Iran`s football squad arrives in Beirut

IRNA - National football team of Iran arrived at the international airport of the Lebanese capital Monday morning. 
Lebanon is to entertain Iran in their first-leg preliminary qualifier of the 13th Asian Cup Wednesday night. 
Croat manager Branko Ivankovic, coach Hossein Faraki, and the technical officials are accompanying the 20 players. 
Hereunder come the latest Asian Cup results and standings: 
Group A (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): 
Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 7 1 7 
Tajikistan 3 1 2 0 1 0 5 
Hong Kong 3 1 1 1 3 5 4 
Thailand 3 0 0 3 1 6 0 
Results 
06/11/03: Tajikistan 1 Thailand 0 
06/11/03: Uzbekistan 4 Hong Kong 1 
08/11/03: Uzbekistan 3 Thailand 0 
08/11/03: Tajikistan 0 Hong Kong 0 
10/11/03: Hong Kong 2 Thailand 1 
10/11/03: Uzbekistan 0 Tajikistan 0 
Group B 
Kuwait 6 5 1 0 17 5 16 
Qatar 4 1 2 1 6 6 5 
Singapore 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 
Palestine 6 0 2 4 3 11 2 
(Kuwait qualifies) 
Results 
04/09/03: Singapore 1 Kuwait 3 
14/09/03: Kuwait 2 Qatar 1 
20/09/03: Qatar 2 Kuwait 2 
24/09/03: Palestine 1 Qatar 1 
27/09/03: Qatar 2 Palestine 1 
27/09/03: Kuwait 4 Singapore 0 
05/10/03: Kuwait 2 Palestine 1 
08/10/03: Kuwait 4 Palestine 0 
19/10/03: Singapore 2 Palestine 0 
22/10/03: Palestine 0 Singapore 0 
Group C 
Saudi Arabia 6 6 0 0 31 1 18 
Indonesia 6 3 1 2 9 13 10 
Yemen 6 2 1 3 15 15 7 
Bhutan 6 0 0 6 0 26 0 
(Saudi Arabia and Indonesia qualify) 
Results 
06/10/03: Saudi Arabia 7 Yemen 0 
06/10/03: Indonesia 2 Bhutan 0 
08/10/03: Saudi Arabia 6 Bhutan 0 
08/10/03: Indonesia 3 Yemen 0 
10/10/03: Saudi Arabia 5 Indonesia 0 
10/10/03: Yemen 8 Bhutan 0 
13/10/03: Yemen 1 Saudi Arabia 3 
13/10/03: Bhutan 0 Indonesia 2 
15/10/03: Indonesia 2 Yemen 2 
15/10/03: Bhutan 0 Saudi Arabia 4 
17/10/03: Indonesia 0 Saudi Arabia 6 
17/10/03: Yemen 4 Bhutan 0 
Group D 
Jordan 4 3 0 1 7 6 9 
Iran 3 2 0 1 9 5 6 
Lebanon 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 
North Korea 3 0 1 1 2 5 1 
Results 
04/09/03: North Korea 0 Lebanon 1 
05/09/03: Iran 4 Jordan 1 
26/09/03: Jordan 3 Iran 2 
17/10/03: Jordan 1 Lebanon 0 
29/10/03: North Korea 1 Iran 3 
03/11/03: Lebanon 1 North Korea 1 
12/11/03: Lebanon 0 Jordan 2 
12/11/03: Iran vs North Korea (match abandoned due to crowd trouble after 60 minutes with Iran leading 1-0) 
Group E 
Oman 6 5 0 1 26 2 15 
South Korea 6 4 0 2 30 4 12 
Vietnam 6 3 0 3 8 13 9 
Nepal 6 0 0 6 0 45 0 
(Oman and South Korea qualify) 
Results 
25/09/03: Nepal 0 Oman 9 
25/09/03: South Korea 5 Vietnam 0 
27/09/03: South Korea 1 Oman 0 
27/09/03: Vietnam 5 Nepal 0 
29/09/03: Oman 6 Vietnam 0 
29/09/03: South Korea 16 Nepal 0 
19/10/03: Oman 6 Nepal 0 
19/10/03: Vietnam 1 South Korea 0 
21/10/03: Oman 3 South Korea 1 
21/10/03: Vietnam 2 Nepal 0 
24/10/03: South Korea 7 Nepal 0 
24/10/03: Oman 2 Vietnam 0 
Group F 
Iraq 6 4 1 1 16 4 13 
Bahrain 6 4 1 1 14 9 13 
Malaysia 6 1 2 3 9 12 5 
Myanmar 6 1 0 5 4 18 3 
(Iraq and Bahrain qualify) 
Results: 
08/10/03: Bahrain 1 Iraq 5 
08/10/03: Malaysia 4 Myanmar 0 
10/10/03: Malaysia 0 Iraq 0 
10/10/03: Bahrain 3 Myanmar 1 
12/10/03: Bahrain 2 Malaysia 2 
12/10/03: Iraq 3 Myanmar 0 
20/10/03: Bahrain 4 Myanmar 0 
20/10/03: Iraq 5 Malaysia 1 
22/10/03: Iraq 3 Myanmar 1 
22/10/03: Bahrain 3 Malaysia 1 
24/10/03: Myanmar 2 Malaysia 1 
24/10/03: Bahrain 1 Iraq 0 
Group G 
UAE 4 2 1 1 7 4 7 
Turkmenistan 3 2 1 0 3 1 7 
Syria 4 2 0 2 15 6 6 
Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 0 14 0 
Results: 
15/10/03: Syria 5 Sri Lanka 0 
18/10/03: Syria 8 Sri Lanka 0 
19/10/03: Turkmenistan 1 United Arab Emirates 0 
31/10/03: United Arab Emirates 1 Turkmenistan 1 
07/11/03: Syria 1 United Arab Emirates 3 
09/11/03: Turkmenistan 1 Sri Lanka 0 
14/11/03: UAE 3 Syria 1 
Note: Top two teams in each group qualify for the finals. Host China and defending champion Japan have qualified automatically.