Qatar qualified as hosts, Saudi Arabia as holders Group 1 (tournament in Abu Dhabi, UAE) 4- 2-1988 UAE 3-0 Thailand 5- 2-1988 China 0-0 North Yemen 6- 2-1988 Bangladesh 0-0 India 7- 2-1988 UAE 2-1 North Yemen 8- 2-1988 China 4-0 Bangladesh 9- 2-1988 India 0-1 Thailand 10- 2-1988 UAE 0-0 China 11- 2-1988 North Yemen 1-0 India 12- 2-1988 Thailand 1-1 Bangladesh 13- 2-1988 UAE 3-0 India 14- 2-1988 China 5-0 Thailand 14- 2-1988 North Yemen 0-0 Bangladesh 16- 2-1988 China 1-0 India 16- 2-1988 North Yemen 3-3 Thailand 17- 2-1988 UAE 4-0 Bangladesh 1.UAE 5 4 1 0 12- 1 9 2.CHINA 5 3 2 0 10- 0 8 3.North Yemen 5 1 3 1 5- 5 5 4.Thailand 5 1 2 2 5-12 4 5.Bangladesh 5 0 3 2 1- 9 3 6.India 5 0 1 4 0- 6 1 Group 2 (tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 7- 4-1988 Malaysia 4-0 Pakistan 8- 4-1988 Kuwait 1-0 Japan 10- 4-1988 Jordan 1-0 Pakistan 11- 4-1988 Malaysia 0-1 Japan 12- 4-1988 Kuwait 0-0 Jordan 14- 4-1988 Malaysia 0-0 Jordan 15- 4-1988 Kuwait 3-0 Pakistan 16- 4-1988 Japan 1-1 Jordan 18- 4-1988 Malaysia 0-5 Kuwait 18- 4-1988 Japan 4-1 Pakistan 1.KUWAIT 4 3 1 0 9- 0 7 2.JAPAN 4 2 1 1 6- 3 5 3.Jordan 4 1 3 0 2- 1 5 4.Malaysia 4 1 1 2 4- 6 3 5.Pakistan 4 0 0 4 1-12 0 Group 3 (tournament in Katmandu, Nepal) 25- 5-1988 Nepal 0-0 Hongkong 26- 5-1988 Syria 2-1 North Korea 27- 5-1988 Iran 2-0 Hongkong 28- 5-1988 Nepal 0-1 North Korea 29- 5-1988 Syria 1-1 Iran 31- 5-1988 North Korea 1-0 Hongkong 1- 6-1988 Nepal 0-3 Syria 2- 6-1988 Iran 0-0 North Korea 3- 6-1988 Syria 2-0 Hongkong 4- 6-1988 Nepal 0-3 Iran 1.SYRIA 4 3 1 0 8- 2 7 2.IRAN 4 2 2 0 6- 1 6 3.North Korea 4 2 1 1 3- 2 5 4.Hongkong 4 0 1 3 0- 5 1 5.Nepal 4 0 1 3 0- 7 1 Group 4 (tournament in Jakarta, Indonesia) 17- 6-1988 Indonesia 1-0 South Yemen 17- 6-1988 Bahrain 2-0 South Korea 19- 6-1988 South Korea 1-1 South Yemen 19- 6-1988 Indonesia 0-0 Bahrain 22- 6-1988 Bahrain 2-0 South Yemen 22- 6-1988 Indonesia 0-4 South Korea 1.BAHRAIN 3 2 1 0 4- 0 5 2.SOUTH KOREA 3 1 1 1 5- 3 3 3.Indonesia 3 1 1 1 1- 4 3 4.South Yemen 3 0 1 2 1- 4 1
Group 1
2-12-1988 Iran 2-0 Qatar
[6 Karim Bavi, 82 Farshad Peevos]
3-12-1988 South Korea 1-0 UAE
[8 Lee Tae Ho]
4-12-1988 Iran 0-0 Japan
5-12-1988 Qatar 2-1 UAE
[17 Mansour Muftah, 26 Moshin Faray; 35 Hasan Mohomed]
6-12-1988 South Korea 2-0 Japan
[13 Hwang Seong Hong, 35 Kim Joo Sung]
8-12-1988 Iran 1-0 UAE
[28 Farshad Peeyos]
9-12-1988 South Korea 3-2 Qatar
[10 Chung Hae Won, 34 Kim Joo Sung, 72 Chung Hae Won;
47pen,80pen Khalid Salman]
10-12-1988 Japan 0-1 UAE
[86 Abdul Aziz Muhammad]
11-12-1988 South Korea 3-0 Iran
[26,57 Byun Byung Joo, 42 Hwan Seong Hong]
12-12-1988 Qatar 3-0 Japan
[58,82 Adel Khamis, 90 Mansoor Muftah]
1.SOUTH KOREA 4 4 0 0 9- 2 8
2.IRAN 4 2 1 1 3- 3 5
3.Qatar 4 2 0 2 7- 6 4
4.UAE 4 1 0 3 2- 4 2
5.Japan 4 0 1 3 0- 6 1
Group 2
2-12-1988 Saudi Arabia 2-0 Syria
[20 Saleh Al Saleh, 82 Mohamed Sherbani]
3-12-1988 Kuwait 0-0 Bahrain
4-12-1988 China 3-0 Syria
[13 Gao Shang, 14,19 Xie Yuxin]
5-12-1988 Saudi Arabia 0-0 Kuwait
6-12-1988 China 1-0 Bahrain
[78 Zhang Xiaowen]
8-12-1988 Syria 1-0 Kuwait
[63 Walid Nasser]
9-12-1988 Saudi Arabia 1-1 Bahrain
[78 Yousuf Al Ja'azeh; 44pen Favad Muhammad]
10-12-1988 China 2-2 Kuwait
[10,87 Ma Lin; 60pen Adel Hussein, 62 Mansoor Muhammad]
11-12-1988 Bahrain 0-1 Syria
[72 Walid Al Hel]
12-12-1988 Saudi Arabia 1-0 China
[56 Fand Alibishin]
1.SAUDI ARABIA 4 2 2 0 4- 1 6
2.CHINA 4 2 1 1 6- 3 5
3.Syria 4 2 0 2 2- 5 4
4.Kuwait 4 0 3 1 2- 3 3
5.Bahrain 4 0 2 2 1- 3 2
Semifinals
14-12-1988 South Korea 2-1 China [aet]
[93,102 Lee Tae Ho; 100 Mai Chao]
15-12-1988 Saudi Arabia 1-0 Iran
[20 Majed Abdullah]
Third Place Match
17-12-1988 Iran 0-0 China [aet, 3-0 pen]
Final
18-12-1988 Saudi Arabia 0-0 South Korea [aet, 4-3 pen]
Player of the Tournament: Kim Joo Sung [South Korea]
Goal Scorer: Lee Tae Ho [South Korea] with 3 goals
Best Goalkeeper: Zhang Huikang [China]
Best striker: Lee Tae-Ho (South Korea)
Fastest goal: Karim Bavi (Iran)
All-star squad:
Goalkeepers: Zhang Huikang (China), Abdullah Al-Deayea (Saudi Arabia)
Defenders: Mohammed Al-Jawad (Saudi Arabia), Saleh Al-Neayma (Saudi Arabia), Park Kyung-Hoon (South Korea),
Chung Yong-Hwan (South Korea)
Midfielders: Xie Yuxin (China), Mohammed Salim Mubarak (UAE), Mahboub Juma Mubarak (Kuwait),
Sirous Ghayeghran (Iran), Chung Hae-Won (South Korea), Adel Khamis Mubarak (Qatar),
Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri (Kuwait), Byun Byung-Joo (South Korea)
Forwards: Youssef Al-Thunayan (Saudi Arabia), Majed Abdullah Mohammed (Saudi Arabia),
Kim Joo-Sung (South Korea), Wang Baoshan (China)
[Note: oddly the official best striker was not included in the all-star team]
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