2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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AFC Asian Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup
2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates22 December 2005 – 15 November 2006
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Iraq Younis Mahmoud
South Korea Jung Jo-gook
Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani
Saudi Arabia Saleh Bashir
Syria Firas Al-Khatib
Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh
(4 goals each)
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The 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating.

For the first time, the defending champions (Japan), did not earn an automatic berth in the finals and had to compete in the qualification tournament. Twelve teams from top two of each groups joined with four host nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) qualify for the final tournament.

Teams that did not enter

16 national teams did not enter qualifying (

The team's FIFA World Ranking
was considered for November 2005):

Team excluded

Thus, out of 46 national teams, 25 entered the qualifying.

Preliminary round

In December 2005, Bangladesh and Pakistan played off in a home and away series (with Bangladesh hosting the first leg), to determine which team would progress to the final qualifying round. This was originally scheduled in November but the earthquake in Pakistan forced it to be postponed.

After a goalless first leg in

People's Sports Complex, Karachi
, Pakistan four days later. Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. However, Pakistan ended up also being qualified into the final qualifying round anyway, after Sri Lanka withdrew.

22 December 2005
---
Bangladesh 0–0 Pakistan
(Report)
Pakistan 0–1 Bangladesh
(Report)
Firoz Mahmud
84'
People's Sports Complex

 Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate.  Pakistan also qualified after  Sri Lanka withdrew.

Seedings

The seeding was based on the

Australian team which had just joined the Asian Football Confederation on 1 January 2006 and had not participated in previous tournaments was given the lowest rank.[1]

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D

 Japan
 China
 Iran
 Bahrain
 Uzbekistan
 Jordan

 South Korea
 Iraq
 Saudi Arabia
 Kuwait
 Qatar
 Oman

 United Arab Emirates
 Syria
 Yemen
 Lebanon
 Singapore
 Hong Kong

 Palestine
 Chinese Taipei
 Pakistan*
 Bangladesh
 India
 Australia

* = Replace Sri Lanka

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams in a group are equal on points on completion of the group matches, their places shall be determined as follows:

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned.
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned.
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (Away Goals do not apply in this stage of the competition).
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches.
  5. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play.
  6. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

  • Pakistan is added back into the final qualifying round after Sri Lanka withdrew at the last minute.
  • 24 teams will be split into six groups of four, playing in a home and away format. The top two of each group will progress to the finals. Matches will start on 22 February 2006 and ends on 15 November 2006.
  • On 1 August 2006,
    conflict with Israel.[2]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 6 5 0 1 15 2 +13 15[a]
 Saudi Arabia 6 5 0 1 21 4 +17 15[a]
 Yemen 6 2 0 4 5 13 −8 6
 India 6 0 0 6 2 24 −22 0
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tiebreakers: Japan is ranked higher than Saudi Arabia by the two head-to-head game results (Japan 3–2 Saudi Arabia).
Japan 6–0 India
Ono 32'
Maki 58'
Fukunishi 68'
Kubo 78', 90'
Satō 82'		 (Report)
Yokohama International Stadium
Yokohama
Yemen 0–4 Saudi Arabia
(Report) Al Sawailh 14', 89'
Al-Shalhoub 77', 90+2'
Saad Kameel Al Fadhli
(Kuwait)
1 March 2006
14:30 IST
India 0–3 Yemen
(Report)
Al Nono 56' (pen.
)
Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
India 0–3 Saudi Arabia
(Report) Al-Qahtani 2', 19', 50'
Calcutta
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
Japan 2–0 Yemen
Abe 70'
Satō 90+1'		 (Report)
Lee Gi-Young
(Korea Republic)
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Japan
Bashir 73' (Report)
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 15,000
(Singapore)
Saudi Arabia 7–1 India
Ameen 57'
Al Hagbani 61'
Al Suwaileh
78', 86'		 (Report)
Manju
22'
Yemen 0–1 Japan
(Report) Ganaha 90'
11 October 2006
17:40 IST
India 0–3 Japan
(Report)
Bando 23', 44'
Nakamura
83'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Chan Siu Kee (Hong Kong)
Saudi Arabia 5–0 Yemen
Fallatah 65'
Al Mahyani
68', 90+2'		 (Report)
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 1,500
(Iraq)
15 November 2006
19:00 JST
Japan 3–1 Saudi Arabia
Tulio 20'
Ganaha 29', 49'		 (Report) Al-Qahtani 33' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,965
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Yemen 2–1 India
Al-Haggam 60'
Al-Nono 82'		 (Report)
Pradeep
52'
Sana'a
Attendance: 5,500
(Jordan)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 6 4 2 0 12 2 +10 14
 South Korea 6 3 2 1 15 5 +10 11
 Syria 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 8
 Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 0 24 −24 0
Source: [citation needed]
Iran 4–0 Chinese Taipei
Teymourian 35'
Madanchi 47', 60'
Daei 82'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq)
Syria 1–2 South Korea
Al Khatib
49'		 (Report) Kim Do-heon 5'
Lee Chun-soo 50'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Chinese Taipei 0–4 Syria
(Report)
Al Khatib
64'
Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 700
Referee: O il Son
(Korea DPR)
Chinese Taipei 0–3 South Korea
(Report) Ahn Jung-hwan 31'
Jung Jo-gook 53'
Kim Do-heon 80'
16 August 2006
18:00 IRST
Iran 1–1 Syria
Nekounam 71' (Report) Chaabo 88'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
South Korea 1–1 Iran
Seol Ki-hyeon 45' (Report) Hashemian 90'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
South Korea 8–0 Chinese Taipei
Seol Ki-hyeon 3', 52'
Jung Jo-gook 4', 45', 88'
Cho Jae-jin 19', 82'
Kim Do-heon 77'		 (Report)
Attendance: 21,000
Syria 0–2 Iran
(Report) Nosrati 20'
Nekounam 56'
Al−Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Attendance: 10,000
(Japan)
Chinese Taipei 0–2 Iran
(Report) Karimi 10', 56'
Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman
(Bangladesh)
South Korea 1–1 Syria
Cho Jae-jin 9' (Report)
Al Sayed
18'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)
Iran 2–0 South Korea
Enayati 48'
Badamaki 90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
Syria 3–0 Chinese Taipei
Al Khatib
62', 79'		 (Report)
Al−Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Attendance: 1,000
(Oman)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13
 Oman 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 12
 Jordan 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10
 Pakistan 6 0 0 6 4 22 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]
Jordan 3–0 Pakistan
Al-Shagran
41'		 (Report)
International Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma
(Syria)
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Oman
Matar 15' (Report)
Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi
(Saudi Arabia)
Oman 3–0 Jordan
Zaher
54'		 (Report)
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Pakistan 1–4 United Arab Emirates
Essa 60' (Report) Qassim 68'
Matar 78'
Saad 81'
Al Kas 88'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
Pakistan 1–4 Oman
Essa 79' (pen.) (Report)
Sulaiman
90'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Jordan 1–2 United Arab Emirates
Ra'fat Ali 88' (Report)
Omer 52'
Khater
67'
International Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 18,000
(Saudi Arabia)
United Arab Emirates 0–0 Jordan
(Report)
Saad Kameel Al Fadhli
(Kuwait)
Oman 5–0 Pakistan
Sulaiman 45'
Al-Touqi
88'		 (Report)
Muscat
Attendance: 10,000
(Iraq)
Pakistan 0–3 Jordan
(Report) Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 16'
Ra'fat Ali 37'
Khaled Saad 85'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dilovar Orzuev (Tajikistan)
Oman 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Sulaiman
28'		 (Report)
Omer
57'
Muscat
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
Jordan 3–0 Oman
Amer Deeb 80'
Ra'fat Ali 84'
Al-Sheikh 90'		 (Report)
International Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Talaat Najm
(Lebanon)
United Arab Emirates 3–2 Pakistan
Omer
58', 73'		 (Report) Akram 23'
Ahmed 67'

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9
 Bahrain 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
 Kuwait 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
 Lebanon 0 - - - - - — 0
Source: [citation needed]

Note: Bahrain is ranked higher than Kuwait by the two head-to-head game results (Bahrain 2 – 1 Kuwait).

Bahrain 1–3 Australia
Ali 35' (Report) Thompson 53'
Skoko 79'
Elrich 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Lebanon 1–1
Annulled1		 Kuwait
A. Nasseredine 70' (Report)
F. Al Hamad
25'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
Kuwait 0–0 Bahrain
(Report)
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Australia 2–0 Kuwait
Dodd 75'
Petrovski 86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 32,622
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
Kuwait 2–0 Australia
Al Mutairi 56'
Al-Mutawa 59'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Australia 2–0 Bahrain
Aloisi 17'
Bresciano 24'		 (Report)
Attendance: 36,606
Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
Bahrain 2–1 Kuwait
Ghuloom
43'		 (Report) Laheeb 70'
Kwon Jong-Chul
(Korea Republic)

1 On 1 August 2006, it was announced that the AFC had accepted a withdrawal request from the

2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.[3]
The results of the Lebanon-Kuwait game on 22 February 2006 have been declared null and void and do not count towards the group rankings.[4]

The following fixtures were also canceled:

  • against Bahrain, 16 August 2006 (in Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain)
  • against Australia, 31 August 2006 (in Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia)
  • against Bahrain, 6 September 2006 (in Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon)
  • against Kuwait, 11 October 2006 (in National Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait)
  • against Australia, 15 November 2006 (in Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon)

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11
 China 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11
 Singapore 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2 4
 Palestine 5 1 1 3 3 9 −6 4
Source: [citation needed]

Note: Iraq is ranked higher than China PR by the two head-to-head game results (Iraq 3 – 2 China PR).

China 2–0 Palestine
Du Wei 23'
Li Weifeng 62'		 (Report)
Kwon Jong-Chul
(Korea Republic)
Singapore 2–0 Iraq
Alam Shah
83'		 (Report)
Singapore National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 10,221
Referee: Mark Shield
(Australia)
Palestine 1–0 Singapore
Attal 75' (Report)
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2
Attendance: 1,000
(Oman)
Iraq 2–1 China
Karim 16'
Mulla Mohammed 67'		 (Report) Tao Wei 54'
Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1
Attendance: 7,700
(United Arab Emirates)
China 1–0 Singapore
Shao Jiayi 90+5' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
Palestine 0–3 Iraq
(Report) Mahmoud 59', 62'
Nasser 90'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma
(Syria)
Singapore 0–0 China
(Report)
Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman
(Bangladesh)
Iraq 2–2 Palestine
Sadir 70'
Mulla Mohammed 75'		 (Report)
Al Amour
78'
Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef
(Jordan)
Iraq 4–2 Singapore
Mahmoud 35', 68'
Karim 60'
Mulla Mohammed 90+3'		 (Report)
Goncalves 9'
Amri
62'
Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mamed Mamedov
(Turkmenistan)
Palestine 0–2 China
(Report) Mao Jianqing 27'
Sun Xiang 65'
Saad Kameel Al Fadhli
(Kuwait)
China 1–1 Iraq
Han Peng 40' (Report) Salah 65'
Singapore Cancelled[5] Palestine
(Report)


1 All Iraq's home matches played in

Al Ayn
, United Arab Emirates.

2 All Palestine's home matches played in Amman, Jordan.

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Qatar 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 15
 Uzbekistan 6 3 2 1 14 4 +10 11
 Hong Kong 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8
 Bangladesh 6 0 0 6 1 19 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]
Uzbekistan 5–0 Bangladesh
Geynrikh 10', 52'
Djeparov 24'
Shatskikh 34', 84'		 (Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 12,000
(Bahrain)
Hong Kong 0–3 Qatar
(Report)
Yasser 11'
Bechir 44'
M. Mohamed
90+5'
Attendance: 1,806
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Bangladesh 0–1 Hong Kong
(Report) Chan Siu Ki 82'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
Qatar 2–1 Uzbekistan
Adel Lamy 45'
Nasser
49'		 (Report) B. Mohammed 20' (o.g.)
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sun Baojie
(China PR)
Bangladesh 1–4 Qatar
Arman 23' (Report)
Adel Lamy 36'
Ibrahim
38', 74'
Uzbekistan 2–2 Hong Kong
Soliev 18'
Shatskikh 35'		 (Report) Sham Kwok Keung 66', 87'
Hong Kong 0–0 Uzbekistan
(Report)
Lee Gi-Young
(Korea Republic)
Qatar 3–0 Bangladesh
Shammari
52'		 (Report)
Bangladesh 0–4 Uzbekistan
(Report)
Bakaev 18'
Djeparov 22'
Shatskikh 39' (pen.
)
Attendance: 120
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
Qatar 2–0 Hong Kong
Yasser
53'		 (Report)
Al Gharrafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 1,000
(Syria)
Hong Kong 2–0 Bangladesh
Ambassa Guy 43', 74' (pen.) (Report)
Kim Dong-Jin
(Korea Republic)
Uzbekistan 2–0 Qatar
Koshelev 31'
Zeytulaev 52'		 (Report)

Qualified teams

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1, 2
 Indonesia 00Co-hosts 7 August 2004 3 (1996, 2000, 2004)
 Malaysia 2 (1976, 1980)
 Thailand 5 (1972, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 Vietnam3 2 (19564, 19604)
 Australia Group D winner 16 August 2006 0 (debut)
 Qatar Group F winner 6 September 2006 6 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004)
 Japan Group A winner 6 September 2006 5 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 Saudi Arabia Group A runner-up 6 September 2006 6 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 Iran Group B winner 11 October 2006 10 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 South Korea Group B runner-up 11 October 2006 10 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 United Arab Emirates Group C winner 11 October 2006 6 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004)
 Oman Group C runner-up 11 October 2006 1 (2004)
 Iraq Group E winner 11 October 2006 5 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 China Group E runner-up 11 October 2006 8 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 Bahrain Group D runner-up 15 November 2006 2 (1988, 2004)
 Uzbekistan Group F runner-up 15 November 2006 3 (1996, 2000, 2004)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host
3 Vietnam's debut since the unification of Vietnam at 1975

Goal scorers

4 Goals
3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal

References

  1. ^ "Australia must start at the bottom for Asian Cup". Times of Malta. 20 December 2005.
  2. ^ "Lebanon pull out of Asian Cup". afcasiancup.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
  3. ^ "AFC confirms Lebanon withdrawal request". Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
  4. ^ "Asian Cup qualifiers – Group D". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
  5. ^ Asian Football Confederation (15 November 2006). "AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifying: Singapore-Palestine match cancelled". Retrieved 4 February 2011.

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