This page provides the summaries of the AFC third round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Format[edit]
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[edit]
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 |
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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]
Group A[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| Iraq
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | Fourth round | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | |
| Jordan
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
| China
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| Singapore
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — |
Source: [4]
| Iraq | 0–2 | Jordan |
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| Report | Abdel-Fattah  43'Abdallah Deeb 47' |
| Singapore | 0–2 | Iraq |
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| Report | Abdul-Zahra 50' Mahmoud 86' |
| Jordan | 2–1 | China |
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| Abdel-Rahman 49' Amer Deeb 56' |
Report | Hao Junmin 57' |
| Singapore | 0–3 | Jordan |
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| Report | Abdallah Deeb 11' B. Bani Yaseen 54'Hayel 64' |
| Singapore | 0–4 | China |
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| Report | Yu Hai 41' Li Weifeng 56'Zheng Zheng 73', 81' |
| Iraq | 7–1 | Singapore |
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| Jassim 5' Mahmoud 11', 61', 90+3'H.M. Mohammed 22' (pen.)Akram 36' (pen.)Karim 48' |
Report | Isa 27' |
Group B[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| South Korea
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Fourth round | — | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Lebanon
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | ||
| Kuwait
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| United Arab Emirates
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | — |
Source: [4]
| South Korea | 6–0 | Lebanon |
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| Park Chu-Young 8', 45+1', 67' Ji Dong-Won 66', 85'Kim Jung-Woo 82' |
Report |
| United Arab Emirates | 2–3 | Kuwait |
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| Al Hammadi 84' Khalil 89' |
Report | Nasser 7', 65' Al-Mutawa 51' |
| Kuwait | 1–1 | South Korea |
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| Fadhel 54' |
Report | Park Chu-Young 9' |
| South Korea | 2–1 | United Arab Emirates |
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| Park Chu-Young 55' Al-Kamali 64' (o.g.) |
Report | Matar 90+2' |
| United Arab Emirates | 0–2 | South Korea |
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| Report | Lee Keun-Ho 88' Park Chu-Young 90+3' |
| Lebanon | 2–1 | South Korea |
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| Al Saadi 4' Atwi 32' (pen.) |
Report | Koo Ja-Cheol 20' (pen.) |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
| South Korea | 2–0 | Kuwait |
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| Lee Dong-Gook 65' Lee Keun-Ho 71' |
Report |
| United Arab Emirates | 4–2 | Lebanon |
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| Saeed 20', 78' Al-Wehaibi 38'Matar 68' |
Report | El Ali 23' Maatouk 45+2' |
Group C[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| Uzbekistan
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 16 | Fourth round | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Japan
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 8–0 | ||
| North Korea
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| Tajikistan
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — |
Source: [4]
| Japan | 1–0 | North Korea |
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| Yoshida 90+4' |
Report |
| Tajikistan | 0–1 | Uzbekistan |
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| Report | Shatskikh 72' |
| North Korea | 1–0 | Tajikistan |
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| Pak Nam-Chol 14' |
Report |
| Uzbekistan | 1–1 | Japan |
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| Djeparov 8' |
Report | Okazaki 65' |
| North Korea | 0–1 | Uzbekistan |
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| Report | Geynrikh 26' |
| Uzbekistan | 1–0 | North Korea |
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| Kapadze 48' |
Report |
| North Korea | 1–0 | Japan |
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| Pak Nam-Chol 50' |
Report |
| Uzbekistan | 3–0 | Tajikistan |
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| Tursunov 35' Ahmedov 60'Geynrikh 70' |
Report |
Attendance: 5,325
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)
| Tajikistan | 1–1 | North Korea |
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| Khamrakulov 61' |
Report | Jang Song-Hyok 54' (pen.) |
| Japan | 0–1 | Uzbekistan |
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| Report | Shadrin 53' |
Group D[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| Australia
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 | Fourth round | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | |
| Oman
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 8 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
| Saudi Arabia
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
| Thailand
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — |
Source: [4]
| Oman | 0–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 1–3 | Australia |
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| Al-Shamrani 66' |
Report | Kennedy 40', 56' Wilkshire 77' (pen.) |
| Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | Oman |
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| Report |
| Australia | 4–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Brosque 43', 75' Kewell 73'Emerton 76' |
Report | Al-Dawsari 19' Al-Shamrani 45+2' |
| Oman | 2–0 | Thailand |
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| Al-Hadhri 8' Al-Muqbali 90+2' |
Report |
Group E[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| Iran
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 12 | Fourth round | — | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | |
| Qatar
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | ||
| Bahrain
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 10–0 | ||
| Indonesia
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | — |
Source: [4]
| Iran | 3–0 | Indonesia |
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| Nekounam 53', 74' Teymourian 87' |
Report |
| Indonesia | 0–2 | Bahrain |
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| Report | Saeed 45+1' Abdul-Latif 70' |
| Iran | 6–0 | Bahrain |
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| Hosseini 22' Jabbari 34'Aghily 42'Teymourian 61'Ansarifard 75'Rezaei 83' |
Report |
| Bahrain | 10–0 | Indonesia |
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| Abdul-Latif 5' (pen.), 71', 75' Al Alawi 16', 61'Abdulrahman 35' (pen.), 42'Saeed 63', 82', 90+4' |
Report |
Goalscorers[edit]
There were 173 goals scored in 60 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Brett Holman
- Mohammed Tayeb Al Alawi
- Mahmood Abdulrahman
- Yu Hai
- Zheng Zheng
- Cristian Gonzáles
- Hadi Aghily
- Ashkan Dejagah
- Gholamreza Rezaei
- Andranik Teymourian
- Mike Havenaar
- Shinji Kagawa
- Hassan Abdel-Fattah
- Abdallah Deeb
- Amer Deeb
- Ahmad Hayel
- Yousef Nasser
- Mahmoud El Ali
- Pak Nam-Chol
- Mohammed Razak
- Nasser Al-Shamrani
- Ji Dong-Won
- Lee Keun-Ho
- Teerasil Dangda
- Bashir Saeed
- Alexander Geynrikh
1 goal
- Brett Emerton
- Mile Jedinak
- Harry Kewell
- Luke Wilkshire
- Mahmood Al-Ajmi
- Li Weifeng
- Yu Dabao
- Zheng Zhi
- Bambang Pamungkas
- Karim Ansarifard
- Jalal Hosseini
- Milad Meydavoudi
- Alaa Abdul-Zahra
- Karrar Jassim
- Mustafa Karim
- Hawar Mulla Mohammed
- Qusay Munir
- Yuichi Komano
- Yasuyuki Konno
- Ryoichi Maeda
- Kengo Nakamura
- Maya Yoshida
- Baha' Abdul-Rahman
- Bashar Bani Yaseen
- Basem Fat'hi
- Fahad Al Enezi
- Bader Al-Mutawa
- Hussain Fadhel
- Musaed Neda
- Ali Al Saadi
- Abbas Ali Atwi
- Roda Antar
- Mohammed Ghaddar
- Akram Moghrabi
- Jang Song-Hyok
- Hussain Al-Hadhri
- Amad Al Hosni
- Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
- Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti
- Mohamed El-Sayed
- Mohammed Kasola
- Sebastián Soria
- Salem Al-Dawsari
- Ahmed Al-Fraidi
- Naif Hazazi
- Mohammed Noor
- Isa Halim
- Aleksandar Đurić
- Kim Jung-Woo
- Koo Ja-Cheol
- Lee Dong-Gook
- Akhtam Khamroqulov
- Sompong Soleb
- Ismail Al Hammadi
- Ali Al-Wehaibi
- Ahmed Khalil
- Mahmoud Khamees
- Odil Ahmedov
- Server Djeparov
- Timur Kapadze
- Aleksandr Shadrin
- Maksim Shatskikh
- Sanzhar Tursunov
1 own goal
- Mahmoud Baquir Younes (against Kuwait)
- Rashid Al Farsi (against Thailand)
- Walid Abbas (against Kuwait)
- Hamdan Al Kamali (against South Korea)
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b 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.[5]
- ^ Moved from the original venue at Yanggakdo Stadium due to the poor condition of the pitch.[6]
- ^ Moved from the original venue at Rajamangala Stadium due to flooding.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – Asian Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2011.
- ^ "Stage set for FWCQ R3 draw". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ Syria disqualified from 2014 FIFA World Cup FIFA.com; 19 August 2011
- ^ a b c d e "FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "FIFA decision on Iraq matches". Asian Football Confederation. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "New stadium for PRK-JPN match". The-AFC.com. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Teerasil set to miss crucial W Cup qualifier". nationmultimedia.com. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.