2010 WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION ASIA

 

The top 5 countries based on the results from the 2006 FIFA World Cup and earlier qualifying rounds have a bye to stage 3 of the Asian qualifying competition for the 2010 World Cup.
The first stage consists of the remaining 38 teams playing a home-and-away play-off. The top 11 countries of the 19 winners also have a bye to stage 3 of the qualifying competition.
The second stage consists of the remaining 8 winners from stage 1 playing a home-and-away play-off. The 4 winners qualify for the third stage, which consists of 5 groups of 4 teams, playing a home-and-away round robin. The 8 group winners qualify for the third stage, which consists of 2 groups of 4 teams, playing a home-and-away round robin. The 1st and 2nd placed teams of each group qualify for the fourth stage, which consists of 2 groups of 5 teams, playing a home-and-away round robin. The 1st and 2nd placed teams of each group qualify directly for the final tournament. The two 3rd placed teams of each group will have a play-off (home-and-away). The winner of this play-off will have a play-off with the top team of Oceania. The winner qualifies for the final tournament as well.

STAGE 1 - Cup system on a home and away basis.
Match 1: Bangladesh - Tajikistan
Match 2: Thailand - Macao
Match 3: Vietnam - United Arab Emirates
Match 4: Palestine - Singapore
Match 5: Syria - Afghanistan
Match 6: Lebanon - India
Match 7: Oman - Nepal
Match 8: Yemen - Maldives
Match 9: Cambodia - Turkmenistan
Match 10: Uzbekistan - Chinese Taipei
Match 11: Kyrgyzstan - Jordan
Match 12: Mongolia - North Korea
Match 13: Timor-Leste - Hong Kong
Match 14: Sri Lanka - Qatar
Match 15: Bahrain - Malaysia
Match 16: China - Myanmar
Match 17: Pakistan - Iraq
Match 18: Bhutan - Kuwait
Match 19: Guam - Indonesia

STAGE 2 - Cup system on a home and away basis.
Match 1: Yemen - Thailand
Match 2: Singapore - Tajikistan
Match 3: Indonesia - Syria
Match 4: Hong Kong - Turkmenistan

STAGE 3 - League system on a home and away basis.
Group 1: (final standings) Australia, China, Iraq and Qatar.
Group 2: (final standings) Japan, Bahrain, Oman and Thailand.
Group 3: (final standings) South Korea, North Korea, Jordan and Turkmenistan.
Group 4: (final standings) Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Lebanon and Singapore.
Group 5: (final standings) Iran, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Syria.

STAGE 4 - League system on a home and away basis
Group A: (final standings) South Korea, Uzbekistan and Kuwait.
Group B: (final standings) Japan, Iran and North Korea.

5th qualifier PLAY-OFF and Oceanian PLAY-OFF

Qualified teams

 

STAGE 1

Date

Venue

Match

Result

8 October 2007 3.00pm
28 October 2007 2.00pm

Bangabandhu Stadium - Dhaka
Central Stadium - Dushanbe

Bangladesh - Tajikistan
Tajikistan - Bangladesh

1 - 1
5 - 0

8 October 2007 7.00pm
15 October 2007 8.00pm

Suphachalasai Stadium - Bangkok
Sports Field and Pavilion at MUST - Macau

Thailand - Macao
Macao - Thailand

6 - 1
1 - 7

8 October 2007 8.30pm
28 October 2007 7.00pm

My Dinh - Hanoi
Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium - Abu Dhabi

Vietnam - United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates - Vietnam

0 - 1
5 - 0

8 October 2007 9.00pm

Al Rayyan SC Stadium - Doha (Qatar)

Palestine - Singapore
Singapore - Palestine

0 - 4
3 - 0

8 October 2007 9.00pm
26 October 2007 1.00pm

Al-Abbasiyin - Damascus
Central Stadium - Dushanbe (Tajikistan)

Syria - Afghanistan
Afghanistan - Syria

3 - 0
1 - 2

8 October 2007 9.00pm
30 October 2007 3.00pm

Saida International Stadium - Saida
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - Goa

Lebanon - India
India - Lebanon

4 - 1
2 - 2

8 October 2007 9.30pm
28 October 2007 2.30pm

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex - Muscat
Dasharath Rangasala - Kathmandu

Oman - Nepal
Nepal - Oman

2 - 0
0 - 2

8 October 2007 10.00pm
28 October 2007 4.00pm

Ali Mohsen - Sana'A
Galolhu National Stadium - Male

Yemen - Maldives
Maldives - Yemen

3 - 0
2 - 0

11 October 2007 3.00pm
28 October 2007 6.00pm

Olympic Stadium - Phnom Penh
Olympic Stadium - Ashgabat

Cambodia - Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan - Cambodia

0 - 1
4 - 1

13 October 2007 4.00pm
28 October 2007 6.00pm

Central Stadium - Tashkent
Chung Shan - Taipei

Uzbekistan - Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei - Uzbekistan

9 - 0
0 - 2

18 October 2007 3.30pm
28 October 2007 7.00pm

Spartak - Bishkek
International - Amman

Kyrgyzstan - Jordan
Jordan - Kyrgyzstan

2 - 0
2 - 0 (6 - 5)

21 October 2007 1.00pm
28 October 2007 4.00pm

Ulaan-Baatar - Ulaan-Baatar
Kim Il Sung - Pyongyang

Mongolia - North Korea
North Korea - Mongolia

1 - 4
5 - 1

21 October 2007 3.30pm
28 October 2007 3.00pm

Gianyar - Gianyar (Indonesia)
Hong Kong Stadium - Hong Kong

Timor-Leste - Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Timor-Leste

2 - 3
8 - 1

21 October 2007 4.00pm
28 October 2007 7.15pm

Sugathadasa - Colombo
Doha - Al Sadd

Sri Lanka - Qatar
Qatar - Sri Lanka

0 - 1
5 - 0

21 October 2007 6.00pm
28 October 2007 8.45pm

National Stadium - Manama
Shah Alam - Kuala Lumpur

Bahrain - Malaysia
Malaysia - Bahrain

4 - 1
0 - 0

21 October 2007 8.00pm
28 October 2007 4.00pm

Century Lotus Stadium - Foshan
KLFA Stadium - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

China - Myanmar
Myanmar - China

7 - 0
0 - 4

22 October 2007 7.30pm
28 October 2007 2.00pm

Punjab - Lahore
Al-Abbasiyin - Damascus (Syria)

Pakistan - Iraq
Iraq - Pakistan

0 - 7
0 - 0

 

 

Kuwait
(Bhutan withdrew)

 

 

 

Indonesia
(Guam withdrew)

 

The result of the match between Singapore and Palestine (3-0) was decided by FIFA as Palestine had failed to appear. 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 declined the appeal.

 

STAGE 2

Date

Venue

Match

Result

9 November 2007 4.15pm
18 November 2007 5.00pm

Ali Mohsen - Sana'A
Suphachalasai Stadium - Bangkok

Yemen - Thailand
Thailand - Yemen

1 - 1
1 - 0

9 November 2007 7.30pm
18 November 2007 1.00pm

National Stadium - Singapore
Central Stadium - Dushanbe

Singapore - Tajikistan
Tajikistan - Singapore

2 - 0
1 - 1

9 November 2007 7.30pm
18 November 2007 2.00pm

Gelora Bung Karno - Jakarta
Al-Abbasiyin - Damascus

Indonesia - Syria
Syria - Indonesia

1 - 4
7 - 0

10 November 2007 2.00pm
18 November 2007 6.00pm

Hong Kong Stadium - Hong Kong
Olympic Stadium - Ashgabat

Hong Kong - Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan - Hong Kong

0 - 0
3 - 0

 

STAGE 3

Group 1: Australia, China, Iraq and Qatar.

Date

Venue

Match

Result

6 February 2008 4.30pm

Al Ahli Club - Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

Iraq - China

1 - 1

6 February 2008 7.30pm

Telstra Dome - Melbourne

Australia - Qatar

3 - 0

26 March 2008 2.00pm

Kunming Tuodong - Kunming

China - Australia

0 - 0

26 March 2008 6.30pm

Al Sadd - Doha

Qatar - Iraq

2 - 0

1 June 2008 5.00pm

Suncorp - Brisbane

Australia - Iraq

1 - 0

2 June 2008 7.00pm

Al Sadd - Doha

Qatar - China

0 - 0

7 June 2008 8.00pm

Al Ahli Club - Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

Iraq - Australia

1 - 0

7 June 2008 8.00pm

Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium - Tianjin

China - Qatar

0 - 1

14 June 2008 7.00pm

Al Sadd - Doha

Qatar - Australia

1 - 3

14 June 2008 8.00pm

Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium - Tianjin

China - Iraq

1 - 2

22 June 2008 6.00pm

ANZ Stadium - Sydney

Australia - China

0 - 1

22 June 2008 8.00pm

Al Ahli Club - Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

Iraq - Qatar

0 - 1

Due to security concerns all of Iraq's home matches were played in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


Final standings group 1:

Played

Won

Draw

Lost

For - Against

Points

1.

Australia

6

3

1

2

7 - 3

10

2.

Qatar

6

3

1

2

5 - 6

10

3.

Iraq

6

2

1

3

4 - 6

7

4.

China

6

1

3

2

3 - 4

6

 

Group 2: Japan, Bahrain, Oman and Thailand.

Date

Venue

Match

Result

6 February 2008 6.30pm

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex - Muscat

Oman - Bahrain

0 - 1

6 February 2008 7.20pm

Saitama Stadium 2002 - Saitama

Japan - Thailand

4 - 1

26 March 2008 5.20pm

National Stadium - Manama

Bahrain - Japan

1 - 0

26 March 2008 6.30pm

Rajamangala - Bangkok

Thailand - Oman

0 - 1

1 June 2008 6.30pm

Rajamangala - Bangkok

Thailand - Bahrain

2 - 3

2 June 2008 7.20pm

International Stadium Yokohama - Yokohama

Japan - Oman

3 - 0

7 June 2008 5.15pm

Royal Oman Police Stadium - Muscat

Oman - Japan

1 - 1

7 June 2008 7.30pm

National Stadium - Manama

Bahrain - Thailand

1 - 1

14 June 2008 5.23pm

Rajamangala - Bangkok

Thailand - Japan

0 - 3

14 June 2008 7.30pm

National Stadium - Manama

Bahrain - Oman

1 - 1

22 June 2008 6.00pm

Royal Oman Police Stadium - Muscat

Oman - Thailand

2 - 1

22 June 2008 7.20pm

Saitama Stadium 2002 - Saitama

Japan - Bahrain

1 - 0


Final standings group 2:

Played

Won

Draw

Lost

For - Against

Points

1.

Japan

6

4

1

1

12 - 3

13

2.

Bahrain

6

3

2

1

7 - 5

11

3.

Oman

6

2

2

2

5 - 7

8

4.

Thailand

6

0

1

5

5 - 14

1

 

Group 3: South Korea, North Korea, Jordan and Turkmenistan.

Date

Venue

Match

Result

6 February 2008 5.00pm

International - Amman

Jordan - North Korea

0 - 1

6 February 2008 8.00pm

Seoul World Cup Stadium - Seoul

South Korea - Turkmenistan

4 - 0

26 March 2008 5.00pm

Olympic Stadium - Ashgabat

Turkmenistan - Jordan

0 - 2

26 March 2008 7.00pm

Shanghai Stadium - Shanghai (China)

North Korea - South Korea

0 - 0

31 May 2008 8.00pm

Seoul World Cup Stadium - Seoul

South Korea - Jordan

2 - 2

2 June 2008 5.00pm

Olympic Stadium - Ashgabat

Turkmenistan - North Korea

0 - 0

7 June 2008 5.00pm

Kim Il Sung - Pyongyang

North Korea - Turkmenistan

1 - 0

7 June 2008 5.30pm

Al-Qwaismeh - Amman

Jordan - South Korea

0 - 1

14 June 2008 5.00pm

Yanggakdo Stadium - Pyongyang

North Korea - Jordan

2 - 0

14 June 2008 7.00pm

Olympic Stadium - Ashgabat

Turkmenistan - South Korea

1 - 3

22 June 2008 6.00pm

International - Amman

Jordan - Turkmenistan

2 - 0

22 June 2008 8.00pm

Seoul World Cup Stadium - Seoul

South Korea - North Korea

0 - 0

Due to a row over the playing of national anthems the match between North Korea and South Korea was played in Shanghai, China.

Final standings group 3:

Played

Won

Draw

Lost

For - Against

Points

1.

South Korea

6

3

3

0

10 - 3

12

2.

North Korea

6

3

3

0

4 - 0

12

3.

Jordan

6

2

1

3

6 - 6

7

4.

Turkmenistan

6

0

1

5

1 - 12

1

 

Group 4: Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Lebanon and Singapore.

Date

Venue

Match

Result

6 February 2008 6.00pm

Sports City - Beirut

Lebanon - Uzbekistan

0 - 1

6 February 2008 8.15pm

King Fahd International Stadium - Riyadh

Saudi Arabia - Singapore

2 - 0

26 March 2008 4.00pm

Pakhtakor - Tashkent

Uzbekistan - Saudi Arabia

3 - 0

26 March 2008 7.30pm

National Stadium - Singapore

Singapore - Lebanon

2 - 0

2 June 2008 7.30pm

National Stadium - Singapore

Singapore - Uzbekistan

3 - 7

2 June 2008 9.00pm

King Fahd International Stadium - Riyadh

Saudi Arabia - Lebanon

4 - 1

7 June 2008 7.00pm

MHSK Stadium - Tashkent

Uzbekistan - Singapore

1 - 0

7 June 2008 9.00pm

King Fahd International Stadium - Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

Lebanon - Saudi Arabia

1 - 2

14 June 2008 7.00pm

MHSK Stadium - Tashkent

Uzbekistan - Lebanon

3 - 0

14 June 2008 7.30pm

National Stadium - Singapore

Singapore - Saudi Arabia

0 - 2

22 June 2008 6.00pm

Sports City - Beirut

Lebanon - Singapore

1 - 2

22 June 2008 9.00pm

King Fahd International Stadium - Riyadh

Saudi Arabia - Uzbekistan

4 - 0


Final standings group 4:

Played

Won

Draw

Lost

For - Against

Points

1.

Saudi Arabia

6

5

0

1

14 - 5

15

2.

Uzbekistan

6

5

0

1

15 - 7

15

3.

Singapore

6

2

0

4

7 - 13

6

4.

Lebanon

6

0

0

6

3 - 14

0

 

Group 5: Iran, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Syria.

Date

Venue

Match

Result

6 February 2008 3.00pm

Azadi - Tehran

Iran - Syria

0 - 0

6 February 2008 7.15pm

Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium - Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates - Kuwait

2 - 0

26 March 2008 2.30pm

Al-Abbasiyin - Damascus

Syria - United Arab Emirates

1 - 1

26 March 2008 7.45pm

Kazma SC - Kuwait City

Kuwait - Iran

2 - 2

2 June 2008 7.00pm

Azadi - Tehran

Iran - United Arab Emirates

0 - 0

2 June 2008 8.00pm

Al-Abbasiyin - Damascus

Syria - Kuwait

1 - 0

7 June 2008 8.00pm

Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium - Al Ain

United Arab Emirates - Iran

0 - 1

8 June 2008 8.45pm

Kazma SC - Kuwait City

Kuwait - Syria

4 - 2

14 June 2008 8.00pm

Al-Abbasiyin - Damascus

Syria - Iran

0 - 2

14 June 2008 8.45pm

Kazma SC - Kuwait City

Kuwait - United Arab Emirates

2 - 3

22 June 2008 8.00pm

Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium - Al Ain

United Arab Emirates - Syria

1 - 3

22 June 2008 8.30pm

Azadi - Tehran

Iran - Kuwait

2 - 0


Final standings group 5:

Played

Won

Draw

Lost

For - Against

Points

1.

Iran

6

3

3

0

7 - 2

12

2.

United Arab Emirates

6

2

2

2

7 - 7

8

3.

Syria

6

2

2

2

7 - 8

8

4.

Kuwait

6

1

1

4

8 - 12

4

 

STAGE 4

Group A: Australia, Japan, Bahrain, Uzbekistan and Qatar.

Date

Venue

Match

Result

6 September 2008 9.30pm

National Stadium - Manama

Bahrain - Japan

2 - 3

6 September 2008 10.00pm

Jassim Bin Hamad - Doha

Qatar - Uzbekistan

3 - 0

10 September 2008 9.30pm

Pakhtakor - Tashkent

Uzbekistan - Australia

0 - 1

10 September 2008 10.00pm

Jassim Bin Hamad - Doha

Qatar - Bahrain

1 - 1

15 October 2008 7.30pm

Suncorp - Brisbane

Australia - Qatar

4 - 0

15 October 2008 7.32pm

Saitama Stadium 2002 - Saitama

Japan - Uzbekistan

1 - 1

19 November 2008 6.00pm

National Stadium - Manama

Bahrain - Australia

0 - 1

19 November 2008 7.30pm

Al Sadd - Doha

Qatar - Japan

0 - 3

11 February 2009 4.00pm

Pakhtakor - Tashkent

Uzbekistan - Bahrain

0 - 1

11 February 2009 7.20pm

International Stadium Yokohama - Yokohama

Japan - Australia

0 - 0

28 March 2009 5.00pm

Pakhtakor - Tashkent

Uzbekistan - Qatar

4 - 0

28 March 2009 7.23pm

Saitama Stadium 2002 - Saitama

Japan - Bahrain

1 - 0

1 April 2009 5.15pm

National Stadium - Manama

Bahrain - Qatar

1 - 0

1 April 2009 8.00pm

Stadium Australia - Sydney

Australia - Uzbekistan

2 - 0

6 June 2009 7.00pm

Al Sadd - Doha

Qatar - Australia

0 - 0

6 June 2009 7.05pm

Pakhtakor - Tashkent

Uzbekistan - Japan

0 - 1

10 June 2009 7.35pm

International Stadium Yokohama - Yokohama

Japan - Qatar

1 - 1

10 June 2009 8.00pm

Stadium Australia - Sydney

Australia - Bahrain

2 - 0

17 June 2009 7.30pm

National Stadium - Manama

Bahrain - Uzbekistan

1 - 0

17 June 2009 8.20pm

Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne

Australia - Japan

2 - 1


Final standings group A:

Played

Won

Draw

Lost

For - Against

Points

1.

AUSTRALIA

8

6

2

0

12 - 1

20

2.

JAPAN

8

4

3

1

11 - 6

15

3.

Bahrain

8

3

1

4

6 - 8

10

5.

Qatar

8

1

3

4

5 - 14

6

4.

Uzbekistan

8

1

1

6

5 - 10

4

 

Group B: South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, North Korea and United Arab Emirates.

Date

Venue

Match

Result

6 September 2008 10.15pm

King Fahd Intern. Stadium - Riyadh

Saudi Arabia - Iran

1 - 1

6 September 2008 10.15pm

Mohammad Bin Zayed - Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates - North Korea

1 - 2

10 September 2008 8.00pm

Shanghai Hongkou - Shanghai (China)

North Korea - South Korea

1 - 1

10 September 2008 10.15pm

Mohammad Bin Zayed - Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia

1 - 2

15 October 2008 5.00pm

Azadi - Tehran

Iran - North Korea

2 - 1

15 October 2008 8.00pm

Seoul World Cup Stadium - Seoul

South Korea - United Arab Emirates

2 - 1

19 November 2008 7.15pm

Al-Maktoum Stadium - Dubai

United Arab Emirates - Iran

1 - 1

19 November 2008 7.35pm

King Fahd Intern. Stadium - Riyadh

Saudi Arabia - South Korea

0 - 2

11 February 2009 3.00pm

Kim Il Sung - Pyongyang

North Korea - Saudi Arabia

1 - 0

11 February 2009 3.00pm

Azadi - Tehran

Iran - South Korea

1 - 1

28 March 2009 3.30pm

Kim Il Sung - Pyongyang

North Korea - United Arab Emirates

2 - 0

28 March 2009 7.00pm

Azadi - Tehran

Iran - Saudi Arabia

1 - 2

1 April 2009 8.00pm

Seoul World Cup Stadium - Seoul

South Korea - North Korea

1 - 0

1 April 2009 8.30pm

King Fahd Intern. Stadium - Riyadh

Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates

3 - 2

6 June 2009 5.00pm

Yanggakdo Stadium - Pyongyang

North Korea - Iran

0 - 0

6 June 2009 8.15pm

Al-Maktoum Stadium - Dubai

United Arab Emirates - South Korea

0 - 2

10 June 2009 7.00pm

Azadi - Tehran

Iran - United Arab Emirates

1 - 0

10 June 2009 8.00pm

Seoul World Cup Stadium - Seoul

South Korea - Saudi Arabia

0 - 0

17 June 2009 8.00pm

Seoul World Cup Stadium - Seoul

South Korea - Iran

1 - 1

17 June 2009 9.00pm

King Fahd Intern. Stadium - Riyadh

Saudi Arabia - North Korea

0 - 0


Final standings group B:

Played

Won

Draw

Lost

For - Against

Points

1.

SOUTH KOREA

8

4

4

0

12 - 4

16

2.

NORTH KOREA

8

3

3

2

7 - 5

12

3.

Saudi Arabia

8

3

3

2

8 - 8

12

4.

Iran

8

2

5

1

8 - 7

10

5.

United Arab Emirates

8

0

1

7

6 - 17

1

 

PLAY-OFF for Asian team to play the Oceanian play-off:

Date

Venue

Match

Result

5 September 2009 10.00pm

National Stadium - Manama

Bahrain - Saudi Arabia

0 - 0

9 September 2009 10.15pm

King Fahd International Stadium - Riyadh

Saudi Arabia - Bahrain

2 - 2

 

OCEANIAN PLAY-OFF:

Date

Venue

Match

Result

10 October 2009 6.30pm

National Stadium - Manama

Bahrain - New Zealand

0 - 0

14 November 2009 8.00pm

Wellington Stadium - Wellington

New Zealand - Bahrain

1 - 0

 

QUALIFIED COUNTRIES:
Australia, Japan, North Korea and South Korea.