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

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

Format

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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

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Group A

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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

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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

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification  JPN  QAT  KSA  VIE
  Japan 6 3 2 1 7 2 +5 11 Final tournament 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)
Saudi Arabia  2–1  Qatar
Al-Bishi   76' (pen.)
Al-Ghanam   88'
Magid Mohamed   69'

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

Notes

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  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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