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

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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 633071+612
 Iraq 6321124+811
 North Korea 612336−35
 Lebanon 6114415−114
  Australia Iraq North Korea Lebanon
Australia  – 2–0 1–0 3–0
Iraq  0–0 – 2–0 5–2
North Korea  1–1 0–0 – 0–1
Lebanon  0–0 0–5 1–2 –

22 August 2007
19:00 UTC+3
Iraq  0–0  Australia

23 August 2007
19:00 UTC+9
North Korea  0–1  Lebanon
Ali Yaacoub  12'

8 September 2007
19:00 UTC+10
Australia  1–0  North Korea
Milligan  49'

8 September 2007
20:45 UTC+3
Lebanon  0–5  Iraq
Saeed  22'
Abdul-Zahra  59', 89'
Ali Abbas  72'
Karrar Jassim  76'
Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)

12 September 2007
19:00 UTC+10
Australia  3–0  Lebanon
Ward  6'
Bridge  24'
Williams  90+3'
Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 4,171
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)

12 September 2007
20:30 UTC+3
Iraq  2–0  North Korea
Ibrahim  21'
Abdul-Zahra  69'

17 October 2007
18:00 UTC+3
Lebanon  0–0  Australia

17 October 2007
16:00 UTC+9
North Korea  0–0  Iraq
Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Hasan Tayeb (Bangladesh)

17 November 2007
19:00 UTC+10
Australia  2–0  Iraq
Leijer  19'
Milligan  58'

17 November 2007
18:00 UTC+3
Lebanon  1–2  North Korea
Hamzeh Salameh  5' (pen.) Kim Kyong-Il  45+1'
Kim Kuk-Jin  70'

21 November 2007
16:00 UTC+3
Iraq  5–2  Lebanon
Abdul-Zahra  8', 23', 81'
Mustafa  30'
Samer Saeed  37'		 Hassan Maatouk  59' (pen.)
Al Saadi  72' (pen.)

21 November 2007
15:00 UTC+9
North Korea  1–1  Australia
Pak Chol-Min  10' Leijer  70'
Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 633041+312
 Bahrain 632174+311
 Syria 604257−24
 Uzbekistan 603359−43
  Bahrain South Korea Syria Uzbekistan
Bahrain  – 0–1 1–1 2–0
South Korea  0–0 – 1–0 2–1
Syria  1–2 0–0 – 3–3
Uzbekistan  1–2 0–0 0–0 –

22 August 2007
19:00 UTC+9
South Korea  2–1  Uzbekistan
Lee Sang-ho  49'
Lee Keun-Ho  79'		 Kim Jin-Kyu  24' (o.g.)

22 August 2007
19:00 UTC+2
Syria  1–2  Bahrain
Al Hussain  37' Okwunwanne  45', 90+2'
Hamdanyeh Stadium, Aleppo
Attendance: 3,000

8 September 2007
17:00 UTC+5
Uzbekistan  0–0  Syria

8 September 2007
19:00 UTC+3
Bahrain  0–1  South Korea
Kang Min-Soo  64'
Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)

12 September 2007
17:00 UTC+5
Uzbekistan  1–2  Bahrain
Abdullaev  86' Abdullah Omar  29'
Al Banki  90+2'

12 September 2007
20:00 UTC+9
South Korea  1–0  Syria
Kim Seung-Yong  10'
Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China PR)

17 October 2007
18:10 UTC+3
Bahrain  2–0  Uzbekistan
Okwunwanne  45'
Abdullah Omar  55'
Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)

17 October 2007
15:00 UTC+2
Syria  0–0  South Korea
Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)

17 November 2007
15:00 UTC+5
Uzbekistan  0–0  South Korea
Central Army Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Abdulla Mohamed Balideh (Qatar)

17 November 2007
17:50 UTC+3
Bahrain  1–1  Syria
Aaish  63' Al Haj  42'
Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

21 November 2007
20:00 UTC+9
South Korea  0–0  Bahrain

21 November 2007
14:00 UTC+2
Syria  3–3  Uzbekistan
Al Haj  42'
Bakri Tarrab  44'
Dalli Hasan  86'		 Tadjiyev  61' (pen.)
Galiulin  63', 66'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 632172+511
 Qatar 631286+210
 Saudi Arabia 623153+29
 Vietnam 6024312−92
  Japan Qatar Saudi Arabia Vietnam
Japan  – 1–0 0–0 1–0
Qatar  2–1 – 1–0 3–1
Saudi Arabia  0–0 2–1 – 2–0
Vietnam  0–4 1–1 1–1 –

22 August 2007
20:30 UTC+9
Japan  1–0  Vietnam
Aoyama  45+1'

22 August 2007
18:45 UTC+3
Qatar  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Al-Hamad  71'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

8 September 2007
19:15 UTC+7
Vietnam  1–1  Qatar
Vũ Phong  13' Al Yazeedi  11'

8 September 2007
20:30 UTC+3
Saudi Arabia  0–0  Japan

12 September 2007
19:15 UTC+7
Vietnam  1–1  Saudi Arabia
Công Vinh  65' Naif Hazazi  80'
My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

12 September 2007
19:20 UTC+9
Japan  1–0  Qatar
Kajiyama  6'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 23,163
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

17 October 2007
20:00 UTC+3
Saudi Arabia  2–0  Vietnam
Al-Salem  64' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.)

17 October 2007
19:00 UTC+3
Qatar  2–1  Japan
Al Haidos  77'
Majdi Siddiq  90+3' (pen.)		 Aoyama  43'

17 November 2007
19:15 UTC+7
Vietnam  0–4  Japan
Lee  9', 25'
Honda  40' (pen.)
Hosogai  87'

17 November 2007
19:45 UTC+3
Saudi Arabia  2–1  Qatar
Al-Bishi  76' (pen.)
Al-Ghanam  88'		 Magid Mohamed  69'

21 November 2007
19:21 UTC+9
Japan  0–0  Saudi Arabia

21 November 2007
17:15 UTC+3
Qatar  3–1  Vietnam
Jassem  22', 52'
Al Haidos  31'		 Công Vinh  80'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Iraq had to play their remaining home games of the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifiers at a neutral venue

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