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1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates19 October 1997 – 12 April 1998
Teams29
Final positions
ChampionsSaudi Arabia Al-Nassr (1st title)
Runners-upSouth Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Third placeChina Beijing Guoan
Fourth placeTurkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
Goals scored171 (3.72 per match)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →
International football competition

The 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup was the eighth edition of association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation specifically for its members cup holders.

First round

West Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kairat Almaty Kazakhstan 4–2 Tajikistan Vakhsh Qurghonteppa 3–0 1–2
Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistan 6–3 Uzbekistan Neftchi Farg'ona 4–0 2–3
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi United Arab Emirates 4–3 Yemen Al-Ahli Hudayda 2–0 2–3
Nejmeh Lebanon 0–3 Qatar Al-Ittihad 0–0 0–3
Bahrain club Bahrain 4–5 Kuwait Kazma 2–3 2–2
Al-Seeb Oman 3–4 Iraq Al-Shorta 3–2 0–2
Bargh Shiraz Iran bye
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia bye
AiK Bishkek Kyrgyzstan withdrew

both matches in UAE

East Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Bengal India 11–0 Nepal Tribhuvan 8–0 3–0
Old Benedictines Sri Lanka 0–8 Bangladesh Abahani 0–5 0–3
Beijing Guoan China 12–0 Maldives New Radiant 4–0 8–0
Instant Dict Hong Kong 3–6 Singapore Singapore Armed Forces 2–3 1–3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea 9–1 Vietnam Hải Quan 5–1 4–0
Royal Thai Air Force Thailand 2–1 Malaysia Melaka Telekom 0–0 2–1
Verdy Kawasaki Japan bye
PSM Makassar Indonesia bye

Both matches played in China, 1st leg at Beijing, 2nd leg at Wenzhou.

Second round

West Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kairat Almaty Kazakhstan 3–3(a) Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat 3–1 0–2
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi United Arab Emirates (w/o) Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Bargh Shiraz Iran 2–3 Iraq Al-Shorta 1–1 1–2
Al-Ittihad Qatar 1–0 Kuwait Kazma 1–0 0–0

Al-Shabab Al-Arabi withdrew
both matches in Qatar

East Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Royal Thai Air Force Thailand 1–2 Indonesia PSM Makassar 1–2 0–0
Singapore Armed Forces Singapore 0–8 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–2 0–6
Abahani KC Bangladesh 0–3 China Beijing Guoan 0–1 0–2
Verdy Kawasaki Japan 5–3 India East Bengal 5–2 0–1

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistan 5–1 Iraq Al-Shorta 4–0 1–1
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia 3–2 Qatar Al-Ittihad 0–0 3–2

East Asia

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Verdy Kawasaki Japan 0–3 China Beijing Guoan 0–2 0–1
PSM Makassar Indonesia 0–13 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–1 0–12

Semifinals

Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia2–1Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat
Mohaisen Al-Jam'an 11'
Majed Abdullah 39'		 Magdiýew 79'
King Fahd International Stadium, RiyadhReferee: Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)
Beijing Guoan China0–5South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Olăroiu 36'
Lee Ki-Hyung 58'
Park Kun-Ha 73' (pen.), 84'
Cho Hyun 90'
King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Third place match

Beijing Guoan China4–1Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat
King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Final

Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia1–0South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Hristo Stoichkov 9'
King Fahd International Stadium, RiyadhReferee: Qasem Hamza (Kuwait)

References

Asian Cup Winners' Cup
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