WORLD OF SOCCER Welt des Fußballs WORLD CUP 1998 - Qualifying Rounds A S I A - A F C 4 teams qualified for France 1998 Qualified: South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Iran new new new SOCCER WORLD RANKING 10 group winners qualified for the second round. The 2 group winners of group A and B will start in France 1998, and the runners up will play a semi-final. The winner (1 team) of the semi-final will also go in France. The losing team will play against the winner of Oceania (1 team). Second Round Group A Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, China, Iran, Qatar Group B South Korea, UAE, Japan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan First Round Group 1 Bangladesh, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan Group 2 Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Syria Group 3 Bahrain, Jordan, United Arab Emirates Group 4 Japan, Macao, Nepal, Oman Group 5 Cambodia, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Yemen Group 6 Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand Group 7 Kuwait, Lebanon, Singapore Group 8 China, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Vietnam Group 9 Iraq, Kazakhstan, Pakistan Group 10 India, Philippines, Qatar, Sri Lanka World Cup Home Contact: sportclip@net-clip.com Net-Clip Internet-Service GmbH, Kochstraße 75, D-10969 Berlin © copyright 1997 - Net-Clip / Sport-Clip, Berlin (Germany)