Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

The Asian Football Confederation's Pre-Olympic Tournament was held from 3 April 1999 to 13 November 1999. Thirty-five teams entered the qualification for the three allocated spots for the 2000 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Sydney.

The qualification saw Korea Republic, Japan and Kuwait winning their final round groups and qualifying to the Olympics.

Format

Asian berths for the final is 3.

First round
35 teams were grouped into 9 groups, where each group would consist of round-robin tournament. The winners of each group would qualify to the finals. 12 teams from West Asia were grouped into 4 groups of 3 teams each, 5 teams from Central Asia were grouped into one group, 18 teams from East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia were grouped into 4 groups of 4 or 5 teams each.
Final round
9 teams were grouped into 3 groups of 3 teams each, where each group would consist of home and away round-robin tournament. The winners of each group would qualify to the finals.

First round

The first round was played in nine groups held from 3 April 1999 to 24 Jnly 1999. The winner of each group will be promoted to the final round.

Group 1

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Qatar 431093+610
2  United Arab Emirates 4211134+97
3  Yemen 4004217-150

Qatar qualify to the final round.

Group 2

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Kuwait 4310106+410
2  Oman 4112510-54
3  Syria 410387+13

Kuwait qualify to the final round.

Group 3

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Saudi Arabia 422084+48
2  Iraq 4121710-35
3  Jordan 410389-13

Saudi Arabia qualify to the final round.

Group 4

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Bahrain 430173+49
2  Lebanon 411245-14
3  Iran 411236-34

Bahrain qualify to the final round.

Group 5

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Kazakhstan 8521209+1117
2  Uzbekistan 8512157+816
3  Turkmenistan 84131714+313
4  Kyrgyzstan 8314914-510
5  Tajikistan 8017421-171

Kazakhstan qualify to the final round.

Group 6

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 8800521+5124
2  Hong Kong 84131412+213
3  Malaysia 83231717011
4    Nepal 8224923-148
5  Philippines 8017443-391

Japan qualify to the final round.

Group 7

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  China PR 6600200+2018
2  North Korea 6312105+510
3  Myanmar 6114218-164
4  Vietnam 6024312-92

China qualify to the final round.

Group 8

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 3300190+199
2  Indonesia 320149-56
3  Chinese Taipei 3102510-53
4  Sri Lanka 3003211-90

South Korea qualify to the final round.

Group 9

Singapore, Brunei and Laos withdrew.

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Thailand 211020+24
2  India 201102-21

Thailand qualify to the final round.

Final round

The final round was played in three groups of three teams each held from 1 October to 13 November 1999. The winner of each group will represent Asia at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Group A

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Kuwait 4301103+79
2  Saudi Arabia 420258-36
3  Qatar 410359-43

Kuwait qualify to the 2000 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Sydney.

Group B

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 431052+310
2  China PR 411234-14
3  Bahrain 410335-23

South Korea qualify to the 2000 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Sydney.

Group C

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 4400142+1212
2  Kazakhstan 411256-14
3  Thailand 4013213-111

Japan qualify to the 2000 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Sydney.

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