    Choi Young-Il [c], Lee Sang-Heon, Choi Sung-Yong; Ko Jong-Soo 
                    (Jin Soon-Jin 46'), Yoo Sang-Cheol (Kim Tae-Young 72'), Lee Sang-Yoon; 
                    Choi Yong-Soo, Kim Do-Hoon. 
Hong Kong League:   Kevin Lok Kar-Win; Timothy O'Shea; Mark Grainger, Dimitre Kalkanov,
                    Wong Wai-Tak, Leung Chi-Wing; Lo Kai-Wah (Cheung Sai-Ho 81), Gary McKeown,
                    Timothy Bredbury (Ricky Cheng Siu-Chung 66'); Au Wai-Lun 
                    (Wai Kwan-Lung 61'), Dale Tempest.
Referee:            Masayoshi Okada (Japan).
Coaches:            South Korea: Cha Bum-Keoun.
                    Hong Kong League: Sebastian Araujo (Brazil).
Cards:              South Korea: Choi Young-Il [Y 51' YR 53'].
                    Hong Kong League: None.
Note:               The match is a full FIFA international, despite the fact that the
                    Hong Kong League team consisted of top players from the local league,
                    including foreigners; the match is not official for KFA or HKFA.

14/03/1998, Yangon, Thuwunna Youth Training Centre
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup Qualifier
MYANMAR             4
BRUNEI              1
Myanmar:            San Htwe; San Lin; Myint Htay, Tin Mg Htwe, That Tin; Myo Myint Htwe, 
                    Tun Tun Soe, Win Htun, Than Wai; Aung Khine, Myo Hlaing Win [c].
Coaches:            Myanmar: Leonid Pribylovski (Russia).

16/03/1998, Yangon (Myanmar), Thuwunna Youth Training Centre
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup Qualifier
LAOS                2
BRUNEI              1

18/03/1998, Yangon, Thuwunna Youth Training Centre
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup Qualifier
MYANMAR             3
LAOS                0
Myanmar:            San Htwe; San Lin, Myint Htay, Tin Mg Htwe, That Tin; Myo Myint Htwe, 
                    Tun Tun Soe, Win Htun, Than Wai; Aung Khine, Myo Hlaing Win [c].
Coaches:            Myanmar: Leonid Pribylovski (Russia).

22/03/1998, Bangkok, Thep Hassadin Stadium
Friendly International
THAILAND            1 (Kiatisuk Senamuang 55')
KAZAKHSTAN          0
Coaches:            Thailand: Vittaya Laohakul.
                    Kazakhstan: Vakhid Masudov.

24/03/1998, Singapore
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup Qualifier
SINGAPORE           1 (Rudy Khairon Daimon)
PHILIPPINES         0

26/03/1998, Singapore
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup Qualifier
CAMBODIA            1
PHILIPPINES         1

26/03/1998, Bangkok, Hockey Stadium
Friendly International
THAILAND            1 (Choketawee Promrut 76')
KAZAKHSTAN          0
Referee:            Chaiwat Kanusutha (Thailand).
Coaches:            Thailand: Vittaya Laohakul.
                    Kazakhstan: Vakhid Massudov.
Cards:              Thailand: Kiatisuk Senamuang [R 42'].
                    Kazakhstan: Askhat Kadyrkulov [R 42'], Aidyn Rakhimbayev [R 44'].

28/03/1998, Singapore
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup Qualifier
SINGAPORE           3 (Lim Tong Hai, Rudy Khairon Daimon, Mohd Nor Ali)
CAMBODIA            0

01/04/1998, Seoul, Olympic Stadium, 70000
Friendly International
SOUTH KOREA         2 (Lee Sang-Yoon 40', Hwang Seon-Hong 73')
JAPAN               1 (Masashi Nakayama 61')
South Korea:        Kim Byung-Ji; Lee Sang-Heon (Lee Min-Sung 57'), Hong Myung-Bo [c] 
                    (Lee Ki-Hyung 78'), Kim Tae-Young, Choi Sung-Yong; Seo Jong-Won, 
                    Kim Do-Keoun (Yoo Sang-Cheol 78'), Ha Seok-Joo, Lee Sang-Yoon 
                    (Ko Jong-Soo 85'); Choi Yong-Soo (Kim Do-Hoon 69'), Hwang Song-Hong. 
Japan:              Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Daisuke Ichikawa, Masami Ihara (Norio Omura 26'), 
                    Yutaka Akita, Naoki Soma (Eisuke Naganishi 75'); Hidetoshi Nakata,  
                    Motohiro Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (Shinji Ono 65'), Hiroshi Nanami
                    (Takashi Hirano 87'); Masashi Nakayama, Atsushi Yanagisawa 
                    (Masayuki Okano 65').
Referee:            Yu Jingyin (China).
Coaches:            South Korea: Cha Bum-Keoun.
                    Japan: Takeshi Okada.
Cards:              South Korea: Kim Do-Keoun [Y 28'], Kim Do-Hoon [Y 88'].
                    Japan: None.

14/04/1998, Tabriz, 29000
Friendly International
IRAN                1 (Ali Reza Mansourian 60' pen)
KUWAIT              1 (Jassim Al-Houwaidi 15')
Iran:               Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh; Mohammad Khakpour, Afshin Peyrovanni, 
                    Mehdi Pashazadeh (Ali Akbar Ostadasadli), Nader Mohammadkhani; 
                    Hamid Estili, Sirous Dinmohammadi, Ali Reza Mansourian, Mehrdad Minavand;
                    Ali Reza Akbarpour, Ali Reza Emamifar (Ali Latifi 88').
Kuwait:             Khalid Al-Fadhli; Osama Hussein Abdullah; Essam Sakeen Al-Kandari,
                    Nohayr Al-Shemmari, Abdul Aziz Al-Hindi, Mohammad Al-Khaledi 
                    (Hani Al-Saqr); Fawaz Bakhit Al-Ahmad, Abdullah Seehan, Bader Al Halabeej;
                    Jassem Al-Houwaidi, Bashar Abdullah.
Referee:            Ahmad Abharan Alvari (Iran).
Coaches:            Iran: Tomislav Ivić (Croatia).
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).

04/06/1998, Seoul, Olympic Stadium, 65000
Friendly International
SOUTH KOREA         1 (Lee Sang-Yoon 16')
CHINA               1 (Ma Mingyu 52')
South Korea:        Kim Byung-Ji, Hong Myung-Bo, Yoo Sang-Cheol (Choi Sung-Yong 46'), 
                    Lee Min-Sung, Lee Sang-Heon (Lee Im-Saeng 57'), Kim Tae-Young 
                    (Ha Seok-Joo 63'), Kim Do-Keoun, Lee Sang-Yoon, Ko Jong-Soo 
                    (Noh Jung-Yoon 46'), Choi Yong-Soo, Hwang Seon-Hong (Kim Do-Hoon 14').
China:              Jiang Jin (Ou Chuliang 46'); Xie Feng (Li Tie 81'), Zhang Enhua 
                    (Xu Hong 75'), Wei Qun, Wu Chengying; Sun Jihai, Yao Xia (Zhu Qi 46'),
                    Fan Zhiyi [c], Ma Mingyu; Hao Haidong, Li Bing.
Referee:            Naotsugu Fuse (Japan).
Coaches:            South Korea: Cha Bum-Keoun.
                    China: Robert 'Bobby' Houghton (England).
Cards:              South Korea: None.
                    China: Wu Chengying [Y 4'], Wei Qun [Y 10'], Sun Jihai [Y 65'], 
                           Xu Hong [Y 89'].

27/06/1998, Bangkok, Rajamangala Stadium
Friendly International
THAILAND            0
CHINA               3 (Zhu Qi 13', Li Bing 30', Hao Haidong 63')
Thailand:           Kittisak Rawangpa; Kritsada Piandit (Amporn Amphunsuwan 68'), 
                    Bukoree Duerae (Therdsak Jaiman 68'), Choketawee Phomrut,
                    Dusit Chalermsan; Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtakul, Sanor Longsawang, 
                    Sunai Jaidee, Anan Phunsang; Worawut Srimakha (Kowit Foythong 83'),
                    Kiatisuk Senamuang [c] (Chaichan Khewsen 85').
China:              Jiang Jin; Xie Feng (Xie Chaoyang 81'), Zhang Enhua, Wei Qun, Wu Chengying
                    (Shen Si 81'); Sun Jihai (Wang Tao 68'), Zhu Qi, Fan Zhiyi [c], Ma Mingyu
                    (Li Tie 68'); Hao Haidong, Li Bing (Cai Sheng 73').
Coaches:            Thailand: Wittaya Laohakul.
                    China: Robert 'Bobby' Houghton (England).
Cards:              Thailand: Choketawee Phomrut [Y].
                    China: Zhu Qi [Y], Xie Chaoyang [Y].
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

02/07/1998, Muscat
Friendly International
OMAN                1
SYRIA               2
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

23/07/1998, Beirut
Arab Cup Qualifier
LEBANON             3
PALESTINE           1

23/07/1998, Beirut (Lebanon)
Arab Cup Qualifier
SYRIA               3
JORDAN              0

26/07/1998, Beirut
Arab Cup Qualifier
LEBANON             0
JORDAN              2

26/07/1998, Beirut (Lebanon)
Arab Cup Qualifier
PALESTINE           1
SYRIA               2

29/07/1998, Beirut (Lebanon)
Arab Cup Qualifier
JORDAN              1
PALESTINE           1

29/07/1998, Beirut
Arab Cup Qualifier
LEBANON             0
SYRIA               1

15/08/1998, Bangkok
Friendly International
THAILAND            4
UZBEKISTAN          1
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

26/08/1998, Hà Nội (Vietnam), Hà Nội Stadium, 20000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group B)
SINGAPORE           2 (Rafi Ali 17', Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin 42')
MALAYSIA            0
Singapore:          Rezal Hassan; Kadir Yahaya, Aide Iskandar (Lim Soon Seng 34'),
                    Shunmugham Subramani, R. Sasi Kumar; Rudy Khairon Daiman, Nazri Nasir,
                    Gusta Guzarishah, Zulkarnaen Zainal; Rafi Ali, Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin.
Malaysia:           Azmin Azram Abdulaziz; Dass bin Kolopis, Thinagaran Vijayan, 
                    Abdul Ghani Malik, Jalaluddin Jaafar; Moey Kok Hong, 
                    Badrul Hisham Abdullah, Tengku Hazman, Gopalan Mujappan; 
                    Mohammad Khalid Jamlus, Amzi Mohamed.
Referee:            Kim Young-Joo (South Korea).
Coaches:            Singapore: Barry Whitbread (England).
                    Malaysia: Hatem Souissi (Tunisia).
Cards:              Singapore: Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin [Y 9'], Abdul Kadir Yahaya [Y 74'].
                    Malaysia: Badrul Hisham Abdullah [Y 32'], Abdul Ghani Malik [Y 59'].

26/08/1998, Hà Nội, Hà Nội Stadium, 20000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group B)
VIETNAM             4 (Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 30', Nguyễn Văn Sỹ 43', Lê Huỳnh Đức 85', 90')
LAOS                1 (Channiphone Keolakhone 56')
Vietnam:            Trần Tiến Anh; Triệu Quang Hạ, Trần Công Minh, Nguyễn Hưu Thắng
                    (Đỗ Văn Khai), Nguyễn Đức Thắng; Vũ Minh Hiệu, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
                    (Văn Sỹ Hùng 78'), Đỗ Mạnh Ḍng, Nguyễn Văn Sỹ (Nguyễn Thiền Quang); Lê Huỳnh Đức, 
                    Trường Viet Hoàng. 
Laos:               Soulivanh Xeunvilay; Khamsay Chanthavong, Vilayphone Xayavong, 
                    Ananh Thepsouvanh, Phonepadith Xayavong; Bounlanh Bousokvanh, 
                    Bounmy Thamavongsa, Chalana Louang-Amath, Somsack Keodala; 
                    Khonesavanh Homsombath, Keolakhone Channiphone.
Referee:            Hanlumyaung Panya (Thailand).
Coaches:            Vietnam: Alfred Riedl (Austria).
                    Laos: Somphou Phongsa.
Cards:              Vietnam: Nguyễn Hưu Thắng [Y 20'], Nguyễn Đức Thắng [Y 37'],
                             Nguyễn Văn Sỹ [Y 80'].
                    Laos: Chalana Louang-Amath [Y], Bounlap Khenkitisack [Y].

27/08/1998, Hồ Chí Minh City (Vietnam), Thongnhat Stadium, 15000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group A)
INDONESIA           3 (Florante Altivo 12' OG, Bima Sakti 41' pen, Utson Nawawi 64')
PHILIPPINES         0
Indonesia:          Kurnia Sandi; Mursyid Effendi (Nur'Alim); Anang Ma'ruf, 
                    Bejo Sugiyantoro, Chairil Anwar Ohorella, Aji Santoso; Bima Sakti,
                    Uston Nawawi, Yusuf Ekodono (Herman Pulalo); Widodo Putro, 
                    Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (Mirobaldo Bento).
Philippines:        Melo Sabacan; Florante Altivo, Judy Saluria, Raymond Tonog, 
                    Randy Jalbuena; Loreto Kalalang, Richard Bedia, Alfredo Gonzalez,
                    Marlon Pinero (Vincente Rosell; Yanti Barsales, Norman Fegidero.
Referee:            Shamsul Maidin (Singapore).
Coaches:            Indonesia: Rusdy Bahalwan.
                    Philippines: Juan Cutillas.
Cards:              Indonesia: Anang Ma'ruf [Y 20'], Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto [Y 39'].
                    Philippines: Judy Suluria [Y 38'], Loreto Kalalang [Y 66'].

27/08/1998, Hồ Chí Minh City (Vietnam), Thongnhat Stadium, 15000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group A)
THAILAND            1 (Worrawoot Srimaka 10')
MYANMAR             1 (Aung Khine 65')
Thailand:           Saravouth Cambua; Kritsada Piandit, Natee Tongsukkaew, 
                    Surachai Jirasirichote, Niweat Siriwong; Songserm Maperm 
                    (Chaichan Knewsen), Sanor Longsawang, Surachai Jaturapattarapong,
                    Kowit Foythong; Worawut Srimakha, Ronnachai Sayomchai. 
Myanmar:            San Htwe; Maung Maung Gyi, Min Min Aung, San Lwin, Min Thu;
                    Myo Myint Htwe (Zaw Bar), Maung Maung Htay (Tin Maung Than), Tun Tun Soe,
                    Thet Khine; Aung Khine (Win Htaik), Myo Hlaing Win.
Referee:            Nik Ahmad Hafi Yacob (Malaysia).
Coaches:            Thailand: Vittaya Laohakul.
                    Myanmar: Aye Maung.
Cards:              Thailand: Ronnachai Sayomchai [Y 30'].
                    Myanmar: Min Thu [Y 54'], San Lwin [Y 60'], Myo Myint Htwe [Y 70'].

28/08/1998, Hà Nội (Vietnam), Hà Nội Stadium, 15000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group B)
MALAYSIA            0
LAOS                0
Malaysia:           Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz; Jaya Prakash Supramaniam, Thinagaran Vijayan, 
                    Abdul Ghani Malik (Jalaluddin Jaafar), Johnny Joseph; Chow Chee Weng, 
                    Dass bin Kolopis, Tengku Hazman, Gopalan Mujappan (Mior Nor Samsul Kamal),
                    Muhammad Khalid Jamlus (Amzi Mohamed), Khairun Haled Masrom.
Laos:               Soulivanh Xenvilay; Khamsay Chanthavong, Vilayphone Sayavong, 
                    Chalana Louang-Amath, Somsack Keodala (Phonepadith Xayavong);
                    Khonesavanh Homsombath (Soubinh Keophet), Bounlanh Bousokvanh,
                    Bounmy Thamavongsa; Keolakhone Channiphone, Bounlap Khentitisack,
                    Kholadeth Phonphachanh (Ananh Thepsouvanh).
Referee:            Michael Andrews (India).
Coaches:            Malaysia: Hatem Souissi (Tunisia).
                    Laos: Somphou Phongsa.
Cards:              Malaysia: Dass bin Kolopis [Y 32'], Tengku Hazman [Y 54'].
                    Laos: Bounlap Khentitisack [Y 90'].

28/08/1998, Hà Nội, Hà Nội Stadium, 15000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group B)
VIETNAM             0
SINGAPORE           0
Vietnam:            Trần Tiến Anh; Triệu Quang Hạ, Trần Công Minh, Nguyễn Hưu Thắng,
                    Nguyễn Đức Thắng; Vũ Minh Hiệu (Văn Sỹ Hùng), Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
                    (Nguyễn Tuấn Thành), Đỗ Mạnh Ḍng, Nguyễn Văn Sỹ
                    (Nguyễn Thiền Quang); Lê Huỳnh Đức, Trường Viet Hoàng.
Singapore:          Mohd Rezal Hassan; Abdul Kadir Yahaya, Sasi Kumar, Shunmugham  
                    Subramani, Zulkarnaen Zainal (Lim Soon Seng); Gusta Guzarishah, Rudy 
                    Khairon Daiman, Nazri Nasir, Mohd Noor Ali; Rafi Ali, Ahmad Latiff 
                    Khamaruddin.
Referee:            Gerardo 'Jerry' Andres (Philippines). 
Coaches:            Vietnam: Alfred Riedl (Austria).
                    Singapore: Barry Whitbread (England).
Cards:              Vietnam: Nguyễn Hưu Thắng [Y 72'].
                    Singapore: Gusta Guzarishah [Y].

29/08/1998, Hồ Chí Minh City (Vietnam), Thongnhat Stadium, 15000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group A)
THAILAND            3 (Worrawoot Srimaka 19', Kritsada Piandit 57', Anan Pansan 87')
PHILIPPINES         1 (Alfredo Gonzalez 32')
Thailand:           Kittisak Rawangpa; Kritsada Piandit, Natee Tongsukkaew, 
                    Surachai Jirasirichote, Niweat Siriwong (Kiarung Threjagsang);
                    Anan Punsainan, Therdsak Chaiman, Surachai Jaturapattarapong, 
                    Kowit Foythong; Worawut Srimakha, Chaichan Khiewsen (Ronnachai Sayomchai).
Philippines:        Melo Sabacan; Gil Talavera, Florante Altivo, Raymond Tonog, 
                    Randy Jalbuena; Troy Fegidero, Loreto Kalalang, Richard Bedia,
                    Vicente Rosell; Norman Fegidero (Yanti Barsales), Alfredo Gonzalez.
Referee:            Chan Siu Kee (Hong Kong).
Coaches:            Thailand: Vittaya Laohakul.
                    Philippines: Juan Cutillas.
Cards:              Thailand: Niweat Siriwong [Y 23'].
                    Philippines: Richard Bedia [Y 18'].
 
29/08/1998, Hồ Chí Minh City (Vietnam), Thongnhat Stadium, 15000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group A)
INDONESIA           6 (Aji Santoso 15' pen, Widodo Putro 30', Min Min Aung 39' OG, 
                       Bima Sakti 54', Mirabaldo Bento 63' pen, Kurmiawan Dwi Yulianto 70')
MYANMAR             2 (Myo Hlaing Win 1', 85' pen)
Indonesia:          Kurnia Sandi; Anang Ma'ruf (Hartono), Bejo Sugiyantoro, 
                    Mursyid Effendi, Chairil Anwar Ohorella (Nur'Alim), Aji Santoso; 
                    Bima Sakti, Uston Nawawi, Yusuf Ekodono (Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto);
                    Widodo Putro, Mirobaldo Bento.
Myanmar:            San Htwe; Maung Maung Gyi, Min Min Aung, San Lwin, Min Thu (Soe Myat Min);
                    Myo Myint Htwe, Maung Maung Htay (Tin Maung Than), Tun Tun Soe, 
                    Thet Khine; Aung Khine, Myo Hlaing Win.
Referee:            Nguyen Van Mui (Vietnam).
Coaches:            Indonesia: Rusdy Bahalwan.
                    Myanmar: Aye Maung.
Cards:              Indonesia: None.
                    Myanmar: Myo Myint Htwe [Y 43'}, Aung Khine [Y 56'], Min Thu [Y 78'].

30/08/1998, Hà Nội (Vietnam), Hà Nội Stadium, 15000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group B)
SINGAPORE           4 (Zulkarnaen Zainal 6', Ahmad Latiff Kamaruddin 10', 16', 
                       Rudy Khairon Daiman 58')
LAOS                1 (Phonphachanh Kholadeth 43')
Singapore:          Mohd Rezal Hassan; Aide Iskandar Sahak, R. Sasi Kumar, 
                    Subramani Shunmugham, Zulkarnaen Zainal; Samawira Basri, Gusta Guzarishah
                    (Lim Soon Seng), Rudy Khairon Daiman, Mohd Nazri Nasir; Rafi Ali 
                    (Nahar Daud), Ahmad Latiff Kamaruddin (Joseph Pragasam).
Laos:               Soulivanh Xeunvilay; Khamsay Chantavong, Vilayphone Sayavong, 
                    Ananh Thepsouvanh (Soubinh Keophet), Somsack Keodala; 
                    Khonesavanh Homsombath, Bounlanh Bousokvanh (Sonesavanh Insisengway),
                    Bounmy Thamavongsa, Chalana Luang-Amath; Keolakhone Channiphone,
                    Kholadeth Phonphachanh. 
Referee:            Gerardo 'Jerry' Andreas (Philippines).
Coaches:            Singapore: Barry Whitbread (England).
                    Laos: Somphou Phongsa.

30/08/1998, Hà Nội, Hà Nội Stadium, 24823
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group B)
VIETNAM             1 (Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 50')
MALAYSIA            0
Vietnam:            Trần Tiến Anh; Trần Công Minh (Vũ Minh Hiệu 33'), Đỗ Văn Khai,
                    Nguyễn Thiền Quang, Nguyễn Đức Thắng, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn,
                    Triệu Quang Hạ, Đỗ Mạnh Ḍng; Văn Sỹ Hùng,
                    Lê Huỳnh Đức (Nguyễn Văn Ḍng 68'), Trường Viet Hoàng.
Malaysia:           Azmin Azram bin Abdul Aziz; Jaya Prakash Supramaniam, Vijayan Thinagaran,
                    Abdul Ghani Malik (Jalaluddin Jaafar 55'), Johnny Joseph; Chow Chee Weng,
                    Dass bin Kolopis, Tengku Hazman, Mujappan Gopalan; Muhammad Khalid Jamlus,
                    Khairun Haled Masrom (Azmi Mohamed).
Referee:            Hanlumyaung Panya (Thailand).
Coaches:            Vietnam:  Alfred Riedl (Austria).
                    Malaysia: Hatem Souissi (Tunisia).
Cards:              Vietnam: None.
                    Malaysia: Dass bin Kolopis [Y 11'], Abdul Ghani Malik [Y 31'] Jaya Prakash
                              Supramaniam [Y 60' YR 79'].

31/08/1998, Hồ Chí Minh City (Vietnam), Thongnhat Stadium, 12000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group A)
MYANMAR             5 (Win Htaik 22', Myo Hlaing Win 42', 85', Aung Khine 75', 79')
PHILIPPINES         2 (Alfredo Gonzalez 25', 33')
Myanmar:            San Htwe; Maung Maung Gyi (Moe Kyaw Thu), Min Min Aung, Soe Myat Min, 
                    Myat Min Oo; Zaw Bar, Myo Hlaing Win, Tun Tun Soe, Thet Khine; 
                    Aung Khine, Win Htaik (Tin Maung Than). 
Philippines:        Melo Sabacan; Gil Talavera, Florante Altivo, Raymond Tonog, 
                    Randy Jalbuena; Troy Fegidero, Richard Bedia, Alfredo Gonzalez, 
                    Vicente Rosell; Yanti Barsales (Jeofrey Lobaton), Norman Fegidero.
Referee:            Shamsul Maidin (Singapore).
Coaches:            Myanmar: Aye Maung.
                    Philippines: Juan Cutillas.
Cards:              Myanmar: Soe Myat Min [Y 15'].
                    Philippines: Alfredo Gonzalez [Y 35'].

31/08/1998, Hồ Chí Minh City (Vietnam), Thongnhat Stadium, 5000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup (Group A)
INDONESIA           2 (Mirobaldo Bento 52', Aji Santoso 83')
THAILAND            3 (Kritsada Piandit 62', Therdsak Chaiman 86', Yusuf Ekondono 90' OG)
Thailand:           Saravouth Cambua; Choketawee Promrut (Kritsada Piandit 46'), 
                    Natee Tongsukkaew (Worawut Srimakka), Surachai Jirasirichote, 
                    Kiairung Threejagsang; Anan Punsainan, Sanor Longsawang, Therdsak Chaiman,

                    Kowit Foythong; Chaichan Khiewsen (Ronnachai Sayomchai), Sunai Jaidee. 
Indonesia:          Hendro Kartiko; Nur'Alim; Hartono, Mursyid Effendi, Kuncoro, 
                    Herman Pulalo (Aji Santoso); Bima Sakti, Uston Nawawi, Yusuf Ekodono;
                    Widodo Putro, Imam Riyadi (Mirobaldo Bento).
Referee:            Lu Jun (China).
Coaches:            Indonesia: Rusdy Bahalwan.
                    Thailand: Vittaya Laohakul.
Cards:              Indonesia: None.
                    Thailand: Choketawee Promrut [Y].

03/09/1998, Hà Nội, Hà Nội Stadium, 23000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup Semi Final
VIETNAM             3 (Trường Viet Hoàng 15', Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 70', Văn Sỹ Hùng 80')
THAILAND            0
Vietnam:            Trần Tiến Anh; Trần Công Minh, Nguyễn Thiền Quang, Nguyễn Hưu Thắng, 
                    Nguyễn Đức Thắng; Nguyễn Hồng Sơn (Nguyễn Văn Sỹ), Triệu Quang Hạ,
                    Đỗ Mạnh Ḍng; Văn Sỹ Hùng, Lê Huỳnh Đức (Nguyễn Văn Ḍng),
                    Trường Viet Hoàng. 
Thailand:           Saravouth Cambua; Kritsada Piandit, Natee Tongsukkaew 
                    (Choketawee Promrut 46'), Surachai Jirasirichote, Niweat Siriwong; 
                    Anan Punsainai, Therdsak Chaiman (Ronnachai Sayomchai 46'), 
                    Surachai Jaturapattarapong, Kowit Foythong; Songserm Maperm, 
                    Worawut Srimakha. 
Referee:            Gerardo 'Gerry' Andres (Philippines).
Coaches:            Vietnam: Alfred Riedl (Austria).
                    Thailand: Vittaya Laohakul.
Cards:              Vietnam: Văn Sỹ Hùng [Y 58' YR 80'].
                    Thailand: Kritsada Piandit [Y 65'], Surachai Jaturapatarapong [Y 83'].

03/09/1998, Hồ Chí Minh City (Vietnam), Thongnhat Stadium, 7000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup Semi Final
SINGAPORE           2 (Rafi Ali 13', Mohd Nazri Masir 30')
INDONESIA           1 (Mirobaldo Bento 34')
Singapore:          Mohd Rezal Hassan; Aide Iskandar Sahak; Abdul Kadir Yahaya, 
                    R. Sasi Kumar (Lim Soon Seng), Subramani Shunmugham, Zulkarnaen Zainal;
                    Gusta Guzarishah, Rudy Khairon Daiman, Nazri Nasir; Rafi Ali,
                    Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin (Nahar Daud). 
Indonesia:          Kurnia Sandi; Nur'Alim; Anang Ma'ruf, Bejo Sugiyantoro, 
                    Chairil Anwar Ohorella (Mursyid Effendi), Aji Santoso; Bima Sakti,
                    Uston Nawawi, Yusuf Ekodono; Widodo Putro, Mirobaldo Bento.
Referee:            Lu Jun (China).
Coaches:            Singapore: Barry Whitbread (England).
                    Indonesia: Rusdy Bahalwan.
Cards:              Singapore: Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin [Y 15'], Rafi Ali [Y 45'].
                    Indonesia: Chairil Anwar [Y], Mirobaldo Bento [Y], Anang Ma'ruf [Y].

05/09/1998, Hồ Chí Minh City (Vietnam), Thongnhat Stadium, 5000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup 3/4 Place
THAILAND            3 (Chaichan Knewsen 20', Worawut Srimakha 42', Kowit Foythong 45')
INDONESIA           3 (Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 18', Aji Santoso 33', Yusuf Ekodono 89')
Indonesia won 5-4 on penalties.
Thailand:           Kittisak Rawangpa; Kritsada Piandit, Choketawee Promrut, 
                    Surachai Jirasirichote, Kowit Foythong; Anan Punsainan, Sanor Longsawang
                    (Therdsak Chaiman), Surachai Jaturapattarapong, Sunai Jaidee 
                    (Songserm Maperm); Worawut Srimakha, Chaichan Khiewsen 
                    (Kiarung Threjagsang).
Indonesia:          Hendro Kartiko; Mursyid Effendi; Hartono, Bejo Sugiyantoro, 
                    Chairil Anwar Ohorella, Aji Santoso (Alexander Pulalo); Bima Sakti, 
                    Uston Nawawi, Yusuf Ekodono; Widodo Putro (Imam Riyadi), 
                    Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (Kuncoro).
Coaches:            Thailand: Vittaya Laohakul.
                    Indonesia: Rusdy Bahawan.
Cards:              Thailand: Anan Punsanai [Y].
                    Indonesia: Kuncoro [Y].
Penalties:          1-0 Kiatisuk Rawangpa, 1-1 Uston Nawawi, 1-1 Anan Punsanai (save), 
                    1-2 Bima Sakti, 2-2 Songserm Maperm, 2-3 Yusuf Ekodono, 
                    3-3 Therdsak Chaiman, 3-4 Kuncoro, 4-4 Kritsada Piandit, 4-5 Imam Riyadi.

05/09/1998, Hà Nội, Hà Nội Stadium, 25000
ASEAN 'Tiger' Cup Final
VIETNAM             0
SINGAPORE           1 (R. Sasi Kumar 71')
Vietnam:            Trần Tiến Anh; Trần Công Minh, Đỗ Văn Khai, Nguyễn Hưu Thắng,
                    Nguyễn Đức Thắng; Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, Triệu Quang Hạ, Nguyễn Thiền Quang;
                    Nguyễn Văn Ḍng (Vũ Minh Hiệu), Lê Huỳnh Đức, Trường Viet Hoàng
                    (Nguyễn Văn Sỹ).
Singapore:          Mohd Rezal Hassan; Aide Iskandar Sahak; Abdul Kadir Yahaya, 
                    R. Sasi Kumar, Shunmugham Subramani, Zulkarnaen Zainal; Samawira Basri
                    (Lim Soon Seng), Mohd Nazri Nasir, Rudy Khairon Daiman; Rafi Ali, 
                    Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin. 
Referee:            Kim Young-Joo (South Korea).
Coaches:            Vietnam: Alfred Riedl (Austria).
                    Singapore: Barry Whitbread (England).
Cards:              Vietnam: None.
                    Singapore: Nazri Nasir [Y 22'], Ahmad Latiff Kamaruddin [Y 68' YR 81'].

09/09/1998, Kuwait, Al-Qadisya Stadium, 2000
Friendly International
KUWAIT              0
LEBANON             0
Referee:            Abdullatif Al-Dawas (Kuwait).

12/09/1998, Damascus, 5000
Friendly International
SYRIA               3 (Ammra Rihawi 1', Sayyed Bayazid 21', Mahmoud Mahmalji 72')
OMAN                0

13/09/1998, Kuwait, 5000
Friendly International
KUWAIT              4 (Faraj Laheeb 19', 39', Hamad Al-Salah 80', Bader Hadji 85')
NORTH KOREA         0
Referee:            Qasem Shaban (Kuwait).

15/09/1998, Damascus, 6000
Friendly International
SYRIA               0
OMAN                0

18/09/1998, Manama, 2500
Friendly International
BAHRAIN             2 (Youssouf Amer Al-Sa'adi 17', Abdulrazzaq Mohamed Abbas 55')
SYRIA               0

26/09/1998, Doha, Qassem Bin Hamad Stadium, 20000
Arab Cup Group 1
QATAR               2 (Mubarak Mustapha Fazli 17', Adel Khamis 42')
JORDAN              0
Qatar:              Ahmed Khalil Al-Khaldi; Abdullah Obaid Koni 
                    (Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof 69'), Abdulrahman Al-Kowari, Youssouf Adam,
                    Saoud Fatah Al-Kathiri; Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly, Dahi Al-Noubi, 
                    Adel Khamis Al-Noubi, Abdullah Al-Jassem; Mubarak Mustapha Fazli 
                    (Mubarak Al-Kowari 79'), Mahmoud Soufi (Yasser Nazmi Al-Qusi 46').
Jordan:             Mohamed Abou Dawood; Mohannad Al-Mahadin, Haytham Samrin, 
                    Amjad Taher Hammad (Sofyan Abdullah 78'), Hatem Aql; 
                    Hassouna Youssouf Al-Sheikh, Haytham Al-Shboul (Laith Dardrour 46'),
                    Abdullah Abou Zema'a (Oussama Talal 66'), Subhi Suleyman; 
                    Badran Al-Shaqran, Ra'afat Ali Jaber.
Referee:            Qassem Hamza (Kuwait).
Coaches:            Qatar: Luiz Gonzaga (Brazil).
                    Jordan:
Cards:              Qatar: None.
                    Jordan: Abdullah Abou Zema'a [Y 33'].

26/09/1998, Doha (Qatar), Qassem Bin Hamad Stadium, 7000
Arab Cup Group 2
SYRIA               0
KUWAIT              4 (Jassim Al-Houwaidi 10', Bashar Abdullah 23', Hamad Al-Saleh 35', 
                       Fawwaz Marzouq Bakhit 57')
Syria:              Salem Bitar (Abdulfattah Abdulqader 36'); Jihad Qassab (Khaled Aryan 46'),
                    Hassan Abbas, Tareq Jabban, Hossam Al-Sayyed; Ammar Rihawi,
                    Salim Jabalawi (Ahmed Azzam 60'), Abdulqader Al-Rifayi; Nouhad Al-Boushi, 
                    Sayyed Bayazid, Mahmoud Mahmalji.
Kuwait:             Khaled Al-Fadhli (Ahmed Jassem 46'); Nohayr Al-Shemmari; 
                    Hussein Al-Khodari, Jamal Mubarak, Adel Youssouf Ali, Ahmed Al-Mutairi;
                    Issam Sakin Al-Kandari, Fawwaz Marzouq Bakhit Al-Halabeej, 
                    Badr Hajji Al-Halabeej (Hani Al-Saqer 78'); Bashar Abdullah, 
                    Jassim Al-Houwaidi (Hamad Al-Saleh 29').
Referee:            Salah Ahmed (Sudan).
Coaches:            Syria: 
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              Syria: None.
                    Kuwait: Issam Sakin Al-Kandari [Y 57'].

27/09/1998, Doha (Qatar), Qassem Bin Hamad Stadium, 13000
Arab Cup Group 4
LEBANON             1 (Zaher Al-Indari 88')
SAUDI ARABIA        4 (Obaid Al-Dossari 28', 38', 77', Nawaf Al-Temyat 82')
Lebanon:            Ahmed Al-Saqr; Daniel Al-A'awar, Faysal Antar (Abbas Shahrour 46'),
                    Ahmed Al Naamani (Vartan Ghazarian 57'), Kevork Garabetian; 
                    Jamal Taha, Fouad Hejazi, Ridha Antar, Wael Nazha; Walid Dahrouj, 
                    Zaher Al-Indari.
Saudi Arabia:       Mohammed Al-Deayea; Mohammed Al-Jahani, Ahmed Doukhi Al-Dossary,
                    Abdullah Suleiman Al-Zubromawi, Hussein Abdulghani Solaimani 
                    (Ibrahim Showayeh 66'); Nawaf Al-Temyat, Ahmed Khalil Al-Dossary,
                    Youssouf Al-Thuniyan (Khaled Al-Temawi 63'), Ibrahim Mater Al-Harbi;
                    Ibrahim Suwayed Al-Sharani (Faysal Abou Thaneen 46'), Obaid Al-Dossari.                     
Referee:            Juma'a Al-Ali (Qatar).
Coaches:            Lebanon:
                    Saudi Arabia: Otto Pfister (Germany).
Cards:              Lebanon: Abbas Shahrour [Y 43'].
                    Saudi Arabia: None.

29/09/1998, Doha (Qatar), Qassem Bin Hamad Stadium, 20000
Arab Cup Semi Final
SAUDI ARABIA        2 (Youssef Thouayan 65', Khaled Al-Temawi 79')
KUWAIT              1 (Adel Yousef 3')
Saudi Arabia:       Mohammed Al-Deayea; Ahmed Doukhi Al-Dossari (Khaled Al-Temawi 46'), 
                    Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, Abdullah Suleiman Al-Zubromawi, 
                    Hussein Abdulghani Solaimani; Nawaf Al-Temyat (Youssouf Al-Thuniyan 46'),
                    Khamis Al-Owairan, Ahmed Khalil Al-Dossary, Ibrahim Mater Al-Harbi; 
                    Ibrahim Al-Suwayyed (Faysal Abou Thaneen 79'), Obaid Al-Dossari. 
Kuwait:             Khaled Al-Fadhli; Nohayr Al-Shemmari; Hussein Al-Khodari, 
                    Jamal Mubarak, Adel Youssouf Ali, Ahmed Al-Mutairi; Issam Sakin Al-Kandari
                    (Ali Abdulridha 82'), Fawwaz Marzouq Bakhit (Mohamed Al-Briki 74'),
                    Badr Hajji Al-Halabeej; Bashar Abdullah, Jassem Al-Houwaidi
                    (Hamad Al-Saleh 74'). 
Referee:            Hisham Kirat (Tunisia).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Otto Pfister (Germany).
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              Saudi Arabia: Ahmed Al-Doukhi [Y 42'].
                    Kuwait: Fawwaz Marzouq Bakhit [Y 17'], Adel Youssouf [Y 38'], 
                            Jamal Mubarak [Y 63'].

29/09/1998, Doha, Qassem Bin Hamad Stadium, 20000
Arab Cup Semi Final
QATAR               2 (Yasser Nazmi 61', Moubarak Al-Kowari 78')
UAE                 1 (Ali Hassan 65')
Qatar:              Ahmed Khalil Al-Khaldi; Abdullah Obaid Kouni, Youssouf Adam, 
                    Abdulrahman Al-Kowari (Hamad Mubarak 46'), Saoud Fatah Al-Kathiri;
                    Abdulnaser Al-Obaidly, Adel Khamis Al-Noubi, Dahi Al-Noubi, 
                    Abdullah Al-Jassem (Yasser Nazmi 36'); Mubarak Mustapha Fazli,
                    Mahmoud Al-Soufi (Mubarak Al-Kowari 50').
UAE:                Muhsin Musabbah Faraj; Hassan Suhail Mubarak, Mohamed Obaid Al-Zahiri, 
                    Ismail Rashed, Fahd Ali Al-Shamsi; Ali Hassan, Abdulsalam Al-Junaibi, 
                    Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Marzouqi (Walid Al-Boloushi 37'), 
                    Gharib Hareb Al-Kuwaiti; Kazem Ali, Hassan Sayyed (Khamis Saad Mubarak). 
Referee:            Mohamed Koussa (Syria).
Coaches:            Qatar: Luiz Gonzaga (Brazil).
                    UAE: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal).
Cards:              Qatar: Adel Khamis [Y 34'].
                    UAE: Mohamed Obaid [Y 74'].

01/10/1998, Doha, Khalifa International Stadium, 25000
Arab Cup Final
QATAR               1 (Mubarak Mustapha Fazli 82')
SAUDI ARABIA        3 (Obaid Al-Dossari 28', 49', 64')
Qatar:              Ahmed Khalil Al-Khaldi; Abdullah Obaid Koni 
                    (Abdulaziz Hassan Al-Jassem 58'), Youssouf Adam, Abdulrahman Al-Kuwari,
                    Saoud Fatah Al-Kathiri; Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly, Adel Khamis Al-Noubi,
                    Dahi Al-Noubi, Mahmoud Soufi (Mubarak Al-Kuwari 72');
                    Mubarak Mustapha Fazli, Yasser Nazmi Al-Qusi (Fahad Al-Kuwari 60'). 
Saudi Arabia:       Mohammed Al-Deayea; Mohammed Al-Jahani, Abdullah Suleyman Al-Zubromawi,
                    Mohamed Al-Khilaiwi, Hussein Abdulghani Solaimani; Khaled Al-Temawi,
                    Khamis Al-Owairan, Youssouf Al-Thuniyan (Ibrahim Suwayed Al-Shahrani 78'),
                    Ibrahim Mater Al-Harbi; Obaid Al-Dossari, Saad Al-Dossari 
                    (Faysal Abou Thaneen 55'). 
Referee:            Abdulaziz Hassan (Bahrain).
Coaches:            Qatar: Luiz Gonzaga (Brazil).
                    Saudi Arabia: Otto Pfister (Germany).
Cards:              Qatar: Abdullah Obaid [Y 40'], Youssouf Adam [Y 62'].
                    Saudi Arabia: Abdullah Suleyman Al-Zubromawi [Y 29'], 
                                  Khamis Al-Owairan [Y 57'].

01/10/1998, Doha (Qatar), Khalifa International Stadium, 25000
Arab Cup 3/4 Place
UAE                 1 (Mohamed Ali Kasla 28')
KUWAIT              4 (Badr Hadjd Al-Halabeej 42' pen, Bashar Abdullah 67', 87', 90')
UAE:                Juma'a Rashed Humaid; Hassan Suhail Mubarak, Abdullah Eissa, 
                    Ismail Rashed Marzouq, Ali Munther; Walid Obaid Al-Boloushi 
                    (Abdulsalam Jumaa Al-Junaibi 36'), Adel Saleh, Mohamed Ali Kasla,
                    Gharib Hareb Al-Kuwaiti (Fahad Al-Nuwais 46'); Jassem Al-Doukhi 
                    (Kazem Ali Al-Boloushi 66'), Mohamed Juma'a Hamada.
Kuwait:             Khaled Al-Fadhli; Nohayir Al-Shemmari; Hussein Al-Khodari, Jamal Mubarak,
                    Adel Youssouf Ali, Ahmed Al-Mutairi; Badr Hajji Al-Halabeej
                    (Faraj Laheeb 64'), Fawwaz Marzouq Bakhit, Hani Al-Saqr 
                    (Issam Sakin Al-Kandari 73'); Ali Marwi Al-Hadiya (Hamad Al-Saleh 58'),
                    Bashar Abdullah.
Referee:            Mourad Ben Dada (Algeria).
Coaches:            UAE:  Carlos Queiroz (Portugal).
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              UAE: Ismail Rashid Marzouq [Y 16'], Ali Munther [Y 47'],
                         Mohamed Jumaa Al-Junaibi [Y 62'].
                    Kuwait: Bashar Abdullah [Y 36'], Hussein Al-Khodari [Y 64'].

13/10/1998, Kuwait, 25000
Friendly International
KUWAIT              3 (Faraj Laheeb 53', Bashar Abdullah 57', Ahmad Al Jassem 65' pen)
IRAN                0
Kuwait:
Iran:               Behzad Gholampour (Nima Nakisa 70'); Reza Torabian; Ali Ansarian
                    (Younis Bahonar 80'), Reza Hassanzadeh (Davoud Mehabadi 60'),
                    Satar Hamedani, Reza Shahroudi (Afshin Hajipour 84'); Mehdi Mahdavikia,
                    Mohammad Barzagar, Mehrdad Minavand; Khodadad Azizi, Ali Daei. 
Referee:            Mansour Abul Sadiq (Kuwait).
Coaches:            Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
                    Iran: Mansour Pourhaidari.

17/10/1998, Abu Dhabi (UAE), Al-Nahyan Stadium
UAE Friendship Tournament
LEBANON             3
SYRIA               3
Referee:            Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (UAE).

19/10/1998, Abu Dhabi, Al-Nahyan Stadium
UAE Friendship Tournament
UAE                 1 (Hassen Saeed 23')
SYRIA               0
Referee:            Gamal El-Ghandour (Egypt).

21/10/1998, Abu Dhabi, Al-Nahyan Stadium, 15000
UAE Friendship Tournament
UAE                 1 (Fahad Al-Nuwais 56')
LEBANON             0
UAE:                Jumaa Rashid Humaid; Abdullah Salim, Jasim Tawfiq, Abdullah Eissa,  
                    Adil Naseeb (Abdul Salam Jumaa 80'), Sultan Rashid Al-Kalbani; 
                    Ali Hassan Ghawas, Mohammed Ali Kasla, Gharib Harib Al-Kuwaiti 
                    (Hassan Suhail Mubarak 20'); Adel Matar (Ali Thani Al-Ehawi),
                    Fahad Al-Nuwais. 
Lebanon:

30/10/1998, Manama, National Stadium, 25000
Gulf Cup
BAHRAIN             0
UAE                 1 (Adel Mohamed Ahmed 40')
Bahrain:            Mohamed Saleh Bushait; Abdulrazzaq Mohamed Abbas, Faysal Abdulaziz Rashed
                    (Rashid Al-Dossari 57'), Mohamed Hussein Bahzad, Khamis Eid Thani;
                    Talal Youssouf, Ali Amer Musaifer, Amir Shabib (Sami Al-Haiki 68'),
                    Fayadh Mahmoud; Rashed Jamal Salem, Youssouf Al-Saadi 
                    (Hussein Ali Ahmed 46').
UAE:                Muhsin Musabbah Faraj; Hassan Saeed Ahmed, Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Mazem, 
                    Ismail Rashed Marzouq, Fahad Ali Al-Shamsi; Kazem Ali Al-Boloushi 
                    (Hassan Suhail Mubarak 90+'), Ali Hassan Ghawas, 
                    Abdulsalam Juma'a Al-Junaibi, Adel Mohamed Ahmed; Adel Matar 
                    (Ali Juma'a Thani 77'), Fahad Al-Nuwais (Sultan Rashed Al-Kalbani 68').
Referee:            Omar Saleh Al-Mehanna (Saudi Arabia).
Coaches:            Bahrain: Ernesto Guedes (Brazil).
                    UAE: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal).
Cards:              Bahrain: Fayadh Mahmoud [Y 75'].
                    UAE: Adel Mohamed Ahmed [Y 34'], Ismail Rashed Marzouq [Y 74'].

31/10/1998, Manama (Bahrain), National Stadium, 20000
Gulf Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        2 (Obaid Al-Dossari 6', 74')
KUWAIT              1 (Hussein Al-Khodhari 61')
Saudi Arabia:       Mohamed Al-Deayea; Mohamed Shaliyah Al-Jahani, Mohamed Al-Khilaiwi,
                    Abdullah Suleyman Al-Zubromawi, Hussein Abdulghani Al-Suleymani; 
                    Khaled Al-Temawi (Faysal Abou Thanein 87'), Khamis Al-Owairan,  
                    Youssouf Al-Thunayan (Abdullah Shehan 64'), Ibrahim Mater Al-Harbi; 
                    Ibrahim Al-Shahrani (Ali Al-Feheid 86'), Obaid Al-Dossari.
Kuwait:             Khaled Al-Fadli; Hussein Al-Khodhari (Hamad Al-Salah 79'), Jamal Mubarak,
                    Nohayr Al-Shemmari, Ahmed Al-Mutairi; Issam Sakeen Al-Kandari,
                    Fawaz Marzouq Bakhit, Badr Hajji Al-Halabeej (Adel Youssef Ali 85'),
                    Hani Al-Saqer; Bashar Abdullah (Faraj Laheeb 46'), Jassim Al-Houwaidi.
Referee:            Marc Batta (France).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Otto Pfister (Germany).
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              Saudi Arabia: Khaled Al-Temawi [Y 40'], 
                                  Abdullah Suleyman Al-Zubromawi [Y 54'],
                                  Abdullah Shehan [Y 68'], Obaid Al-Dossari [Y 73'].
                    Kuwait: Jamal Mubarak [Y 41'], Fawaz Marzouq Bakhit [Y 59'], 
                            Hussein Al-Khodhari [Y 77'].

31/10/1998, Manama (Bahrain), National Stadium, 20000
Gulf Cup
OMAN                2 (Farid Al-Mazroui 26', Taqi Mubarak Al-Siyabi 58')
QATAR               1 (Adel Khamis Al-Noubi 29')
Oman:               Suleyman Khamis Al-Mazroui; Mohamed Bin Zayed (Ahmed Rashed 77'); 
                    Mohamed Rabih Al-Noubi, Khair Bin Khadem Fairouz, Farid Al-Mazroui,
                    Suleyman Al-Wahibi (Talal Khalfan Al-Farsi 46'); Radwan Salem Nairouz,
                    Rashed Abdullah Al-Wahibi, Taqi Mubarak Al-Siyabi; Hani Al-Dhabit, 
                    Majdi Shaaban Fatah (Jamal Al-Boloushi 80').
Qatar:              Ahmed Khalil Al-Khaldi; Rayed Yaquoub Al-Boloushi, Yousuf Adam, 
                    Adel Hassan Darwish, Jassem Al-Tamimi; Abdul Naser Al Obaidly, 
                    Adel Khamis Al-Noubi, Dahi Al-Noubi, Abdullah Al-Jassem 
                    (Abdul Aziz Bujaloof 64'); Mubarak Mustafa Fazli (Mubarak Al-Kuwari 90'),
                    Mohammed Al-Enazi (Yasser Nazmi Al-Qusi 90').
Referee:            Ali Mandi (Kuwait).
Coaches:            Oman: Valdeir 'Badu' Vieira (Brazil).
                    Qatar: Luis Gonzaga (Brazil).
Cards:              Oman: Farid Al-Mazrouyi [Y 20'], Suleyman Khamis Al-Mazroui [Y 84'].
                    Qatar: Yousuf Adam [Y 20'], Dahi Al-Noubi [Y 34'], 
                           Ahmed Khalil Al-Khaldi [Y 52'].

02/11/1998, Manama (Bahrain), National Stadium, 25000
Gulf Cup
KUWAIT              6 (Jassim Al-Houwaidi 8', 37', 57', 74', 90+' pen, Bashar Abdullah 51')
QATAR               2 (Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof 22', Mustafa Mubarak Fazli 81')
Kuwait:             Ahmed Al-Jassem; Hussein Al-Khodari (Adel Youssouf Ali 70'), Jamal Mubarak
                    (Mohamed Bunyan Al-Khaledi 77'), Nohayr Al-Shemmari, Ahmed Al-Mutairi;
                    Issam Sakin Al-Kandari, Fawaz Marzouq Bakhit, Badr Haji Al-Halabeej
                    (Mohamed Jassem Ben Haji 83'), Hani Al-Saqer; Bashar Abdullah,
                    Jassim Al-Houwaidi.
Qatar:              Ahmed Khalil Al-Khaldi; Abdullah Obaid Koni, Youssouf Adam 
                    (Saoud Fathi Al-Kathiri 64'), Dahi Al-Noubi 
                    (Rayed Yaaqoub Al-Boloushi 33'), Jassem Al-Tamimi 
                    (Yasser Nazmi Al-Qusi 63'); Abdulnasser Al-Obaydli, Adel Khamis Al-Noubi,
                    Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof, Adel Hassan Al-Jassem; Mubarak Mustapha Fazli,
                    Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi. 
Referee:            Vítor Pereira (Portugal).
Coaches:            Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
                    Qatar: Luis Gonzaga (Brazil).
Cards:              Kuwait: Hussein Al-Khodhari [Y 66'].
                    Qatar: Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof [Y], Jassem Al-Tamimi [Y], 
                           Youssouf Adam [Y], Abdulnasser Al-Obaydli [Y 19', R 67'],
                           Adel Khamis Al-Noubi [Y 85']. 

02/11/1998, Manama, National Stadium, 28000
Gulf Cup
BAHRAIN             1 (Abdulrazzaq Mohamed Abbas 44')
SAUDI ARABIA        1 (Youssouf Al-Thuniyan 30')
Bahrain:            Mohamed Saleh Bushait; Abdulrazzaq Mohamed Abbas (Amir Shabib 55'),
                    Faysal Abdulaziz Rashed, Mohamed Hussein Bahzad, Khamis Eid Thani; 
                    Talal Youssouf, Rashed Al-Dossari, Ahmed Eissa Ashoor, Fayadh Mahmoud; 
                    Mahmoud Jalal Al-Widayi (Sami Al-Hayki 63'), Rashed Jamal 
                    (Hadi Ahmed Sabt 55').
Saudi Arabia:       Mohamed Al-Deayea; Ahmed Al-Doukhi (Ali Al-Fheid 58'), 
                    Abdullah Suleyman Al-Zubromawi, Mohamed Al-Khilaiwi, 
                    Hussein Abdulghani Al-Suleymani; Khaled Al-Temawi, Khamis Al-Owairan, 
                    Youssouf Al-Thuniyan (Saad Al-Dossari 69'), Ibrahim Mater Al-Harbi; 
                    Ibrahim Al Shahrani (Abdullah Shihan), Obaid Al-Dossari.
Referee:            Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain).
Coaches:            Bahrain: Ernesto Guedes (Brazil).
                    Saudi Arabia: Otto Pfister (Germany).
Cards:              Bahrain: Mahmoud Jalal Al-Widayi [Y 38'], Talal Youssouf [Y 59'], 
                             Faysal Abdulaziz Rashed [Y 38'], Hadi Ahmed Sabt [R 75'],
                             Khamis Eid Thani [Y 81'].
                    Saudi Arabia: Ahmed Al-Doukhi [Y 69'].

03/11/1998, Manama (Bahrain), National Stadium, 12000
Gulf Cup
UAE                 3 (Adel Mohamed Ahmed 37', Ali Thani Al-Ehawi 52', Adel Matar 89')
OMAN                2 (Majdi Sha'aban Fatah 74' pen, 78')
UAE:                Mohsin Musabah Fairouz; Hassan Saeed Ahmed (Ismail Rashid Marzouq 78'), 
                    Hassan Suhail Mubarak, Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Mazem, Fahad Ali Al-Shamsi;
                    Kazim Ali Al-Boloushi (Sultan Rashid Al-Kalbani 69'), Ali Hassan Ghawas, 
                    Abdulsalam Juma Al-Junaibi, Adel Mohammed Ahmed (Hussain Ghuloom 63'); 
                    Adel Matar, Ali Thani Al-Ehawi. 
Oman:               Suleyman Khamis Al-Mazroui; Mohamed Bin Zayed; Ali Saeed 
                    (Suleyman Al-Wahibi 64'), Khair Bin Khadem Fairouz, Farid Al-Mazroui,
                    Mohamed Khamis (Qassem Al-Habsi 35'); Radwan Salem Nairouz, 
                    Rashed Abdullah Al-Wahibi, Taqi Mubarak Al-Siyabi; Hani Al-Dhabit, 
                    Majdi Sha'aban Fatah.
Referee:            Günther Benko (Austria).
Coaches:            UAE: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal).
                    Oman: Valdeir 'Badu' Vieira (Brazil).
Cards:              UAE: Fahad Ali Al-Shamsi [Y 27'], Ali Hassan [Y 59'], 
                         Hussain Ghuloum [Y 69'].
                    Oman: None.

05/11/1998, Manama (Bahrain), National Stadium, 7000
Gulf Cup
QATAR               0
UAE                 0
Qatar:              Amer Al-Ka'abi; Saoud Fatah Al-Kathiri, Dahi Al-Noubi, Youssouf Adam, 
                    Jassem Al-Tamimi; Rayed Al-Boloushi (Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly 46'),
                    Adel Khamis Al-Noubi, Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof; Mubarak Mustapha Fazli,
                    Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi (Mahmoud Soufi 76'), Yasser Nazmi Al-Qusi.
UAE:                Muhsin Musabbah Faraj; Hassan Saeed Ahmed (Sultan Rashed Al-Kalbani 67'),
                    Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Mazem, Ismail Rashid Marzooq, Fahad Ali Al-Shamsi;
                    Kazem Ali Al-Boloushi, Ali Hassan Ghawas, Abdulsalam Jumaa Al-Junaibi
                    (Mohamed Ali Kasla 46'), Adel Mohamed; Adel Matar (Hussain Ghulom 84'),
                    Ali Thani Al-Ehawi (Fahad Al-Nuwais 77').
Referee:            Omar Al-Mehanna (Saudi Arabia).
Coaches:            Qatar: Mohamad Damm.
                    UAE: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal).
Cards:              Qatar: Dahi Al-Noubi [Y 44'].
                    UAE: Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Mazem [Y 61'].

05/11/1998, Manama (Bahrain), National Stadium, 15000
Gulf Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        1 (Obaid Al-Dossari 78')
OMAN                0
Saudi Arabia:       Mohamed Al-Deayea; Ahmed Doukhi Al-Dossary, Abdullah Suleyman Al-Zubromawi,
                    Mohamed Al-Khlaiwi, Hussein Abdulghani Al-Suleymani; Ali Al-Fehaid 
                    (Ibrahim Mater Al-Harbi 46'), Khaled Al-Temawi, Youssouf Al-Thunayan,
                    Abdullah Al-Sheehan; Obaid Al-Dossari, Saad Al-Dossari 
                    (Faysal Abou Thaneen 71').
Oman:               Suleyman Khamis Al-Mazroui; Mohamed Bin Zayed; Sultan Suleyman, 
                    Khair Bin Khadem Fairouz, Farid Al-Mazrouyi, Mohamed Khamis 
                    (Suleyman Al-Wahibi 60'); Talal Khalfan Al-Farsi 
                    (Radwan Salem Nairouz 46'), Rashed Abdullah Al-Wahibi, 
                    Taqi Mubarak Al Siyabi; Hani Al-Dhabit, Majdi Shaaban Fatah.
Referee:            Sultan Majli (Bahrain).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Otto Pfister (Germany).
                    Oman: Valdeir 'Badu' Vieira (Brazil).
Cards:              Saudi Arabia: Abdullah Suleyman Al-Zubromawi [Y 79'].
                    Oman: Talal Khalfan Al-Farsi [Y 33'], Rashed Abdullah Al-Wahibi [Y 80'].

06/11/1998, Manama, National Stadium, 25000
Gulf Cup
BAHRAIN             0
KUWAIT              2 (Issam Sakin Al-Kandari 45', Faraj Laheeb 84')
Bahrain:            Mohamed Saleh Bubshait; Abdulrazzaq Mohamed Abbas, Faysal Abdulaziz Rashed,
                    Mohamed Hussein Bahzad, Khamis Eid Thani; Talal Youssouf
                    (Hussein Ali Ahmed 71'), Rashed Al-Dossari, Ahmed Eissa Ashoor 
                    (Rashed Jamal Salem 63'), Fayadh Mahmoud; Jalal Mahmoud Al-Widayi 
                    (Khaled Jassem Al-Nusuf 75'), Youssouf Amer Al-Saadi.
Kuwait:             Ahmed Al-Jassem; Jamal Mubarak, Mohamed Al-Khalidi, Nohayr Al-Shemmari,
                    Ahmed Al-Mutairi; Issam Sakin Al-Kandari, Fawaz Marzouq Bakhit,
                    Badr Hajji Al-Halabeej (Hamad Al-Saleh 83'), Hani Al-Saqer;
                    Bashar Abdullah (Adel Youssouf Ali 87'), Jassim Al-Houwaidi 
                    (Faraj Laheeb 79'). 
Coaches:            Bahrain: Ernesto Guedes (Brazil).
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              Bahrain: Fayadh Mahmoud [Y 22'], Khaled Jassem Al-Nusuf [Y 85'].
                    Kuwait: Ahmed Al-Mutairi [Y 54'].

08/11/1998, Manama, National Stadium, 22000
Gulf Cup
BAHRAIN             0
QATAR               0
Bahrain:            Mohamed Saleh Bushait; Abdulrazzaq Mohamed Abbas (Khaled Jassem Al-Nusuf),
                    Faysal Abdulaziz Rashed, Mohamed Hussein Bahzad, Khamis Eid Thani;
                    Talal Youssouf, Rashed Al-Dossary, Ahmed Eissa Ashoor, Fayadh Mahmoud;
                    Hussein Ali Ahmed (Rashed Jamal Salem 46'), Youssouf Amer Al Saadi.
Qatar:              Amer Al-Ka'abi; Mohamed Qahtani (Mahmoud Soufi 42'), Youssouf Adam, 
                    Dahi Al-Noubi, Jassem Al-Tamimi (Rayed Al-Boloushi 37'); 
                    Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly, Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof, Adel Khamis Al-Noubi,
                    Abdullah Al-Jassem (Adel Hassan Darwish 77'); Mubarak Mustapha Fazli,
                    Yasser Nazmi Al-Qusi. 
Referee:            Khamis Mubarak (Oman).
Coaches:            Bahrain: Ernesto Guedes (Brazil).
                    Qatar: Mohamad Damm.
Cards:              Bahrain: None.
                    Qatar: Yasser Nazmi Al-Qusi [Y 30'], Adel Khamis Al-Noubi [Y 79'].

08/11/1998, Manama (Bahrain), 22000
Gulf Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        1 (Ali Al-Fehaid 19')
UAE                 0
Saudi Arabia:       Mohamed Al-Deayea; Mohamed Shaliyah Al-Jahani 
                    (Ahmed Al-Doukhi Al-Dossary 29'), Abdullah Suleyman Al-Zubromawi, 
                    Mohamed Al-Khlaiwi, Hussein Abdulghani Sulaimani; Ali Al-Fehaid,
                    Faysal Abu Thaneen (Youssef Al-Thunayan 66'), Khamis Al-Owairan,
                    Ibrahim Mater Al-Harbi; Obaid Al-Dossari, Sa'ad Al-Dossari.
UAE:                Muhsin Musabbah Faraj; Hassan Saeed Ahmed (Sultan Rashed Al-Kalbani 46'),
                    Hassan Sohail Mubarak, Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Mazem 
                    (Ali Thani Al-Ehawi 79'), Fahad Ali Al-Shamsi; Ali Hassan Ghawas,
                    Mohamed Ali Kasla, Abdulsalam Jumaa Al-Junaibi, Adel Mohamed Ahmed 
                    (Adel Naseeb); Adel Matar, Kazem Ali Al-Boloushi. 
Referee:            Marc Batta (France).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Otto Pfister (Germany).
                    UAE: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal).
Cards:              Saudi Arabia: Ali Al-Fheid [Y 11'], Mohamed Al-Khlaiwi [Y 54'].
                    UAE: Ali Hassan Ghawas [Y 66'].

09/11/1998, Manama (Bahrain), National Stadium, 10000
Gulf Cup
OMAN                0
KUWAIT              5 (Jassim Al-Houwaidi 33', 86', Badr Hajji Al-Halabeej 51', 
                       Bashar Abdullah 81', Issam Sakin Al-Kandari 82')
Oman:               Suleyman Khamis; Mohamed Zayed; Sultan Suleyman, Khair Bin Khadem Fairouz,
                    Farid Al-Mazrouyi, Suleyman Al-Wahibi; Mohamed Rabih Al-Noubi 
                    (Talal Khalfan Al-Farsi 46'), Rashed Abdullah Al-Wahibi, 
                    Taqi Mubarak Al-Siyabi (Jamal Al-Boloushi 62'); Hani Al-Dhabit, 
                    Majdi Shaaban Fatah.
Kuwait:             Ahmed Jassem; Hussein Al-Khodari (Adel Youssouf Ali 66'), Jamal Mubarak,
                    Noahyr Al-Shemmari, Ahmed Al-Mutairi; Issam Sakin Al-Kandari,
                    Fawaz Marzouq Bakhit, Badr Hajji Al-Halabeej, Hani Al-Saqr 
                    (Mohamed Bunayyan Al-Khaledi 72'); Bashar Abdullah (Faraj Lahib 86'), 
                    Jassim Al-Houwaidi.
Referee:            Vítor Pereira (Portugal).
Coaches:            Oman: Valdeir 'Badu' Vieira (Brazil).
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              Oman: None.
                    Kuwait: Fawaz Marzouq Bakhit [Y 38'].

11/11/1998, Manama (Bahrain), National Stadium, 13000
Gulf Cup
QATAR               0
SAUDI ARABIA        0
Qatar:              Amer Al-Ka'abi; Saoud Fatah Al-Kathiri, Dahi Al-Noubi, Youssouf Adam, 
                    Jassem Al-Tamimi; Abdulnasser Al-Obaydli, Adel Khamis Al-Noubi, 
                    Mahmoud Soufi (Mubarak Saleh Al-Kuwairi 87'), Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof;
                    Mubarak Mustapha Fazli (Abdullah Jassem 81'), Yasser Nazmi Al-Qusi.
Saudi Arabia:       Mohamed Al-Deayea; Ahmed Al-Doukhi Al-Dossary, Mohamed Al-Khlaiwi,
                    Abdullah Suleyman Al-Zubromawi, Hussein Abdulghnani Suleymani; 
                    Khaled Al-Temawi, Khamis Al-Owairan, Abdullah Al-Sheehan, 
                    Ibrahim Mater Al-Harbi; Ali Al-Fehaid (Youssouf Al-Thunayan 46'),
                    Obaid Al-Dossari.
Referee:            Díaz Manuel Díaz (Spain).
Coaches:            Qatar: Mohamad Damm.
                    Saudi Arabia: Otto Pfister (Germany).
Cards:              Qatar: Jassem Al-Tamimi [Y 56'], Adel Khamis Al-Noubi [Y 83'], 
                           Abdulnasser Al-Obaydli [Y 86'], Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof [R 90+'].
                    Saudi Arabia: Abdullah Al-Sheehan [Y 49'], Mohamed Al-Khlaiwi [R 90+'].

12/11/1998, Manama, National Stadium, 12000
Gulf Cup
BAHRAIN             2 (Talal Youssef 16', Khaled Jassem Al-Nusuf 42')
OMAN                2 (Mohamed Khamis 13', Hani Al-Dhabit 22')
Bahrain:            Mohamed Saleh Bushait; Abdulrazaq Mohamed Abbas, ?, Mohamed Hussein Bahzad,
                    Khamis Eid Thani; Talal Youssouf, Mohamed Ahmed Salmin (Sami Al-Haiki 66'),
                    Fayadh Mahmoud, Hussein Ali Ahmed (Ahmed Eissa Ashoor 46');
                    Jamal Rashed Salem, Khaled Jassem Al-Nusuf.
Oman:               Awad Al-Alawi; Mahmoud Al-Arimi; Radwan Salem Nairouz 
                    (Muhsin Saleh Al-Harbi 56'), Kair Bin Khadem Fairouz, 
                    Fairouz Farid Al-Mazrouyi, Mohamed Khamis; Talal Khalfan Al-Farsi,
                    Rashed Al-Wahibi, Taqi Mubarak Al-Siyabi; Hani Al-Dhabit, 
                    Majdi Sha'aban Fatah (Suleyman Al-Wahibi 46').
Referee:            Juma'a Al-Ali (Qatar).
Coaches:            Bahrain: Ernesto Guedes (Brazil).
                    Oman: Valdeir 'Badu' Vieira (Brazil).
Cards:              Bahrain: Khamis Eid Thani [Y 77'].
                    Oman: Khair Bin Khadem [Y 50'].
Note:               One player missing from Bahrain line-up (possibly Faysal Abdulaziz).

12/11/1998, Manama (Bahrain), National Stadium, 20000
Gulf Cup
KUWAIT              4 (Badr Haji Al-Halabeej 20' pen, Issam Sakin Al-Kandari 38',
                       Jassim Al-Houwaidi 64', 70')
UAE                 1 (Hassan Suhail Mubarak 54')
Kuwait:             Ahmed Al-Jassem; Nohayr Al-Shemmari; Hussein Al-Khodari 
                    (Hani Al-Saqer 77'), Jamal Mubarak, Mohamed Bunayan Al-Khaledi, 
                    Ahmed Al-Mutairi; Issam Sakin Al-Kandari, Fawaz Marzouq Bakhit,
                    Badr Haji Al-Halabeej; Jassim Al-Houwaidi (Hamad Al-Saleh 84'),
                    Bashar Abdullah (Faraj Laheeb 74').
UAE:                Muhsin Musabbah Faraj; Hassan Saeed Ahmed, Hassan Suhail Mubarak, 
                    Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Mazem, Ismail Rashed Marzouq; Mohamed Ali Kasla
                    (Ali Thani Juma'a Al-Ehawi 87'), Ali Hassan Ghawas, 
                    Abdulsalam Juma'a Al-Junaibi (Sultan Rashed Al-Kalbani 82'),
                    Adel Mohamed Ahmed; Adel Matar, Kazem Ali Al-Boloushi.
Referee:            Marc Batta (France).
Coaches:            Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
                    UAE: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal).
Cards:              Kuwait: Fawaz Marzouk Bakhit [Y 16'].
                    UAE: Adel Matar [R 23'], Hassan Suhail Mubarak [Y 55'].

13/11/1998, Beijing
Friendly International
CHINA               0
SOUTH KOREA         3 (Choi Yong-Soo, Kim Do-Keun, Ahn Jung-Hwan)
Referee:            Lu Jun (China).

15/11/1998, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Sugathadasa Stadium
Bristol Freedom Cup
INDIA B             3 (CV. Pappachan 50', AS Firoze 70', Abbas Ali Rizvi 89')
MALAYSIA U23        1 (Raul Bin Ahamed 35')
Referee:            A. Yapa
Note:               India's scorers are also reported as Pappachan, K. Naushad, Noel Wilson.
                    Not a FIFA International.

15/11/1998, Colombo, Sugathadasa Stadium
Bristol Freedom Cup
SRI LANKA           2 (Roshan Perera 23' pen, ?')
MALDIVES            2 (Ismail Asif ?', Adam A Latheef 90')
Referee:            Surdi Ismail (Singapore).

16/11/1998, New Delhi, Ambedkar Stadium
Friendly International
INDIA               0
UZBEKISTAN          0
India:              Juje Siddi; Jiju Jacob, Roberto Fernandes, Franky Baretto, 
                    Valappil Dhanesh; Carlton Chapman (Khalid Jameel 71'), Debjit Ghosh,
                    Basudev Mondal, Jo Paul Ancheri (Tushar Rakshit 50');
                    Invalappil Mani Vijayan [c], Baichung Bhutia.                    
Uzbekistan:         Oleg Belyakov; Sergei Lushan, Aleksei Semyonov, Rustam Shaymardovnov,
                    Eduard Momotov; Abdikohor Marifaliev (Rashidjon Gofurov 46'),
                    Shuhrat Rahmonkulov (Andrei Akopyants 46'), Sergei Lebedev [c],
                    Andrei Rezantsev (Bakitiyor Ashurmatov 46'), Jafar Irismetov 
                    (Nikolai Shirshov 53'), Nagmetulla Kutibayev.
Referee:
Coaches:            India: Syed Nayeemuddin.
                    Uzbekistan: 
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

17/11/1998, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Sugathadasa Stadium
Bristol Freedom Cup
INDIA B             2 (Karunkar Raj 20', Abbas Ali Rizvi 22')
MALDIVES            1 (Mohammed Nazim 90')
Referee:            Surdi Ismail (Singapore).
Note:               Match is a full FIFA International.

17/11/1998, Colombo, Sugathadasa Stadium
Bristol Freedom Cup
SRI LANKA           2 (Anton Silva, Roshan Perera)
MALAYSIA U23        1 (Chee Weng 21')
Referee:            S. Nagalingham (Singapore)
Cards:              Malaysia U23: Bin Sahasi [R 87']
Note:               Not a full FIFA International.

18/11/1998, Beirut, Municipal Stadium, 15000
Friendly International
LEBANON             0
IRAQ                2 (Razak Farhan 55', Habib Jafar 68')
Referee:            Taleb Ramadan (Lebanon).

19/11/1998, Hong Kong
Friendly International
HONG KONG           1 (Young Hei-Chi 58')
VIETNAM             1 (Vơ Hoàng Bưu 65' pen)
Coaches:            Vietnam:  Alfred Riedl (Austria).

19/11/1998, Calcutta, Saltlake Stadium
Friendly International
INDIA               0
UZBEKISTAN          4 (Alexander Khyostunov, Sergei Lebedev, Jafar Irismetov, 
                       Gofurov Rashhidjon)
India:              Juje Siddi; Jiju Jacob, Roberto Fernandes, Franky Baretto, 
                    Valappil Dhanesh; Carlton Chapman (Raman Vijayan), Debjit Ghosh, 
                    Basudev Mondal, Jo Paul Ancheri (Shamzi Reza (Tushar Rakshit));
                    Invalappil Mani Vijayan [c] (Abdul Khalique), Baichung Bhutia.
Coaches:            India: Syed Nayeemuddin.
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

19/11/1998, Colombo, Sugathadasa Stadium
Bristol Freedom Cup
SRI LANKA           1 (Roshan Perera 65')
INDIA B             1 (Rajeshkumar Pandy)
Note:               Match is a full FIFA international.

19/11/1998, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Sugathadasa Stadium
Bristol Freedom Cup
MALDIVES            2
MALAYSIA U23        1
Note:               Not a FIFA International

21/11/1998, Colombo, Sugathadasa Stadium, 40000
Bristol Freedom Cup Final
SRI LANKA           2 (Chatura Maduranage 20', KM. Kabeer 60')
INDIA B             3 (Rajeshkumar Pandy 50', 107', Noel Wilson 65'pen)
After Sudden Death Extra Time.
Referee:            Surdi Ismail (Singapore).
Cards:              Sri Lanka: Isuru Perera [R 65'].
Note:               Match is a full FIFA International.

21/11/1998, Bangkok, Rajamangala Stadium
Friendly International
THAILAND            3 (Kiatisuk Senamuang 43', Surachai Jaturapattarapong 55',
                       Worrawoot Srimaka 57')
TURKMENISTAN        3 (Andrei Khomin 13', Andrei Zavyalov 18', Begenchmukhammet Kuliyev 67')
Coaches:            Thailand: Peter Withe (England).
                    Turkmenistan:
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

22/11/1998, Shanghai, Tien Huo Stadium, 60000
Friendly International
CHINA               0
SOUTH KOREA         0
China:              Jiang Jin; Sun Jihai, Zhang Enhua, Fan Zhiyi [c], Li Weifeng;
                    Chi Rongliang (Zhao Junzhe 46'), Zhang Yonghai (Huang Yong 46'), Li Tie,
                    Ma Mingyu; Hao Haidong, Wang Peng.
South Korea:        Kim Byung-Ji; Park Jin-Sub (Park Byung-Joo 80'), Kim Hyun-Soo, 
                    Sim Jae-Won, Cho Se-Kwon; Ahn Hyo-Yeon (Choi Sung-Yong 63'), 
                    Choi Yoon-Yeol, Seo Ki-Bok, Lee Byung-Keoun; Choi Yong-Soo, Lee Dong-Gook
                    (Kim Eun-Joong 63').
Coaches:            China: Robert 'Bobby' Houghton (England)
                    South Korea: Huh Jung-Moo.
Cards:              China: Li Tie [Y 24'].
                    South Korea: Choi Yoon-Yeol [Y 32'], Cho Se-Kwon [Y 50'].

24/11/1998, Bangkok, Rajamangala Stadium, 3000
Friendly International
THAILAND            0
QATAR               0
Referee:            Ekchai Thanatdeunkhao (Thailand).
Coaches:            Thailand: Peter Withe (England).
                    Qatar: Abdullah.
Note:               Match abandoned after 52 minutes due to players fighting, therefore not 
                    recognised as a full international by FIFA.

25/11/1998, Singapore
Friendly International
SINGAPORE           0
UAE                 4

26/11/1998, Bangkok, Rajamangala Stadium
Friendly International
THAILAND            2
NEPAL               0
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

30/11/1998, Nakhonsawan (Thailand), Nakhon Sawan Stadium
Asian Games Group A
TURKMENISTAN        2 (Andrei Zavyalov 6', Roman Bondarenko 23')
VIETNAM             0

30/11/1998, Surat Thaoi (Thailand)
Asian Games Group B
CHINA               4 (Fan Zhiyi 21', Ma Mingyu 45', Li Bing 77', Wang Peng 89')
LEBANON             1 (Jamal Taha 61')
Coaches:            China: Bobby Houghton (England)

30/11/1998, Bangkok, Supachalasai Stadium (Thailand)
Asian Games Group F
HONG KONG           0
OMAN                6 (Khair Khadim Fairouz 16', Majdi Shabaan Fatah 44', 
                       Hani Al-Dhabit Faraj 74', 80', 90+', Qassim Masoud  Al-Habsi 75')
Coaches:            Hong Kong: Sebastian Araujo (Brazil).
                    Oman: Valdeir 'Badu' Vieira (Brazil).

01/12/1998, Trang (Thailand), Central Stadium 
Asian Games Group C
NEPAL               0
JAPAN U21           5 (Kenji Fukuda 10', 12', Shinji Ono 31', Junichi Inamoto 61', 89')
Nepal:              Ghannu Chaudhari (Sanjeev Joshi 67'); Sunil Tuladhar, 
                    Rakesh Shrestha, Nemkul, Sandesh Shrestha; Raj Kumar 
                    Shrestha, Bal Gopal Maharja, Deepak Amatya, Naresh Joshi 
                    (Basanta Thapa 55'); Sukra Tamang, Hari Khadka.
Japan U21:          Yuuta Minami; Daisuke Ichikawa, Masahiro Koga, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto,
                    Kazuyuki Toda, Yuusuke Nakatani (Tomokazu Myoujin 65'); Toshiya Ishii,
                    Junichi Inamoto, Shinji Ono (Nozomi Hiroyoma 74'); Kenji Fukuda,
                    Naohiro Takahara.
Referee:            Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand).
Coaches:            Nepal: Yoo Ki-Heoung (South Korea).
                    Japan U21: Philippe Troussier (France).
Cards:              Nepal: Bal Gopal Maharja [Y], Sunil Tuladhar [Y], Naresh Joshi [Y].
                    Japan U21: None.
Note:               Match is a full FIFA international.

01/12/1998, Suphamburi (Thailand)
Asian Games Group D
TAJIKISTAN          3 (Takhirojon Muminov 21', Zokir Berdikulov 65', Dmitrii Saltsman)
MALDIVES            0

01/12/1998, Chiangmai (Thailand), 700th Anniversary Stadium, 1000
Asian Games Group G
MONGOLIA            0
KUWAIT              11 (Jamal Mubarak 3', Jassem Al-Houwaidi 37', 59', 84' pen, 89', 
                        Faraj Laheeb 14', 19', 24', 87', Ahmad Al-Mutairi 27', 
                        Hani Al-Saqer 39')
Mongolia:
Kuwait:             Ahmad Al-Jassem; Hussein Al-Khodari, Jamal Mubarak, Nohayr Al-Shemmari,
                    Ahmad Al-Mutairi (Nasser Al-Omran); Essam Sakeen Al-Kandari, 
                    Saleh Al-Buraiki, Bader Haji Al-Halabeej (Khalid Abdulqodous Zadah),
                    Hani Al-Saqer (Mohammed Jassem Ben Haji); Jassem Al-Houwaidi,
                    Faraj Laheeb.
Referee:
Coaches:            Mongolia:
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).

01/12/1998, Sisakeht (Thailand), 10086
Asian Games Group H
KAZKAHSTAN          0
IRAN                2 (Vahid Hashemian 1', 50')
Kazakhstan:
Iran:               Nima Nakisa; Javad Zarincheh, Mohamed Khakpour, Nader Mohamedkhani,
                    Sattar Hamedani; Mohamed Navazi, Mehdi Mahdavikia (Ali Karimi 70'),
                    Hameed Estili, Mahmoud Fekri (Ali Reza Mansourian 75'); Vahid Hashemian, 
                    Ali Daei. 
Referee:            Hani Bilal (Qatar).
Coaches:            Kazakhstan: Sergei Gorokhovodatsky.
                    Iran: Mansour Pourhaidari.
Cards:              Kazakhstan: Shelengo [Y].
                    Iran: Mahmoud Fekri [Y], Nima Nakisa [Y], Vahid Hashemian [Y].

02/12/1998, Nakhonsawan (Thailand), Nakhon Sawan Stadium, 15000
Asian Games Group A
SOUTH KOREA         2 (Choi Yong-Soo 2', 45')
TURKMENISTAN        3 (Igor Kislov 60', 90', Muslim Agayev 86')
South Korea:        Kim Byung-Ji [C]; Choi Sung-Yong, Kim Hyun-Soo, Cho Se-Kwon 
                    (Sim Jae-Won 81'), Choi Yoon-Yeol; Park Jin-Sub, Yoon Jung-Hwan, 
                    Yoo Sang-Cheol (Seo Ki-Bok 68'), Lee Byung-Keoun; Choi Yong-Soo, 
                    Lee Dong-Gook.
Turkmenistan:       Aleksandr Korobko; Vladimir Khalikov, Konstantin Sosenko, Denis Peremenin,
                    Yuri Magdiev; Dmitri Khomukha [c], Kurbangeldy Durdyev, Yuri Borodolimov
                    (Begench Mukhamet Kuliev 75'), Dmitri Nezhelev; Andrei Zavyalov 
                    (Muslim Agayev 29'), Roman Bondarenko (Igor Kislov 46').
Referee:            Saad Kameel Manei (Kuwait).
Coaches:            South Korea: Huh Jung-Moo.
                    Turkmenistan: Viktor Pozhechevsky.
Cards:              South Korea: Lee Byung-Keoun [R 71'], Choi Sung-Yong [Y 82'].
                    Turkmenistan: Kubangeldy Durdiyev [Y 63'].

02/12/1998, Surat Thaoi (Thailand)
Asian Games Group B
CAMBODIA            1 (Hok Sochetra 81')
CHINA               4 (Yang Chen 17', 32', 38', Wang Peng 26')
Coaches:            China: Bobby Houghton (England).

02/12/1998, Songkhla (Thailand)
Asian Games Group E
UAE                 3 (Adel Matar 20', Adel Mohamed 31', 39')
NORTH KOREA         3 (?, ?, Jon Yong-Chol)
UAE won 4-1 on penalties.
Coaches:            UAE: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal).

02/12/1998, Bangkok, Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group F
THAILAND            5 (Kritsada Piandit 1', Worrawoot Srimaka 8', Kiatisuk Senamuang 22', 86',
                       Tawan Sripan 53')
HONG KONG           0
Thailand:           Chaiyong Khampiam; Natee Tongsukkaew; Kritsada Piandit, 
                    Phattanapong Sripramote, Surachai Jirasirichote, Dusit Chalermsan;
                    Tawan Sripan, Sanor Longsawang, Surachai Jaturapattarapong;
                    Worawut Srimakha, Kiatisuk Senamuang. 
Hong Kong:
Coaches:            Thailand: Peter Withe (England).
                    Hong Kong: Sebastian Araujo (Brazil).
Note:               Substitutions unknown.

03/12/1998, Trang (Thailand), Central stadium
Asian Games Group C
INDIA               0
JAPAN U21           1 (Kenji Fukuda 46')
India:              Hemanta Dora; Jiju Jacob, Roberto Fernandes, Franky Baretto, 
                    Valappil Dhanesh; Carlton Chapman, Debjit Ghosh, Basudev Mondal,
                    Anit Ghosh (Shanmugam Venkatesh 77'); Invalappil Mani Vijayan [c],
                    Baichung Bhutia.
Japan U21:          Yuuta Minami: Tomokazu Myojin, Masahiro Koga, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto,
                    Kazuyuki Toda, Daisuke Ichikawa; Toshiya Ishii, Junichi Inamoto,
                    Shinji Ono (Seiji Koga 81'); Kenji Fukuda, Naohiro Takahara 
                    (Nozomi Hiroyoma 46').
Referee:            Nabil Ayad (Lebanon).
Coaches:            India: Syed Nayeemuddin.
                    Japan U21: Philippe Troussier (France).
Cards:              India: Valappil Dhanesh  [Y], Franky Baretto [Y].
                    Japan U21: Masahiro Koga [Y], Toshiya Ishii [Y], Tsuneyasu Miyamoto [Y].
Note:               Match is a full FIFA international.

03/12/1998, Suphamburi (Thailand)
Asian Games Group D
TAJIKISTAN          1 (Bjabarov 90' pen)
QATAR               2 (Naseer 31', Mubarak 51')

03/12/1998, Chiangmai (Thailand), 700th Anniversary Stadium
Asian Games Group G
KUWAIT              3 (Jassim Al-Houwaidi 43', Faraj Laheeb 77', 90+1')
UZBEKISTAN          3 (Andreï Fyodorov 4', Aleksander Hvostunov 67', Andre&239; Akopyants 76')
Kuwait:             Ahmad Al-Jassem; Hussein Al-Khodari, Jamal Mubarak, Nohayr Al-Shemmari
                    (Adel Youssouf Ali), Essam Sakeen Al-Kandari; Khaled Abdulqoddous Zadah,
                    Saleh Al-Buraiki, Bader Haji Al-Halabeej, Hani Al-Saqer; 
                    Jassem Al-Houwaidi, Faraj Laheeb.
Uzbekistan:
Referee:
Coaches:            Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
                    Uzbekistan:

03/12/1998, Sisakeht (Thailand)
Asian Games Group H
LAOS                0
KAZAKHSTAN          5 (Guram Makayev 32', Azamat Niyazymbetov 40', 
                       Viktor Zubaryev 53', 56', 88')

04/12/1998, Nakhonsawan (Thailand), Nakhon Sawan Stadium, 15000
Asian Games Group A
VIETNAM             0
SOUTH KOREA         4 (Kim Eun-Jung 30', Choi Yong-Soo 43', 87', Yoon Jong-Hwan 67')
Vietnam:            Trần Tiến Anh; Đỗ Văn Khai; Trần Công Minh, Phạm Nhu Thuận,
                    Nguyễn Hưu Thắng, Nguyễn Thiền Quang (Nguyễn Đức Thắng 80'); Triệu Quang Hạ
                    (Nguyễn Văn Sỹ 58'), Vơ Hoàng Bưu (Ngô Quang Trường 70'), Nguyễn Hồng Sơn;
                    Văn Sỹ Hùng, Lê Đức Anh Tuấn.
South Korea:        Kim Byung-Ji [c]; Choi Sung-Yong, Kim Hyun-Soo, Sim Jae-Won, Cho Se-Kwon;
                    Park Jin-Sub, Yoon Jung-Hwan (Kim Nam-Il 67'), Choi Yoon-Yeol 
                    (Yoo Sang-Cheol 46'), Park Byung-Joo; Choi Yong-Soo, Kim Eun-Joong 
                    (Lee Dong-Gook 52').
Referee:            Hanru Muang (Thailand).
Coaches:            Vietnam: Alfred Riedl (Austria).
                    South Korea: Huh Jung-Moo.
Cards:              Vietnam: Vơ Hoàng Bưu [Y], Phạm Nhu Thuận [Y], Nguyễn Thiền Quang [Y].
                    South Korea: Cho Se-Kwon [Y 75'], Lee Dong-Gook [Y 83'], 
                                 Choi Yong-Soo [Y 90'].

04/12/1998, Surat Thaoi (Thailand)
Asian Games Group B
LEBANON             5 (Jamal Taha 34', 80', Abbas Chahrour 36', Zaher Andari 45', 
                       Moussa Hjeij 55')
CAMBODIA            1 (Sony Nuth 70')

04/12/1998, Bangkok, Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group F
THAILAND            2 (Worawut Srimaka 17', Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul 38')
OMAN                0
Thailand:           Chaiyong Khampiam; Natee Tongsukkaew; Choketawee Promrat, 
                    Phattanapong Sripramote, Surachai Jirasirichote, Dusit Chalermsan;
                    Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul, Tawan Sripan, Surachai Jaturapattarapong; 
                    Worawut Srimakha, Kiatisuk Senamuang. 
Oman:
Referee:
Coaches:            Thailand: Peter Withe (England).
                    Oman: Valdeir 'Badu' Vieira (Brazil).

05/12/1998, Trang (Thailand)
Asian Games Group C
NEPAL               0
INDIA               1 (Carlton Chapman 46')
Nepal:
India:              Hemanta Dora; Jiju Jacob, Roberto Fernandes, Franky Baretto, 
                    Valappil Dhanesh; Invalappil Mani Vijayan [c], Carlton Chapman,
                    Debjit Ghosh, Basudev Mondal; Baichung Bhutia, Raman Vijayan 
                    (Tushar Rakshit).
Referee:
Coaches:            Nepal:
                    India: Syed Nayeemuddin.

05/12/1998, Suphamburi (Thailand)
Asian Games Group D
MALDIVES            0
QATAR               4 (Mubarak Al-Kuwari 21', 41', 61', 68')

05/12/1998, Chiangmai (Thailand), 700th Anniversary Stadium
Asian Games Group G
UZBEKISTAN          15 (Sergey Lebedyev 4 (2 pen), Igor Shkvyrin 3, Nagmetulla Kutibayev 3,
                        Mirdjalol Kosimov 3, ?, ?) 
MONGOLIA            0
Cards:              Mongolia: Altangereil Battulga [R 7'].

05/12/1998, Sisakeht (Thailand), 5000
Asian Games Group H
IRAN                6 (Ali Mousavi 25', 34', Ali Reza Mansourian 75', Dariush Yazdani 81', 
                       Ali Daei 82', 86')
LAOS                1 (Ke Ofit 45')
Iran:               Bahzad Gholampour; Ali Jan Maleki, Mohamed Khakpour, Nader Mohamedkhani, 
                    Ali Karimi; Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hamid Reza Estili (Sattar Hamadani 71'),
                    Karim Bagheri (Ali Reza Mansourian 46'), Hossein Khatibi; Ali Mousavi 
                    (Dariush Yazdani 60'), Ali Daei. 
Laos:
Referee:            Sukavit Yu-Sabai (Thailand).
Coaches:            Iran: Mansour Pourhaidari.
                    Laos:
Cards:              Iran: Nader Mohamedkhani [Y].
                    Laos: Bon Mi Dang [Y].

07/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group
TURKMENISTAN        3 (Dmitri Nezhelev 39', Muslim Agayev 49', Igor Kislov 74')
INDIA               2 (Invalappil Mani Vijayan 83', Tushar Rakshit 87')
Turkmenistan:
India:              Hemanta Dora; Jiju Jacob (Jo Paul Ancheri), Roberto Fernandes,
                    Franky Baretto, Valappil Dhanesh; Carlton Chapman, Debjit Ghosh,
                    Basudev Mondal, Shanmugam Venkatesh (Tushar Rakshit),
                    Invalappil Mani Vijayan, Baichung Bhutia.
Referee:
Coaches:            Turkmenistan: Viktor Pozhechevsky.
                    India: Syed Nayeemuddin.

07/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Rajamangala Stadium, 3000
Asian Games Group
JAPAN U21           0
SOUTH KOREA         2 (Choi Yong-Soo 31' pen, 47')
Japan U21:          Yuta Minami; Tomokazu Myojin, Masahiro Koga, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto,
                    Kazuyuzi Toda, Daisuke Ichikawa; Shinji Ono [c] (Yoshiteru Yamashita 59'),
                    Junichi Inamoto, Shunsuke Nakamura; Nozomi Hiroyama (Toshiya Ishii 60'),
                    Kenji Fukuda. 
South Korea:        Kim Byung-Ji [c]; Park Jin-Sub, Kim Hyun-Soo, Sim Jae-Won, Cho Se-Kwon 
                    (Lee Byung-Keoun 53'); Choi Sung-Yong, Yoon Jung-Hwan, Choi Yoon-Yeol, 
                    Yoo Sang-Cheol (Kim Eun-Joong 77'); Choi Yong-Soo (Park Byung-Joo 65'),
                    Lee Dong-Gook.
Referee:            Rusamee Jinamee (Thailand).
Coaches:            Japan U21: Philippe Troussier (France).
                    South Korea: Huh Jung-Moo.
Cards:              Japan U21: Masahiro Koga [Y 19'], Yuta Minami [Y 30'],
                               Toshiya Ishii [Y 83'].
                    South Korea: Sim Jae-Won [Y 15'], Park Jin-Sub [Y 19'], 
                                 Kim Byung-Ji [Y 33'], Cho Se-Kwon [Y 45'].
Note:               Match is a full FIFA international.

07/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group
UZBEKISTAN          4 (Nikolai Shirshov 16', 75', Igor Skvyrin 60', Andrei Akopyants 66')
NORTH KOREA         0

07/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Rajamangala Stadium
Asian Games Group
UAE                 0
KUWAIT              5 (Hani Al-Saqer 6', Faraj Laheeb 36', Jassim Al-Houwaidi 65', 82', 85')
UAE:
Kuwait:             Ahmad Al-Jassem; Hussein Al-Khodari (Nasser Al-Omran), Jamal Mubarak,
                    Nohayr Al-Shemmari, Ahmad Al-Mutairi; Essam Sakeen Al-Kandari, 
                    Saleh Al-Buraiki, Bader Haji Al-Halabeej (Mohammed Al-Buraiki),
                    Hani Al-Saqer (Nasser Al Othman 46'); Jassem Al-Houwaidi, Faraj Laheeb.
Referee:
Coaches:            UAE: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal).
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              UAE:
                    Kuwait: Hani Al-Saqer [Y], Hussein Al-Khodari [Y].

08/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group
CHINA               3 (Zhao Junzhe 7', Li Jinyu 56', Takhirdjon Muminov 71' OG)
TAJIKISTAN          1 (Rustam Zabirov 55')
Coaches:            China: Bobby Houghton (England).

08/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Rajamangala Stadium
Asian Games Group
QATAR               1 (Abdulaziz Hassan 56')
LEBANON             0

08/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group
IRAN                2 (Ali Daei 7', Vahid Hashimian 63')
OMAN                4 (Mohamed Bin Zayed 30', Nader Mohamadkhani 42' OG, Hani Al-Dhabit 50',
                       Salim Radhwan 90')
Iran:               Behzad Gholampour; Javad Zarincheh, Mohammed Khakpour, Nader Mohamadkhani 
                    (Ali Reza Mansourian 70'), Sattar Hamadani; Mohammed Navazi 
                    (Ali Karimi 63'), Mehdi Mahdavikia (Dariush Yazdani 85'), Karim Bagheri,
                    Hameed Estili; Vahid Hashimian, Ali Daei.
Oman:
Referee:            Kourmanbek Ordabayev (Kazakhstan).
Coaches:            Iran: Mansour Pouhaidari.
                    Oman: Valdeir 'Badu' Vieira (Brazil).

08/12/1998, Bangkok, Rajamangala National Stadium, 60000
Asian Games Group
THAILAND            1 (Dusit Chalermsan 50' pen)
KAZAKHSTAN          1 (Viktor Zubarev 65')
Thailand:           Chaiyong Khampiam; Natee Tongsukkaew; Choketawee Promrat, 
                    Phattanapong Sripramote, Surachai Jirasirichote, Dusit Chalermsan; 
                    Tawan Sripan, Sanoh Longsawang, Surachai Jaturapattarapong; 
                    Worawut Srimakha, Kiatisuk Senamuang. 
Kazakhstan:
Referee:
Coaches:            Thailand: Peter Withe (England).
                    Kazakhstan:

09/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group
NORTH KOREA         1 (Chang-Ha 70')
TURKMENISTAN        1 (Roman Bondarenko 89')
Coaches:            North Korea:
                    Turkmenistan: Viktor Pozhechevsky.

09/12/1998, Rajamangala (Thailand), Hua Mark Sports Complex, 3000
Asian Games Group
UAE                 1 (Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Boloushi 70')
SOUTH KOREA         2 (Yoon Jong-Hwan 37', Yoo Sang-Cheol 55' pen)
UAE:                Jumaa Rashid Humaid; Hassan Saeed Ahmed, Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Mazem,
                    Abdullah Essa, Fahad Ali Al-Shamsi; Kazim Ali Al-Boloushi, 
                    Ali Hassan Ghawas (Ali Saeed 43'), Abdulsalam Jumaa Al-Junaibi,
                    Adil Mohammed; Adil Mattar (Fahad Hassan Al-Nuwais 46'), 
                    Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Boloushi (Rashid Sultan Al-Kalbani 73').
South Korea:        Kim Byung-Ji; Park Jin-Sub, Kim Hyun-Soo, Sim Jae-Won, Choi Yoon-Yeol;
                    Choi Sung-Yong, Yoon Jung-Hwan (Kim Nam-Il 74'), Yoo Sang-Cheol, 
                    Lee Byung-Keoun; Choi Yong-Soo (Park Byung-Joo 82'), Kim Eun-Joong 
                    (Lee Dong-Gook 55').
Referee:
Coaches:            UAE: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal).
                    South Korea: Huh Jung-Moo.
Cards:              UAE: Adel Matar [Y 45'].
                    South Korea:

09/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group
UZBEKISTAN          2 (Igor Skvyrin 34', Skhuratjon Rahmonkulov 50')
INDIA               0
Uzbekistan:
India:              Hemanta Dora; Jiju Jacob, Roberto Fernandes, Franky Baretto,
                    Valappil Dhanesh; Carlton Chapman (Feroze Shariff 80'), Jo Paul Ancheri,
                    Tushar Rakshit, Shanmugam Venkatesh; Invalappil Mani Vijayan,
                    Baichung Bhutia.
Referee:            Ahmad Ali (UAE).
Coaches:            Uzbekistan:
                    India: Syed Nayeemuddin.
Cards:              Uzbekistan:
                    India: Hemanta Dora [R 80'].

09/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Rajamangala Stadium
Asian Games Group
JAPAN U21           2 (Yoshiteru Yamashita 83', Shunsuke Nakamura 85' pen)
KUWAIT              1 (Faraj Laheeb 69')
Japan U21:          Yuta Minami; Tomokazu Myojin, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto,
                    Kazuyuzi Toda, Daisuke Ichikawa; Shinji Ono (Nozomi Hiroyama 46'),
                    Junichi Inamoto, Shunsuke Nakamura; Kenji Fukuda, Yoshiteru Yamashita
                    (Naohiro Takahara 74').
Kuwait:             Khaled Al-Fadhli; Hussein Al-Khodhari, Jamal Abdulrahman Mubarak, 
                    Nohayr Al Shemmari, Ahmad Al-Mutairi; Essam Sakeen Al-Kandari, 
                    Saleh Al-Buraiki, Badr Haji Al-Halabeej (Naser Al-Omran 72'),
                    Hani Al-Saqer (Naser Al-Othman 59'); Jassem Al-Houwaidi, Faraj Laheeb. 
Referee:            Ahmed Abharan Alvari (Iran).
Coaches:            Japan: Philippe Troussier (France).
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              Japan: Yoshiteru Yamashita [Y].
                    Kuwait: Jassim Al-Houwaidi [Y], Saleh Al-Buraiki [Y].
Note:               Match is a full FIFA international.

10/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium, 5000
Asian Games Group
IRAN                5 (Ali Daei 4', 71', Karim Bagheri 12', Mohamed Khakpour 18',
                       Ali Mousavi 47')
TAJIKISTAN          0
Iran:               Nima Nakisa; Mohammed Navazi, Mohamed Khakpour, Javad Zarincheh, 
                    Nader Mohamedkhani; Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hameed Estili 
                    (Ali Reza Mansourian 75'), Karim Bagheri (Dariusz Yazdani 65'),
                    Ali Karimi; Ali Mousavi (Sattar Hamadani 75'), Ali Daei. 
Tajikistan:
Referee:            Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon).
Coaches:            Iran: Mansour Pourhaidari.
                    Tajikistan:

10/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Rajamangala Stadium
Asian Games Group
KAZAKHSTAN          2 (Viktor Zubaryev 13', Nurmat Mirzabayev 88')
QATAR               0

10/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group
CHINA               6 (Hao Haidong 2', Yao Xia 20', Li Jinyu 29', 37', Le Weifeng 62', 
                       Yang Chen 76')
OMAN                1 (Hani Al-Dhabit 64')
Coaches:            China: Robert 'Bobby' Houghton (England).
                    Oman: Valdeir 'Badu' Vieira (Brazil).

10/12/1998, Bangkok, Rajamangala Stadium, 60000
Asian Games Group
THAILAND            1 (Worrawoot Srimaka 33')
LEBANON             0
Coaches:            Thailand: Peter Withe (England).
                    Lebanon:

11/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group
NORTH KOREA         2 (So Min-Chol 13', Ju Song-Il 73')
INDIA               0
North Korea:
India:              Feroze Sheriff; Jiju Jacob, Roberto Fernandes, Franky Baretto,
                    Valappil Dhanesh; Carlton Chapman, Anit Ghosh (Tushar Rakshit),
                    Basudev Mondal (Shanmugam Venkatesh), Jo Paul Ancheri;
                    Invalappil Mani Vijayan, Baichung Bhutia.
Referee:
Coaches:            North Korea:
                    India: Syed Nayeemuddin.

11/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Rajamangala Stadium
Asian Games Group
UAE                 1 (Hassan Rashid 59')
JAPAN               0
Coaches:            Japan: Philippe Troussier (France).
                    UAE: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal).

11/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group
TURKMENISTAN        1 (Redjepmurad Agabayev 72')
UZBEKISTAN          1 (Nagmetulla Kutibayev 37')
Coaches:            Turkmenistan: Viktor Pozhechevsky.

11/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Rajamangala Stadium, 3000
Asian Games Group
SOUTH KOREA         1 (Choi Yong-Soo 58')
KUWAIT              0
South Korea:        Kim Byung-Ji; Park Jin-Sub, Kim Hyun-Soo, Sim Jae-Won, Cho Se-Kwon 
                    (Park Dong-Hyuk 77'); Choi Sung-Yong, Yoon Jung-Hwan (Lee Dong-Gook 54'),
                    Choi Yoon-Yeol (Ahn Hyo-Yeon 46'), Lee Byung-Keoun; Choi Yong-Soo, 
                    Yoo Sang-Cheol.
Kuwait:             Ahmed Al-Jassem; Hussein Al-Khodari (Hani Al-Saqer 67'), 
                    Jamal Abdulrahman Mubarak, Nohayr Al-Shammari, Ahmad Al-Mutairi 
                    (Ayman Al-Husaini 80'); Esam Sakeen Al-Kandari, Saleh Al-Buraiki, 
                    Bader Al-Halabeej, Nasser Al-Othman; Jassem Al-Houwaidi [c] 
                    (Nasser Al-Omran 67'), Faraj Laheeb.
Referee:            Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand).
Coaches:            South Korea: Huh Jung-Moo.
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              South Korea: Yoon Jung-Hwan [Y 23'], Ahn Hyo-Yeon [Y 69'].
                    Kuwait: None.

12/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium, 50000
Asian Games Group
IRAN                2 (Ali Daei 28', Karim Bagheri 30')
CHINA               1 (Li Jinyu 10')
Iran:               Behzad Gholampour; Mehdi Mahdavikia, Mohamed Khakpour, Javad Zarincheh,
                    Nader Mohamadkhani; Hameed Estili, Karim Bagheri (Dariusz Yazdani),
                    Mahmoud Fekri, Ali Karimi; Ali Mousavi (Vahid Hashemian), Ali Daei.
China:              Jiang Jin; Sun Jihai, Zhang Enhua, Fan Zhiyi, Li Weifeng; Zhao Junzhe, 
                    Yao Xia, Li Tie, Ma Mingyu; Li Jinyu, Yang Chen.
                    [Subs Used: Bi Yuan 82', Huang Yong].
Referee:            Saad Kamil Manei (Kuwait).
Coaches:            Iran: Mansour Pourhaidari.
                    China: Robert 'Bobby' Houghton (England).
Cards:              Iran: Mohamed Khakpour [Y], Mahmoud Fekri [Y], Hameed Estili [Y], 
                          Ali Mousavi [Y], Vahid Hasimian [Y].
                    China: Li Tie [Y].

12/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Rajamangala Stadium
Asian Games Group
LEBANON             3 (Zaher Al-Indari 13', 50', Nabih Al-Jurdi 77')
KAZKAHSTAN          0

12/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Suphachalasai Stadium
Asian Games Group
OMAN                3 (Jamal Bakhsh Al-Boloushi 27', Salem Radwan Nairouz 43', 
                       Majdi Sha'aban Fatah 85')
TAJIKISTAN          3 (Shokhrat Doabarov 11', Takhirdjon Muminov 25', 68')
Coaches:            Oman: Valdeir 'Badu' Vieira (Brazil).
                    Tajikistan:

12/12/1998, Bangkok, Rajamangala Stadium, 60000
Asian Games Group
THAILAND            1 (Surachai Jaturapattrapong 34')
QATAR               2 (Mubarak Mustafa Fazli 36', Mohammad Al Shemmari 69')
Coaches:            Thailand: Peter Withe (England).

14/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Rajamangala Stadium, 50000
Asian Games Quarter Final
UZBEKISTAN          0
IRAN                4 (Ali Mousavi 29', Ali Daei 83', 88', 90')
Uzbekistan:         Pavel Bugalo; Aleksey Semyonov (Nagmetulla Kutibayev 80'), 
                    Andrey Fyodorov, Sergey Lushan, Alexander Khvostunov 
                    (Bakhtiyor Kambaraliyev 72'); Andrey Rezantsev, Mirdjalol Kosimov 
                    (Jafar Irismetov 72'), Sergey Lebedyev, Nikolay Shirshov; 
                    Andrey Akopyants, Igor Shkvyrin. 
Iran:               Behzad Gholampour; Javad Zarincheh, Mohamed Khakpour, Nader Mohammadkhani,
                    Ali Karimi; Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hameed Estili, Karim Bagheri
                    (Ali Reza Mansourian 90'), Mahmoud Fekri (Sattar Hamadani 73'); 
                    Ali Mousavi (Dariush Yazdani 67'), Ali Daei.
Referee:            Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand).
Coaches:            Uzbekistan: Abullahov.
                    Iran: Mansour Pouhaidari.
Cards:              Uzbekistan: Alexander Khvostunov [Y 7'], Nikolay Shirshov [Y 41'], 
                                Alexander Rezantsev [Y 79'].
                    Iran: Karim Bagheri [Y 55'], Ali Mousavi [Y 65'], Dariush Yazdani [Y 73'].

14/12/1998, Bangkok, Rajamangala Stadium, 60000
Asian Games Quarter Final
THAILAND            2 (Kiatisuk Senamuang 81', Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul 95')
SOUTH KOREA         1 (Yoo Sang-Cheol 86')
After Sudden Death Extra Time.
Thailand:           Chaiyong Khumpiam; Natee Tongsukkao; Kritsada Piandit, 
                    Phathanapong Sripamote, Surachai Jirasirichote, Dusit Chalermsan [c];
                    Tawan Sripan (Thawatchai Damrong-ongtrakul 80'), Samor Lonsawang,
                    Surachai Jaturapattarapong (Choketawee Promrut 85'), Worawut Srimakha,
                    Kiatisuk Senamuang.
South Korea:        Kim Byung-Ji [C]; Park Jin-Sub, Kim Hyun-Soo, Sim Jae-Won, Cho Se-Kwon;
                    Choi Sung-Yong, Yoon Jung-Hwan (Yoo Sang-Cheol 55'), Choi Yoon-Yeol, 
                    Lee Byung-Keoun (Ahn Hyo-Yeon 77'); Choi Yong-Soo, Lee Dong-Gook 
                    (Kim Eun-Joong 74').
Referee:            Abu Haran (Iran).
Coaches:            Thailand: Peter Withe (England).
                    South Korea: Huh Jung-Moo.
Cards:              Thailand: Worawut Srimakha [R 55'], Surachai Jirasirichote [Y 63' R 85'].
                    South Korea: Choi Yoon-Yeol [Y 44'].

14/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand)
Asian Games Quarter Final
CHINA               3 (Li Jinyu 23', Fan Zhiyi 35', Hao Haidong 55')
TURKMENISTAN        0
Referee:            Kim Young-Joo (South Korea).
Coaches:            China: Bobby Houghton (England).
                    Turkmenistan: Viktor Pozhechevsky.
Cards:              China: Li Jinyu [Y 23'], Fan Zhiyi [Y 35'], Hao Haidong [Y 69' R 70'].
                    Turkmenistan:
Note:               Hao Haidong was substituted by Yang Chen at 69' after his yellow card.
                    He confronted an assistant referee when leaving the field and was 
                    shown the red card. The match was briefly halted and, AFC
                    officials were called. Eventually, Yang Chen was removed from the field,
                    and the game continued with China reduced to ten men.

14/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand)
Asian Games Quarter Final
KUWAIT              0
QATAR               0
Kuwait won 3-1 on penalties.
Kuwait:             Ahmed Al-Jassem; Nohayr Al-Shammari, Hussein Al-Khodari, 
                    Jamal Abdulrahman Mubarak, Ahmad Al-Mutairi; Esam Sakeen Al-Kandari,
                    Saleh Al-Buraiki, Bader Al-Halabeej (Nasser Al-Omran), Hani Al-Saqer
                    (Nasser Al-Othman); Jassem Al-Houwaidi [c] (Adel Youssouf Ali)
                    Faraj Laheeb.
Qatar:
Referee:
Coaches:            Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              Kuwait: Hussein Al-Khodhari [Y].
                    Qatar: Abdul Nasser Al-Obaidly [Y].
Penalties:          Qatar: ?, ? (save), ? (save), ? (save).
                    Kuwait: Adel Yousif Ali, Saleh Al-Buraiki, Nohayr Al-Shemmari.

16/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Rajamangala Stadium, 50000
Asian Games Semi Final
IRAN                1 (Ali Mousavi 50')
CHINA               0
Iran:               Behzad Gholampour; Mehdi Mahdavikia, Javad Zarincheh, Nader Mohammadkhani,
                    Sattar Hamedani; Hameed Estili (Mahmoud Navazi 88'), Karim Bagheri, 
                    Dariush Yazdani, Ali Karimi; Ali Mousavi (Ali Reza Mansourian 68'),
                    Ali Daei.
China:              Jiang Jin; Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng, Fan Zhiyi, Zhang Enhua; Zhao Junzhe,
                    Huang Yong, Li Tie, Ma Mingyu; Yang Chen, Li Jinyu.
Referee:            Nabil Ayadh (Lebanon).
Coaches:            Iran: Mansour Pourhaidari.
                    China: Bobby Houghton (England).
Cards:              Iran: Ali Daei [Y 18'].
                    China: Li Tie [Y 90'].

16/12/1998, Bangkok, Rajamangala Stadium, 70000
Asian Games Semi Final
THAILAND            0
KUWAIT              3 (Hussain Al-Khodhari 1', Faraj Laheeb 55', 
                       Khalid Abdulquoddous Zadah 89')
Thailand:           Chaiyong Khampiam; Natee Thongsukkaew; Kritsada Piandit, 
                    Chokethawee Promrut, Phattanapong Sripramote, Dusit Chalermsan;
                    Tawan Sripan, Sanoh Longsawang, Surachai Jaturapattarapong;
                    Yutthapong Boonamporn, Kiatisuk Senamuang.
Kuwait:             Ahmed Al-Jassem; Nohayr Al-Shemmari; Hussein Al-Kodhari, 
                    Jamal Abdulrahman Mubarak, Naser Al-Omran (Khalid Abdulquoddous Zadah 46'),
                    Ahmed Al-Mutairi; Esam Sakeen Al-Kandari, Saleh Al-Buraiki, 
                    Naser Al-Othman; Faraj Laheeb, Bader Al Halabeej (Ayman Al Husaini).
Referee:
Coaches:            Thailand: Peter Withe (England).
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              Thailand:  Phattanapong Sripramote [Y 9', YR 74'].
                    Kuwait: Nohayr Al Shemmari [Y 18'].

19/12/1998, Songkhla, 20000
Asian Games 3/4 Place
THAILAND            0
CHINA               3 (Fan Zhiyi 25', Wang Peng 66', Ma Mingyu 83')
Coaches:            Thailand: Peter Withe (England).
                    China: Robert 'Bobby' Houghton (England).

19/12/1998, Bangkok (Thailand), Rajamangala Stadium, 50000
Asian Games Final
IRAN                2 (Ali Karimi 6', Karim Bagheri 26')
KUWAIT              0
Iran:               Behzad Gholampour; Mehdi Mahdavikia, Sattar Hamedani, Javad Zarincheh, 
                    Nader Mohammadkhani; Hameed Reza Estili, Karim Bagheri 
                    (Ali Reza Mansourian 85'), Dariush Yazdani, Ali Karimi; Ali Mousavi
                    (Mahmoud Fekri 65'), Ali Daei.
Kuwait:             Ahmad Al-Jassem; Noahyr Al-Shemmari; Husain Al-Khodhari [c], 
                    Jamal Mubarak, Adel Youssef Ali (Ayman Al-Husaini 75'), Ahmed Al-Mutairi 
                    (Mohammed Jassem Ben Haji 81'); Essam Sakeen Al-Kandari, Saleh Al-Buraiki,
                    Naser Al-Othman (Khalid Abdulquoddous Zadah 46'); Faraj Laheeb,
                    Badr Al-Halabeej.
Referee:            Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand).
Coaches:            Iran: Mansour Pourhaidari.
                    Kuwait: Milan Máčala (Czech Republic).
Cards:              Iran: Ali Daei [Y 2'], Hameed Estili [Y 39'], Nader Mohamedkhani [Y 67'], 
                          Dariush Yazdani [Y 70'], Medhi Mahdavikia [R 80'].
                    Kuwait: Essam Sakeen Al-Kandari [Y 18'], Hussain Al-Khodhari [Y 61'].

1998 overview


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