Asian berths for the final is 3 plus the host China PR (automatically qualified).
Preliminary round
14 highest seeded teams received byes for the second round. Other 20 teams were paired, where each pair played home and away. The 10 winners would advance to the second round.
Second round
24 teams were grouped into 6 groups of 4 teams each, where each group would consist of home and away round-robin tournament. The winners and runners-up of each group would advance to the final stage.
Final round
12 teams were grouped into 3 groups of 4 teams each, where each group would consist of home and away round-robin tournament. The winners of each group would qualify to the finals.
1The first leg of the Vietnam–Afghanistan match in Hanoi was cancelled due to the Afghanistan team's financial problems that led to the team being unable to afford to travel to Vietnam, and security worries. FIFA rescheduled the single-tie match to 14 February 2007.
The final round was played in three groups of four teams each held from 22 August to 21 November 2007. The winner of each group will represent Asia at the 2008 Olympic Games with host China. The groups were drawn on 13 June.
football, 2008, summer, olympics, asian, qualifiers, asian, football, confederation, olympic, tournament, held, from, february, november, 2007, twenty, four, teams, entered, qualification, three, allocated, spots, 2008, summer, olympics, football, tournament, . The Asian Football Confederation s Pre Olympic Tournament was held from 7 February to 21 November 2007 Twenty four teams entered the qualification for the three allocated spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Beijing Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s Asian QualifiersTournament detailsDates7 February 21 November 2007Teams24 from 1 confederation 20042012 The qualification saw Australia Korea Republic and Japan winning their final round groups and qualifying to the Olympics Contents 1 Format 2 Preliminary round 1 3 Preliminary round 2 4 Preliminary round 3 5 See also 6 External linksFormat editAsian berths for the final is 3 plus the host China PR automatically qualified Preliminary round 14 highest seeded teams received byes for the second round Other 20 teams were paired where each pair played home and away The 10 winners would advance to the second round Second round 24 teams were grouped into 6 groups of 4 teams each where each group would consist of home and away round robin tournament The winners and runners up of each group would advance to the final stage Final round 12 teams were grouped into 3 groups of 4 teams each where each group would consist of home and away round robin tournament The winners of each group would qualify to the finals Preliminary round 1 editMain article Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s Asian qualifiers preliminary round 1 The first legs were played on 7 February and the second legs on 14 February 2007 The aggregate winners advanced to the second round Team 1 Agg Team 2 1st leg 2nd legMyanmar nbsp 2 2 p nbsp India 1 1 1 1 2 5p Afghanistan nbsp 0 2 nbsp Vietnam 1 0 2Australia nbsp 12 0 nbsp Chinese Taipei 11 0 1 0Bangladesh nbsp 1 3 nbsp Hong Kong 0 3 1 0Singapore nbsp 3 5 nbsp Pakistan 1 2 2 3Uzbekistan nbsp 6 1 nbsp Tajikistan 4 1 2 0Palestine nbsp 2 3 nbsp Yemen 1 2 1 1Thailand nbsp 6 1 nbsp Turkmenistan 1 0 5 1Indonesia nbsp 1 0 nbsp Maldives 1 0 0 0Jordan nbsp nbsp Kyrgyzstan 2 1 The first leg of the Vietnam Afghanistan match in Hanoi was cancelled due to the Afghanistan team s financial problems that led to the team being unable to afford to travel to Vietnam and security worries FIFA rescheduled the single tie match to 14 February 2007 2 WithdrewPreliminary round 2 editMain article Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s Asian qualifiers preliminary round 2 Matches were played from 28 February to 6 June 2007 The top two teams in each group advancing to the final round Preliminary round 3 editMain article Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s Asian qualifiers preliminary round 3 The final round was played in three groups of four teams each held from 22 August to 21 November 2007 The winner of each group will represent Asia at the 2008 Olympic Games with host China The groups were drawn on 13 June See also editFootball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Women s qualification AFC Asia External links editOfficial site of the AFC Olympic Qualifiers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men 27s Asian Qualifiers amp oldid 1166195634, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
