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. The qualification saw Australia, Korea Republic, and Japan winning their final round groups and qualifying to the Olympics.

Format

Asian berths for the final is 3 plus the host China PR (automatically qualified).

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.

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

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.