1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

The 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup was the eighth edition of association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation specifically for its members cup holders.

1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	19 October 1997 – 12 April 1998
Teams	29
Final positions
Champions	Al-Nassr (1st title)
Runners-up	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Third place	Beijing Guoan
Fourth place	Köpetdag Aşgabat
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	171 (3.72 per match)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 Al-Arabi	4–31	Al-Ahli Hudayda	2–0	2–3
Nejmeh	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
East Bengal	11–0	Tribhuvan	8–0	3–0
Old Benedictines	0–8	Abahani	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kairat Almaty	3–3(a)	Köpetdag Aşgabat	3–1	0–2
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	(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 Al-Arabi withdrew
² both matches in Qatar

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

10 April 1998

Al-Nassr	2–1	Köpetdag Aşgabat
Mohaisen Al-Jam'an 11' Majed Abdullah 39'		Magdiýew 79'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)

10 April 1998

Beijing Guoan	0–5	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
		Olăroiu 36' Lee Ki-Hyung 58' Park Kun-Ha 73' (pen.), 84' Cho Hyun 90'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Third place match

12 April 1998

Beijing Guoan	4–1	Köpetdag Aşgabat

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Final

12 April 1998

Al-Nassr	1–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Hristo Stoichkov 9'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Qasem Hamza (Kuwait)

References

• Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998