2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round

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 second round joined the five AFC sides seeded 1–5 in the AFC World Cup rankings (Japan, South Korea, 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 PR (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]

Groups

  Top two teams in each group advanced to the Fourth Round

Group A

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 6 5 0 1 14 4 +1015
 Jordan 6 4 0 2 11 7 +412
 China PR 6 3 0 3 10 6 +49
 Singapore 6 0 0 6 2 20 −180
  China Iraq Jordan Singapore
China PR  — 0–1 3–1 2–1
Iraq  1–0 — 0–2 7–1
Jordan  2–1 1–3 — 2–0
Singapore  0–4 0–2 0–3 —

2 September 2011
20:00 UTC+8
China PR  2–1  Singapore
Zheng Zhi  69' (pen.)
Yu Hai  73'		 Report Đurić  33'
Tuodong Stadium, Kunming
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

2 September 2011
17:00 UTC+3
Iraq  0–2  Jordan
Report Abdel-Fattah  43'
Abdallah Deeb  47'
Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

6 September 2011
19:30 UTC+8
Singapore  0–2  Iraq
Report Abdul-Zahra  50'
Mahmoud  86'
Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 5,505
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

6 September 2011
19:00 UTC+3
Jordan  2–1  China PR
Abdel-Rahman  49'
Amer Deeb  56'		 Report Hao Junmin  57'

11 October 2011
19:30 UTC+8
Singapore  0–3  Jordan
Report Abdallah Deeb  11'
Bani Yaseen  54'
Hayel  64'

11 October 2011
20:15 UTC+8
China PR  0–1  Iraq
Report Mahmoud  45'

11 November 2011
17:15 UTC+3
Iraq  1–0  China PR
Mahmoud  90+2' Report

11 November 2011
18:00 UTC+2
Jordan  2–0  Singapore
Hayel  15'
Amer Deeb  65'		 Report

15 November 2011
19:30 UTC+8
Singapore  0–4  China PR
Report Yu Hai  41'
Li Weifeng  56'
Zheng Zheng  73', 81'

15 November 2011
18:00 UTC+2
Jordan  1–3  Iraq
Abdel-Fattah  17' Report Akram  55', 81'
Munir  65'

29 February 2012
16:00 UTC+8
China PR  3–1  Jordan
Hao Junmin  43', 69'
Yu Dabao  88'		 Report Fathi  85'

29 February 2012
16:45 UTC+3
Iraq  7–1  Singapore
Jassim  5'
Mahmoud  11', 61', 90+3'
H. W. Mohammed  22' (pen.)
Akram  36' (pen.)
Karim  48'		 Report Isa  27'

Group B

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 6 4 1 1 14 4 +1013
 Lebanon 6 3 1 2 10 14 −410
 Kuwait 6 2 2 2 8 9 −18
 United Arab Emirates 6 1 0 5 9 14 −53
  Kuwait Lebanon South Korea United Arab Emirates
Kuwait  — 0–1 1–1 2–1
Lebanon  2–2 — 2–1 3–1
South Korea  2–0 6–0 — 2–1
United Arab Emirates  2–3 4–2 0–2 —

2 September 2011
20:00 UTC+9
South Korea  6–0  Lebanon
Park Chu-Young  8', 45+1', 67'
Ji Dong-Won  66', 85'
Kim Jung-Woo  82'		 Report
Goyang Stadium, Goyang
Attendance: 37,655
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

2 September 2011
19:30 UTC+4
United Arab Emirates  2–3  Kuwait
Al Hammadi  84'
Khalil  89'		 Report Nasser  7', 65'
Al-Mutawa  51'
Al Qatara Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 8,715
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

6 September 2011
17:00 UTC+3
Lebanon  3–1  United Arab Emirates
Ghaddar  37' (pen.)
Moghrabi  52'
Antar  83'		 Report Khamees  16'

6 September 2011
20:00 UTC+3
Kuwait  1–1  South Korea
Fadhel  54' Report Park Chu-Young  9'

11 October 2011
20:00 UTC+9
South Korea  2–1  United Arab Emirates
Park Chu-Young  55'
Al-Kamali  64' (o.g.)		 Report Matar  90+2'
Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
Attendance: 28,689
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

11 October 2011
17:00 UTC+3
Lebanon  2–2  Kuwait
Maatouk  15', 86' (pen.) Report Neda  51'
Younes  89' (o.g.)

11 November 2011
17:30 UTC+3
Kuwait  0–1  Lebanon
Report El Ali  57'

15 November 2011
14:30 UTC+2
Lebanon  2–1  South Korea
Al Saadi  4'
Ali Atwi  32' (pen.)		 Report Koo Ja-Cheol  20' (pen.)

15 November 2011
17:30 UTC+3
Kuwait  2–1  United Arab Emirates
Al Enezi  50'
Abbas  68' (o.g.)		 Report Matar  19'

29 February 2012
21:00 UTC+9
South Korea  2–0  Kuwait
Lee Dong-Gook  65'
Lee Keun-Ho  71'		 Report

29 February 2012
16:00 UTC+4
United Arab Emirates  4–2  Lebanon
Saeed  20', 78'
Al-Wehaibi  38'
Matar  69'		 Report El Ali  23'
Maatouk  45+2'
Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Group C

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uzbekistan 6 5 1 0 8 1 +716
 Japan 6 3 1 2 14 3 +1110
 North Korea 6 2 1 3 3 4 −17
 Tajikistan 6 0 1 5 1 18 −171
  Japan North Korea Tajikistan Uzbekistan
Japan  — 1–0 8–0 0–1
North Korea  1–0 — 1–0 0–1
Tajikistan  0–4 1–1 — 0–1
Uzbekistan  1–1 1–0 3–0 —

2 September 2011
19:24 UTC+9
Japan  1–0  North Korea
Yoshida  90+4' Report

2 September 2011
16:30 UTC+5
Tajikistan  0–1  Uzbekistan
Report Shatskikh  72'
Metallurg Stadium, Tursunzoda
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

6 September 2011
16:30 UTC+9
North Korea  1–0  Tajikistan
Pak Nam-Chol  14' Report
Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

6 September 2011
19:00 UTC+5
Uzbekistan  1–1  Japan
Djeparov  8' Report Okazaki  65'

11 October 2011
16:00 UTC+9
North Korea  0–1  Uzbekistan
Report Geynrikh  26'
Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

11 October 2011
19:45 UTC+9
Japan  8–0  Tajikistan
Havenaar  11', 47'
Okazaki  19', 74'
Komano  35'
Kagawa  41', 68'
Nakamura  56'		 Report
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 44,688
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

11 November 2011
14:00 UTC+5
Tajikistan  0–4  Japan
Report Konno  36'
Okazaki  61', 90+2'
Maeda  82'

11 November 2011
18:00 UTC+5
Uzbekistan  1–0  North Korea
Kapadze  48' Report

15 November 2011
16:00 UTC+9
North Korea  1–0  Japan
Pak Nam-Chol  50' Report

29 February 2012
13:30 UTC+5
Tajikistan  1–1  North Korea
Khamrakulov  61' Report Jang Song-Hyok  54' (pen.)

29 February 2012
19:32 UTC+9
Japan  0–1  Uzbekistan
Report Shadrin  53'
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 42,720
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Group D

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 6 5 0 1 13 5 +815
 Oman 6 2 2 2 3 6 −38
 Saudi Arabia 6 1 3 2 6 7 −16
 Thailand 6 1 1 4 4 8 −44
  Australia Oman Saudi Arabia Thailand
Australia  — 3–0 4–2 2–1
Oman  1–0 — 0–0 2–0
Saudi Arabia  1–3 0–0 — 3–0
Thailand  0–1 3–0 0–0 —

2 September 2011
20:06 UTC+10
Australia  2–1  Thailand
Kennedy  58'
Brosque  86'		 Report Teerasil  15'
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 24,540
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

2 September 2011
19:00 UTC+4
Oman  0–0  Saudi Arabia
Report
Seeb Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

6 September 2011
18:00 UTC+7
Thailand  3–0  Oman
Sompong  35'
Teerasil  41'
Al-Farsi  90+1' (o.g.)		 Report

6 September 2011
20:30 UTC+3
Saudi Arabia  1–3  Australia
Al-Shamrani  66' Report Kennedy  40', 56'
Wilkshire  77' (pen.)

11 October 2011
19:30 UTC+11
Australia  3–0  Oman
Holman  8'
Kennedy  65'
Jedinak  85'		 Report
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 24,732
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

11 October 2011
18:00 UTC+7
Thailand  0–0  Saudi Arabia
Report

11 November 2011
18:00 UTC+4
Oman  1–0  Australia
Al-Hosni  18' Report

11 November 2011
19:30 UTC+3
Saudi Arabia  3–0  Thailand
Hazazi  59'
Al-Fraidi  80'
Noor  89' (pen.)		 Report

15 November 2011
18:00 UTC+7
Thailand  0–1  Australia
Report Holman  77'

15 November 2011
19:30 UTC+3
Saudi Arabia  0–0  Oman
Report

29 February 2012
20:30 UTC+11
Australia  4–2  Saudi Arabia
Brosque  43', 75'
Kewell  73'
Emerton  76'		 Report Al-Dawsari  19'
Al-Shamrani  45+2'
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 24,240
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

29 February 2012
13:30 UTC+4
Oman  2–0  Thailand
Al-Hadhri  8'
Al-Muqbali  90+2'		 Report

Group E

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 6 3 3 0 17 5 +1212
 Qatar 6 2 4 0 10 5 +510
 Bahrain 6 2 3 1 13 7 +69
 Indonesia 6 0 0 6 3 26 −230
  Bahrain Indonesia Iran Qatar
Bahrain  — 10–0 1–1 0–0
Indonesia  0–2 — 1–4 2–3
Iran  6–0 3–0 — 2–2
Qatar  0–0 4–0 1–1 —

2 September 2011
20:00 UTC+4:30
Iran  3–0  Indonesia
Nekounam  53', 74'
Teymourian  87'		 Report
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 75,800
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

2 September 2011
20:00 UTC+3
Bahrain  0–0  Qatar
Report

6 September 2011
19:00 UTC+7
Indonesia  0–2  Bahrain
Report Saeed  45+1'
Abdul-Latif  70'

6 September 2011
19:30 UTC+3
Qatar  1–1  Iran
El-Sayed  56' Report Aghily  46'

11 October 2011
19:00 UTC+7
Indonesia  2–3  Qatar
Gonzáles  27', 35' Report Al Sulaiti  14'
Khalfan  32'
Razak  59'

11 October 2011
19:30 UTC+3:30
Iran  6–0  Bahrain
Hosseini  22'
Jabbari  34'
Aghily  42'
Teymourian  61'
Ansarifard  75'
Rezaei  83'		 Report
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

11 November 2011
18:30 UTC+3
Bahrain  1–1  Iran
Al Alawi  45' Report Jabbari  90+2'

11 November 2011
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
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

15 November 2011
19:00 UTC+7
Indonesia  1–4  Iran
Pamungkas  44' Report Meydavoudi  7'
Jabbari  21'
Rezaei  25'
Nekounam  73' (pen.)

15 November 2011
19:00 UTC+3
Qatar  0–0  Bahrain
Report

29 February 2012
16:30 UTC+3
Bahrain  10–0  Indonesia
Abdul-Latif  5' (pen.), 71', 75'
Al Alawi  16', 61'
Abdulrahman  35' (pen.), 42'
Saeed  63', 82', 90+4'		 Report

29 February 2012
17:00 UTC+3:30
Iran  2–2  Qatar
Dejagah  4', 50' Report Khalfan  9' (pen.)
Kasola  86'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 51,300
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Goalscorers

There were 173 goals scored in 60 games, for an average of 2.88 goals per game.

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes

  1. 1 2 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.[4]
  2. ↑ Moved from the original venue at Yanggakdo Stadium due to the poor condition of the pitch.[5]
  3. ↑ Moved from the original venue at Rajamangala Stadium due to flooding.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – Asian Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  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. ↑ "FIFA decision on Iraq matches". Asian Football Confederation. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "New stadium for PRK-JPN match". The-AFC.com. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Teerasil set to miss crucial W Cup qualifier". nationmultimedia.com. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

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