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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.

West Asia

First Round

Group 1

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

All Matches were played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain	2–0	Oman

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Oman

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

Oman	2–1	Bahrain

Oman	0–3	Saudi Arabia

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

Iraq	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Radhi

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

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

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

Iraq	2–0	Jordan
Hussein Saeed 25' Saad Qais

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

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.

All Matches were played in Doha, Qatar.

Qatar	2–0	Syria
Mansour Muftah Adel Khamis

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.

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

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

Kuwait qualified on away goals rule.

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

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Iraq

Qatar	0–0	Kuwait

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

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

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

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

Iraq	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Samir Shaker 51'

Kuwait	0–0	Qatar

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

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Kuwait

Iraq	1–0	Kuwait
Karim Mohammed Alawi 22'

Qatar	1–0	Saudi Arabia

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

All Matches were played in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Pakistan	2–2	Nepal
Sharafat ?', ?'

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

All Matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Malaysia	0–1	Thailand

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

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

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

Japan	1–0	Singapore
Yoshiyuki Matsuyama 65'

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

Singapore	0–1	Japan
		Takashi Mizunuma 40'

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

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

Philippines	0–5	Hong Kong

Philippines	postponed due to thunderstorms	Hong Kong

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

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

Hong Kong	0–0	China

Hong Kong	7–0	Philippines

China	1–0	Hong Kong
Tang Yaodong 47'

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

Thailand	0–0	Japan

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

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

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

Japan	1–0	Thailand
Takashi Mizunuma 34'

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'

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

Nepal	1-2	Thailand
28'

China	0-1	Japan
		Hiromi Hara 21'

Thailand	0-1	China
		Ma Lin 19'

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

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

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

1. ^ "Games of the XXIV. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
2. ^ ""1988 Summer Olympics - The Results (Football Qualification)"". sport-olympic. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

1. 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
2. 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.

External links

• 中国国家男子足球队年表（1987）(in Chinese)

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