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The 1997 Asian Super Cup was the 3rd Asian Super Cup, a football match played between the winners of the previous season's Asian Club Championship and Asian Cup Winners Cup competitions. The 1997 competition was contested by Pohang Steelers of South Korea, who won the 1996–97 Asian Club Championship, and Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia, the winners of the 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

Route to the Super Cup

Pohang Steelers

Opponents	Round	Score	Pohang Steelers goalscorers
PSM Makassar	First round	4–1	?
Thai Farmers Bank	Second round	5–1	?
Yokohama Marinos	Quarterfinals	2–2	Lee Young-Sang 48', Rade Bogdanovic 75'
New Radiant	Quarterfinals	6–0	Cho Jin-Ho 32' 49'(p) 83' 89', Serhiy Konovalov 34' 61'
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	Quarterfinals	0–0
Persepolis	Semifinals	3–1	?
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	Final	2–1 (AET)	Park Tae-Ha 78', Park Ji-Ho 117'(p)

Pohang Steelers goals always recorded first.

Al Hilal

Opponents	Round	Score	Al Hilal goalscorers
Al Qadisiyah	First round	(w/o)	?
Al Arabi	Second round	7–0	?
Al Nasr	Quarterfinals	5–0 (w/o)	?
Esteghlal	Semifinals	0–0 (AET, 5 PK 4)
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Final	3–0	Al Jaber 16', Al Thunayan 75', Bassir 82'

Al Hilal goals always recorded first.
Al Qadisiyah withdrew
Al Nasr withdrew after 1st leg

Game summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Hilal	2–1	Pohang Steelers	1–0	1–1

First leg

Al Hilal	1–0	Pohang Steelers
Al-Jaber 32'

Second leg

Pohang Steelers	1–1	Al Hilal
Seo Hyo-won 13'		52' Al-Jaber

References

• Asian Super Cup 1997

• Asian Super Cup
• 1997 in Asian football
• International club association football competitions hosted by Saudi Arabia
• International club association football competitions hosted by South Korea
• Pohang Steelers matches
• Al Hilal SFC matches