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Complete First-Round Results
| Pos. |
Name |
Age |
Club |
| GK |
Hussein Sadiq
|
24
|
al-Qadisiyah
|
| GK |
Mohammed Deayea
|
25
|
al-Tae
|
| GK |
Tisir Antaif
|
24
|
al-Ettifaq
|
|
| D |
Abdul Aziz Janoubi
|
24
|
al-Nasr
|
| D |
Hussein Sulimani
|
21
|
al-Ahli
|
| D |
Ahmed Dosari
|
22
|
al-Hilal
|
| D |
Abdullah Zubromawi
|
24
|
al-Ahli
|
| D |
Mohammed Jahani
|
23
|
al-Ahli
|
| D |
Mohammed Khilaiwi
|
26
|
al-Ittihad
|
| D |
Ahmed Madani
|
28
|
al-Ittihad
|
| D |
Obied Dosari
|
22
|
al-Wehda
|
| D |
Hamzah Saleh
|
31
|
al-Ahli
|
|
| M |
Nawaf Temiyat
|
22
|
al-Hilal
|
| M |
Fuad Amin
|
25
|
al-Shabab
|
| M |
Khalid Muwalid
|
26
|
al-Ahli
|
| M |
Ibrahim Harbi
|
22
|
al-Nasr
|
| M |
Khamis Owairan
|
24
|
al-Hilal
|
|
| F |
Fahad Mehalel
|
27
|
al-Shabab
|
| F |
Sami Jaber
|
25
|
al-Hilal
|
| F |
Saeed Owairan
|
30
|
al-Shabab
|
| F |
Ibrahim Shahrani
|
23
|
al-Ahli
|
| F |
Youssef Tunaian
|
34
|
al-Hilal
|
|
| Won |
Lost |
Tied |
GF |
GA |
|
9
|
2
|
3
|
26
|
7
|
| How Qualified:
First place in AFC Group A
| |
| Date | Result |
| AFC Second Round — Group A |
| Nov. 12, 1997 | Qatar 0, Saudi Arabia 1 |
| Nov. 6, 1997 | Saudi Arabia 1, China 1 |
| Oct. 24, 1997 | Saudi Arabia 1, Iran 0 |
| Oct. 17, 1997 | Kuwait 2, Saudi Arabia 1 |
| Oct. 11, 1997 | Saudi Arabia 1, Qatar 0 |
| Oct. 3, 1997 | China 1, Saudi Arabia 0 |
| Sept. 19, 1997 | Iran 1, Saudi Arabia 1 |
| Sept. 14, 1997 | Saudi Arabia 2, Kuwait 1 |
| AFC First Round — Group 1 |
| March 31, 1997 | Saudi Arabia 6, Taiwan 0 |
| March 29, 1997 | Saudi Arabia 3, Malaysia 0 |
| March 27, 1997 | Saudi Arabia 3, Bangladesh 0 |
| March 20, 1997 | Bangladesh 1, Saudi Arabia 4 |
| March 18, 1997 | Malaysia 0, Saudi Arabia 0 |
| March 16, 1997 | Taiwan 0, Saudi Arabia 2 |
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Knight-Ridder/Tribune
Location:
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen
Population:
20,087,965 (July 1997 estimate, includes 5,164,790 non-nationals)
Capital:
Riyadh
Comparative area:
Slightly more than one-fifth the size of the United States
Religions:
Muslim 100 percent
Landscape:
Harsh, dry desert with great extremes of temperature
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