1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 1 ...
qualification
Qualification may refer to:
Processes
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rounds for the Asian zone ( AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
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.
Format
A total of 36 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 3.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.
There were three rounds of play:
*First round: The 36 teams were divided into 10 groups of 3 or 4 teams each. The teams played against each other twice, except in Group 10, where the teams played against each other once. The group winners advanced to the second round.
*Second round: The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified for the World Cup. The runners-up advanced to the third round.
*Third round: The two teams played against each other once in Malaysia. The winner qualify for the World Cup. The loser advanced to the AFC–OFC intercontinental play-offs.
First round
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Second round
Group A
Group B
Third round
*The third round (play-off) was played over a single leg at a neutral venue.
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Extra time
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was played using the
golden goal
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rule.
Inter-confederation play-offs
3–3 on aggregate, Iran won on away goals
Qualified teams
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.
:
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 459 goals scored in 132 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 3.53 goals per match.
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Karim Bagheri
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