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| Saudi Arabien | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 14 | |
| Iran | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | |
| Kina | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 11 | |
| Qatar | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 10 | |
| Kuwait | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 8 | |
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| Saudi Arabien til slutrunden. Iran spiller playoff mod nummer 2 i gruppe 2 (Japan) |
| Hold | Iran | Kina | Kuwait | Qatar | Saudi A |
| Iran | | 17.10.1997
4 - 1 | 31.10.1997
0 - 0 | 03.10.1997
3 - 0 | 19.09.1997
1 - 1 |
| Kina | 13.09.1997
2 - 4 | | 12.11.1997
1 - 0 | 31.10.1997
2 - 3 | 03.10.1997
1 - 0 |
| Kuwait | 26.09.1997
1 - 1 | 10.10.1997
1 - 2 | | 24.10.1997
0 - 1 | 17.10.1997
2 - 1 |
| Qatar | 07.11.1997
2 - 0 | 26.09.1997
1 - 1 | 19.09.1997
0 - 2 | | 12.11.1997
0 - 1 |
| Saudi Arabien | 24.10.1997
1 - 0 | 06.11.1997
1 - 1 | 14.09.1997
2 - 1 | 11.10.1997
1 - 0 | |
| Hold | Iran | Kina | Kuwait | Qatar | Saudi A |
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| 13.09.1997 | KINA - Iran 2-4 | 14.09.1997 | Saudi Arabien - KUWAIT 2-1 | |
| 19.09.1997 | Iran - Saudi Arabien 1-1 | 19.09.1997 | QATAR - KUWAIT 0-2 | |
| 26.09.1997 | KUWAIT - Iran 1-1 | 26.09.1997 | QATAR - KINA 1-1 | |
| 03.10.1997 | KINA - Saudi Arabien 1-0 | 03.10.1997 | Iran - QATAR 3-0 | |
| 10.10.1997 | KUWAIT - KINA 1-2 | 11.10.1997 | Saudi Arabien - QATAR 1-0 | |
| 17.10.1997 | Iran - KINA 4-1 | 17.10.1997 | KUWAIT - Saudi Arabien 2-1 | |
| 24.10.1997 | Saudi Arabien - Iran 1-0 | 24.10.1997 | KUWAIT - QATAR 0-1 | |
| 31.10.1997 | KINA - QATAR 2-3 | 31.10.1997 | Iran - KUWAIT 0-0 | |
| 06.11.1997 | Saudi Arabien - KINA 1-1 | 07.11.1997 | QATAR - Iran 2-0 | |
| 12.11.1997 | KINA - KUWAIT 1-0 | 12.11.1997 | QATAR - Saudi Arabien 0-1 | |
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1. omgang gruppe 1