Qualifying Group 2 (in Malé, Maldives)
16- 6-88 Maldives 0-4 South Yemen
17- 6-88 Kuwait 0-2 Iraq
19- 6-88 Maldives 1-6 Kuwait
Iraq 4-2 South Yemen
21- 6-88 Iraq 11-0 Maldives
South Yemen 2-1 Kuwait
23- 6-88 Kuwait 0-3 Iraq
South Yemen 2-1 Maldives
25- 6-88 Iraq 3-1 South Yemen
Maldives 1-5 Kuwait
27- 6-88 Kuwait 0-3 South Yemen
Maldives 0-3 Iraq
1.IRAQ 6 6 0 0 26- 3 12
2.South Yemen 6 4 0 2 14- 9 8
3.Kuwait 6 2 0 4 12-12 4
4.Maldives 6 0 0 6 3-31 0
Qualifying Group 5 (in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei)
1- 4-88 Brunei 0-2 Hongkong
South Korea 2-2 Japan
3- 4-88 Hongkong 0-7 South Korea
Japan 13-0 Brunei
5- 4-88 Brunei 0-10 South Korea
Hongkong 0-5 Japan
1.JAPAN 3 2 1 0 20- 2 5
2.SOUTH KOREA 3 2 1 0 19- 2 5
3.Hongkong 3 1 0 2 2-12 2
4.Brunei 3 0 0 3 0-25 0
NB: other qualifying groups not known
Other known qualifiers: UAE, Qatar, Syria
FINAL TOURNAMENT
Played in Doha, Qatar
Group A
17-10-88 China 0-1 Syria
Qatar 4-1 North Korea
19-10-88 North Korea 0-2 Syria
Qatar 5-2 China
21-10-88 North Korea 3-1 China
Syria 1-0 Qatar
1.SYRIA 3 3 0 0 4- 0 6
2.QATAR 3 2 0 1 9- 4 4
3.North Korea 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
4.China 3 0 0 3 3- 9 0
Group B
18-10-88 Japan 1-3 South Korea
Iraq 0-0 UAE
20-10-88 Japan 1-2 UAE
South Korea 0-1 Iraq
[Laith Husain (pen)]
22-10-88 Iraq 2-1 Japan
[Yonis Abid Ali (2); ?]
South Korea 0-0 UAE
1.IRAQ 3 2 1 0 3- 1 5
2.UAE 3 1 2 0 2- 1 4
3.South Korea 3 1 1 1 3- 2 3
4.Japan 3 0 0 3 3- 7 0
Semifinals
25-10-88 Iraq 1-1 Qatar [aet, 5-4 pen]
[Yonis Abid Ali; ?]
Syria 2-0 UAE
Third Place Match
27-10-88 Qatar 2-0 UAE
Final
28-10-88 Iraq 1-1 Syria [aet, 5-4 pen]
[Ahmed Daham; ?]
Iraq qualified for 1989 World Youth Cup
in Saudi Arabia (who qualified as hosts).
Syria and Qatar to play off with Australia and New Zealand.
Asia/Oceania Playoff (in Aleppo, Syria)
January 18-22, 1989.
1.Syria
2.Qatar
3.Australia
4.New Zealand
Syria qualified for 1989 World Youth Cup.
Source: [sss 6, 9]
Additional information thanks to Refel Hashim (refel76@hotmail.com)
Prepared and maintained by Ian King for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Ian King
(worldsoccer@btinternet.com)
Last updated: 16 Dec 2002
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