2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round

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The AFC Third Round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification was decided by a random draw which was conducted in Durban, South Africa on 25 November 2007. The round began on 6 February 2008 and finished on 22 June 2008.

The top two countries in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the fourth round, where the ten remaining teams will be divided into two groups of five.

1 Format
2 Group 1
3 Group 2
4 Group 3
5 Group 4
6 Group 5
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links

Format

The 20 teams (5 teams given a bye directly to the third round, 11 highest-ranked winners from the first round, and 4 winners from the second round) were divided into four pots for the draw, each containing five teams. The pots were drawn as follows:

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Australia South Korea Iran Japan Saudi Arabia	Bahrain Uzbekistan Kuwait North Korea China PR	Jordan Iraq Lebanon Oman United Arab Emirates	Qatar Syria Thailand Turkmenistan Singapore

The 20 teams were split into five groups of four teams each - with all teams playing home and away against each of the other three teams in the group.

The top two teams in each group qualified for the fourth round.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	6	3	1	2	7	3	+4	10
Qatar	6	3	1	2	5	6	−1	10
Iraq	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7
China PR	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	6


Australia	–	0 – 1	1 – 0	3 – 0
China PR	0 – 0	–	1 – 2	0 – 1
Iraq	1 – 0	1 – 1	–	0 – 1
Qatar	1 – 3	0 – 0	2 – 0	–

6 February 2008 19:30 UTC+11	Australia	3 – 0	Qatar	Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 50,969 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Kennedy 11' Cahill 17' Bresciano 33'	Report

6 February 2008 16:30 UTC+4	Iraq	1 – 1	China PR	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 1]} Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
	Hawar Mulla 51' (pen.)	Report	Zheng Zhi 75'

26 March 2008 14:00 UTC+8	China PR	0 – 0	Australia	Tuodong Stadium, Kunming Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
		Report

26 March 2008 18:30 UTC+3	Qatar	2 – 0	Iraq	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
	Montezine 1', 62'	Report

1 June 2008 17:00 UTC+10	Australia	1 – 0	Iraq	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 48,678 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Kewell 47'	Report

2 June 2008 19:00 UTC+3	Qatar	0 – 0	China PR	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
		Report

7 June 2008 20:00 UTC+8	China PR	0 – 1	Qatar	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Tallat Najm (Lebanon)
		Report	Soria 14' (pen.)

7 June 2008 20:00 UTC+4	Iraq	1 – 0	Australia	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 1]} Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
	Mohammed 28'	Report

14 June 2008 20:00 UTC+8	China PR	1 – 2	Iraq	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
	Zhou Haibin 33'	Report	Mohammed 41' Akram 65'

14 June 2008 19:00 UTC+3	Qatar	1 – 3	Australia	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)
	Al Khalfan 89'	Report	Emerton 17', 56' Kewell 74'

22 June 2008 18:00 UTC+10	Australia	0 – 1	China PR	Stadium Australia, Sydney Attendance: 70,054 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
		Report	Sun Xiang 12'

22 June 2008 20:00 UTC+4	Iraq	0 – 1	Qatar	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 1]} Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
		Report	Bechir 77'

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	6	4	1	1	12	3	+9	13
Bahrain	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11
Oman	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8
Thailand	6	0	1	5	5	14	−9	1


Bahrain	–	1 – 0	1 – 1	1 – 1
Japan	1 – 0	–	3 – 0	4 – 1
Oman	0 – 1	1 – 1	–	2 – 1
Thailand	2 – 3	0 – 3	0 – 1	–

6 February 2008 19:20 UTC+9	Japan	4 – 1	Thailand	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 35,130 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
	Endō 21' Ōkubo 54' Nakazawa 66' Maki 90+1'	Report	Winothai 22'

6 February 2008 18:30 UTC+4	Oman	0 – 1	Bahrain	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Lee Gi Young (South Korea)
		Report	Hubail 14'

26 March 2008 18:30 UTC+7	Thailand	0 – 1	Oman	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
		Report	Sulaiman 1'

26 March 2008 17:20 UTC+3	Bahrain	1 – 0	Japan	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Hubail 77'	Report

2 June 2008 19:20 UTC+9	Japan	3 – 0	Oman	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 46,764 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
	Nakazawa 10' Ōkubo 22' S. Nakamura 49'	Report

2 June 2008 18:30 UTC+7	Thailand	2 – 3	Bahrain	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
	Chaikamdee 25' Winothai 45'	Report	Isa 22' Latif 34' Adnan 57'

7 June 2008 17:15 UTC+4	Oman	1 – 1	Japan	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Ahmed Mubarak 11'	Report	Endō 53' (pen.)

7 June 2008 19:30 UTC+3	Bahrain	1 – 1	Thailand	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Mushen Basma (Syria)
	Isa 67'	Report	Thonglao 65'

14 June 2008 17:30 UTC+7	Thailand	0 – 3	Japan	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
		Report	Tulio 23' Nakazawa 39' K. Nakamura 89'

14 June 2008 19:30 UTC+3	Bahrain	1 – 1	Oman	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
	Aaish 41'	Report	Sulaiman 72'

22 June 2008 19:20 UTC+9	Japan	1 – 0	Bahrain	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 51,180 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Uchida 90'	Report

22 June 2008 18:00 UTC+4	Oman	2 – 1	Thailand	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
	Al Hosni 58', 85'	Report	Sripan 3' (pen.)

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	6	3	3	0	10	3	+7	12
North Korea	6	3	3	0	4	0	+4	12
Jordan	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7
Turkmenistan	6	0	1	5	1	12	−11	1


Jordan	–	0 – 1	0 – 1	2 – 0
North Korea	2 – 0	–	0 – 0	1 – 0
South Korea	2 – 2	0 – 0	–	4 – 0
Turkmenistan	0 – 2	0 – 0	1 – 3	–

6 February 2008 15:00 UTC+9	South Korea	4 – 0	Turkmenistan	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 25,738 Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)
	Kwak Tae-Hwi 43' Seol Ki-Hyeon 57', 85' Park Ji-Sung 73'	Report

6 February 2008 17:00 UTC+2	Jordan	0 – 1	North Korea	Amman International Stadium, Amman Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
		Report	Hong Yong-Jo 44'

26 March 2008 19:00 UTC+8	North Korea	0 – 0	South Korea	Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai (China)^{[note 2]} Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
		Report

26 March 2008 17:00 UTC+5	Turkmenistan	0 – 2	Jordan	Ashgabat Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
		Report	Al-Bzour 33' Bawab 86'

31 May 2008 20:00 UTC+9	South Korea	2 – 2	Jordan	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Park Ji-Sung 39' Park Chu-Young 48' (pen.)	Report	Abdel Fattah 73', 80'

2 June 2008 17:00 UTC+5	Turkmenistan	0 – 0	North Korea	Ashgabat Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
		Report

7 June 2008 17:00 UTC+9	North Korea	1 – 0	Turkmenistan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
	Choe Kum-Chol 72'	Report

7 June 2008 17:30 UTC+3	Jordan	0 – 1	South Korea	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
		Report	Park Chu-Young 24' (pen.)

14 June 2008 17:00 UTC+9	North Korea	2 – 0	Jordan	Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Tallat Najm (Lebanon)
	Hong Yong-Jo 44', 72'	Report

14 June 2008 19:00 UTC+5	Turkmenistan	1 – 3	South Korea	Ashgabat Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
	Ovekov 77' (pen.)	Report	Kim Do-Heon 14', 86', 90+3' (pen.)

22 June 2008 20:00 UTC+9	South Korea	0 – 0	North Korea	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 48,519 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
		Report

22 June 2008 18:00 UTC+3	Jordan	2 – 0	Turkmenistan	Amman International Stadium, Amman Attendance: 150 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
	Abdel Fattah 66' 67'	Report

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan	6	5	1	17	7	+10	15
Saudi Arabia	6	5	1	15	5	+10	15
Singapore	6	2	4	7	16	−9	6
Lebanon	6	0	6	3	14	−11	0


Lebanon	–	1 – 2	1 – 2	0 – 1
Saudi Arabia	4 – 1	–	2 – 0	4 – 0
Singapore	2 – 0	0 – 3*	–	3 – 7
Uzbekistan	3 – 0	3 – 0	3 – 0*	–

Note: The positions of Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia are reversed from the original final standings after two matches were forfeited by Singapore and became 3 – 0 defeats as a result of them fielding an ineligible player.

6 February 2008 18:00 UTC+2	Lebanon	0 – 1	Uzbekistan	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 800 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
		Report	Ahmedov 44'

6 February 2008 20:15 UTC+3	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	Singapore	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
	Al-Qahtani 38' Mouath 81'	Report

26 March 2008 16:00 UTC+5	Uzbekistan	3 – 0	Saudi Arabia	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Kapadze 45+1' Shatskikh 65' Djeparov 67' (pen.)	Report

26 March 2008 19:30 UTC+8	Singapore	2 – 0	Lebanon	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 10,118 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
	Đurić 8' Nawaz 24'	Report

2 June 2008 19:30 UTC+8	Singapore	3 – 7	Uzbekistan	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 28,750 Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
	Đurić 16' Fahrudin 31' (pen.) Wilkinson 73'	Report	Kapadze 10' Karpenko 22' Djeparov 34' 44' Denisov 42' Ibrahimov 62' Shatskikh 88'

2 June 2008 21:00 UTC+3	Saudi Arabia	4 – 1	Lebanon	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
	Al-Qahtani 45' 90+1' Hawsawi 65' Tukar 83'	Report	El Ali 43'

7 June 2008 19:00 UTC+5	Uzbekistan	3 – 0 Awarded^{[note 3]}	Singapore	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 12,867 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)
	Geynrikh 80'	Report

7 June 2008 18:00 UTC+3	Lebanon	1 – 2	Saudi Arabia	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)^{[note 4]} Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
	Ghaddar 90+3'	Report	Tukar 45+2' 60'

14 June 2008 19:30 UTC+8	Singapore	0 – 3 Awarded^{[note 5]}	Saudi Arabia	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
		Report	Otaif 37' Al-Fraidi 76'

14 June 2008 19:00 UTC+5	Uzbekistan	3 – 0	Lebanon	MHSK Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Ahmedov 50' 63' Djeparov 90+4'	Report

22 June 2008 18:00 UTC+3	Lebanon	1 – 2	Singapore	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 500 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Khaizan 62' (o.g.)	Report	Dayoub 72' (o.g.) Wilkinson 73'

22 June 2008 21:00 UTC+3	Saudi Arabia	4 – 0	Uzbekistan	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
	Otaif 5' Mouath 36' 88' Al-Harthi 56'	Report

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12
United Arab Emirates	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
Syria	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
Kuwait	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4


Iran	–	2 – 0	0 – 0	0 – 0
Kuwait	2 – 2	–	4 – 2	2 – 3
Syria	0 – 2	1 – 0	–	1 – 1
United Arab Emirates	0 – 1	2 – 0	1 – 3	–

6 February 2008 15:00 UTC+3:30	Iran	0 – 0	Syria	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
		Report

6 February 2008 19:15 UTC+4	United Arab Emirates	2 – 0	Kuwait	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Al Shehhi 14' Khalil 53'	Report

26 March 2008 14:30 UTC+2	Syria	1 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
	Chaabo 2'	Report	Matar 54'

26 March 2008 19:45 UTC+3	Kuwait	2 – 2	Iran	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Ajab 38' Al-Rashidi 81'	Report	Nikbakht 2' Hosseini 5'

2 June 2008 19:00 UTC+4:30	Iran	0 – 0	United Arab Emirates	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Lee Gi Young (South Korea)
		Report

2 June 2008 20:00 UTC+3	Syria	1 – 0	Kuwait	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
	Al-Hussain 52'	Report

7 June 2008 20:00 UTC+4	United Arab Emirates	0 – 1	Iran	Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
		Report	Zandi 8'

8 June 2008 20:45 UTC+3	Kuwait	4 – 2	Syria	Thamir Stadium, Al Salmiya Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
	Ajab 2' 20' 63' Al Khouja 57' (o.g.)	Report	Al-Khatib 10' 45+2'

14 June 2008 20:00 UTC+3	Syria	0 – 2	Iran	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
		Report	Rezaei 64' Khalili 90+5'

14 June 2008 20:45 UTC+3	Kuwait	2 – 3	United Arab Emirates	Thamer Stadium, Salmiya Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Ajab 52' 79'	Report	Matar 23' 39' Mohammed 90+1'

22 June 2008 20:30 UTC+4:30	Iran	2 – 0	Kuwait	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
	Nekounam 17' Rezaei 90+2'	Report

22 June 2008 20:00 UTC+4	United Arab Emirates	1 – 3	Syria	Al Qatara Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Matar 83' (pen.)	Report	Al Hussain 34' 51' Malki 90+3'

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Due to security concerns, Iraq's home matches were played in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[1]
^ Since North Korea refused to play the anthem and fly the flag of South Korea, the match was moved from Pyongyang to Shanghai, China.^[2]^[3]
^ FIFA awarded Uzbekistan a 3 – 0 win as a result of Singapore fielding the ineligible player Qiu Li. The match originally ended 1 – 0 to Uzbekistan.^[4]
^ Lebanon-Saudi Arabia match was moved from Beirut to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
^ FIFA awarded Saudi Arabia a 3 – 0 win as a result of Singapore fielding the ineligible player Qiu Li. The match originally ended 2 – 0 to Saudi Arabia.^[4]

References

^ Iraq to host 3 World Cup qualifying matches in Dubai, USA Today, 22 January 2008.
^ DPR Korea-Korea Republic to take place in Shanghai, FIFA.com, 7 March 2008.
^ Koreas match moved to Shanghai after anthem row, Reuters.com, 7 March 2008.
^ ^a ^b Qiu ineligible for Singapore – FIFA, the-AFC.com, 4 December 2008.

External links

Asian zone at FIFA.com
Results and schedule at the-AFC.com

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