1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

The 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup was the ninth edition of association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) specifically for the winners of domestic cup competitions in AFC members nations.

1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Al Ittihad (1st title)
Runners-up	Chunnam Dragons
Third place	Kashima Antlers
Fourth place	Al Talaba
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kazma	5–2	Al Wahda	2–0	3–2
Al Ahli	0–3	Al Talaba	0–0	0–3
PAS	10–3	Al-Seeb	10–1	0–2
Al Ahli	(w/o)1	Al Nejmeh
Khujand	2–5	Pakhtakor	1–1	1–4
Nisa Aşgabat	2–1	Kaisar Kzyl-Orda	1–0	1–1
Al Ittihad	bye
Al Nassr	bye

¹ Al Nejmeh withdrew.

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sinthana	5–2	Woodlands Wellington	4–1	1–1
Ho Chi Minh City Customs	2–5	Sarawak	1–2	1–3
Chunnam Dragons	(w/o)1	Police SC
Salgaocar	1–4	Beijing Guoan	1–0	0–4
Mahendra Police	0–2	New Radiant	0–0	0–2
Happy Valley	(w/o)2	PIA
Yangon City Development	bye3
Kashima Antlers	bye

¹ Police SC withdrew.
² PIA FC withdrew.
³ Yangon City Development had been drawn against the representatives of Indonesia, where the 1997/98 season was abandoned and the cup cancelled due to political and economic turmoil in the country.

Second round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kazma	4–2	Al-Nassr	3–0	1–2
PAS	1–2	Al Talaba	0–1	1–1
Al Ahli	1–7	Al Ittihad	0–0	1–7
Nisa Aşgabat	5–6	Pakhtakor	5–0	0–6

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Yangon City Development	0–4	Sarawak	0–1	0–31
New Radiant	4–6	Happy Valley	3–1	1–5
Sinthana	1–11	Kashima Antlers	1–2	0–9
Beijing Guoan	0–4	Chunnam Dragons	0–2	0–2

¹ Yangon City Development were unable to field a team for the second leg to player illness.

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kazma	(w/o)1	Al Talaba
Al Ittihad	4–0	Pakhtakor	3–0	1–0

¹ Kazma withdrew.

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Happy Valley	1–7	Chunnam Dragons	0–3	1–4
Sarawak	2–14	Kashima Antlers	2–4	0–10

Semifinals

April 16, 1999

Al Talaba	1–3	Al Ittihad
Qahtan Chathir Drain 36'		Mohammed Al Sahafi 20' Dalian Atkinson 25' Ahmed Bahja 90'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

April 16, 1999

Kashima Antlers	1–4	Chunnam Dragons
Yutaka Akita 12'		Roh Sang-Rae 33', 86' Kim Jong-hyun 48' Lim Kwan-Sik 66'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

Third place match

April 18, 1999

Kashima Antlers	1–0	Al Talaba
Tomoyuki Hirase 42'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

Final

April 18, 1999

Al Ittihad	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Chunnam Dragons
Ahmed Bahja 10' (pen.) 105' Mohammed Noor 84'		Roh Sang-Rae 14', 70'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

Referee: Ali Bujsaim ( United Arab Emirates)

References

• Asian Cup Winners Cup 1999