Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

The Pre-Olympic tournaments of the Asian Qualifiers for the 1988 Summer Olympic were held from 27 February 1987 to 15 January 1988. Iraq and China qualified, while South Korea qualified as host nation.^[1]

West Asia

First Round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	4	4	0	8	1	+7	8
Bahrain	4	1	3	4	6	-2	2
Oman	4	1	3	2	7	-5	2

All Matches were played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[2]

16 April 1987

Bahrain	2–0	Oman

18 April 1987

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Oman

20 April 1987

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Bahrain
Majed Abdullah 41', 61'

22 April 1987

Oman	2–1	Bahrain

24 April 1987

Oman	0–3	Saudi Arabia

26 April 1987

Bahrain	1–2	Saudi Arabia

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	7
United Arab Emirates	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
Jordan	4	0	1	3	2	8	-6	1

27 March 1987

Iraq	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Radhi

Kuwait City

3 April 1987

Jordan	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Abdul Karim Shadafan 83'		Ali Thani 48'

Amman

10 April 1987

United Arab Emirates	3–0	Jordan
Fahad Khamis Abdullah Ali Sultan

Abu Dhabi

17 April 1987

Jordan	1–2	Iraq
Jamal Abu Abed 40'		Hussein Saeed 3' Adnan Dirjal 86'

Amman

24 April 1987

Iraq	2–0	Jordan
Hussein Saeed 25' Saad Qais

Kuwait City

1 May 1987

United Arab Emirates	0–3	Iraq
		Natiq Hashim 40' Ahmed Radhi 76' Saad Qais 89'

Abu Dhabi

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2
Syria	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1	2
South Yemen	Withdrew, apparently due to injuries to players.^[1]

All Matches were played in Doha, Qatar.^[2]

17 April 1987

Qatar	2–0	Syria
Mansour Muftah Adel Khamis

24 April 1987

Syria	1–0	Qatar

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
Iran	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
North Yemen	Withdrew

All Matches were played in Doha, Qatar.^[2]

27 February 1987

Iran	2–1	Kuwait
Bijan Taheri 64' Karim Bavi 89'		Khalid Al-Shabib 76'

7 March 1987

Kuwait	1–0	Iran
Faisal Al-Dakheel 89' (pen.)

Kuwait qualified on away goals rule.^[1]

Second Round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	8
Kuwait	6	2	3	1	3	2	+1	7
Qatar	6	1	3	2	4	8	-4	5
Saudi Arabia	6	0	4	2	2	4	-2	4

4 December 1987

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Iraq

Riyadh

4 December 1987

Qatar	0–0	Kuwait

Doha

11 December 1987

Qatar	1–3	Iraq
Khaled Salman 17' (pen.)		Hussein Saeed 41' Ali Hussein 59' Natiq Hashem 89'

Doha

11 December 1987

Kuwait	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Nasser Al-Ghanem 49'

Kuwait City

18 December 1987

Kuwait	2–1	Iraq
Wail Suleiman 6' Abdulaziz Al-Hajiri 22'		Karim Mohammed Alawi 65'

Kuwait City

18 December 1987

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Qatar
Ahmad Jamel 48'		Isa Ahmed 61'

Riyadh

1 January 1988

Iraq	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Samir Shaker 51'

Muscat

1 January 1988

Kuwait	0–0	Qatar

Kuwait City

8 January 1988

Iraq	4–1	Qatar
Habib Jaafar 9', 76' Ahmed Radhi 16' Ali Hussein 17'

Muscat

8 January 1988

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Kuwait

Riyadh

15 January 1988

Iraq	1–0	Kuwait
Karim Mohammed Alawi 22'

Muscat

15 January 1988

Qatar	1–0	Saudi Arabia

Doha

East Asia

First Round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nepal	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3
Pakistan	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
India	Withdrew^[a]

All Matches were played in Kathmandu, Nepal.^[2]

25 April 1987

Pakistan	2–2	Nepal
Sharafat ?', ?'

28 April 1987

Nepal	1–0	Pakistan
Jamshed Rana (o.g.)

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3
Malaysia	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
North Korea	Disqualified^[b]

All Matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[2]

14 March 1987

Malaysia	0–1	Thailand

18 March 1987

Thailand	2–2	Malaysia
Ronachai Sayomchai 3' Pichai Kongsri 26'		Ahmad Yusof 35' Lim Teong Kim 55'

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	4	4	0	0	7	1	+6	8
Singapore	4	1	0	3	3	4	-1	2
Indonesia	4	1	0	3	3	8	-5	2
Brunei	Withdrew

4 April 1987

Singapore	2–0	Indonesia
Fandi Ahmad 63' V. Sundramoorthy 89'

Singapore

8 April 1987

Japan	3–0	Indonesia
Hiromi Hara 42' Satoshi Tetsuka 62' Nobuhiro Takeda 89'

Tokyo

12 April 1987

Japan	1–0	Singapore
Yoshiyuki Matsuyama 65'

Tokyo

26 April 1987

Indonesia	2–1	Singapore
Ribut Waidi 90' Ricky Yacob 90'		Fandi Ahmad 55'

Jakarta

14 June 1987

Singapore	0–1	Japan
		Takashi Mizunuma 40'

Singapore

26 June 1987

Indonesia	1–2	Japan
Ricky Yacob 49'		Hiromi Hara 79' Yoshiyuki Matsuyama 86'

Jakarta

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	3	1	0	20	0	+20	7
Hong Kong	4	2	1	1	12	1	+11	5
Philippines	4	0	0	4	0	31	-31	0

3 April 1987

Philippines	0–5	Hong Kong

Hong Kong

6 April 1987

Philippines	postponed due to thunderstorms	Hong Kong

Hong Kong

10 April 1987

19:30(UTC+8)

Philippines	0–9	China
		Ma Lin 1', 21', 59' Li Hui 8', 66', 77' (pen.) Liu Haiguang 42' Qin Guorong 82' Jia Xiuquan 85'

Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, Guangzhou

13 April 1987

20:15(UTC+8)

China	10–0	Philippines
Ma Lin 21', 31', 38' 23' (o.g.) Jia Xiuquan 28', 48', 80' Mai Chao 43', 74' Liu Haiguang 85'

Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 1000

19 April 1987

16:00(UTC+8)

Hong Kong	0–0	China

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 24287

14 May 1987

Hong Kong	7–0	Philippines

20 May 1987

20:15(UTC+8)

China	1–0	Hong Kong
Tang Yaodong 47'

Guangzhou

Second Round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	6	5	0	1	25	1	+24	10
Japan	6	4	1	1	16	2	+14	9
Thailand	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	5
Nepal	6	0	0	6	1	39	-38	0

2 September 1987

Thailand	0–0	Japan

Bangkok

15 September 1987

Nepal	0–5	Japan
		Yasuhiko Okudera 16' Satoshi Tetsuka 18' Hisashi Kato 20' Toshio Matsuura 74' Yoshiyuki Matsuyama 82'

Tokyo

18 September 1987

Japan	9–0	Nepal
Toshio Matsuura 2', 21', 70' Hisashi Kaneko 9' Hiromi Hara 26', 28', 32' Hisashi Kato 43' Kazuo Echigo 83'

Tokyo

23 September 1987

19:00(UTC+8)

Nepal	0–8	China
		Yasuhiko Okudera 16' Satoshi Tetsuka 18' Hisashi Kato 20' Toshio Matsuura 74' Yoshiyuki Matsuyama 82'

Shenyang People`s Stadium,Shenyang

26 September 1987

Japan	1–0	Thailand
Takashi Mizunuma 34'

Tokyo

26 September 1987

China	12-0	Nepal
Duan Ju 2', 52' Ma Lin 18', 82' Jia Xiuquan 22', 46' Tang Yaodong 40' Wang Baoshan 47', 49', 76' Li Hui 55' Mai Chao 85'

Shenyang People`s Stadium,Shenyang

Attendance: 17000

1 October 1987

Thailand	3-0	Nepal
Pichitpol Uthaikul 53', 80' Vitoon Kijmongkolsak 78'

Bangkok

4 October 1987

Nepal	1-2	Thailand
28'

Bangkok

4 October 1987

19:40(UTC+8)

China	0-1	Japan
		Hiromi Hara 21'

Tianhe Stadium,Guangzhou

Attendance: 60000

11 October 1987

18:00(UTC+7)

Thailand	0-1	China
		Ma Lin 19'

Suphachalasai Stadium,Bangkok

18 October 1987

19:40(UTC+8)

China	2-0	Thailand
Liu Haiguang 1' Tang Yaodong 5'

Tianhe Stadium,Guangzhou

26 October 1987

19:00(UTC+9)

Japan	0-2	China
		Liu Haiguang 38' Tang Yaodong 83'

National Stadium,Tokyo

Attendance: 50000

Qualified teams

The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics
China	East Asia winners	26 October 1987	2 (1936, 1948)
Iraq	West Asia winners	15 January 1988	2 (1980, 1984)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Games of the XXIV. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ""1988 Summer Olympics - The Results (Football Qualification)"". sport-olympic. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

^ India withdrew on 30th March 1987, as the government did not allow the team to compete, following a poor performance at the 1986 Asian Games^[1]
^ North Korea was originally drawn in this group, but it refused to play the qualifying matches in Malaysia, claiming that it had a right to automatic qualification to the finals, as it would supposedly be sharing the hosting duties with South Korea. FIFA ruled that North Korea was disqualified in June 1987, and they imposed a fine of several thousand Swiss Francs.^[1]

External links

中国国家男子足球队年表（1987）(in Chinese)

[RSSSF-1] "Games of the XXIV. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[so-2] ""1988 Summer Olympics - The Results (Football Qualification)"". sport-olympic. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[3] India withdrew on 30th March 1987, as the government did not allow the team to compete, following a poor performance at the 1986 Asian Games^[1]

[4] North Korea was originally drawn in this group, but it refused to play the qualifying matches in Malaysia, claiming that it had a right to automatic qualification to the finals, as it would supposedly be sharing the hosting duties with South Korea. FIFA ruled that North Korea was disqualified in June 1987, and they imposed a fine of several thousand Swiss Francs.^[1]

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