Group 1
16/03/1997 Malaysia - Bangladesh 2:0
Taiwan - Saudi Arabia 0:2
18/03/1997 Bangladesh - Taiwan 1:3
Malaysia - Saudi Arabia 0:0
20/03/1997 Bangladesh - Saudi Arabia 1:4
Malaysia - Taiwan 2:0
27/03/1997 Saudi Arabia - Bangladesh 3:0
Taiwan - Malaysia 0:0
29/03/1997 Taiwan - Bangladesh 1:2
Saudi Arabia - Malaysia 3:0
31/03/1997 Bangladesh - Malaysia 0:1
Saudi Arabia - Taiwan 6:0
Group 2
02/06/1997 Maledives - Iran 0:17
04/06/1997 Kyrgyzstan - Iran 0:7
Syria - Maledives 12:0
06/06/1997 Kyrgyzstan - Maledives 3:0
Syria - Iran 0:1
09/06/1997 Iran - Kyrgyzstan 3:1
Maledives - Syria 0:12
11/06/1997 Iran - Maledives 9:0
Kyrgyzstan - Syria 2:1
13/06/1997 Maledives - Kyrgyzstan 0:6
Iran - Syria 2:2
Group 3
08/04/1997 Jordan - UA Emirates 0:0
11/04/1997 Bahrain - UA Emirates 1:2
14/04/1997 Bahrain - Jordan 1:0
19/04/1997 Jordan - Bahrain 4:1
22/04/1997 UA Emirates - Bahrain 3:0
26/04/1997 UA Emirates - Jordan 2:0
Group 4
23/03/1997 Nepal - Macao 1:1
Oman - Japan 0:1
25/03/1997 Macao - Japan 0:10
Oman - Nepal 1:0
27/03/1997 Nepal - Japan 0:6
Oman - Macao 4:0
22/06/1997 Japan - Macao 10:0
Nepal - Oman 0:6
25/06/1997 Japan - Nepal 3:0
Macao - Oman 0:2
28/06/1997 Macao - Nepal 2:1
Japan - Oman 1:1
Group 5
06/04/1997 Indonesia - Cambodia 8:0
13/04/1997 Indonesia - Yemen 0:0
20/04/1997 Cambodia - Yemen 0:1
27/04/1997 Cambodia - Indonesia 1:1
09/05/1997 Yemen - Uzbekistan 0:1
16/05/1997 Yemen - Cambodia 7:0
25/05/1997 Uzbekistan - Cambodia 6:0
01/06/1997 Indonesia - Uzbekistan 1:1
13/06/1997 Yemen - Indonesia 1:1
20/06/1997 Uzbekistan - Indonesia 3:0
29/06/1997 Cambodia - Uzbekistan 1:4
24/08/1997 Uzbekistan - Yemen 5:1
Group 6
22/02/1997 Hong Kong - South Korea 0:2
02/03/1997 Thailand - South Korea 1:3
09/03/1997 Thailand - Hong Kong 2:0
30/03/1997 Hong Kong - Thailand 3:2
28/05/1997 South Korea - Hong Kong 4:0
01/06/1997 South Korea - Thailand 0:0
Group 7
13/04/1997 Lebanon - Singapore 1:1
26/04/1997 Singapore - Kuwait 0:1
08/05/1997 Kuwait - Lebanon 2:0
24/05/1997 Singapore - Lebanon 1:2
05/06/1997 Kuwait - Singapore 4:0
22/06/1997 Lebanon - Kuwait 1:3
Group 8
04/05/1997 Tajikistan - Vietnam 4:0
Turkmenistan - China 1:4
11/05/1997 Tajikistan - China 0:1
Turkmenistan - Vietnam 2:1
25/05/1997 Turkmenistan - Tajikistan 1:2
Vietnam - China 1:3
01/06/1997 Vietnam - Tajikistan 0:4
China - Turkmenistan 1:0
08/06/1997 China - Tajikistan 0:0
Vietnam - Turkmenistan 0:4
22/06/1997 Tajikistan - Turkmenistan 5:0
China - Vietnam 4:0
Group 9
11/05/1997 Kazakhstan - Pakistan 3:0 (1:0)
23/05/1997 Pakistan - Iraq 2:6
06/06/1997 Iraq - Kazakhstan 1:2 (1:1)
11/06/1997 Pakistan - Kazakhstan 0:7 (0:3)
20/06/1997 Iraq - Pakistan 6:1
29/06/1997 Kazakhstan - Iraq 3:1 (2:0)
Group 10
20/09/1996 Qatar - Sri Lanka 3:0
21/09/1996 India - Philippines 2:0
23/09/1996 Qatar - Philippines 5:0
24/09/1996 Sri Lanka - India 1:1
26/09/1996 Sri Lanka - Philippines 3:0
27/09/1996 Qatar - India 6:0
2nd Round Group A
13/09/1997 China - Iran 2:4
14/09/1997 Saudi Arabia - Kuwait 2:1
19/09/1997 Iran - Saudi Arabia 1:1
Qatar - Kuwait 0:2
26/09/1997 Kuwait - Iran 1:1
Qatar - China 1:1
03/10/1997 China - Saudi Arabia 1:0
Iran - Qatar 3:0
10/10/1997 Kuwait - China 1:2
11/10/1997 Saudi Arabia - Qatar 1:0
17/10/1997 Iran - China 4:1
Kuwait - Saudi Arabia 2:1
24/10/1997 Saudi Arabia - Iran 1:0
Kuwait - Qatar 0:1
31/10/1997 Iran - Kuwait 0:0
China - Qatar 2:3
06/11/1997 Saudi Arabia - China 1:1
07/11/1997 Qatar - Iran 2:0
12/11/1997 China - Kuwait 1:0
Qatar - Saudi Arabia 0:1
2. Round Group B
06/09/1997 South Korea - Kazakhstan 3:0 (1:0)
07/09/1997 Japan - Uzbekistan 6:3
12/09/1997 South Korea - Uzbekistan 2:1
UA Emirates - Kazakhstan 4:0 (1:0)
19/09/1997 UA Emirates - Japan 0:0
20/09/1997 Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan 1:1 (0:0)
27/09/1997 Uzbekistan - UA Emirates 2:3
28/09/1997 Japan - South Korea 1:2
04/10/1997 Kazakhstan - Japan 1:1 (0:1)
South Korea - UA Emirates 3:0
11/10/1997 Kazakhstan - South Korea 1:1 (0:0)
Uzbekistan - Japan 1:1
18/10/1997 Uzbekistan - South Korea 1:5
Kazakhstan - UA Emirates 3:0 (0:0)
25/10/1997 Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan 4:0 (3:0)
26/10/1997 Japan - UA Emirates 1:1
01/11/1997 South Korea - Japan 0:2
02/11/1997 UA Emirates - Uzbekistan 0:0
08/11/1997 Japan - Kazakhstan 5:1 (3:0)
09/11/1997 UA Emirates - South Korea 1:3
Relegation
16/11/1997 Iran - Japan 2:3 aet