Asian qualification for the 2010 World Cup Finals in South
Africa.
AFC
Asian
Football Confederation.
Stage One
Top seeds Australia, South Korea, Iran, Japan and Saudi Arabia
received byes to Stage Three (the preliminary draw), while the other 38 teams played home
and away ties.
8th October, 2007:
Bangladesh vs Tajikistan (1:1)
Lebanon vs India (4:1)
Oman vs Nepal (2:0)
Palestine vs Singapore (0:4)
Syria vs Afghanistan (3:0)
Thailand vs Macau (6:1)
Vietnam vs United Arab Emirates (0:1)
Yemen vs Maldives (3:0)
11th October, 2007:
Cambodia vs Turkmenistan (0:1)
13th October, 2007:
Uzbekistan vs Taiwan (9:0)
15th October, 2007:
Macau vs Thailand (1:7)
18th October, 2007:
Kyrgyzstan vs Jordan (2:0)
21st October, 2007:
Bahrain vs Malaysia (4:1)
China vs Myanmar (7:0)
East Timor vs Hong Kong (2:3)
Mongolia vs North Korea (1:4)
Sri Lanka vs Qatar (0:1)
22nd October, 2007:
Pakistan vs Iraq (0:7)
26th October, 2007:
Afghanistan vs Syria (1:2)
28th October, 2007:
Hong Kong vs East Timor (8:1)
Iraq vs Pakistan (0:0)
Jordan vs Kyrgyzstan (2:0aet
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Malaysia vs Bahrain (0:0)
Maldives vs Yemen (2:0)
Myanmar vs China (0:4)
Nepal vs Oman (0:2)
North Korea vs Mongolia (5:1)
Qatar vs Sri Lanka (5:0)
Singapore vs Palestine (3:0)
Taiwan vs Uzbekistan (0:2)
Tajikistan vs Bangladesh (5:0)
Turkmenistan vs Cambodia (4:1)
United Arab Emirates vs Vietnam (5:0)
30th October, 2007:
India vs Lebanon (2:2)
Bhutan and Guam withdrew from the competition giving byes to Kuwait and
Indonesia.
Stage Two
The 11 highest-ranked Stage One winners moved onto Stage Three, while
the 8 lowest-ranked Stage One winners played another home and away round.
9th November, 2007:
Indonesia vs Syria (1:4)
Singapore vs Tajikistan (2:0)
Yemen vs Thailand (1:1)
10th November, 2007:
Hong Kong vs Turkmenistan (0:0)
18th November, 2007:
Syria vs Indonesia (7:0)
Tajikistan vs Singapore (1:1)
Thailand vs Yemen (1:0)
Turkmenistan vs Hong Kong (3:0)
Stage Three
After the two elimination rounds, 20 teams entered the preliminary
draw; to play in 5 groups of 4 teams.
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Stage Four
The winners and runners-up then go into two round-robin, home-and-away
groups of 5 teams; with the two winners and runners-up automatically qualifying for the 2010 World Cup Finals.
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Stage Five
The two, third-placed teams then play home and away; with the winner
advancing to the inter-confederation playoff with the top team from Oceania.
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