2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

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This page provides the summaries of the AFC third round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

In this round the fifteen winners from the

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.

Seeding

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.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Japan (16)
 Australia (23)
 South Korea (28)
 Iran (54)
 China (73)

 Uzbekistan (83)
 Qatar (90)
 Jordan (91)
 Saudi Arabia (92)
 Kuwait (95)

 Bahrain (100)
 Syria (104)*
 Oman (107)
 Iraq (108)
 United Arab Emirates (109)

 North Korea (115)
 Thailand (119)
 Singapore (131)
 Indonesia (137)
 Lebanon (159)

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]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Iraq 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 15 Fourth round — 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 —
Source: [4]
China 2–1 Singapore
Zheng Zhi 69' (pen.)
Yu Hai 73'		 Report Đurić 33'
Lebanon
)
Iraq 0–2 Jordan
Report Abdel-Fattah 43'
Abdallah Deeb 47'
Arbil
Attendance: 24,000
)
Jordan 2–1 China
Abdel-Rahman 49'
Amer Deeb 56'		 Report Hao Junmin 57'
Uzbekistan
)
Singapore 0–3 Jordan
Report Abdallah Deeb 11'
B. Bani Yaseen 54'
Hayel 64'
Choi Myung-Yong (Korea Republic
)
Iraq 1–0 China
Mahmoud 90+2' Report
Australia
)
Jordan 2–0 Singapore
Hayel 15'
Amer Deeb
65'		 Report
Australia
)
Singapore 0–4 China
Report Yu Hai 41'
Li Weifeng 56'
Zheng Zheng 73', 81'
Attendance: 5,474
Jordan 1–3 Iraq
Abdel-Fattah 17' Report Akram 55', 81'
Munir 65'
Ali Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates
)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 South Korea 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13 Fourth round — 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 —
Source: [4]
South Korea 6–0 Lebanon
Kim Jung-Woo
82'		 Report
Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore
)
Lebanon 3–1 United Arab Emirates
Ghaddar 37' (pen.)
Moghrabi 52'
Antar
83'		 Report Khamees 16'
Attendance: 4,000
Kuwait 1–1 South Korea
Fadhel 54' Report
Park Chu-Young
9'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
South Korea 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Park Chu-Young 55'
Al-Kamali 64' (o.g.
)		 Report Matar 90+2'
Attendance: 28,689
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
Lebanon 2–2 Kuwait
Maatouk 15', 86' (pen.) Report
Younes 89' (o.g.
)
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
United Arab Emirates 0–2 South Korea
Report
Park Chu-Young
90+3'
Uzbekistan
)
Kuwait 0–1 Lebanon
Report El Ali 57'
Uzbekistan
)
Lebanon 2–1 South Korea
Atwi 32' (pen.
)		 Report
Koo Ja-Cheol 20' (pen.
)
Attendance: 35,000
Kuwait 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Al Enezi 50'
Abbas 68' (o.g.)		 Report Matar 19'
Attendance: 10,000
South Korea 2–0 Kuwait
Lee Keun-Ho
71'		 Report
Attendance: 46,551
United Arab Emirates 4–2 Lebanon
Saeed 20', 78'
Al-Wehaibi 38'
Matar 68'		 Report El Ali 23'
Maatouk 45+2'
Australia
)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Uzbekistan 6 5 1 0 8 1 +7 16 Fourth round — 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 —
Source: [4]
Japan 1–0 North Korea
Yoshida 90+4' Report
Ali Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates
)
16:30 UTC+5
Tajikistan 0–1 Uzbekistan
Report Shatskikh 72'
Metallurg Stadium, Tursunzoda
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR
)
16:30 UTC+9
North Korea 1–0 Tajikistan
Pak Nam-Chol
14'		 Report
Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam
)
19:00 UTC+5
Uzbekistan 1–1 Japan
Djeparov 8' Report Okazaki 65'
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 32,000
)
Japan 8–0 Tajikistan
Havenaar 11', 47'
Okazaki 19', 74'
Komano 35'
Kagawa 41', 68'
Nakamura 56'		 Report
Australia
)
Tajikistan 0–4 Japan
Report Konno 36'
Okazaki 61', 90+2'
Maeda 82'
Kim Dong Jin (Korea Republic
)
North Korea 1–0 Japan
Pak Nam-Chol
50'		 Report
Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang[note 2]
Attendance: 50,000
)
Japan 0–1 Uzbekistan
Report Shadrin 53'
Attendance: 42,720

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Australia 6 5 0 1 13 5 +8 15 Fourth round — 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 —
Source: [4]
Australia 2–1 Thailand
Kennedy 58'
Brosque 86'		 Report Teerasil 15'
Attendance: 24,540
Oman 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Report
Muscat
Attendance: 14,000
)
Australia 3–0 Oman
Holman 8'
Kennedy 65'
Jedinak 85'		 Report
Uzbekistan
)
Thailand 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Report
Uzbekistan
)
Oman 1–0 Australia
Al-Hosni 18' Report
Muscat
Attendance: 4,500
)
Thailand 0–1 Australia
Report Holman 77'
Attendance: 19,400
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Oman
Report
King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 62,740
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran
)
13:30 UTC+4
Oman 2–0 Thailand
Al-Muqbali
90+2'		 Report
Muscat
Attendance: 22,000
)

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Iran 6 3 3 0 17 5 +12 12 Fourth round — 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 —
Source: [4]
Iran 3–0 Indonesia
Nekounam 53', 74'
Teymourian 87'		 Report
Attendance: 75,800
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Bahrain 0–0 Qatar
Report
Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates
)
19:00 UTC+7
Indonesia 0–2 Bahrain
Report
Abdul-Latif
70'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic)
Qatar 1–1 Iran
El-Sayed 56' Report Aghily 46'
Choi Myung-Yong (Korea Republic
)
Bahrain 1–1 Iran
Al-Ajmi 45' Report Jabbari 90+2'
Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore
)
19:00 UTC+3
Qatar 4–0 Indonesia
Razak 30'
Khalfan 34' (pen.), 63'
Soria 90+2'		 Report
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 6,500
)
Qatar 0–0 Bahrain
Report
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 10,509
)
Iran 2–2 Qatar
Dejagah 4', 50' Report Khalfan 9' (pen.)
Kasola 86'
Uzbekistan
)

Goalscorers

There were 173 goals scored in 60 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Mahmoud Baquir Younes
    (against Kuwait)
  • Rashid Al Farsi
    (against Thailand)
  • United Arab Emirates Walid Abbas (against Kuwait)
  • Hamdan Al Kamali
    (against South Korea)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Iraq had to play their remaining home games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at a neutral venue following a ban by FIFA on playing in Iraq.[5]
  2. ^ Moved from the original venue at Yanggakdo Stadium due to the poor condition of the pitch.[6]
  3. ^ Moved from the original venue at Rajamangala Stadium due to flooding.[7]

References

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – Asian Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2011.
  2. ^ "Stage set for FWCQ R3 draw". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. ^ Syria disqualified from 2014 FIFA World Cup FIFA.com; 19 August 2011
  4. ^ a b c d e "FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  5. ^ "FIFA decision on Iraq matches". Asian Football Confederation. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  6. ^ "New stadium for PRK-JPN match". The-AFC.com. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Teerasil set to miss crucial W Cup qualifier". nationmultimedia.com. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

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