1997 Asian Super Cup
The 1997 Asian Super Cup was the 3rd 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 1997 competition was contested by Pohang Steelers of South Korea, who won the 1996–97 Asian Club Championship, and Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia, the winners of the 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
Route to the Super Cup
Pohang Steelers
| Opponents | Round | Score1 | Pohang Steelers goalscorers |
 PSM Makassar | First round | 4-1 | ? |
 Thai Farmers Bank | Second round | 5-1 | ? |
 Yokohama Marinos | Quarterfinals | 2-2 | Lee Young-Sang, Rade Bogdanovic |
 New Radiant | Quarterfinals | 6-0 | Cho Jin-Ho , Serhiy Konovalov |
 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | Quarterfinals | 0-0 | |
 Persepolis | Semifinals | 3-1 | ? |
| Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | finals | 2-1 | Park Tae-Ha, Park Ji-Ho |
1Pohang Steelers goals always recorded first.
Al Hilal
| Opponents | Round | Score1 | Al Hilal goalscorers |
 Al Qadisiyah | First round | 2 | ? |
 Al Arabi | Second round | 7-0 | ? |
 Al Nasr | Quarterfinals | 5-0 3 | ? |
| Esteghlal | Semifinals | 0-0 | |
| Nagoya Grampus Eight | Final | 3-0 | Al Jaber, Al Thunayan, Bassir |
1 Al Hilal goals always recorded first.
2 Al Qadisiyah withdrew
3 Al Nasr withdrew after 1st leg