Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

The Asian Football Confederation's Pre-Olympic Tournament was held from 20 May 1995 to 27 March 1996. Twenty-five teams entered the qualification for the three allocated spots for the 1996 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Atlanta.

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

Format

Asian berths for the final is 3.

First round: 25 teams were grouped into 8 groups, where each group would consist of home and away round-robin tournament. The winners of each group would qualify to the second round. One group was consist of 4 teams, and the other 7 groups were each consist of 3 teams.
Second round: 8 teams were grouped into 2 groups of 4 teams each, where each group would consist of round-robin tournament. The top two of each group would qualify to the third round.
Third round: This stage is a single-elimination tournament in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner if necessary. 2 semi-finals were played, Group A winner VS Group B runner-up and Group B winner VS Group A runner-up. This was followed by the third-place match (contested by the losing semi-finalists), and the final. The top three teams would qualify to the finals.

First round

The first round was played in eight groups held from 20 May 1995 to 29 October 1995. 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	China PR	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12
2	Singapore	4	1	1	2	3	7	-4	4
3	Malaysia	4	0	1	3	1	6	-5	1

24 June 1995

Singapore	2–0	Malaysia

2 July 1995

China PR	4–0	Singapore

9 July 1995

China PR	2–1	Malaysia

16 July 1995

Malaysia	0–0	Singapore

23 July 1995

Malaysia	0–2	China PR

29 July 1995

Singapore	1–3	China PR

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	4	4	0	16	1	+15	12
2	Thailand	4	2	2	12	6	+6	6
3	Chinese Taipei	4	0	4	1	22	-21	0

26 May 1995

Thailand	0–5	Japan

28 May 1995

Chinese Taipei	1–4	Japan

30 May 1995

Thailand	7–0	Chinese Taipei

8 June 1995

Chinese Taipei	0–5	Thailand

11 June 1995

Japan	6–0	Chinese Taipei

14 June 1995

Japan	1–0	Thailand

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	4	4	0	15	1	+14	12
2	Indonesia	4	2	2	6	4	+2	6
3	Hong Kong	4	0	4	1	17	-16	0

21 May 1995

Hong Kong	0–5	South Korea

25 May 1995

Indonesia	1–2	South Korea

30 May 1995

Indonesia	1–0	Hong Kong

19 August 1995

South Korea	7–0	Hong Kong

22 August 1995

South Korea	1–0	Indonesia

26 August 1995

Hong Kong	1–4	Indonesia

Group 4

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Oman	4	4	0	13	3	+10	12
2	India	4	2	2	8	7	+1	6
3	Pakistan	4	0	4	2	13	-11	0

7 October 1995

Pakistan	0–2	Oman

11 October 1995

Pakistan	1–2	India

18 October 1995

Oman	3–2	India

22 October 1995

India	3–1	Pakistan

25 October 1995

Oman	6–0	Pakistan

29 October 1995

India	1–2	Oman

Group 5

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kazakhstan	6	5	1	0	19	5	+14	16
2	Uzbekistan	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
3	Tajikistan	6	1	1	4	9	14	-5	4
4	Kyrgyzstan	6	1	1	4	9	22	-13	4

20 May 1995

Kyrgyzstan	1–5	Uzbekistan

20 May 1995

Tajikistan	0–3	Kazakhstan

10 June 1995

Kyrgyzstan	2–2	Kazakhstan

10 June 1995

Uzbekistan	2–0	Tajikistan

24 June 1995

Uzbekistan	1–2	Kazakhstan

24 June 1995

Tajikistan	3–0	Kyrgyzstan

12 August 1995

Uzbekistan	2–1	Kyrgyzstan

12 August 1995

Kazakhstan	3–1	Tajikistan

2 September 1995

Kazakhstan	6–0	Kyrgyzstan

2 September 1995

Tajikistan	1–1	Uzbekistan

7 October 1995

Kyrgyzstan	5–4	Tajikistan

7 October 1995

Kazakhstan	3–1	Uzbekistan

Group 6

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	4	3	1	0	4	0	+4	10
2	Kuwait	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5
3	Syria	4	0	1	3	2	6	-4	1

24 August 1995

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Syria

31 August 1995

Kuwait	0–1	Saudi Arabia

8 September 1995

Syria	0–1	Kuwait

15 September 1995

Syria	0–1	Saudi Arabia

21 September 1995

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Kuwait

28 September 1995

Kuwait	2–2	Syria

Group 7

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United Arab Emirates	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8
2	Iran	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7
3	Turkmenistan	4	0	1	3	4	11	-7	1

13 September 1995

Turkmenistan	2–4	Iran

23 September 1995

United Arab Emirates	2–1	Turkmenistan

29 September 1995

Iran	1–1	United Arab Emirates

5 October 1995

Iran	4–0	Turkmenistan

15 October 1995

Turkmenistan	1–1	United Arab Emirates

22 October 1995

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Iran

Group 8

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iraq	4	2	2	0	8	3	+5	8
2	Qatar	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7
3	Jordan	4	0	1	3	4	11	-7	1

15 September 1995

Jordan	1–2	Qatar

22 September 1995

Qatar	0–0	Iraq

29 September 1995

Jordan	0–4	Iraq
		Chathir , Fawzi Wahaib

6 October 1995

Qatar	4–2	Jordan

13 October 1995

Iraq	3–2	Qatar
Chathir , Ali

20 October 1995

Iraq	1–1	Jordan
Ali

Second round

The second round and the third round of the Olympic Qualifiers (U-23 teams) are being played in Malaysia from 16 to 27 March 1996. Three of the four semifinal entrants will qualify for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, USA.

Group A

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
2	Iraq	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	Oman	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

16 March 1996

Iraq	1–1	Japan
Wahaib 58'

16 March 1996

United Arab Emirates	1–3	Oman

18 March 1996

Iraq	3–1	United Arab Emirates
Wahaib 31' Fawzi 51' Chathir 89'

18 March 1996

Japan	4–1	Oman

20 March 1996

Japan	1–0	United Arab Emirates

20 March 1996

Iraq	1–0	Oman
Chathir 62'

Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
3	China PR	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	3	10	-7	0

17 March 1996

Kazakhstan	2–4	China PR

17 March 1996

South Korea	1–1	Saudi Arabia

19 March 1996

Kazakhstan	1–2	South Korea

19 March 1996

China PR	1–1	Saudi Arabia

21 March 1996

China PR	0–3	South Korea

21 March 1996

Kazakhstan	0–4	Saudi Arabia

Third round

Semifinals

24 March 1996

Japan	2–1	Saudi Arabia

24 March 1996

South Korea	2–1	Iraq
		Hamad 89'

Third place play-off

27 March 1996

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Iraq

Final

27 March 1996

South Korea	2–1	Japan

South Korea, Japan and Saudi Arabia qualified to the 1996 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Atlanta.

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