2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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.

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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, 29 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 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 22, 2005, Bangladesh won the second leg thanks to the goal from Firaj Mahmud Hossain at the 84 minute in People's Sports Complex, Karachi, Pakistan four days later. Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate.


2005-12-22
00:00 ---
Bangladesh  0 – 0  Pakistan Bangabandhu National Stadium
(Report)

2005-12-26
00:00 ---
Pakistan  0 – 1  Bangladesh People's Sports Complex
(Report)

 Pakistan also qualified after  Sri Lanka withdrew.

Seedings

The seeding was based on the 2004 competition, including results during qualifying. The teams in their respective pots also are listed with respect to their performance. Note that Jordan and Uzbekistan were placed higher than South Korea and Iraq. For the tie-breaker here served the fact that Jordan and Uzbekistan were eliminated on penalty shootout, while the other two teams were clearly defeated. Uzbekistan precedes Jordan as it won its group, while Jordan placed second. The same principle is applied to the rest of the teams on the list. The Australian team which had just joined the Asian Football Confederation on January 1, 2006 and had not participated in previous tournaments was given the lowest rank.

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D

 Japan
 China PR
 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

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 15 6 5 0 1 15 2 +13
 Saudi Arabia 15 6 5 0 1 21 4 +17
 Yemen 6 6 2 0 4 5 13 −8
 India 0 6 0 0 6 2 24 −22

Note: Japan is ranked higher than Saudi Arabia by the two head-to-head game results (Japan 3 - 2 Saudi Arabia).

2006-02-22
19:20 JST
Japan  6 – 0  India Yokohama International Stadium
Yokohama
Attendance: 38,025
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
Ono  32'
Maki  58'
Fukunishi  68'
Kubo  78',  90'
Satō  82'
(Report)

2006-02-22
16:00
Yemen  0 – 4  Saudi Arabia Ali Mohsen Stadium, Sana'a
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
(Report) Al Sawailh  14',  89'
Al-Shalhoub  77',  90+2'

2006-03-01
14:30 IST
India  0 – 3  Yemen Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
(Report) S. Abdullah  6'
Al Hubaishi  43'
Al Nono  56' (pen.)

2006-08-16
15:00 IST
India  0 – 3  Saudi Arabia Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
(Report) Al-Qahtani  2',  19',  50'

2006-08-16
19:20 JST
Japan  2 – 0  Yemen Niigata Stadium, Niigata
Attendance: 40,913
Referee: Lee Gi Young (Korea Republic)
Abe  70'
Satō  90+1'
(Report)

2006-09-03
20:30
Saudi Arabia  1 – 0  Japan Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Bashir  73' (Report)

2006-09-06
20:30
Saudi Arabia  7 – 1  India Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
Bashir  30',  46'
Al Mahyani  33'
Ameen  57'
Al Hagbani  61'
Al Suwaileh  78',  86'
(Report) Manju  22'

2006-09-06
15:20
Yemen  0 – 1  Japan Ali Mohsen Stadium, Sana'a
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi (Oman)
(Report) Ganaha  90'

2006-10-11
17:40 IST
India  0 – 3  Japan Sree Kanteerawa Stadium, Bangalore
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Chan Siu Kee (Hong Kong)
(Report) Bando  23',  44'
Nakamura  83'

2006-10-11
22:15
Saudi Arabia  5 – 0  Yemen Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq)
Bashir  22'
Ameen  27'
Maaz  65'
Al Mahyani  68',  90+2'
(Report)

2006-11-15
19:00 JST
Japan  3 – 1  Saudi Arabia Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Attendance: 40,965
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Tulio  20'
Ganaha  29',  49'
(Report) Al-Qahtani  33' (pen.)

2006-11-15
16:00
Yemen  2 – 1  India Ali Mohsen Stadium, Sana'a
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Hassan Marshoud (Jordan)
Al-Haggam  60'
Al-Nono  82'
(Report) Pradeep  52'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 14 6 4 2 0 12 2 +10
 South Korea 11 6 3 2 1 15 5 +10
 Syria 8 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4
 Chinese Taipei 0 6 0 0 6 0 24 −24
2006-02-22
15:30 IRST
Iran  4 – 0  Chinese Taipei Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq)
Teymourian  35'
Madanchi  47',  60'
Daei  82'
(Report)

2006-02-22
14:00
Syria  1 – 2  South Korea Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Al Khatib  49' (Report) Kim Doo-Hyun  5'
Lee Chun-Soo  50'

2006-03-01
18:00 CST
Chinese Taipei  0 – 4  Syria Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 700
Referee: O il Son (Korea DPR)
(Report) Chabbo  29',  58'
Al Hussain  45'
Al Khatib  64'

2006-08-16
18:00 CST
Chinese Taipei  0 – 3  South Korea Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
(Report) Ahn Jung-Hwan  31'
Jung Jo-Gook  53'
Kim Doo-Hyun  80'

2006-08-16
18:00 IRST
Iran  1 – 1  Syria Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Nekounam  71' (Report) Chaabo  88'

2006-09-02
20:00 KST
South Korea  1 – 1  Iran Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Seol Ki-Hyeon  45' (Report) Hashemian  90'

2006-09-06
20:00 KST
South Korea  8 – 0  Chinese Taipei Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Chandrasiri Deshapriya Arambakade Gedara (Sri Lanka)
Seol Ki-Hyeon  3',  52'
Jung Jo-Gook  4',  45',  88'
Cho Jae-Jin  19',  82'
Kim Do-Heon  77'
(Report)

2006-09-06
19:00
Syria  0 – 2  Iran Al−Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
(Report) Nosrati  20'
Nekounam  56'

2006-10-11
18:00 CST
Chinese Taipei  0 – 2  Iran Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
(Report) Karimi  10',  56'

2006-10-11
20:00 KST
South Korea  1 – 1  Syria Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)
Cho Jae-Jin  9' (Report) Al Sayed  18'

2006-11-15
15:30 IRST
Iran  2 – 0  South Korea Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
Enayati  48'
Badamaki  90'
(Report)

2006-11-15
14:00
Syria  3 – 0  Chinese Taipei Al−Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali (Oman)
Al Jaban  51'
Al Khatib  62',  79'
(Report)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United Arab Emirates 13 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5
 Oman 12 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8
 Jordan 10 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5
 Pakistan 0 6 0 0 6 4 22 −18
2006-02-22
18:00
Jordan  3 – 0  Pakistan International Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Aqel  30' (pen.)
Shelbaieh  38'
Al-Shagran  41'
(Report)

2006-02-22
19:00
United Arab Emirates  1 – 0  Oman Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Matar  15' (Report)

2006-03-01
19:00
Oman  3 – 0  Jordan Royal Oman Police Stadium, Wattayah
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Saleh  7'
Sulaiman  18'
Zaher  54'
(Report)

2006-03-01
21:00
Pakistan  1 – 4  United Arab Emirates National Stadium, Karachi, Karachi
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
Essa  60' (Report) Qassim  68'
Matar  78'
Saad  81'
Al Kas  88'

2006-08-16
19:00
Pakistan  1 – 4  Oman Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Essa  79' (pen.) (Report) Al-Maimani  15' (pen,),  35'
Al Hosni  27'
Sulaiman  90'

2006-08-16
20:00
Jordan  1 – 2  United Arab Emirates International Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Naser Rashed Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)
Rafat Ali  88' (Report) Omer  52'
Khater  67'

2006-09-06
19:15
United Arab Emirates  0 – 0  Jordan Al Shaab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
(Report)

2006-09-06
20:00
Oman  5 – 0  Pakistan Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq)
Al Hosni  7'
Bashir  35',  85'
Sulaiman  45'
Al-Touqi  88'
(Report)

2006-10-11
21:00
Pakistan  0 – 3  Jordan Punjab Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dilovar Orzuev (Tajikistan)
(Report) Al-Maharmeh  16'
Rafat Ali  37'
Khaled Saad  85'

2006-10-11
22:00
Oman  2 – 1  United Arab Emirates Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
Mudhafar  24'
Sulaiman  28'
(Report) Omer  57'

2006-11-15
17:00
Jordan  3 – 0  Oman International Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)
Amer Deeb  80'
Rafat Ali  84'
Al-Sheikh  90'
(Report)

2006-11-15
18:15
United Arab Emirates  3 – 2  Pakistan Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
Abbas  54'
Omer  58',  73'
(Report) Akram  23'
Ahmed  67'

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 9 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4
 Bahrain 4 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3
 Kuwait 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1
 Lebanon - - - - - - - -

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

2006-02-22
18:35
Bahrain  1 – 3  Australia Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Ali  35' (Report) Thompson  53'
Skoko  79'
Elrich  87' (pen.)

2006-02-22
19:00
Lebanon  1 – 11  Kuwait Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
A. Nasseredine  70' (Report)
F. Al Hamad  25'

2006-03-01
18:15
Kuwait  0 – 0  Bahrain National Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
(Report)

2006-08-16
19:30
Australia  2 – 0  Kuwait Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 32,622
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
Dodd  75'
Petrovski  86'
(Report)

2006-09-06
20:30
Kuwait  2 – 0  Australia National Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Al Mutairi  56'
Al-Mutawa  59'
(Report)

2006-10-11
19:30
Australia  2 – 0  Bahrain Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 36,606
Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
Aloisi  17'
Bresciano  24'
(Report)

2006-11-15
18:00
Bahrain  2 – 1  Kuwait Bahrain National Stadium, Manama
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)
Yousef  35' (pen.)
Ghuloom  43'
(Report) Laheeb  70'

1 On August 1, 2006, it was announced that the AFC had accepted a withdrawal request from the Federation Libanaise de Football due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. [2] The results of the Lebanon-Kuwait game on February 22, 2006 have been declared null and void and do not count towards the group rankings.[3]

The following fixtures were also canceled:

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 11 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4
 China PR 11 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4
 Singapore 4 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2
 Palestine 4 5 1 1 3 3 9 −6

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

2006-02-22
19:30 CST
China PR  2 – 0  Palestine Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre
Guangzhou
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Kwon Jong Chul (Korea Republic)
Du Wei  23'
Li Weifeng  62'
(Report)

2006-02-22
19:30 SST
Singapore  2 – 0  Iraq Singapore National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 10,221
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Amri  24'
Alam Shah  83'
(Report)

2006-03-01
16:00
Palestine  1 – 0  Singapore King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali (Oman)
Attal  75' (Report)

2006-03-01
16:00
Iraq  2 – 1  China PR Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
Mahdi Karim  16'
Hawar Mohamed  67'
(Report) Tao Wei  54'

2006-08-16
20:00 CST
China PR  1 – 0  Singapore TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
Shao Jiayi  90+5' (pen.) (Report)

2006-08-17
20:00
Palestine  0 – 3  Iraq King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
(Report) Younis Mahmoud  59',  62'
Mohammad Nasser  90'

2006-09-06
19:30 SST
Singapore  0 – 0  China PR Singapore National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
(Report)

2006-09-06
20:30
Iraq  2 – 2  Palestine Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
Saleh Sader  70'
Hawar Mohamed  75'
(Report) Amer  13'
Al Amour  78'

2006-10-11
21:30
Iraq  4 – 2  Singapore Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mamed Mamedov (Turkmenistan)
Younis Mahmoud  35',  68'
Mahdi Karim  60'
Hawar Mohamed  90+3'
(Report) Goncalves  9'
Amri  62'

2006-10-11
22:00
Palestine  0 – 2  China PR King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
(Report) Mao Jianqing  27'
Sun Xiang  65'

2006-11-15
19:30 CST
China PR  1 – 1  Iraq Helong Stadium, Changsha
Attendance: 0
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Han Peng  40' (Report) Ahmed Salah  65'

2006-11-15
19:30 SST
Singapore  Cancelled[4]  Palestine Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
(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 Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Qatar 15 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10
 Uzbekistan 11 6 3 2 1 14 4 +10
 Hong Kong 8 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2
 Bangladesh 0 6 0 0 6 1 19 −18
2006-02-22
16:00
Uzbekistan  5 – 0  Bangladesh Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
Geynrikh  10',  52'
Djeparov  24'
Shatskikh  34',  84'
(Report)

2006-02-22
20:00 CST
Hong Kong  0 – 3  Qatar Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,806
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
(Report) Yasser  11'
Bechir  44'
M. Mohamed  90+5'

2006-03-01
16:00
Bangladesh  0 – 1  Hong Kong Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
(Report) Chan Siu Ki  82'

2006-03-01
20:00
Qatar  2 – 1  Uzbekistan Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Adel Lamy  45'
Nasser  49'
(Report) B. Mohammed  20' (o.g.)

2006-08-16
16:00
Bangladesh  1 – 4  Qatar MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Arman  23' (Report) Rizik  7' (pen.)
Adel Lamy  36'
Ibrahim  38',  74'

2006-08-16
19:00
Uzbekistan  2 – 2  Hong Kong Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)
Soliev  18'
Shatskikh  35'
(Report) Sham Kwok Keung  66',  87'

2006-09-06
19:00 CST
Hong Kong  0 – 0  Uzbekistan Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 7,608
Referee: Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic)
(Report)

2006-09-06
20:00
Qatar  3 – 0  Bangladesh Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 500
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)
Yasser  25'
Adel Lamy  30'
Shammari  52'
(Report)

2006-10-11
15:00
Bangladesh  0 – 4  Uzbekistan Bangladesh Army Stadium, Chittagong
Attendance: 120
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
(Report) Zeytulaev  11'
Bakaev  18'
Djeparov  22'
Shatskikh  39' (pen.)

2006-10-11
21:00
Qatar  2 – 0  Hong Kong Al Gharrafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)
B. Mohammed  43'
Yasser  53'
(Report)

2006-11-15
20:00 CST
Hong Kong  2 – 0  Bangladesh Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon
Attendance: 1,273
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
Ambassa Guy  43'74' (pen.) (Report)

2006-11-15
16:00
Uzbekistan  2 – 0  Qatar Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
Koshelev  31'
Zeytulaev  52'
(Report)

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