| Event | 1998 Asian Super Cup | ||||||
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| First leg | |||||||
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| Date | 1 December 1998 | ||||||
| Venue | Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang, South Korea | ||||||
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| Date | 5 December 1998 | ||||||
| Venue | King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||||||
The 1998 Asian Super Cup was the 4th Asian Super Cup, a football match played between the winners of the previous season's Asian Club Championship and Asian Cup Winners Cup competitions. The 1998 competition was contested by Pohang Steelers of South Korea, who won the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship, and Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia, the winners of the 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
Route to the Super Cup
Pohang Steelers
| Opponents | Round | Score1 | Pohang Steelers goalscorers |
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| First round | 13–0 | N/A | |
| Second round | 15–0 | N/A | |
| Quarterfinals | 2–1 | Park Tae-Ha | |
| Quarterfinals | 1–2 | Serhiy Konovalov | |
| Quarterfinals | 5–1 | Baek Seung-Chul | |
| Semifinals | 1–0 | Park Tae-Ha | |
| Final | 0–0 AET 6–5 pen |
1Pohang Steelers goals always recorded first.
Al-Nassr
| Opponents | Round | Score1 | Al-Nassr goalscorers |
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| Second round | (w/o)2 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 3–2 | Mamadou Sow | |
| Semifinals | 2–1 | Mohaisen Al-Jam'an | |
| Final | 1–0 | Hristo Stoichkov |
1 Al-Nassr goals always recorded first.
2 Al-Shabab Al-Arabi withdrew.
Game summary
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Pohang Steelers |
1–1 (a) | 1–1 | 0–0 |
First leg
| 1–1 | ||
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| Jeon Kyeong-Joon |
Fahad Al-Bishi |
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Second leg
| Asian Super Cup 1998 winners |
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| Al-Nassr 1st title |
References
- Asian Super Cup 1998 (AFC)
- Asian Super Cup 1998 (RSSSF)