Howdy,
Much has been said by the Bahrainian posters about there record in the Asia Cup 2004 and how they got there.
Here is there record:
In qualifying while they scored goals they still finished second to IRAQ!. Yes IRAQ in 2003 with no football infrastructure. To make it worse while they beat IRAQ resoundingly 1-0 at home, they LOST to IRAQ 5-1 in Malaysia. Yes IRAQ not Iran. We are not one letter off IRAQ!
In the first round the won one game and tied 2 to finish second behind China. There only win was versus Indonesia 3-2. They had ties versus China and Qatar.
In the second round they won 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw. In the third round they lost to eventual champions Japan 4-3 and for third place they lost 4-2 to Iran.
Nice record.