Looking at the players on the preliminary Olympic roster, five of them were major amateur players on the 1997 Chinese Taipei team: Chen Chin-feng, Chen Chih-yuan, Hsu Sheng-chieh, Hsu Ming-chieh, and Ho Chi-hsien. While their performance in the Asian Cup was not ideal, over the long term they have built up first-rate skills through their experience in international competitions.
以觀察名單中的球員來說，陳金鋒、陳致遠、許聖杰、許銘傑和何紀賢等人，在九七年就以業餘身份位居中華隊主將，進軍亞洲盃，當年雖然成績不理想，但長時間的國際賽經驗，卻錘鍊出他們一等一的臨場戰力。