2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Dates	8 October 2007 – 14 November 2009
Teams	43 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	143
Goals scored	374 (2.62 per match)
Attendance	3,267,023 (22,846 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sarayoot Chaikamdee ; Maksim Shatskikh ; (8 goals each)
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Last updated April 15, 2024

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) section of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification was allocated four assured qualifying berths for the final tournament in South Africa and one place in a play-off. 43 teams were in the running for these spots, while Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not enter qualification. This was the first time Timor-Leste competed in World Cup qualification and the first time Australia attempted to qualify for the World Cup as a member of the AFC, having moved from the Oceania Football Confederation at the start of 2006. Note that this edition saw the first effective participation of Myanmar. The country, called "Burma" until 1989, was registered three times (1950, 1994, 2002) but withdrew each time before playing.

Seeding

The initial seeding (used in the draw for the first two rounds) was based on each team's performance during the qualification stage for the previous World Cup.^[1] The admission of Australia to the AFC complicated matters slightly (as they had not taken part in the previous AFC qualification cycle, but had progressed to the World Cup finals in Germany – and had advanced further than the AFC qualifiers).

Initially, the AFC placed Australia as the first seed even though this contradicted the letter of the seeding – past practice (such as adopted by the AFC in the draw for the qualification to the 2008 Olympic Football Tournament) would have seeded Australia last.

By the time of the main qualification draw in Durban (which included the AFC third round), the seeding had been adjusted to rank the top 5 AFC nations according to their performance in the World Cup Final Tournament (of 2006). This resulted in minor changes to the seeding at that point.

Seeding for the first two rounds

Teams ranked 1–5 received a bye from the first two knockout rounds and are entered into the third round.
Teams ranked 6–43 entered at the first round, with teams ranked from 6–24 drawn against teams ranked from 25 to 43.
Of the first round winners, the eight lowest remaining seeds would go on to play in the second round. The other teams would receive a bye to the third round.^[2]

Top Seeds (Ranked 1st to 5th)	Pot A (Ranked 6th to 24th)	Pot B (Ranked 25th to 43rd)
Australia South Korea Saudi Arabia Japan Iran	Bahrain Uzbekistan Kuwait North Korea China Jordan Iraq Lebanon Oman United Arab Emirates Qatar Syria Palestine Thailand Turkmenistan Tajikistan Indonesia Hong Kong Yemen	Vietnam Kyrgyzstan Maldives India Singapore Sri Lanka Malaysia Chinese Taipei Bangladesh Macau Pakistan Afghanistan Mongolia Guam Nepal Cambodia Bhutan Myanmar East Timor

Guam and Bhutan withdrew after the draw, but before playing any matches.

First round

The official draw took place on 6 August 2007 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Teams from Pot A were randomly paired with a team from Pot B.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pakistan	0–7	Iraq	0–7	0–0 ¹
Uzbekistan	11–0	Chinese Taipei	9–0	2–0
Thailand	13–2	Macau	6–1	7–1
Sri Lanka	0–6	Qatar	0–1	0–5
China	11–0	Myanmar	7–0	4–0 ⁴
Bhutan	w/o ²	Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan	2–2 (5–6 pens)	Jordan	2–0	0–2 (aet)
Vietnam	0–6	United Arab Emirates	0–1	0–5
Bahrain	4–1	Malaysia	4–1	0–0
East Timor	3–11	Hong Kong	2–3 ⁵	1–8
Syria	5–1	Afghanistan	3–0	2–1 ¹
Yemen	3–2	Maldives	3–0	0–2
Bangladesh	1–6	Tajikistan	1–1	0–5
Mongolia	2–9	North Korea	1–4	1–5
Oman	4–0	Nepal	2–0	2–0
Palestine	0–7	Singapore	0–4 ¹	0–3 ⁶
Lebanon	6–3	India	4–1	2–2
Cambodia	1–5	Turkmenistan	0–1	1–4
Guam	w/o ³	Indonesia

^ For security reasons, Iraq played their home leg in Syria, Palestine played their home leg in Qatar and Afghanistan played their home leg in Tajikistan.^[3]
^ Bhutan withdrew.^[4]
^ Guam withdrew.^[5]
^ FIFA decided to move Myanmar home match to Malaysia.^[6]
^ Timor-Leste elected to play their home leg in Indonesia.
^ Palestine failed to appear; Singapore was awarded a 3–0 win. The Palestine Football Federation appealed to have the match rescheduled on the grounds that its players did not receive permits to leave the Gaza Strip, but FIFA dismissed the appeal.^[7]

Second round

Of the nineteen teams that progressed from the first round, the eight lowest seeded teams by FIFA rankings were required to play in the second round (the other eleven teams received a bye to the third round). As with the first round the draw took place on 6 August 2007 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

As the teams involved were not known at the time, the draw placed teams ranked 16–19 against teams ranked 12–15. The ties drawn were

17th against 14th
16th against 12th
18th against 13th
19th against 15th

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hong Kong	0–3	Turkmenistan	0–0	0–3
Indonesia	1–11	Syria	1–4	0–7
Singapore	3–1	Tajikistan	2–0	1–1
Yemen	1–2	Thailand	1–1	0–1

Third round

The top 5 seeds were joined by the eleven highest-ranked winners from the first round and the four second round winners.

Qualified teams

Byes to Round 3	Top 11 Round 1 winners	Round 2 winners
Australia South Korea Saudi Arabia Japan Iran	Bahrain Uzbekistan Kuwait ¹ North Korea China Jordan Iraq Lebanon Oman United Arab Emirates Qatar	Syria Thailand Turkmenistan Singapore

¹ On 30 October 2007, the Kuwait Football Association was suspended from international football competitions by FIFA. On 9 November 2007, Kuwait was conditionally reinstated to international football competitions by FIFA.^[8]

Seeding

These 20 teams were drawn into five groups of four teams at the main group draw in Durban, South Africa on 25 November 2007. The seeding for the main draw was the same for the first two rounds, with the exception that the five seeded nations (those that qualified for the 2006 finals) were ordered on the basis of results in the 2006 finals tournament.^[9] This saw Iran move from fifth to third, and Japan and Saudi Arabia ranked equal fourth.

The four seeding Pots used were:

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Australia South Korea Iran Japan Saudi Arabia	Bahrain Uzbekistan Kuwait North Korea China	Jordan Iraq Lebanon Oman United Arab Emirates	Qatar Syria Thailand Turkmenistan Singapore

Groups

The teams in each group played each other twice, once home and once away. The teams that finished first and second in their group qualified for the fourth round.

Group 1

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Australia	6	3	1	2	7	3	+4	10	Fourth round	—	3–0	1–0	0–1
Qatar	6	3	1	2	5	6	−1	10	Fourth round	1–3	—	2–0	0–0
Iraq	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7		1–0	0–1	—	1–1
China	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	6		0–0	0–1	1–2	—

Source: ^[10]

On 26 May 2008, FIFA decided to suspend Iraq from all international competitions after the Iraq Football Association was disbanded by the government on 20 May 2008.^[11] The suspension was provisionally and conditionally lifted on 29 May 2008.^[12]

Qatar fielded ineligible player Emerson in the 2–0 defeat to Iraq on 26 March 2008, prompting FIFA to controversially^[13] suspend him but clear Qatar of any wrongdoing, in direct contradiction to its decisions against Singapore.

Iraq appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport but it was rejected by the CAS, saying that Iraq submitted documents and appeal fees too late.^[14]

Group 2

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Japan	6	4	1	1	12	3	+9	13	Fourth round	—	1–0	3–0	4–1
Bahrain	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11	Fourth round	1–0	—	1–1	1–1
Oman	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8		1–1	0–1	—	2–1
Thailand	6	0	1	5	5	14	−9	1		0–3	2–3	0–1	—

Source: ^[10]

Group 3

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
South Korea	6	3	3	0	10	3	+7	12	Fourth round	—	0–0	2–2	4–0
North Korea	6	3	3	0	4	0	+4	12	Fourth round	0–0	—	2–0	1–0
Jordan	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7		0–1	0–1	—	2–0
Turkmenistan	6	0	1	5	1	12	−11	1		1–3	0–0	0–2	—

Source: ^[10]

Group 4

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Uzbekistan	6	5	1	17	7	+10	15^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Fourth round	—	3–0	3–0 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–0
Saudi Arabia	6	5	1	15	5	+10	15^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Fourth round	4–0	—	2–0	4–1
Singapore	6	2	4	7	16	−9	6		3–7	0–3 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	—	2–0
Lebanon	6	0	6	3	14	−11	0		0–1	1–2	1–2	—

Source: ^[10]
Notes:

1 2 The positions of Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia are reversed from the original final standings after two matches were forfeited by Singapore.
1 2 Awarded as a 3–0 win as Singapore fielded an ineligible player.

Group 5

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Iran	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12	Fourth round	—	0–0	0–0	2–0
United Arab Emirates	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	Fourth round	0–1	—	1–3	2–0
Syria	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8		0–2	1–1	—	1–0
Kuwait	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4		2–2	2–3	4–2	—

Source: ^[10]

Fourth round

In the fourth round, the 10 remaining teams were drawn into 2 groups of 5 teams.

Qualified teams

Round 3	Group winners	Group runners-up
Group 1	Australia	Qatar
Group 2	Japan	Bahrain
Group 3	South Korea	North Korea
Group 4	Saudi Arabia *	Uzbekistan *
Group 5	Iran	United Arab Emirates

* Positions based on original final standings

Seeding

The 10 qualifiers were drawn into two groups of five teams at the draw in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27 June 2008. The seeding for the fourth round was based on that used in the third round draw, but Saudi Arabia and Japan (seeded equal 4th in that draw) were separated by a random selection held at the start of the fourth round draw.^[15]

The top 6 ranked qualifiers were split into 3 pots of 2 teams, with the bottom 4 ranked nations grouped together in a separate pot. Each group was allocated 1 team from each of Pots 1, 2 and 3, and 2 teams from Pot 4.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Australia South Korea	Iran Japan	Saudi Arabia Bahrain	Uzbekistan North Korea United Arab Emirates Qatar

Groups

The teams in each group played each other twice, once home and once away. The top 2 teams in each group qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa. The third-placed teams met in a play-off to determine who would play the OFC winner, New Zealand, in a separate playoff for a spot in the Finals.

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Australia	8	6	2	0	12	1	+11	20	2010 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0
Japan	8	4	3	1	11	6	+5	15	2010 FIFA World Cup	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–1
Bahrain	8	3	1	4	6	8	−2	10	Fifth round	0–1	2–3	—	1–0	1–0
Qatar	8	1	3	4	5	14	−9	6		0–0	0–3	1–1	—	3–0
Uzbekistan	8	1	1	6	5	10	−5	4		0–1	0–1	0–1	4–0	—

Source: ^[10]

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
South Korea	8	4	4	0	12	4	+8	16	2010 FIFA World Cup	—	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–1
North Korea	8	3	3	2	7	5	+2	12	2010 FIFA World Cup	1–1	—	1–0	0–0	2–0
Saudi Arabia	8	3	3	2	8	8	0	12	Fifth round	0–2	0–0	—	1–1	3–2
Iran	8	2	5	1	8	7	+1	11		1–1	2–1	1–2	—	1–0
United Arab Emirates	8	0	1	7	6	17	−11	1		0–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	—

Source: ^[10]

Fifth round

Teams finishing 3rd in the fourth round groups played each other to determine a possible 5th qualifier from Asia. The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in Nassau, the Bahamas.^[16]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bahrain	2–2 (a)	Saudi Arabia	0–0	2–2

Bahrain advanced to the Asia-Oceania play-off on the away goals rule.

Inter-confederation play-offs

The Fifth Round winner then played the winner of the OFC qualifying group, New Zealand, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals.

The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in Nassau, the Bahamas.^[16]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bahrain	0–1	New Zealand	0–0	0–1

Qualified teams

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
Australia	Fourth round group A winners	6 June 2009	2 (1974, 2006)
South Korea	Fourth round group B winners	6 June 2009	7 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 , 2006)
Japan	Fourth round group A runners-up	6 June 2009	3 (1998, 2002 , 2006)
North Korea	Fourth round group B runners-up	17 June 2009	1 (1966)

¹Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers

There were 374 goals scored in 143 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:

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[table_hth_UZB0.31528476873193-15] 1 2 The positions of Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia are reversed from the original final standings after two matches were forfeited by Singapore.

[table_note_SIN_KSA0.31528476873193-16] 1 2 Awarded as a 3–0 win as Singapore fielded an ineligible player.

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CAF	First round Second round Third round Algeria v Egypt (Tiebreaking play-offs)
CONCACAF	First round Second round Third round Fourth round
CONMEBOL	Group round
OFC	First round (South Pacific Games) Second round (OFC Nations Cup)
UEFA	First round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Second round (play-offs) Republic of Ireland v France
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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Contents

Seeding

Seeding for the first two rounds

First round

Second round

Third round

Qualified teams

Seeding

Groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Fourth round

Qualified teams

Seeding

Groups

Group A

Group B

Fifth round

Inter-confederation play-offs

Qualified teams

Top goalscorers

Related Research Articles

References

External links