2008 AFC Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

2008 AFC Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

The Asian Football Confederation's Pre-Olympic Tournament was held from February 7 to November 21, 2007. Twenty-four teams entered the qualification for the three allocated spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Beijing.

In the Preliminary Round the ten lowest seeded teams had to play each other in home and away games, with the ten aggregate winners advancing to the second stage where they played together with the 14 seeded teams in six groups of four teams each. The winners and runner-ups of each group advanced to the final stage. The final stage was played with three groups of four teams each; the three group winners qualified to the finals alongside hosts China.

The qualification saw Australia, Korea Republic and Japan winning their final round groups and qualifying to the Olympics.

Preliminary Round

First leg played on February 7 and second leg played on February 14, 2007. Winner advanced to the second round.

March 14, 2007

May 16, 2007

February 28, 2007

April 18, 2007

Group C

March 28, 2007

June 6, 2007

March 14, 2007

May 16, 2007

February 28, 2007

April 18, 2007

* Originally 0–1. Awarded to Myanmar after Thailand used a suspended player.

Group F

March 28, 2007

June 6, 2007

August 22, 2007

October 17, 2007

Group C

September 12, 2007

November 21, 2007

External links

* [http://www.the-afc.com/eng/competitions/men/AFR/index.jsp.html Official site of the AFC Olympic Qualifiers]


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