2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
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The second round of AFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification) was played from 24 May 2015 to 29 March 2016.[1]
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Format[edit]
A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–34 in the AFC entrant list and six first round winners) were divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up advanced to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification as well as qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals.
A total of 24 teams eliminated from World Cup qualification in the second round competed in the third round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification (which was separated from the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification), where they were divided into six groups of four teams and competed for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The 24 teams consisted of the 16 highest ranked teams eliminated in the second round, and the eight teams that advance from the play-off round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification which are contested by the remaining 12 teams eliminated in the second round.[2]
Seeding[edit]
The draw for the second round was held on 14 April 2015, at 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4]
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2015 (shown in parentheses below).[5] The 40 teams were seeded into five pots:[6]
- Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–8.
- Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 9–16.
- Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 17–24.
- Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 25–32.
- Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 33–40.
Each group contained one team from each of the five pots. The fixtures of each group were automatically decided based on the respective pot of each team.
As the seeding order was based on the most recent FIFA Rankings prior to the draw, it differed from the order in the AFC entrant list, which was based on the FIFA World Rankings of January 2015. Among the six first round winners, three were seeded higher than pot 5 (India in pot 3, Timor-Leste and Bhutan in pot 4), on the basis of ranking points gained from the first round matches, while the other three (Yemen, Cambodia and Chinese Taipei) were seeded in pot 5.
Note: Bolded teams qualified for the third round.
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Groups[edit]
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In home-and-away league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[7]
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Group A[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Saudi Arabia |
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 20 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 7–0 | |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 17 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 10–0 | 8–0 | ||
| 3 | Palestine |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 12 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 6–0 | 7–0 | |
| 4 | Malaysia |
8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 30 | −27 | 4 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–3[a] | 1–2 | 0–6 | — | 1–1 | |
| 5 | Timor-Leste |
8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 36 | −34 | 2 | 0–10 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |
- ^ The Malaysia v Saudi Arabia match, on 8 September 2015, was abandoned during the 87th minute after a group of supporters threw objects onto the pitch. At the time of the abandonment the score was 2–1 to Saudi Arabia. On 5 October 2015, FIFA decided that this match was forfeited and the result to be declared as a 0–3 loss for Malaysia.[8][9]
| Saudi Arabia |
3–2 | Palestine |
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Al-Shehri  6'Al-Sahlawi 46', 90+4' |
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Tamburrini 51' Jadue 90+1' |
| Malaysia |
0–6 | Palestine |
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Al-Batat 9' Maraaba 22', 75'Seyam 41', 86'Yousef 63' |
| United Arab Emirates |
10–0 | Malaysia |
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| Salem 16' Mabkhout 22', 33', 76'Khalil 24', 29', 70', 78'Fardan 25'Ahmed 37' |
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| Saudi Arabia |
7–0 | Timor-Leste |
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| Al-Shehri 2' Al-Sahlawi 23' (pen.), 26', 71'Al-Faraj 30'Al-Jassim 32'Al-Muwallad 73' |
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| Malaysia |
0–3 Awarded[note 3] |
Saudi Arabia |
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| Safiq 70' |
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Al-Jassim 73' Al-Sahlawi 76' |
| Palestine |
0–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (Iraq) |
| Saudi Arabia |
2–1 | United Arab Emirates |
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| Al-Sahlawi 45', 90' (pen.) |
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Khalil 18' |
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King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Attendance: 32,482 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) |
| Palestine |
0–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan)[note 4]
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) |
| Palestine |
6–0 | Malaysia |
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| Cantillana 37' Abu Nahyeh 38', 45', 58'Seyam 88'Ihbeisheh 90+1' |
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| United Arab Emirates |
8–0 | Timor-Leste |
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| Mabkhout 15', 19' Khalil 43', 53' (pen.), 56', 57'Mousa 54'Al Hashmi 87' |
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| Timor-Leste |
0–10 | Saudi Arabia |
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Al-Sahlawi 29' (pen.), 42', 55' (pen.), 70', 89' Hawsawi 34'Al-Shehri 35'Al-Jassim 85'Hazazi 90'Al-Muwallad 90+2' |
| Malaysia |
1–2 | United Arab Emirates |
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| Baddrol 59' |
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O. Abdulrahman 22' Khalil 52' |
| Palestine |
7–0 | Timor-Leste |
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| Ihbeisheh 2' Cantillana 18', 66'Pinto 32', 39'Awad 77'Bahdari 90' |
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Group B[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Australia |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 21 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 5–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Jordan |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 16 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 8–0 | |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 14 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Tajikistan |
8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 5 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 5–0 | |
| 5 | Bangladesh |
8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 32 | −30 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |
| Bangladesh |
1–3 | Kyrgyzstan |
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| Kichin 32' (o.g.) |
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Zemlianukhin 9', 41' Bernhardt 29' (pen.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2–2 | Tajikistan |
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| Duyshobekov 7' Zemlianukhin 90+4' (pen.) |
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M. Dzhalilov 65' Nazarov 71' (pen.) |
| Tajikistan |
5–0 | Bangladesh |
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| M. Dzhalilov 16', 26', 59', 74' Nazarov 51' (pen.) |
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| Australia |
7–0 | Tajikistan |
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| Luongo 3' Jedinak 13' (pen.)Milligan 57' (pen.)Burns 67', 87'Rogic 70', 72' |
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| Jordan |
8–0 | Bangladesh |
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| Al-Dardour 7', 23', 40' Deeb 29' (pen.)Al-Rawashdeh 32'Faisal 63'Al-Naber 82'Samir 90+2' (pen.) |
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Amman International Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) |
| Australia |
5–1 | Jordan |
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| Cahill 24', 44' Mooy 39'Rogic 53'Luongo 69' |
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Deeb 90' |
Group C[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Qatar |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 21 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 15–0 | |
| 2 | China PR |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 | +26 | 17 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 12–0 | ||
| 3 | Hong Kong |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 14 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 7–0 | |
| 4 | Maldives |
8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 6 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 4–2 | |
| 5 | Bhutan |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 52 | −47 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 3–4 | — |
| Hong Kong |
7–0 | Bhutan |
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| McKee 19', 57' Christian 23'Lo Kwan Yee 30'Ju Yingzhi 42'Lam Ka Wai 49' (pen.)Godfred 67' |
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| Qatar |
15–0 | Bhutan |
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| Musa 8', 28' Kasola 18'Assadalla 21', 45', 63'Al-Haidos 25', 87'Muntari 37', 41', 48'Afif 57'Khoukhi 62', 70'Mohammad 75' |
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| Maldives |
0–3 | China PR |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Yu Dabao 8', 57' Zhang Linpeng 66' |
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Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Shenyang (China PR)[note 5]
Attendance: 28,036 Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore) |
| Hong Kong |
2–3 | Qatar |
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| Bai He 87' Godfred 89' |
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Boudiaf 22' Hassan 62'Musa 84' |
| Bhutan |
3–4 | Maldives |
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| Dorji 85' Gyeltshen 88'Basnet 90+1' |
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Nashid 11' Ashfaq 23', 33', 57' (pen.) |
| China PR |
12–0 | Bhutan |
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| Mei Fang 10' Yang Xu 13', 21' (pen.), 37', 52'Yu Dabao 16', 39'Yu Hanchao 34', 72'Wang Yongpo 66', 81'Zhang Xizhe 88' |
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| Maldives |
4–2 | Bhutan |
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| Asadhulla 37' Ashfaq 81' (pen.), 90+4'Hassan 87' |
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Gyeltshen 7' Dorji 48' (pen.) |
Group D[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Iran |
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | +23 | 20 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Oman |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 14 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Turkmenistan |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 13 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Guam |
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 7 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 5 | India |
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–3[a] | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |
- ^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.[20] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.
| Iran |
6–0 | Guam |
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| Dejagah 10' (pen.) Taremi 31', 65'Azmoun 34', 41'Torabi 89' |
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| Oman |
3–1 | Turkmenistan |
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| Saleh 7' Saparow 11' (o.g.)Al-Hosni 59' |
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Amanow 82' |
| India |
0–3 Awarded[note 6] |
Iran |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Azmoun 28' Teymourian 46'Taremi 49' |
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Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) |
| Iran |
3–1 | Turkmenistan |
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| Pouraliganji 6' Ezatolahi 64'Dejagah 83' (pen.) |
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Saparow 62' |
| Guam |
0–6 | Iran |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Taremi 12', 63' Kamyabinia 32'Rezaeian 49'Shojaei 52' (pen.)Ansarifard 53' |
Group E[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Japan |
8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +27 | 22 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 5–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Syria |
8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 18 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 5–2 | 6–0 | ||
| 3 | Singapore |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Afghanistan |
8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 9 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 5 | Cambodia |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
| Afghanistan |
0–6 | Syria |
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Rafe 19', 35' Ajan 42'Al Hussain 70'Malki 75'Khribin 90+4' (pen.) |
| Syria |
1–0 | Singapore |
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| Al-Jafal 59' |
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Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat (Oman)[note 9]
Attendance: 100 Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait) |
| Cambodia |
0–6 | Syria |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Khribin 29', 39' Malki 31'Maowas 44'Midani 50'Omari 81' |
| Afghanistan |
0–6 | Japan |
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Kagawa 10', 50' Morishige 35'Okazaki 57', 60'Honda 74' |
| Syria |
5–2 | Afghanistan |
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| Omari 9', 21', 83' Maowas 32', 90' |
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Amiri 44' Shayesteh 78' |
| Japan |
5–0 | Afghanistan |
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| Okazaki 43' Kiyotake 58'Mukhammad 63' (o.g.)Yoshida 74'Kanazaki 78' |
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| Syria |
6–0 | Cambodia |
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| Khribin 7', 19' Kallasi 57'Makara 70' (o.g.)Al Hussain 80'Malki 84' |
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| Japan |
5–0 | Syria |
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| Al Masri 17' (o.g.) Kagawa 66', 90'Honda 86'Haraguchi 90+3' |
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Group F[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Thailand |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 14 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | — | |
| 2 | Iraq |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 5–1 | — | ||
| 3 | Vietnam |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | — | |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | — | |
| 5 | Indonesia (D) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension[a] | — | — | — | — | — |
- ^ On 30 May 2015, FIFA announced that the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) was suspended with immediate effect for governmental interference.[24] On 3 June 2015, the AFC confirmed that Indonesia have been excluded from the qualifying competition, and all matches involving them have been cancelled.[25]
| Iraq |
5–1 | Chinese Taipei |
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| Adnan 37' Hosni 59'Yasin 80'Mahmoud 88'Meram 90+1' (pen.) |
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Wen Chih-hao 86' |
| Thailand |
2–2 | Iraq |
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| Theerathon 80' (pen.) Mongkol 83' |
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Meram 34' Mahmoud 49' |
| Vietnam |
0–3 | Thailand |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Kroekrit 29' Đinh Tiến Thành 56' (o.g.)Theerathon 70' |
| Thailand |
4–2 | Chinese Taipei |
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| Teerasil 41' Pokklaw 52'Adisak 72'Tana 74' |
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Yaki Yen 3' Hung Kai-chun 65' |
| Vietnam |
4–1 | Chinese Taipei |
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| Vinh 8', 90+1' Văn Toàn 29', 42' |
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Wu Chun-ching 7' |
Group G[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | South Korea |
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +27 | 24 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 1–0 | 3–0[a] | 4–0 | 8–0 | |
| 2 | Lebanon |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | |
| 3 | Kuwait[a] |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 9–0 | 0–3[a] | ||
| 4 | Myanmar |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 8 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0[a] | — | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Laos |
8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 4 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — |
- ^ a b c d On 16 October 2015, FIFA announced that the Kuwait Football Association (KFA) was suspended with immediate effect, following a decision from the FIFA Executive Committee that sports law of Kuwait had to be changed before 15 October.[27] The Myanmar v Kuwait match, scheduled for 17 November 2015, was not played due to that suspension,[28] and on 13 January 2016, FIFA decided that that match should be forfeited by Kuwait, and awarded as a 3–0 win for Myanmar.[29] The Kuwait v Laos and South Korea v Kuwait matches, scheduled for 24 and 29 March 2016 respectively, did not take place as scheduled, and on 6 April, FIFA decided that those matches should be forfeited by Kuwait, and awarded as 3–0 wins for Laos and South Korea.[30]
| Laos |
2–2 | Myanmar |
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| Sayavutthi 81' (pen.), 83' |
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Zaw Min Tun 41' Kyaw Zayar Win 85' |
| South Korea |
8–0 | Laos |
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| Lee Chung-yong 9' Son Heung-min 12', 74', 89'Kwon Chang-hoon 30', 75'Suk Hyun-jun 57'Lee Jae-sung 90+4' |
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| Kuwait |
9–0 | Myanmar |
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| Nasser 11', 18' Maqseed 12'Zayid 46'Zaw Min Tun 56' (o.g.)Mashaan 61'Al-Mutawa 69' (pen.), 88', 90+3' |
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Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha (Qatar)[note 13]
Attendance: 550 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan) |
| Lebanon |
0–3 | South Korea |
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Jang Hyun-soo 22' (pen.) Ali Hamam 26' (o.g.)Kwon Chang-hoon 60' |
| Myanmar |
0–2 | Lebanon |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Maatouk 28' Atwi 90+3' |
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Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok (Thailand)[note 12]
Attendance: 3,056 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia) |
| Myanmar |
3–1 | Laos |
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| Suan Lam Mang 13' Kyaw Ko Ko 32'Aung Thu 50' |
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Sayavutthi 2' |
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Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok (Thailand)[note 12]
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain) |
| Kuwait |
0–0 | Lebanon |
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Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 12,150 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) |
| South Korea |
4–0 | Myanmar |
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| Lee Jae-sung 18' Koo Ja-cheol 30'Jang Hyun-soo 82'Nam Tae-hee 86' |
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| Lebanon |
7–0 | Laos |
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| Mohamad 27' Antar 34'Chaito 36', 90+3'Hamam 42'Maatouk 59'Oumari 90' |
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| Laos |
0–5 | South Korea |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Ki Sung-yueng 3' (pen.), 33' Son Heung-min 35', 67'Suk Hyun-jun 43' |
Group H[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Uzbekistan |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 21 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | North Korea |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 16 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 4–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Philippines |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 10 | 1–5 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | ||
| 4 | Bahrain |
8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 5 | Yemen |
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 3 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 1–3 | 0–3[a] | 0–2 | 0–4 | — |
- ^ FIFA awarded North Korea a 3–0 win as a result of Yemen fielding the ineligible player Mudir Al-Radaei, after North Korea had defeated Yemen 1–0. Al-Radaei failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the First Round of the competition.[37]
| Yemen |
0–3 Awarded[note 20] |
North Korea |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
So Hyon-uk 71' |
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Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)[note 21]
Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) |
| North Korea |
4–2 | Uzbekistan |
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| Pak Kwang-ryong 4' Jang Kuk-chol 16'Ro Hak-su 34'Ri Hyok-chol 36' |
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Ismailov 53' Rashidov 79' |
| Yemen |
0–2 | Philippines |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Bahadoran 52' Ramsay 74' |
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Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)[note 21]
Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan) |
| Philippines |
1–5 | Uzbekistan |
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| Schröck 68' |
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Ahmedov 1' Rashidov 14', 80'Sergeev 43', 65' |
| Yemen |
0–4 | Bahrain |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Ali Baba 31' (pen.) Al-Husaini 45+1'Omar 66'Adnan 77' |
|
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)[note 21]
Attendance: 421 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia) |
| Bahrain |
0–4 | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Sergeev 52' Ahmedov 56'Rashidov 66'Shomurodov 90+5' |
| Uzbekistan |
3–1 | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Sergeev 23' Geynrikh 65'Ahmedov 87' |
Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Ri Hyok-chol 2' |
| Yemen |
1–3 | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| A. Al-Sarori 90+2' |
Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Haydarov 7' Djeparov 31'Andreev 50' |
| Philippines |
3–2 | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Bahadoran 43' Ott 84'Ramsay 90' |
Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
So Kyong-jin 45+2' Ri Hyok-chol 48' |
| Uzbekistan |
1–0 | Bahrain |
|---|---|---|
| Rashidov 50' |
Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
|
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
Ranking of runner-up teams[edit]
To determine the four best runner-up teams, the following criteria were used:
- Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Play-off match(es) on neutral ground (if approved by FIFA Organizing Committee), with extra time and penalty shoot-out if necessary
As a result of Indonesia being disqualified by FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.[39]
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | Iraq |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Third round and Asian Cup |
| 2 | E | Syria |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 12 | |
| 3 | A | United Arab Emirates |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 11 | |
| 4 | C | China PR |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 11 | |
| 5 | H | North Korea |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Asian Cup qualifying third round |
| 6 | B | Jordan |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | |
| 7 | D | Oman |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |
| 8 | G | Lebanon |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points from matches against teams ranked first, third and fourth in the group; 2) Goal difference from these matches; 3) Goals scored in these matches; 4) Play-off
Rules for classification: 1) Points from matches against teams ranked first, third and fourth in the group; 2) Goal difference from these matches; 3) Goals scored in these matches; 4) Play-off
Ranking of fourth-placed teams[edit]
To determine the four best fourth-placed teams, the following criteria were used:
- Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Play-off match(es) on neutral ground (if approved by AFC Organizing Committee), with extra time and penalty shoot-out if necessary
As a result of Indonesia being disqualified by FIFA suspension, Group F contains only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the fourth-placed teams.[39]
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D | Guam |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 4 | Asian Cup qualifying third round |
| 2 | G | Myanmar |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 4 | |
| 3 | H | Bahrain |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | E | Afghanistan |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 3 | |
| 5 | B | Tajikistan |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 1 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round |
| 6 | F | Chinese Taipei |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | |
| 7 | C | Maldives |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | |
| 8 | A | Malaysia |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0 |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points from matches against teams ranked first to third in the group; 2) Goal difference from these matches; 3) Goals scored in these matches; 4) Play-off
Rules for classification: 1) Points from matches against teams ranked first to third in the group; 2) Goal difference from these matches; 3) Goals scored in these matches; 4) Play-off
Goalscorers[edit]
There were 507 goals scored in 152 matches, for an average of 3.34 goals per match.
- 14 goals
- 11 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Nathan Burns
Jiang Ning
Maya Yoshida
Khampheng Sayavutthi
Ri Hyok-chol- Jong Il-gwan
Jonathan Cantillana- Tamer Seyam
Misagh Bahadoran
Ali Assadalla
Yahya Al-Shehri
Safuwan Baharudin- Fazrul Nawaz
Kwon Chang-hoon- Lee Jae-sung
Sanharib Malki- Mahmoud Maowas
Teerasil Dangda
Arslanmyrat Amanow
Omar Abdulrahman
Odil Ahmedov
Lê Công Vinh
- 2 goals
Khaibar Amani- Norlla Amiri
- Mustafa Zazai
- Massimo Luongo
- Mark Milligan
- Aaron Mooy
Ismail Abdullatif- Abdulwahab Al-Malood
- Sayed Mohamed Adnan
Tshering Dorji- Chencho Gyeltshen
- Wang Yongpo
- Wu Lei
- Yu Hanchao
Wu Chun-ching
Godfred Karikari- Lam Ka Wai
- Jaimes McKee
Sunil Chhetri
Ashkan Dejagah- Ehsan Hajsafi
Ali Adnan- Justin Meram
- Mu Kanazaki
Vitalij Lux
Hassan Chaito- Hassan Maatouk
Aung Thu- Pak Kwang-ryong
Amad Al-Hosni- Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri
- Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
- Jaka Ihbeisheh
- Sameh Maraaba
- Yashir Pinto
- Iain Ramsay
- Karim Boudiaf
- Mohammed Kasola
- Fahad Al-Muwallad
- Khairul Amri
- Jang Hyun-soo
- Ki Sung-yueng
- Koo Ja-cheol
- Suk Hyun-jun
- Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
- Raja Rafe
Akhtam Nazarov- Pokklaw Anan
- Theerathon Bunmathan
- Adisak Kraisorn
- Mongkol Tossakrai
Ramon Saro- Guwanç Abylow
- Alexander Geynrikh
- Anzur Ismailov
- Nguyễn Văn Toàn
Ahmed Al-Sarori
- 1 goal
- Faysal Shayesteh
- Josef Shirdel
- Mathew Leckie
- Tommy Oar
- Sami Al-Husaini
- Hussain Ali Baba
- Mohamed Al Romaihi
- Abdullah Omar
Jahid Hasan Ameli- Biren Basnet
Sos Suhana- Huang Bowen
- Mei Fang
- Zhang Linpeng
- Zhang Xizhe
- Hung Kai-chun
- Wen Chih-hao
- Yaki Yen
Brandon McDonald- Travis Nicklaw
- Christian Annan
- Bai He
- Chan Siu Ki
- Ju Yingzhi
- Lo Kwan Yee
- Paulinho
- Xu Deshuai
- Sandesh Jhingan
- Jeje Lalpekhlua
- Robin Singh
- Karim Ansarifard
- Saeid Ezatolahi
- Jalal Hosseini
- Alireza Jahanbakhsh
- Kamal Kamyabinia
- Morteza Pouraliganji
- Ramin Rezaeian
- Masoud Shojaei
- Andranik Teymourian
- Mehdi Torabi
- Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
- Ali Hosni
- Dhurgham Ismail
- Mahdi Kamel
- Ahmed Yasin
- Genki Haraguchi
- Hiroshi Kiyotake
- Masato Morishige
- Takashi Usami
Munther Abu Amarah- Yaseen Al-Bakhit
- Yousef Al-Naber
- Yousef Al-Rawashdeh
- Baha' Faisal
- Ahmed Samir
Ali Maqseed- Aziz Mashaan
- Faisal Zayid
- Ildar Amirov
- Edgar Bernhardt
- Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov
- Almazbek Mirzaliev
- Roda Antar
- Abbas Ahmed Atwi
- Hilal El-Helwe
- Mohammed Ghaddar
- Ali Hamam
- Youssef Mohamad
- Joan Oumari
- Feiz Shamsin
Mohd Amri Yahyah- Baddrol Bakhtiar
- Mohd Safiq Rahim
- Safee Sali
Asadhulla Abdulla- Naiz Hassan
- Ahmed Nashid
- Kyaw Ko Ko
- Kyaw Zayar Win
- Suan Lam Mang
- Zaw Min Tun
- Jang Kuk-chol
- Ro Hak-su
- So Hyon-uk
- So Kyong-jin
- Mohammed Al-Ghassani
- Saad Al-Mukhaini
- Qasim Said
- Raed Ibrahim Saleh
- Mus'ab Al-Batat
- Ahmed Awad
- Abdelatif Bahdari
- Matías Jadue
- Pablo Tamburrini
- Khader Yousef
- Manuel Ott
- Javier Patiño
- Stephan Schröck
- Akram Afif
- Abdelkarim Hassan
- Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud
- Ismaeel Mohammad
- Sebastián Soria
- Salman Al-Faraj
- Osama Hawsawi
- Naif Hazazi
- Faris Ramli
- Lee Chung-yong
- Lee Jeong-hyeop
- Nam Tae-hee
- Moayad Ajan
- Oday Al-Jafal
- Ahmad Kallasi
- Omar Midani
- Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
- Tana Chanabut
- Kroekrit Thaweekarn
- Serdaraly Ataýew
- Artur Geworkýan
- Ruslan Mingazow
- Süleýman Muhadow
- Mekan Saparow
- Mohamed Ahmed
- Ismail Al Hammadi
- Ahmed Al Hashmi
- Habib Fardan
- Abdullah Mousa
- Mohanad Salem
- Stanislav Andreev
- Server Djeparov
- Azizbek Haydarov
- Eldor Shomurodov
- Đinh Tiến Thành
- Trần Phi Sơn
- 1 own goal
- Sharif Mukhammad (playing against Japan)
- Khoun Laboravy (playing against Japan)
- Leng Makara (playing against Syria)
- Ildar Amirov (playing against Australia)
- Valery Kichin (playing against Bangladesh)
- Ali Hamam (playing against South Korea)
- Zaw Min Tun (playing against Kuwait)
- Hamdi Al Masri (playing against Japan)
- Serdar Annaorazow (playing against Guam)
- Mekan Saparow (playing against Oman)
- Đinh Tiến Thành (playing against Thailand)
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b The fixtures between Saudi Arabia and Palestine were switched after Saudi Arabia cited “exceptional conditions” for their inability to travel to the West Bank.[10] The return fixture, originally to be played on 13 October 2015 at the Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, was later postponed by Saudi Arabia's refusal to pass through Israeli-controlled borders,[11] until the process of agreeing on the venue was concluded.[12] The match was rescheduled to be played on 5 November 2015 in Palestine, after the Palestinian Football Association gave full security guarantees for the match.[13] The match was later further delayed until 9 November, and to be changed to a neutral venue in Asia, as the Palestinian government confirmed that it could no longer guarantee the safety and security for the match.[14] The neutral venue was announced to be Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan.[15]
- ^ Timor-Leste played their home match against the United Arab Emirates in Malaysia for the lack of a suitable venue in Dili.[16]
- ^ a b The match between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia was abandoned during the 87th minute after a group of supporters threw objects onto the pitch. At the time of the abandonment the score was 2–1 to Saudi Arabia. On 5 October 2015, FIFA decided that the match should be declared as lost by forfeit by Malaysia (0–3). Malaysia also had to play their next home match against the United Arab Emirates behind closed doors.[17][18]
- ^ a b The home matches of Palestine against Saudi Arabia and Malaysia were played on neutral ground as the Palestinian government confirmed that it could no longer guarantee the safety and security for the matches.[14] The neutral venue was announced to be Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan.[15]
- ^ Maldives played their home match against China PR in China because of the poor condition of the National Football Stadium.[19]
- ^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.[20] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.
- ^ a b c d Afghanistan played their home matches in Iran because of security concerns from the War in Afghanistan.[21]
- ^ a b The fixtures between Japan and Singapore were switched because the Singapore National Stadium was booked on 16 June 2015 to host the closing ceremony of the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[22]
- ^ a b c d Syria played their home matches in Oman because of security concerns from the Syrian Civil War.[23]
- ^ The Thailand v Vietnam match was brought forward from 11 June 2015, as it interfered with commitments for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[26]
- ^ a b c Iraq played their home matches in Iran because of security concerns from the Iraqi Civil War.[21]
- ^ a b c Myanmar played their home matches in Thailand because of sanctions after a crowd violence incident in their qualifier in Yangon in the 2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary round.[31]
- ^ Kuwait played their home match against Myanmar in Qatar for unspecified reasons.[32]
- ^ The Myanmar v Kuwait match, originally to be played on 17 November 2015, 19:00 UTC+7, at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, was not played as scheduled because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association by FIFA.[33]
- ^ On 13 January 2016, FIFA decided that the match scheduled for 17 November 2015 should be forfeited by Kuwait (and awarded as a 3–0 win for Myanmar) as it did not take place because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.[34][35]
- ^ The Kuwait v Laos match, originally to be played on 24 March 2016, 18:35 UTC+3, at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, was not played as scheduled because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association by FIFA.[33]
- ^ On 6 April 2016, FIFA decided that the match scheduled for 24 March 2016 should be forfeited by Kuwait (and awarded as a 3–0 win for Laos) as it did not take place because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.[35][36]
- ^ The South Korea v Kuwait match, originally to be played on 29 March 2016, 20:00 UTC+9, at the Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu, was not played as scheduled because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association by FIFA.[33]
- ^ On 6 April 2016, FIFA decided that the match scheduled for 29 March 2016 should be forfeited by Kuwait (and awarded as a 3–0 win for South Korea) as it did not take place because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.[35][36]
- ^ FIFA awarded North Korea a 3–0 win as a result of Yemen fielding the ineligible player Mudir Al-Radaei, after North Korea had defeated Yemen by 1–0. Al-Radaei failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the First Round of the competition.[37]
- ^ a b c d Yemen played their home matches in Qatar because of security concerns from the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.[38]
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External links[edit]
- Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – Asia: Round 2, FIFA.com
- FIFA World Cup, the-AFC.com
- AFC Asian Cup, the-AFC.com
