Asian U-19 Championship 1998

Qualifying (incomplete)

Thailand qualified as host

Groups 1, 2 and 3 : Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia qualified

Group 4 (at Baghdad)
29 May Iraq          0-0 North Korea    
       Uzbekistan    1-1 Turkmenistan   
31 May North Korea   1-1 Uzbekistan     
       Turkmenistan  2-0 Nepal          
 2 Jun North Korea   6-0 Nepal          
       Iraq          3-0 Uzbekistan
         [Ammar Abdul Husain, Abbas Raheem x2]
 4 Jun Iraq          3-0 Turkmenistan
         [Hatham Kadim pen, Ammar Abdul Husain, Ameen Abbas]
       Uzbekistan    7-0 Nepal
 7 Jun North Korea   6-1 Turkmenistan
       Iraq          7-0 Nepal
         [Gaith Abdul Gani x2, Riad Mizhir x2, Abbas Raheem, Haider Ubaid, Tayseer Abdul Husain]

 1.IRAQ           4  3  1  0 13- 0 10
 2.North Korea    4  2  2  0 14- 3  8
 3.Uzbekistan     4  1  2  1  9- 5  5
 4.Turkmenistan   4  1  1  2  4-10  4
 5.Nepal          4  0  0  4  0-22  0

Group 5 (at Kandy)
24 May Kazakhstan    5-0 Tajikistan 
       Sri Lanka      -  Bangladesh
27 May Kazakhstan    1-0 Sri Lanka
       Bangladesh     -  Tajikistan
29 May Kazakhstan    2-3 Bangladesh
       Sri Lanka      -  Tajikistan

 1.KAZAKHSTAN     3  2  0  1  8- 3  6
 2.Bangladesh     3  2  0  1  8- 4  6
 3.Sri Lanka      3  1  1  1  3- 3  4
 4.Tajikistan     3  0  1  2  1-10  1

Group 6 (at Bangalore)
17 Aug India         1-0 Maldives
       Kyrgyzstan    5-0 Bhutan
19 Aug India         3-0 Kyrgyzstan
       Pakistan      2-1 Maldives
21 Aug Kyrgyzstan    4-0 Maldives
       Pakistan      3-0 Bhutan
23 Aug India         2-0 Pakistan
       Maldives      2-2 Bhutan
25 Aug India         7-1 Bhutan
       Kyrgyzstan    2-1 Pakistan

 1.INDIA          4  4  0  0 13- 1 12
 2.Kyrgyzstan     4  3  0  1 11- 4  9
 3.Pakistan       4  2  0  2  6- 5  6
 4.Maldives       4  1  0  3  3- 9  1
 5.Bhutan         4  0  0  4  3-17  1

Group 7 (at Johor Bahru)
 1 Aug China         5-0 Singapore
 1 Aug Malaysia      4-0 Laos
 3 Aug China         5-0 Laos
 3 Aug Malaysia      2-0 Singapore
 5 Aug Laos          3-1 Singapore
 5 Aug Malaysia      0-3 China

 1.CHINA          3  3  0  0 13- 0  9
 2.Malaysia       3  2  0  1  6- 3  6
 3.Laos           3  1  0  2  3-10  3
 4.Singapore      3  0  0  3  1-10  0

Group 8 (at Bacolod)
22 Jul South Korea   3-2  Indonesia
       Philippines    -   Taiwan
24 Jul South Korea   2-0  Taiwan
       Philippines    -   Indonesia
26 Jul Philippines   0-11 South Korea
       Indonesia      -   Taiwan

 1.SOUTH KOREA    3  3  0  0 16- 2  9
  .Indonesia
  .Taiwan
  .Philippines

Group 9
Japan qualified


Final Tournament

Held at Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Group A 
17 Oct Thailand      0-0 Saudi Arabia   1.SAUDI ARABIA  4  3  1  0  5- 1 10
       Kazakhstan    3-2 India          2.KAZAKHSTAN    4  2  1  1  7- 5  7
19 Oct Thailand      4-0 India          3.Thailand      4  1  3  0  6- 2  6
       Kuwait        0-1 Saudi Arabia   4.Kuwait        4  0  2  2  2- 5  2
21 Oct Kuwait        0-2 Kazakhstan     5.India         4  0  1  2  3-10  1
       Saudi Arabia  2-0 India
23 Oct India         1-1 Kuwait
       Thailand      1-1 Kazakhstan  
25 Oct Saudi Arabia  2-1 Kazakhstan
       Thailand      1-1 Kuwait
 
Group B
18 Oct South Korea   3-2 China          1.SOUTH KOREA   4  3  1  0  8- 3 10
       Qatar         2-1 Iraq           2.JAPAN         4  2  1  1 13- 6  7
20 Oct Qatar         0-0 South Korea    3.China         4  1  1  2  7- 8  4
       Japan         2-2 China          4.Qatar         4  1  1  2  2- 6  4
22 Oct Japan         6-2 Iraq           5.Iraq          4  1  0  3  6-13  3
       China         1-0 Qatar
24 Oct Qatar         0-4 Japan
       Iraq          0-3 South Korea 
26 Oct China         2-3 Iraq       
       South Korea   2-1 Japan

Semi-finals 

29 Oct Saudi Arabia  2-4 Japan
       South Korea   2-2 Kazakhstan          [4-3 pen]

Third place match
31 Oct Saudi Arabia  3-1 Kazakhstan        

Final
31 Oct South Korea   2-1 Japan
         [Kim Eun-Jing 14', Lee Dong-Gook 75' / Ryuji Bando 51']



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Information on Iraq qualifying group thanks to Refel Hashim

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