Football World Cup 2014 / Qualification (AFC)
The associations of the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) had four permanent places for the 2014 World Cup , which Iran , South Korea , Japan and Australia were able to secure. For a possible fifth place in the final round, Jordan played in an intercontinental decision-making match against the South American representative ( Uruguay ), but could not qualify.
On the qualification took 43 of the 46 associations of the AFC, which is also a member of the World Federation FIFA are, in part. Bhutan and Guam did not participate, Brunei was suspended by FIFA from 2009 to May 30, 2011.
The Asian association drew the first two qualifying rounds on March 30, 2011. The draw for the third round took place on July 30, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro .
FIFA regulations
According to FIFA regulations, the preliminary round matches in the form of group and cup matches could be played in home and return matches or, in exceptional cases, in tournament form in one of the participating countries. In the group matches, three points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. The following criteria were decisive:
- higher number of points
- better goal difference
- higher number of goals scored
- higher number of points from the direct encounters between teams with the same points and goals
- better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams with the same points and goals
- higher number of goals from direct encounters between teams with equal points and goals
- higher number of away goals from direct encounters between teams with the same points and goals if only two teams are affected.
If two teams had done the same according to these criteria, a playoff could have been scheduled. This case did not occur.
In the cup games, the higher number of away goals scored after the two games were tied. If the number of away goals was the same, extra time was played. If no goal was scored in extra time, the match was decided on penalties. This only happened in the final round playoffs. If the same number of goals were scored in extra time, the away team qualified because more away goals were scored.
mode
The first two rounds of the Asian qualification took place in the knockout system . In the third round, the top two of the five groups of four qualified for the fourth round, which was played in two groups of five. Their winners and runners-up qualified directly for the World Cup, while the third-placed winners in two playoffs determined the participant for the intercontinental playoffs.
First round
In the first round, the 16 lowest-seeded teams in the knockout system met because of their performance in the 2010 World Cup qualification. After the draw on March 30, 2011 in Kuala Lumpur ( Malaysia ), the following games took place:
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Malaysia | ( a ) 4: 4 | Chinese Taipei | 2: 1 (1: 0) | 2: 3 (2: 2) |
Bangladesh | 3-0 | Pakistan | 3: 0 (2: 0) | 0-0 |
Cambodia | 6: 8 | Laos | 4: 2 (0: 1) | 2: 6 n.V. (2: 4, 1: 2) |
Sri Lanka | 1: 5 | Philippines | 1: 1 (1: 0) | 0: 4 (0: 2) |
Palestinian Territories | 3: 1 | Afghanistan | 2: 0 (1: 0) | 1 | 1: 1 (1: 0)
Vietnam | 13: 1 | Macau | 6: 0 (3: 0) | 7: 1 (4: 0) |
Nepal | 7: 1 | East Timor | 2: 1 (1: 0) | 2 | 5: 0 (1: 0)
Mongolia | 1: 2 | Myanmar | 1: 0 (0: 0) | 0: 2 (0: 0) |
Second round
In the second round, the eight winners from the first round and the associations placed 6 to 27 played in the knockout system by 15 places in the 3rd round.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Thailand | 3: 2 | Palestinian Territories | 1: 0 (1: 0) | 2: 2 (1: 1) |
Lebanon | 4: 2 | Bangladesh | 4: 0 (2: 0) | 0: 2 (0: 0) |
China | 13: 3 | Laos | 7: 2 (1: 2) | 6: 1 (2: 0) |
Turkmenistan | 4: 5 | Indonesia | 1: 1 (1: 1) | 3: 4 (0: 3) |
Kuwait | 5: 1 | Philippines | 3: 0 (1: 0) | 2: 1 (1: 0) |
Oman | 4-0 | Myanmar | 2: 0 (1: 0) | 2: 0 1 |
Saudi Arabia | 8-0 | Hong Kong | 3: 0 (2: 0) | 5: 0 (1: 0) |
Iran | 5-0 | Maldives | 4: 0 (1: 0) | 1: 0 (1: 0) |
Syria | 0: 6 | Tajikistan | 2 / 3 | 0: 30: 3 |
Qatar | 4: 2 | Vietnam | 3: 0 (1: 0) | 1: 2 (1: 0) |
Iraq | 2-0 | Yemen | 2: 0 (0: 0) | 4 | 0-0
Singapore | 6: 4 | Malaysia | 5: 3 (4: 1) | 1: 1 (0: 0) |
Uzbekistan | 7-0 | Kyrgyzstan | 4: 0 (1: 0) | 3: 0 (0: 0) |
United Arab Emirates | 5: 2 | India | 3: 0 (2: 0) | 2: 2 (1: 0) |
Jordan | 10: 1 | Nepal | 9: 0 (4: 0) | 1: 1 (0: 0) |
Third round
The AFC members who took part in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa (Australia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea) as well as play-off participants Bahrain only entered in this round and met the 15 winners of the 2nd play-off round . The 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams each, from which the two best in the group qualified for the 4th round.
Group A
table
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Iraq | 6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14: 4 | +10 | 15th |
2. | Jordan | 6th | 4th | 0 | 2 | 11: 7 | +4 | 12 |
3. | People's Republic of China | 6th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10: 6 | +4 | 9 |
4th | Singapore | 6th | 0 | 0 | 6th | 2:20 | −18 | 0 |
Game results
02.09.2011 | Kunming | China | - | Singapore | 2: 1 (0: 1) |
02.09.2011 | Arbil | Iraq | - | Jordan | 0: 2 (0: 1) |
09/06/2011 | Jalan Besar | Singapore | - | Iraq | 0: 2 (0: 0) |
09/06/2011 | Amman | Jordan | - | China | 2: 1 (0: 0) |
10/11/2011 | Shenzhen | China | - | Iraq | 0: 1 (0: 1) |
10/11/2011 | Singapore | Singapore | - | Jordan | 0: 3 (0: 1) |
11/11/2011 | Doha ( Qatar ) | Iraq | - | China | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
11/11/2011 | Amman | Jordan | - | Singapore | 2: 0 (1: 0) |
11/15/2011 | Jalan Besar | Singapore | - | China | 0: 4 (0: 1) |
11/15/2011 | Amman | Jordan | - | Iraq | 1: 3 (1: 0) |
02/29/2012 | Guangzhou | China | - | Jordan | 3: 1 (1: 0) |
02/29/2012 | Doha ( Qatar ) | Iraq | - | Singapore | 7: 1 (4: 1) |
Note: On September 23, 2011, FIFA announced that Iraq would have to play its home games in a neutral location in Asia.
Group B
table
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | South Korea | 6th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 14: 4 | +10 | 13 |
2. | Lebanon | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10:14 | −4 | 10 |
3. | Kuwait | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8: 9 | −1 | 8th |
4th | United Arab Emirates | 6th | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9:14 | −5 | 3 |
Game results
02.09.2011 | Goyang | South Korea | - | Lebanon | 6: 0 (2: 0) |
02.09.2011 | Al-Ain | UAE | - | Kuwait | 2: 3 (0: 1) |
09/06/2011 | Beirut | Lebanon | - | UAE | 3: 1 (1: 1) |
09/06/2011 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | - | South Korea | 1: 1 (0: 1) |
10/11/2011 | Suwon | South Korea | - | UAE | 2: 1 (0: 0) |
10/11/2011 | Beirut | Lebanon | - | Kuwait | 2: 2 (1: 0) |
11/11/2011 | Dubai | UAE | - | South Korea | 0: 2 (0: 0) |
11/11/2011 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | - | Lebanon | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
11/15/2011 | Beirut | Lebanon | - | South Korea | 2: 1 (2: 1) |
11/15/2011 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | - | UAE | 2: 1 (0: 1) |
02/29/2012 | Seoul | South Korea | - | Kuwait | 2: 0 (0: 0) |
02/29/2012 | Abu Dhabi | UAE | - | Lebanon | 4: 2 (2: 2) |
Group C
table
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Uzbekistan | 6th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8: 1 | +7 | 16 |
2. | Japan | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14: 3 | +11 | 10 |
3. | North Korea | 6th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3: 4 | −1 | 7th |
4th | Tajikistan | 6th | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1:18 | −17 | 1 |
Game results
02.09.2011 | Saitama | Japan | - | North Korea | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
02.09.2011 | Tursunsoda | Tajikistan | - | Uzbekistan | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
09/06/2011 | Pyongyang | North Korea | - | Tajikistan | 1: 0 (1: 0) |
09/06/2011 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | - | Japan | 1: 1 (1: 0) |
10/11/2011 | Osaka | Japan | - | Tajikistan | 8: 0 (4: 0) |
10/11/2011 | Pyongyang | North Korea | - | Uzbekistan | 0: 1 (0: 1) |
11/11/2011 | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | - | Japan | 0: 4 (0: 1) |
11/11/2011 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | - | North Korea | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
11/15/2011 | Pyongyang | North Korea | - | Japan | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
11/15/2011 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | - | Tajikistan | 3: 0 (1: 0) |
02/29/2012 | Toyota | Japan | - | Uzbekistan | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
02/29/2012 | Khujand | Tajikistan | - | North Korea | 1: 1 (0: 0) |
Group D
table
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Australia | 6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13: 5 | +8 | 15th |
2. | Oman | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3: 6 | −3 | 8th |
3. | Saudi Arabia | 6th | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6: 7 | −1 | 6th |
4th | Thailand | 6th | 1 | 1 | 4th | 4: 8 | −4 | 4th |
Game results
02.09.2011 | Brisbane | Australia | - | Thailand | 2: 1 (0: 1) |
02.09.2011 | Muscat | Oman | - | Saudi Arabia | 0-0 |
09/06/2011 | Bangkok | Thailand | - | Oman | 3: 0 (2: 0) |
09/06/2011 | Damam | Saudi Arabia | - | Australia | 1: 3 (0: 1) |
10/11/2011 | Sydney | Australia | - | Oman | 3: 0 (1: 0) |
10/11/2011 | Bangkok | Thailand | - | Saudi Arabia | 0-0 |
11/11/2011 | Muscat | Oman | - | Australia | 1: 0 (1: 0) |
11/11/2011 | Riad | Saudi Arabia | - | Thailand | 3: 0 (0: 0) |
11/15/2011 | Bangkok | Thailand | - | Australia | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
11/15/2011 | Riad | Saudi Arabia | - | Oman | 0-0 |
02/29/2012 | Melbourne | Australia | - | Saudi Arabia | 4: 2 (1: 2) |
02/29/2012 | Muscat | Oman | - | Thailand | 2: 0 (1: 0) |
Group E
table
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Iran | 6th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17: 5 | +12 | 12 |
2. | Qatar | 6th | 2 | 4th | 0 | 10: 5 | +5 | 10 |
3. | Bahrain | 6th | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13: 7 | +6 | 9 |
4th | Indonesia | 6th | 0 | 0 | 6th | 3:26 | −23 | 0 |
Game results
02.09.2011 | Tehran | Iran | - | Indonesia | 3: 0 (0: 0) |
02.09.2011 | Riffa | Bahrain | - | Qatar | 0-0 |
09/06/2011 | Jakarta | Indonesia | - | Bahrain | 0: 2 (0: 1) |
09/06/2011 | Doha | Qatar | - | Iran | 1: 1 (0: 0) |
10/11/2011 | Tehran | Iran | - | Bahrain | 6: 0 (3: 0) |
10/11/2011 | Jakarta | Indonesia | - | Qatar | 2: 3 (2: 2) |
11/11/2011 | Riffa | Bahrain | - | Iran | 1: 1 (1: 0) |
11/11/2011 | Doha | Qatar | - | Indonesia | 4: 0 (2: 0) |
11/15/2011 | Jakarta | Indonesia | - | Iran | 1: 4 (1: 3) |
11/15/2011 | Doha | Qatar | - | Bahrain | 0-0 |
02/29/2012 | Tehran | Iran | - | Qatar | 2: 2 (1: 1) |
02/29/2012 | Manama | Bahrain | - | Indonesia | 10: 0 (4: 0) |
Fourth round
The five group winners and runners-up in the third round were divided into two groups of five. The game was played in the championship system with back and forth legs. The two group winners and the two runners-up in the fourth round were able to qualify for the final round. The two thirds in the group played two playoffs against each other (return leg). The winner qualified for the intercontinental playoffs. The draw took place on March 9, 2012 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur .
Group A | Group B |
South Korea | Australia |
Iran | Iraq |
Uzbekistan | Jordan |
Qatar | Oman |
Lebanon | Japan |
Group A
table
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Iran | 8th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8: 2 | +6 | 16 |
2. | South Korea | 8th | 4th | 2 | 2 | 13: 7 | +6 | 14th |
3. | Uzbekistan | 8th | 4th | 2 | 2 | 11: 6 | +5 | 14th |
4th | Qatar | 8th | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5:13 | −8 | 7th |
5. | Lebanon | 8th | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3:12 | −9 | 5 |
Game results
06/03/2012 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | - | Iran | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
Beirut | Lebanon | - | Qatar | 0: 1 (0: 0) | |
06/08/2012 | Doha | Qatar | - | South Korea | 1: 4 (1: 1) |
Beirut | Lebanon | - | Uzbekistan | 1: 1 (1: 1) | |
06/12/2012 | Tehran | Iran | - | Qatar | 0-0 |
Goyang | South Korea | - | Lebanon | 3: 0 (1: 0) | |
09/11/2012 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | - | South Korea | 2: 2 (1: 1) |
Beirut | Lebanon | - | Iran | 1: 0 (1: 0) | |
10/16/2012 | Tehran | Iran | - | South Korea | 1: 0 (1: 0) |
Doha | Qatar | - | Uzbekistan | 0: 1 (0: 1) |
11/14/2012 | Tehran | Iran | - | Uzbekistan | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
Doha | Qatar | - | Lebanon | 1: 0 (0: 0) | |
03/26/2013 | Seoul | South Korea | - | Qatar | 2: 1 (0: 0) |
Tashkent | Uzbekistan | - | Lebanon | 1: 0 (0: 0) | |
06/04/2013 | Doha | Qatar | - | Iran | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
Beirut | Lebanon | - | South Korea | 1: 1 (1: 0) | |
06/11/2013 | Seoul | South Korea | - | Uzbekistan | 1: 0 (1: 0) |
Tehran | Iran | - | Lebanon | 4: 0 (2: 0) | |
06/18/2013 | Ulsan | South Korea | - | Iran | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
Tashkent | Uzbekistan | - | Qatar | 5: 1 (0: 1) |
Group B
table
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Japan | 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16: 5 | +11 | 17th |
2. | Australia | 8th | 3 | 4th | 1 | 12: 7 | +5 | 13 |
3. | Jordan | 8th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 7:16 | −9 | 10 |
4th | Oman | 8th | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7:10 | −3 | 9 |
5. | Iraq | 8th | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4: 8 | −4 | 5 |
Game results
06/03/2012 | Amman | Jordan | - | Iraq | 1: 1 (1: 1) |
Saitama | Japan | - | Oman | 3: 0 (1: 0) | |
06/08/2012 | Muscat | Oman | - | Australia | 0-0 |
Saitama | Japan | - | Jordan | 6: 0 (4: 0) | |
06/12/2012 | Doha | Iraq | - | Oman | 1: 1 (1: 1) |
Brisbane | Australia | - | Japan | 1: 1 (0: 0) | |
09/11/2012 | Amman | Jordan | - | Australia | 2: 1 (0: 0) |
Saitama | Japan | - | Iraq | 1: 0 (1: 0) | |
10/16/2012 | Doha | Iraq | - | Australia | 1: 2 (0: 0) |
Muscat | Oman | - | Jordan | 2: 1 (0: 0) |
11/14/2012 | Doha | Iraq | - | Jordan | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
Muscat | Oman | - | Japan | 1: 2 (0: 1) | |
03/26/2013 | Sydney | Australia | - | Oman | 2: 2 (0: 1) |
Amman | Jordan | - | Japan | 2: 1 (1: 0) | |
06/04/2013 | Muscat | Oman | - | Iraq | 1: 0 (1: 0) |
Saitama | Japan | - | Australia | 1: 1 (0: 0) | |
06/11/2013 | Melbourne | Australia | - | Jordan | 4: 0 (1: 0) |
Doha | Iraq | - | Japan | 0: 1 (0: 0) | |
06/18/2013 | Sydney | Australia | - | Iraq | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
Amman | Jordan | - | Oman | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
Note: On September 23, 2011, FIFA announced that Iraq would have to play its home games in a neutral location in Asia.
Fifth round
The two third-placed finishers in the fourth round competed against each other in the home and away leg. The games took place on September 6th and 10th, 2013. The winner played in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth of the South American qualifiers (CONMEBOL).
Playoff games to determine fifth in AFC qualification
06.09.2013 | Amman | Jordan | - | Uzbekistan | 1: 1 (1: 1) | |
09/10/2013 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | - | Jordan | 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1), 8: 9 i. E. |
Best goal scorers
Players in bold are qualified for the World Cup with their teams.
rank | Surname | Gates | Games |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Shinji Okazaki | 8th | 14th |
2 | Lê Công Vinh | 7th | 4th |
Hassan Mahmud | 7th | 10 | |
Yunis Mahmud | 7th | 14th | |
Ahmad Hayel | 7th | 18th | |
6th | Park Chu-young | 6th | 7th |
Javad Nekounam | 6th | 7th | |
8th | Hao Junmin | 5 | 6th |
Joshua Kennedy | 5 | 6th | |
Keisuke Honda | 5 | 6th | |
Nasser Al-Shamrani | 5 | 8th | |
Lee Keun-ho | 5 | 12 | |
Hassan Maatouk | 5 | 15th | |
Khalfan Ibrahim | 5 | 15th | |
Amer Khalil Deeb | 5 | 17th | |
Source: fifa.com |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regulations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. (PDF; 431 kB) (No longer available online.) In: fifa.com. FIFA , archived from the original on June 29, 2014 ; Retrieved July 15, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The battle for Brazil berth begins. In: the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation , March 30, 2011, accessed September 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Preliminary round format and draw procedure: Asia zone. (PDF; 112 kB) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil ™. In: fifa.com. FIFA, May 20, 2011, accessed April 5, 2013 .
- ↑ FootballAfghanistan.blogspot.com: Afghanistan and Palestine Play in Metallurge Stadium ( Memento from August 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Goal Nepal: Nepal Vs Timor Leste Home & Away Matches In Kathmandu
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- ↑ a b Iraq must find a neutral venue. In: fifa.com. FIFA, September 23, 2011, accessed October 16, 2013 .
- ↑ Saudi Arabia and Bahrain failed. In: fifa.com. FIFA, February 29, 2012, accessed on October 16, 2013 ("Due to the extraordinarily high result in relation to the expected outcome and the balance sheet between the two countries, as well as in the interests of maintaining the unmistakable trust in our game, FIFA security will be a carry out a routine examination of the match between Bahrain and Indonesia. ").
- ↑ The last round is taking shape. In: fifa.com. FIFA, March 9, 2012, accessed October 16, 2013 .
- ↑ 2014 FIFA World Cup: Qualification - ASIA - Fifth Round - "CONTINENTAL PLAYOFF". In: fifa.com. FIFA, accessed October 19, 2012 .
- ↑ 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Preliminaries: Asia: Scorers. In: fifa.com. FIFA, accessed October 21, 2013 .