2010 World Cup - AFC Qualifiers

Stage 6 - Interconference Play-offs

The winner of the play-off with the Oceania conference will qualify to the WC202 Finals

14/11/09 New Zealand 1-0 Bahrain
10/10/09 Bahrain 0-0 New Zealand

New Zealand qualified to the WC2010 Finals.

Stage 5 - Conference play-offs

The winner of the third placed nations will proceed to the play-offs with the Oceania conference winner

09/09/09 Saudi Arabia 2-2 Bahrain
05/09/09 Bahrain 0-0 Saudi Arabia

Stage 4 - Final groups

Top two nations of the two groups will qualify to the WC2010 Finals and third placed nations will proceed to Stage 5.

GROUP A:

                           P/G  F:A
              Australia   20/8 11:1 - WC2010
                  Japan   15/8 11:6 - WC2010
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                Bahrain   10/8  6:8 - Stage 5 - Conference Play offs
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                  Qatar    6/8  5:14
             Uzbekistan    4/8  5:10

17/06/09 Australia 2-1 Japan
17/06/09 Bahrain 1-0 Uzbekistan

10/06/09 Australia 2-0 Bahrain
10/06/09 Japan 1-1 Qatar

06/06/09 Qatar 0-0 Australia
06/06/09 Uzbekistan 0-1 Japan

01/04/09 Australia 2-0 Uzbekistan
01/04/09 Bahrain 1-0 Qatar

28/03/08 Japan 1-0 Bahrain
28/03/08 Uzbekistan 4-0 Qatar

11/02/08 Japan 0-0 Australia
11/02/08 Uzbekistan 0-1 Bahrain

19/11/08 Bahrain 0-1 Australia
19/11/08 Qatar 0-3 Japan

15/10/08 Australia 4-0 Qatar
15/10/08 Japan 1-1 Uzbekistan

10/09/08 Qatar 1-1 Bahrain
10/09/08 Uzbekistan 0-1 Australia

06/09/08 Bahrain 2-3 Japan
06/09/08 Qatar 3-0 Uzbekistan

GROUP B:

                           P/G  F:A
         Korea Republic   16/8 12:4 - WC2010
              Korea DPR   12/8  7:5 - WC2010
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           Saudi Arabia   12/8  8:8 - Stage 5 - Conference Play offs
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                   Iran   11/8  8:7
   United Arab Emirates    1/8  6:17

17/06/09 Korea Republic 1-1 Iran
17/06/09 Saudi Arabia 0-0 Korea DPR

10/06/09 Iran 1-0 United Arab Emirates
10/06/09 Korea Republic 0-0 Saudi Arabia

06/06/09 Korea DPR 0-0 Iran
06/06/09 United Arab Emirates 0-2 Korea Republic

01/04/09 Korea Republic 1-0 Korea DPR
01/04/09 Saudi Arabia 3-2 United Arab Emirates

28/03/08 Iran 1-2 Saudi Arabia
28/03/08 Korea DPR 2-0 United Arab Emirates

11/02/08 Iran 1-1 Korea Republic
11/02/08 Korea DPR 1-0 Saudi Arabia

19/11/08 Saudi Arabia - Korea Republic
19/11/08 United Arab Emirates - Iran

15/10/08 Iran 2-1 Korea DPR
15/10/08 Korea Republic 4-1 United Arab Emirates

10/09/08 Korea DPR 1-1 Korea Republic
10/09/08 United Arab Emirates 1-2 Saudi Arabia

06/09/08 Saudi Arabia 1-1 Iran
06/09/08 United Arab Emirates 1-2 Korea DPR

Stage 3 - Preliminary Groups

Top two nations in each group will proceed to Stage 4.

GROUP 1:

                                   P/G  F:A
              Australia   10/6  7:3 Stage 4
                  Qatar   10/6  5:6 Stage 4
                   Iraq    7/6  4:6
               China PR    6/6  3:4

22/06/08 Australia 0-1 China PR
22/06/08 Iraq 0-1 Qatar

14/06/08 Qatar 1-3 Australia
14/06/08 China PR 1-2 Iraq

07/06/08 China PR 0-1 Qatar
07/06/08 Iraq 1-0 Australia

02/06/08 Qatar 0-0 China PR
01/06/08 Australia 1-0 Iraq

26/03/08 China PR 0-0 Australia
26/03/08 Qatar 2-0 Iraq

06/02/08 Australia 3-0 Qatar
06/02/08 Iraq 1-1 China PR

GROUP 2:

                           P/G  F:A
                  Japan   13/6 12:3 Stage 4
                Bahrain   11/6  7:5 Stage 4
                   Oman    8/6  6:7
               Thailand    1/6  5:13

22/06/08 Japan 1-0 Bahrain
22/06/08 Oman - Thailand

14/06/08 Thailand 0-3 Japan
14/06/08 Bahrain 1-1 Oman

07/06/08 Bahrain 1-1 Thailand
07/06/08 Oman 1-1 Japan

02/06/08 Thailand 2-3 Bahrain
02/06/08 Japan 3-0 Oman

26/03/08 Bahrain 1-0 Japan
26/03/08 Thailand 0-1 Oman

06/02/08 Japan 4-1 Thailand
06/02/08 Oman 0-1 Bahrain

GROUP 3:

                           P/G  F:A
              Korea DPR   12/6  7:0 Stage 4
         Korea Republic   12/6  7:3 Stage 4
                 Jordan    7/6  6:6
           Turkmenistan    1/6  1:12

22/06/08 Korea Republic 0-0 Korea DPR
22/06/08 Jordan 2-0 Turkmenistan

14/06/08 Turkmenistan 1-3 Korea Republic
14/06/08 Korea DPR 2-0 Jordan

07/06/08 Korea DPR 1-0 Turkmenistan
07/06/08 Jordan 0-1 Korea Republic

02/06/08 Turkmenistan 0-0 Korea DPR
31/05/08 Korea Republic 2-2 Jordan

26/03/08 Korea DPR 0-0 Korea Republic
26/03/08 Turkmenistan 0-2 Jordan

06/02/08 Korea Republic 4-0 Turkmenistan
06/02/08 Jordan 0-1 Korea DPR

GROUP 4:

                           P/G  F:A
           Saudi Arabia   15/6 14:5 Stage 4
             Uzbekistan   15/6 15:7 Stage 4
              Singapore    6/6  7:13
                Lebanon    0/6  3:14

22/06/08 Saudi Arabia 4-0 Uzbekistan
22/06/08 Lebanon 1-2 Singapore

14/06/08 Singapore 0-2 Saudi Arabia
14/06/08 Uzbekistan 3-0 Lebanon

07/06/08 Uzbekistan 1-0 Singapore
07/06/08 Lebanon 1-2 Saudi Arabia

02/06/08 Singapore 3-7 Uzbekistan
02/06/08 Saudi Arabia 4-1 Lebanon

26/03/08 Singapore 2-0 Lebanon
26/03/08 Uzbekistan 3-0 Saudi Arabia

06/02/08 Saudi Arabia 2-0 Singapore
06/02/08 Lebanon 0-1 Uzbekistan

GROUP 5:

                           P/G  F:A
                   Iran   12/6  7:2 Stage 4
   United Arab Emirates    8/6  7:7 Stage 4
                  Syria    8/6  7:8
                 Kuwait    4/6  8:12

14/06/08 Iran 2-0 Kuwait
14/06/08 United Arab Emirates 1-3 Syria

14/06/08 Syria 0-2 Iran
14/06/08 Kuwait 2-3 United Arab Emirates

08/06/08 Kuwait 4-2 Syria
07/06/08 United Arab Emirates 0-1 Iran

02/06/08 Syria 1-0 Kuwait
02/06/08 Iran 0-0 United Arab Emirates

26/03/08 Kuwait 2-2 Iran
26/03/08 Syria 1-1 United Arab Emirates

06/02/08 Iran 0-0 Syria
06/02/08 United Arab Emirates 2-0 Kuwait

Stage 2 - Knock-out Round 2

Top 11 of 19 Round 1 winners in the Rankings proceed to Stage 3 as bye.

10/11/07 18/11/07 Hong Kong 0-0 0-3 Turkmenistan
09/11/07 18/11/07 Indonesia 1-4 0-7 Syria
09/11/07 18/11/07 Singapore 2-0 1-1 Tajikistan
09/11/07 18/11/07 Yemen 1-1 0-1 Thailand

Stage 1 - Knock-out Round 1

Top 5 nations in the Rankings proceed to Stage 3 as bye.

08/10/07 30/10/07 Lebanon 4-1 2-2 India
22/10/07 28/10/07 Pakistan 0-7 0-0 Iraq
21/10/07 28/10/07 Bahrain 4-1 0-0 Malaysia
21/10/07 28/10/07 China PR 7-0 4-0 Myanmar
21/10/07 28/10/07 Mongolia 1-4 1-5 Korea DPR
21/10/07 28/10/07 Sri Lanka 0-1 0-5 Qatar
21/10/07 28/10/07 Timor-Leste 2-3 1-8 Hong Kong
18/10/07 28/10/07 Kyrgyzistan 2-0 0-2 Jordan - Penalties: 6-5
13/10/07 28/10/07 Uzbekistan 9-0 2-0 Chinese Taipei
11/10/07 28/10/07 Cambodia 0-1 1-4 Turkmenistan
08/10/07 28/10/07 Bangladesh 1-1 0-5 Tajikistan
08/10/07 28/10/07 Oman 2-0 2-0 Nepal
08/10/07 28/10/07 Palestine 0-4 0-3 Singapore
08/10/07 28/10/07 Vietnam 0-1 0-5 UAE
08/10/07 28/10/07 Yemen 3-0 0-2 Maldives
08/10/07 26/10/07 Syria 3-0 2-1 Afghanistan
08/10/07 15/10/07 Thailand 6-1 7-1 Macau
--------- -------- Guam - Indonesia - Guam withdrew
--------- -------- Bhutan - Kuwait - Bhutan withdrew

The Draw

First Stage: 6.8.2007 in Kuala Lumpur
The games will be played from 8.10.2007 to 28.10.2007
The nations seeded bye for Stages 1 and 2 (1 to 5): Australia, Korea Republic, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia
Seeded nations for Stage 1 (6 to 24): Bahrain, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, DPR Korea, China, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Syria, Plaestine, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Yemen
Unseeded nations (25 to 43): Vietnam, Kyrgyzistan, Maldives, India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Chinese Taipei, Bangladesh, Macau, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Guam, Nepali Cambodia, Bhutan, Myanmar, Timor-Leste

Second Stage: 6.8.2007 in Kuala Lumpur
The games will be played from 9.11.2007 to 18.11.2007
Top 11 nations seeded as bye and proceeded to Stage 3: Bahrain, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, DPR Korea, China, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, UAE, Qatar
Seeded for Stage 2: Syria, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan
Unseeded: Indonesia, Hong Kong, Yemen, Singapore

Third Stage: 25.11.2007 in Durban
The games will be played from 6.2.2008 to 10.9.2008
The Pots:
Pot D: Qatar, Syria, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Singapore
Pot C: Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, UAE
Pot B: Bahrain, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, DPR Korea, China
Pot A: Australia, Korea Republic, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia

Fourth Stage:
The games will be played from 15.10.2008 to 9.9.2009
The Pots:
Pot 1: Australia, Korea Republic
Pot 2: Iran, Japan
Pot 3: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain
Pot 4: Uzbekistan, Korea DPR, United Arab Emirates, Qatar