2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

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.

Format

The 20 teams (five teams given a bye directly to the third round, 11 highest-ranked winners from the first round, and four 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	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	Qualification
Australia	6	3	1	2	7	3	+4	10	Fourth round		—	3–0	1–0	0–1
Qatar	6	3	1	2	5	6	−1	10			1–3	—	2–0	0–0
Iraq	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7			1–0	0–1	—	1–1
China	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	6			0–0	0–1	1–2	—

Source: 6 February 200819:30 UTC+11

Australia	3–0	Qatar
Kennedy 11' Cahill 17' Bresciano 33'	Report

Telstra Dome, MelbourneAttendance: 50,969Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 6 February 200816:30 UTC+4

Iraq	1–1	China
H.M. Mohammed 51' (pen.)	Report	Zheng Zhi 75'

Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)Attendance: 11,000Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran) 26 March 200814:00 UTC+8

China	0–0	Australia
	Report

Tuodong Stadium, KunmingAttendance: 32,000Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates) 26 March 200818:30 UTC+3

Qatar	2–0	Iraq
Fábio César 1', 62'	Report

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, DohaAttendance: 13,000Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) 1 June 200817:00 UTC+10

Australia	1–0	Iraq
Kewell 47'	Report

Suncorp Stadium, BrisbaneAttendance: 48,678Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) 2 June 200819:00 UTC+3

Qatar	0–0	China
	Report

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, DohaAttendance: 9,000Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria) 7 June 200820:00 UTC+8

China	0–1	Qatar
	Report	Soria 14' (pen.)

Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, TianjinAttendance: 50,000Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon) 7 June 200820:00 UTC+4

Iraq	1–0	Australia
E. Mohammed 28'	Report

Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)Attendance: 8,000Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan) 14 June 200820:00 UTC+8

China	1–2	Iraq
Zhou Haibin 33'	Report	E. Mohammed 41' Akram 67'

Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, TianjinAttendance: 39,000Referee: Abdul Bashir (Singapore) 14 June 200819:00 UTC+3

Qatar	1–3	Australia
Al Khalfan 89'	Report	Emerton 17', 56' Kewell 74'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, DohaAttendance: 12,000Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea) 22 June 200818:00 UTC+10

Australia	0–1	China
	Report	Sun Xiang 12'

Stadium Australia, SydneyAttendance: 70,054Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) 22 June 200820:00 UTC+4

Iraq	0–1	Qatar
	Report	Bechir 77'

Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)Attendance: 10,000Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)

Group 2

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

Source: 6 February 200819:20 UTC+9

Japan	4–1	Thailand
Endō 21' Ōkubo 54' Nakazawa 66' Maki 90+1'	Report	Winothai 22'

Saitama Stadium, SaitamaAttendance: 35,130Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) 6 February 200818:30 UTC+4

Oman	0–1	Bahrain
	Report	Hubail 14'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, MuscatAttendance: 28,000Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea) 26 March 200818:30 UTC+7

Thailand	0–1	Oman
	Report	Sulaiman 1'

Rajamangala National Stadium, BangkokAttendance: 40,000Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran) 26 March 200817:20 UTC+3

Bahrain	1–0	Japan
Hubail 77'	Report

Bahrain National Stadium, RiffaAttendance: 26,000Referee: Mark Shield (Australia) 2 June 200819:20 UTC+9

Japan	3–0	Oman
Nakazawa 10' Ōkubo 22' S. Nakamura 49'	Report

International Stadium Yokohama, YokohamaAttendance: 46,764Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) 2 June 200818:30 UTC+7

Thailand	2–3	Bahrain
Chaikamdee 25' Winothai 45'	Report	Isa 22' Latif 34' Adnan 57'

Rajamangala National Stadium, BangkokAttendance: 15,000Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR) 7 June 200817:15 UTC+4

Oman	1–1	Japan
Ahmed Mubarak 11'	Report	Endō 53' (pen.)

Royal Oman Police Stadium, MuscatAttendance: 6,500Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 7 June 200819:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	1–1	Thailand
Isa 67'	Report	Thonglao 65'

Bahrain National Stadium, RiffaAttendance: 21,000Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria) 14 June 200817:30 UTC+7

Thailand	0–3	Japan
	Report	Tulio 23' Nakazawa 39' K. Nakamura 89'

Rajamangala National Stadium, BangkokAttendance: 25,000Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE) 14 June 200819:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	1–1	Oman
Aaish 41'	Report	Sulaiman 72'

Bahrain National Stadium, RiffaAttendance: 25,000Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) 22 June 200819:20 UTC+9

Japan	1–0	Bahrain
Uchida 90'	Report

Saitama Stadium, SaitamaAttendance: 51,180Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) 22 June 200818:00 UTC+4

Oman	2–1	Thailand
Al Hosni 58', 85'	Report	Sripan 3' (pen.)

Royal Oman Police Stadium, MuscatAttendance: 3,000Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

Group 3

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

Source: 6 February 200820:00 UTC+9

South Korea	4–0	Turkmenistan
Kwak Tae-hwi 43' Seol Ki-hyeon 57', 85' Park Ji-sung 73'	Report

Seoul World Cup Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 25,738Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain) 6 February 200817:00 UTC+2

Jordan	0–1	North Korea
	Report	Hong Yong-jo 44'

Amman International Stadium, AmmanAttendance: 16,000Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) 26 March 200819:00 UTC+8

North Korea	0–0	South Korea
	Report

Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai (China)Attendance: 20,000Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) 26 March 200817:00 UTC+5

Turkmenistan	0–2	Jordan
	Report	Al-Bzour 33' Bawab 86'

Ashgabat Olympic Stadium, AshgabatAttendance: 20,000Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand) 31 May 200820:00 UTC+9

South Korea	2–2	Jordan
Park Ji-sung 39' Park Chu-young 48' (pen.)	Report	Abdel-Fattah 73', 80'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 50,000Referee: Mark Shield (Australia) 2 June 200817:00 UTC+5

Turkmenistan	0–0	North Korea
	Report

Ashgabat Olympic Stadium, AshgabatAttendance: 20,000Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) 7 June 200817:00 UTC+9

North Korea	1–0	Turkmenistan
Choe Kum-chol 72'	Report

Kim Il-sung Stadium, PyongyangAttendance: 25,000Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) 7 June 200817:30 UTC+3

Jordan	0–1	South Korea
	Report	Park Chu-young 24' (pen.)

King Abdullah Stadium, AmmanAttendance: 8,000Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran) 14 June 200817:00 UTC+9

North Korea	2–0	Jordan
Hong Yong-jo 44', 72'	Report

Yanggakdo Stadium, PyongyangAttendance: 25,000Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon) 14 June 200819:00 UTC+5

Turkmenistan	1–3	South Korea
Ovekov 77' (pen.)	Report	Kim Do-heon 14', 86', 90+3' (pen.)

Ashgabat Olympic Stadium, AshgabatAttendance: 11,000Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan) 22 June 200820:00 UTC+9

South Korea	0–0	North Korea
	Report

Seoul World Cup Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 48,519Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 22 June 200818:00 UTC+3

Jordan	2–0	Turkmenistan
Abdel Fattah 66' 67'	Report

Amman International Stadium, AmmanAttendance: 150Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Group 4

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

Source:
Notes:

1. ^ a b The positions of Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia are reversed from the original final standings after two matches were forfeited by Singapore.
2. ^ a b Awarded as a 3–0 win as Singapore fielded an ineligible player.

6 February 200818:00 UTC+2

Lebanon	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Ahmedov 44'

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 800Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) 6 February 200820:15 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Singapore
Al-Qahtani 38' Mouath 81'	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, RiyadhAttendance: 10,000Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria) 26 March 200816:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	3–0	Saudi Arabia
Kapadze 45+1' Shatskikh 65' Djeparov 67' (pen.)	Report

MHSK Stadium, TashkentAttendance: 17,000Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 26 March 200819:30 UTC+8

Singapore	2–0	Lebanon
Đurić 8' Fazrul 24'	Report

National Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 10,118Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan) 2 June 200819:30 UTC+8

Singapore	3–7	Uzbekistan
Đurić 16' Mustafić 31' (pen.) Wilkinson 73'	Report	Kapadze 10' Karpenko 22' Djeparov 34', 44' Denisov 42' Ibrahimov 62' Shatskikh 88'

National Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 28,750Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE) 2 June 200821:00 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	4–1	Lebanon
Al-Qahtani 45', 90+1' Hawsawi 65' Tukar 83'	Report	El Ali 43'

King Fahd International Stadium, RiyadhAttendance: 8,000Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) 7 June 200819:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	3–0 Awarded	Singapore
Geynrikh 80'	Report

MHSK Stadium, TashkentAttendance: 12,867Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea) 7 June 200818:00 UTC+3

Lebanon	1–2	Saudi Arabia
Ghaddar 90+3'	Report	Tukar 45+2', 60'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)Attendance: 2,000Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand) 14 June 200819:30 UTC+8

Singapore	0–3 Awarded	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Ab. Otaif 37' Al-Fraidi 76'

National Stadium, SingaporeAttendance: 23,000Referee: Ben Williams (Australia) 14 June 200819:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	3–0	Lebanon
Ahmedov 50', 63' Djeparov 90+4'	Report

MHSK Stadium, TashkentAttendance: 7,000Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia) 22 June 200818:00 UTC+3

Lebanon	1–2	Singapore
Baihakki 62' (o.g.)	Report	Dayoub 72' (o.g.) Wilkinson 73'

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 500Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran) 22 June 200821:00 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	4–0	Uzbekistan
Ab. Otaif 5' Mouath 36', 88' Al-Harthi 56'	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, RiyadhAttendance: 5,000Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Group 5

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

Source: 6 February 200815:00 UTC+3:30

Iran	0–0	Syria
	Report

Azadi Stadium, TehranAttendance: 45,000Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) 6 February 200819:15 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	2–0	Kuwait
Al Shehhi 14' Khalil 53'	Report

Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiAttendance: 19,000Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) 26 March 200814:30 UTC+2

Syria	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Chaabo 2'	Report	Matar 54'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, DamascusAttendance: 35,000Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR) 26 March 200819:45 UTC+3

Kuwait	2–2	Iran
Ajab 38' Al-Rashidi 81'	Report	Nikbakht 2' Hosseini 5'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait CityAttendance: 15,000Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia) 2 June 200819:00 UTC+4:30

Iran	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	Report

Azadi Stadium, TehranAttendance: 50,000Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea) 2 June 200820:00 UTC+3

Syria	1–0	Kuwait
Al-Hussain 52'	Report

Abbasiyyin Stadium, DamascusAttendance: 25,000Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan) 7 June 200820:00 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Iran
	Report	Zandi 8'

Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al AinAttendance: 9,000Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) 8 June 200820:45 UTC+3

Kuwait	4–2	Syria
Ajab 2', 20', 63' Al Khouja 57' (o.g.)	Report	Al-Khatib 10', 45+2'

Thamir Stadium, Al SalmiyaAttendance: 10,000Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) 14 June 200820:00 UTC+3

Syria	0–2	Iran
	Report	Rezaei 64' Khalili 90+5'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, DamascusAttendance: 25,000Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand) 14 June 200820:45 UTC+3

Kuwait	2–3	United Arab Emirates
Ajab 52', 79'	Report	Matar 23', 39' Mohammed 90+1'

Thamer Stadium, SalmiyaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 22 June 200820:30 UTC+4:30

Iran	2–0	Kuwait
Nekounam 17' Rezaei 90+2'	Report

Azadi Stadium, TehranAttendance: 20,000Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR) 22 June 200820:00 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	1–3	Syria
Matar 83' (pen.)	Report	Al Hussain 34', 51' Malki 90+3'

Al Qatara Stadium, Al AinAttendance: 7,000Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Goalscorers

There were 137 goals scored in 60 matches, for an average of 2.28 goals per match.

6 goals

• Ahmad Ajab

4 goals

• Hassan Abdel Fattah
• Ismail Matar
• Server Djeparov

3 goals

• Yuji Nakazawa
• Hong Yong-jo
• Yasser Al-Qahtani
• Malek Mouath
• Redha Tukar
• Kim Do-heon
• Jehad Al-Hussain
• Odil Ahmedov

2 goals

• Brett Emerton
• Harry Kewell
• A'ala Hubail
• Salman Isa
• Gholamreza Rezaei
• Emad Mohammed
• Yasuhito Endō
• Yoshito Ōkubo
• Ismail Sulaiman Al Ajmi
• Amad Al Hosni
• Fábio César Montezine
• Abdoh Otaif
• Aleksandar Đurić
• John Wilkinson
• Park Chu-young
• Park Ji-sung
• Seol Ki-hyeon
• Firas Al-Khatib
• Teeratep Winothai
• Timur Kapadze
• Maksim Shatskikh

1 goal

• Mark Bresciano
• Tim Cahill
• Joshua Kennedy
• Faouzi Aaish
• Ismail Abdullatif
• Sayed Mohamed Adnan
• Sun Xiang
• Zheng Zhi
• Zhou Haibin
• Jalal Hosseini
• Mohsen Khalili
• Javad Nekounam
• Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
• Ferydoon Zandi
• Nashat Akram
• Hawar Mulla Mohammed
• Seiichiro Maki
• Kengo Nakamura
• Shunsuke Nakamura
• Marcus Tulio Tanaka
• Atsuto Uchida
• Waseem Al-Bzour
• Thaer Bawab
• Fahad Al-Rashidi
• Mahmoud El Ali
• Mohammed Ghaddar
• Choe Kum-chol
• Ahmed Mubarak Al Mahaijri
• Sayed Ali Bechir
• Khalfan Ibrahim
• Sebastián Soria
• Ahmed Al-Fraidi
• Saad Al-Harthi
• Osama Hawsawi
• Mustafic Fahrudin
• Fazrul Nawaz
• Kwak Tae-hwi
• Zyad Chaabo
• Sanharib Malki
• Sarayoot Chaikamdee
• Totchtawan Sripan
• Datsakorn Thonglao
• Guvanch Ovekov
• Saif Mohammed Al Bishr
• Mohamed Al Shehhi
• Faisal Khalil
• Vitaliy Denisov
• Alexander Geynrikh
• Aziz Ibrahimov
• Victor Karpenko

1 own goal

• Ramez Dayoub (against Singapore)
• Baihakki Khaizan (against Lebanon)
• Anas Al Khouja (against Kuwait)

Notes

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

References

1. ^ a b c d e "FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
2. ^ Iraq to host 3 World Cup qualifying matches in Dubai, USA Today, 22 January 2008.
3. ^ DPR Korea-Korea Republic to take place in Shanghai, FIFA.com, 7 March 2008.
4. ^ Koreas match moved to Shanghai after anthem row, Reuters.com, 7 March 2008.
5. ^ 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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