1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

The winners of the 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, the association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation, are listed below.

1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Teams29
Final positions
Champions Al Nassr (1st title)
Runners-up Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Third place Beijing Guoan
Fourth place Köpetdag Aşgabat

First round

West Asia
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kairat Almaty 4–2 Vakhsh Qurghonteppa 3–0 1–2
Köpetdag Aşgabat 6–3 Neftchi Farg'ona 4–0 2–3
Al Shabab 4–31 Al Ahli Hudayda 2–0 2–3
Al Nijmeh 0–3 Al Ittihad 0–0 0–3
Bahrain club 4–5 Kazma 2–3 2–2
Al-Seeb 3–4 Al Shorta 3–2 0–2
Bargh Shiraz bye
Al-Nassr bye
AiK Bishkek withdrew

1 both matches in UAE

East Asia
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Bengal 11–0 Tribhuvan Club 8–0 3–0
Old Benedictines 0–8 Abahani KC 0–5 0–3
Beijing Guoan 12–01 New Radiant 4–0 8–0
Instant Dict 3–6 Singapore Armed Forces 2–3 1–3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 9–1 Hải Quan 5–1 4–0
Royal Thai Air Force 2–1 Melaka Telekom 0–0 2–1
Verdy Kawasaki bye
PSM Makassar bye

1 Both matches played in China, 1st leg at Beijing, 2nd leg at Wenzhou.

Second round

West Asia
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kairat Almaty 3–3(a) Köpetdag Aşgabat 3–1 0–2
Al Shabab (w/o)1 Al-Nassr
Bargh Shiraz 2–3 Al Shorta 1–1 1–2
Al Ittihad 1–02 Kazma 1–0 0–0

1 Al Shabab withdrew
2 both matches in Qatar

East Asia
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Royal Thai Air Force 1–2 PSM Makassar 1–2 0–0
Singapore Armed Forces 0–8 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–2 0–6
Abahani KC 0–3 Beijing Guoan 0–1 0–2
Verdy Kawasaki 5–3 East Bengal 5–2 0–1

Quarterfinals

West Asia
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Köpetdag Aşgabat 5–1 Al Shorta 4–0 1–1
Al-Nassr 3–2 Al Ittihad 0–0 3–2

East Asia
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Verdy Kawasaki 0–3 Beijing Guoan 0–2 0–1
PSM Makassar 0–13 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–1 0–12

Semifinals
Al-Nassr 2–1 Köpetdag Aşgabat
Mohaisen Al-Jam'an  10'
Majed Abdullah  39'		 Magdiýew  79'
Beijing Guoan 0–5 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Olăroiu  36'
Lee Ki-Hyung  58'
Park Kun-Ha  73' (p)  84'
Cho Hyun  90'
King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Third place match
Beijing Guoan 4–1 Köpetdag Aşgabat

Final
Al-Nassr 1–0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Hristo Stoichkov  9'
King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

References
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