This page provides the summaries of the matches of the group stage of the Asian football qualifiers for the 2012 Summer Olympics .
The 12 teams in this round were divided into three groups of four teams each and played on a home-and-away format. The group winners from each group will advance to the main tournament in London. Three second-placed teams from this round will play each other in a playoff at a centralised venue from 25 to 29 March 2012 and the winners of this group will meet the representatives of Africa for a berth in the Olympics.
The group stage draw took place on 7 July 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [1]
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D |
|---|---|---|---|
The matches were played between 21 September 2011 and 14 March 2012. [2]
| Legend |
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| Team qualify for the 2012 Olympics |
| Team advance to the Play-off round |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | |
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| South Korea | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Yoon Bit-Garam Kim Bo-Kyung | Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dagriri | Report | Al Nahoyi |
| Oman | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardan Al Shamli | Report |
| Qatar | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Majid | Report | Kim Hyun-Sung |
| South Korea | 1 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cho Young-Cheol | Report |
| Oman | 3 – 0 (awarded1) | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Maqbali | Report | Khalfan |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Khudari | Report | Kim Bo-Kyung |
| Oman | 0 – 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nam Tae-Hee Kim Hyun-Sung Baek Sung-Dong |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Muwallad | Report | Al-Hadhri |
| South Korea | 0 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 14 | |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 5 | |
| 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Temurkhuja Turaev | Report |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Australia | 0 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 – 0 (awarded1) | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Abdul-Raheem Sabah |
| Iraq | 0 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ali |
| Uzbekistan | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Turaev Zoteev | Report |
| Iraq | 2 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| M. Abdullah Ahmad | Report | Musaev |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abdulrahman | Report |
| Uzbekistan | 2 – 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zoteev Musaev | Report | Khalil Saleh |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 15 | |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 | |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 9 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |
| Syria | 3 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fares Mardigian | Report | Shubbar |