Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian qualifiers preliminary round 3

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This page provides the summaries of the matches of the group stage of the Asian football qualifiers for 2008 Olympics.

Format[edit]

The 12 teams in this round were divided into three groups of four teams each and played on a home-and-away format. The group winner from each group advanced to the 2008 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Beijing.

Matches[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  AUS  IRQ  PRK  LIB
 Australia 6 3 3 0 7 1 +6 12 2–0 1–0 3–0
 Iraq 6 3 2 1 12 4 +8 11 0–0 2–0 5–2
 North Korea 6 1 2 3 3 6 −3 5 1–1 0–0 0–1
 Lebanon 6 1 1 4 4 15 −11 4 0–0 0–5 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Iraq 0–0 Australia
North Korea 0–1 Lebanon
Yaacoub 12'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

Australia 1–0 North Korea
Milligan 49'
Lebanon 0–5 Iraq
Saeed 22'
Abdul-Zahra 59', 89'
Ali Abbas 72'
Karrar Jassim 76'

Australia 3–0 Lebanon
Ward 6'
Bridge 24'
Williams 90+3'
Iraq 2–0 North Korea
Ibrahim 21'
Abdul-Zahra 69'

Lebanon 0–0 Australia
North Korea 0–0 Iraq

Australia 2–0 Iraq
Leijer 19'
Milligan 58'
Lebanon 1–2 North Korea
Salameh 5' (pen.) Kim Kyong-Il 45+1'
Kim Kuk-Jin 70'

Iraq 5–2 Lebanon
Abdul-Zahra 8', 23', 81'
Mustafa 30'
Samer Saeed 37'
Maatouk 59' (pen.)
Al Saadi 72' (pen.)
North Korea 1–1 Australia
Pak Chol-Min 10' Leijer 70'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  KOR  BHR  SYR  UZB
 South Korea 6 3 3 0 4 1 +3 12 0–0 1–0 2–1
 Bahrain 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 0–1 1–1 2–0
 Syria 6 0 4 2 5 7 −2 4 0–0 1–2 3–3
 Uzbekistan 6 0 3 3 5 9 −4 3 0–0 1–2 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
South Korea 2–1 Uzbekistan
Lee Sang-ho 49'
Lee Keun-Ho 79'
Kim Jin-Kyu 24' (o.g.)
Syria 1–2 Bahrain
Al Hussain 37' Okwunwanne 45', 90+2'
Attendance: 3,000

Uzbekistan 0–0 Syria
Bahrain 0–1 South Korea
Kang Min-Soo 64'

Uzbekistan 1–2 Bahrain
Abdullaev 86' Abdullah Omar 29'
Al Banki 90+2'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
South Korea 1–0 Syria
Kim Seung-Yong 10'

Bahrain 2–0 Uzbekistan
Okwunwanne 45'
Abdullah Omar 55'
Syria 0–0 South Korea
Attendance: 1,500

Uzbekistan 0–0 South Korea
Bahrain 1–1 Syria
Aaish 63' Al Haj 42'

South Korea 0–0 Bahrain
Syria 3–3 Uzbekistan
Al Haj 42'
Bakri Tarrab 44'
Dalli Hasan 86'
Tadjiyev 61' (pen.)
Galiulin 63', 66'

Group C[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  JPN  QAT  KSA  VIE
 Japan 6 3 2 1 7 2 +5 11 1–0 0–0 1–0
 Qatar 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 2–1 1–0 3–1
 Saudi Arabia 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 0–0 2–1 2–0
 Vietnam 6 0 2 4 3 12 −9 2 0–4 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Japan 1–0 Vietnam
Aoyama 45+1'
Qatar 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Al-Hamad 71'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Vietnam 1–1 Qatar
Nguyễn Vũ Phong 13' Al Yazeedi 11'
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Japan

Vietnam 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Lê Công Vinh 65' Naif Hazazi 80'
Japan 1–0 Qatar
Kajiyama 6'
Attendance: 23,163

Saudi Arabia 2–0 Vietnam
Al-Salem 64' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.)
Qatar 2–1 Japan
Al Haidos 77'
Majdi Siddiq 90+3' (pen.)
Aoyama 43'

Vietnam 0–4 Japan
Lee 9', 25'
Honda 40' (pen.)
Hosogai 87'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

Japan 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Qatar 3–1 Vietnam
Jassem 22', 52'
Al Haidos 31'
Lê Công Vinh 80'

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Iraq had to play their remaining home games of the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifiers at a neutral venue

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