This page provides the summaries of the AFC Third Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification .
In this round the fifteen winners from the second round joined the five AFC sides seeded 1–5 in the AFC World Cup rankings (Japan, South Korea, Australia, North Korea, Bahrain). The teams were drawn into five groups of four teams, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011. [1] [2]
The matches were played from 2 September 2011 to 29 February 2012. The top two teams in each group advanced to the fourth round.
The 20 teams were divided into four pots for the draw, each containing five teams. The July 2011 FIFA Ranking – released on 27 July – was used to seed the teams.
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Note: Syria was replaced by Tajikistan in the Third Round on 19 August 2011 following the awarding of both Second Round matches to Tajikistan. [3]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | |
| Jordan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| China | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | |
| Singapore | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — |
| Iraq | 0–2 | Jordan |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Abdel-Fattah  43'Abdallah Deeb 47' |
| Singapore | 0–2 | Iraq |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Abdul-Zahra 50' Mahmoud 86' |
| Jordan | 2–1 | China |
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| Abdel-Rahman 49' Amer Deeb 56' | Report | Hao Junmin 57' |
| Singapore | 0–3 | Jordan |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Abdallah Deeb 11' B. Bani Yaseen 54'Hayel 64' |
| Singapore | 0–4 | China |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Yu Hai 41' Li Weifeng 56'Zheng Zheng 73', 81' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | — | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Lebanon | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| Kuwait | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | — |
| South Korea | 6–0 | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|
| Park Chu-Young 8', 45+1', 67' Ji Dong-Won 66', 85'Kim Jung-Woo 82' | Report |
| United Arab Emirates | 2–3 | Kuwait |
|---|---|---|
| Al Hammadi 84' Khalil 89' | Report | Nasser 7', 65' Al-Mutawa 51' |
| Kuwait | 1–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Fadhel 54' | Report | Park Chu-Young 9' |
| South Korea | 2–1 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Park Chu-Young 55' Al-Kamali 64' (o.g.) | Report | Matar 90+2' |
| United Arab Emirates | 0–2 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Lee Keun-Ho 88' Park Chu-Young 90+3' |
| Kuwait | 0–1 | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|
| Report | El Ali 57' |
| Lebanon | 2–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Al Saadi 4' Atwi 32' (pen.) | Report | Koo Ja-Cheol 20' (pen.) |
| South Korea | 2–0 | Kuwait |
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| Lee Dong-Gook 65' Lee Keun-Ho 71' | Report |
| United Arab Emirates | 4–2 | Lebanon |
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| Saeed 20', 78' Al-Wehaibi 38'Matar 68' | Report | El Ali 23' Maatouk 45+2' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzbekistan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 16 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Japan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 8–0 | |
| North Korea | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | |
| Tajikistan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — |
| Japan | 1–0 | North Korea |
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| Yoshida 90+4' | Report |
| Tajikistan | 0–1 | Uzbekistan |
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| Report | Shatskikh 72' |
| North Korea | 1–0 | Tajikistan |
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| Pak Nam-Chol 14' | Report |
| Uzbekistan | 1–1 | Japan |
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| Djeparov 8' | Report | Okazaki 65' |
| North Korea | 0–1 | Uzbekistan |
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| Report | Geynrikh 26' |
| Japan | 8–0 | Tajikistan |
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| Havenaar 11', 47' Okazaki 19', 74'Komano 35'Kagawa 41', 68'Nakamura 56' | Report |
| Uzbekistan | 1–0 | North Korea |
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| Kapadze 48' | Report |
| North Korea | 1–0 | Japan |
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| Pak Nam-Chol 50' | Report |
| Uzbekistan | 3–0 | Tajikistan |
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| Tursunov 35' Ahmedov 60'Geynrikh 70' | Report |
| Tajikistan | 1–1 | North Korea |
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| Khamrakulov 61' | Report | Jang Song-Hyok 54' (pen.) |
| Japan | 0–1 | Uzbekistan |
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| Report | Shadrin 53' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | |
| Oman | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 8 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | |
| Thailand | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — |
| Oman | 0–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 1–3 | Australia |
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| Al-Shamrani 66' | Report | Kennedy 40', 56' Wilkshire 77' (pen.) |
| Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | Oman |
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| Report |
| Australia | 4–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Brosque 43', 75' Kewell 73'Emerton 76' | Report | Al-Dawsari 19' Al-Shamrani 45+2' |
| Oman | 2–0 | Thailand |
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| Al-Hadhri 8' Al-Muqbali 90+2' | Report |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 12 | — | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | |
| Qatar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | |
| Bahrain | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 10–0 | |
| Indonesia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | — |
| Iran | 3–0 | Indonesia |
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| Nekounam 53', 74' Teymourian 87' | Report |
| Indonesia | 0–2 | Bahrain |
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| Report | Saeed 45+1' Abdul-Latif 70' |
| Iran | 6–0 | Bahrain |
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| Hosseini 22' Jabbari 34'Aghily 42'Teymourian 61'Ansarifard 75'Rezaei 83' | Report |
| Bahrain | 10–0 | Indonesia |
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| Abdul-Latif 5' (pen.), 71', 75' Al Alawi 16', 61'Abdulrahman 35' (pen.), 42'Saeed 63', 82', 90+4' | Report |
There were 173 goals scored in 60 games, for an average of 2.88 goals per game.
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