A quick summary of action around the AFC second round on WED 17 NOV 2004.
» China PR 07-00 Hong Kong: With Group 4 balanced on a knife edge, China PR pounded Hong Kong with two goals each from SHAO Jiayi and LI Jinyu...
» Kuwait 06-01 Malaysia: ...but it was not enough as Bashar ABDULLAH and Faraj LAHEEB scored two each for Kuwait. Both China PR and Kuwait finished with 15 points, each beat the other 1-0 at home, and each had a +13 goal difference. But Kuwait won the place in the third round with 15 goals scored to China PR's 14.
» Qatar 02-00 Jordan: With Group 1 also coming down to the last day, Jordan needed a win but fell to Qatar on two second half goals...
» Iran 07-00 Laos: ...allowing Iran to take the group with their easy win. In the match, Iran legend Ali DAEI became the world's first male player to score 100 international goals; his four on the day brought his career total to 102 in 133 matches.
» Korea Rep 02-00 Maldives: KIM Do Heon and LEE Dong Gook scored to secure Korea Rep's place in the third round.