2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating.

AFC Asian Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup
2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates22 December 2005 – 15 November 2006
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Iraq Younis Mahmoud
South Korea Jung Jo-gook
Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani
Saudi Arabia Saleh Bashir
Syria Firas Al-Khatib
Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh
(4 goals each)

For the first time, the defending champions (Japan), did not earn an automatic berth in the finals and had to compete in the qualification tournament. Twelve teams from top two of each groups joined with four host nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) qualify for the final tournament.

Teams that did not enter

16 national teams did not enter qualifying (The team's FIFA World Ranking was considered for November 2005):

Team excluded

Thus, out of 46 national teams, 25 entered the qualifying.

Preliminary round

In December 2005, Bangladesh and Pakistan played off in a home and away series (with Bangladesh hosting the first leg), to determine which team would progress to the final qualifying round. This was originally scheduled in November but the earthquake in Pakistan forced it to be postponed.

After a goalless first leg in Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 December 2005, Bangladesh won the second leg thanks to the goal from Firoz Mahmud Titu at the 84-minute in People's Sports Complex, Karachi, Pakistan four days later. Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. However, Pakistan ended up also being qualified into the final qualifying round anyway, after Sri Lanka withdrew.

Bangladesh 0–0 Pakistan
(Report)
Pakistan 0–1 Bangladesh
(Report) Firoz Mahmud 84'

 Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate.  Pakistan also qualified after  Sri Lanka withdrew.

Seedings

The seeding was based on the 2004 competition, including results during qualifying. The teams in their respective pots also are listed with respect to their performance. Note that Jordan and Uzbekistan were placed higher than South Korea and Iraq. For the tie-breaker here served the fact that Jordan and Uzbekistan were eliminated on penalty shootout, while the other two teams were clearly defeated. Uzbekistan precedes Jordan as it won its group, while Jordan placed second. The same principle is applied to the rest of the teams on the list. The Australian team which had just joined the Asian Football Confederation on 1 January 2006 and had not participated in previous tournaments was given the lowest rank.[1]

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D

 Japan
 China
 Iran
 Bahrain
 Uzbekistan
 Jordan

 South Korea
 Iraq
 Saudi Arabia
 Kuwait
 Qatar
 Oman

 United Arab Emirates
 Syria
 Yemen
 Lebanon
 Singapore
 Hong Kong

 Palestine
 Chinese Taipei
 Pakistan*
 Bangladesh
 India
 Australia

* = Replace Sri Lanka

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams in a group are equal on points on completion of the group matches, their places shall be determined as follows:

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned.
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned.
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (Away Goals do not apply in this stage of the competition).
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches.
  5. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play.
  6. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round
  • Pakistan is added back into the final qualifying round after Sri Lanka withdrew at the last minute.
  • 24 teams will be split into six groups of four, playing in a home and away format. The top two of each group will progress to the finals. Matches will start on 22 February 2006 and ends on 15 November 2006.
  • On 1 August 2006, Lebanon officially withdrew from the competition after having played only one match, due to their ongoing conflict with Israel.[2]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 6 5 0 1 15 2 +13 15[lower-alpha 1]
 Saudi Arabia 6 5 0 1 21 4 +17 15[lower-alpha 1]
 Yemen 6 2 0 4 5 13 −8 6
 India 6 0 0 6 2 24 −22 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreakers: Japan is ranked higher than Saudi Arabia by the two head-to-head game results (Japan 3–2 Saudi Arabia).
Japan 6–0 India
Ono 32'
Maki 58'
Fukunishi 68'
Kubo 78', 90'
Satō 82'		 (Report)
Attendance: 38,025
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
Yemen 0–4 Saudi Arabia
(Report) Al Sawailh 14', 89'
Al-Shalhoub 77', 90+2'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
India 0–3 Yemen
(Report) S. Abdullah 6'
Al-Hubaishi 43'
Al Nono 56' (pen.)
Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
India 0–3 Saudi Arabia
(Report) Al-Qahtani 2', 19', 50'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
Japan 2–0 Yemen
Abe 70'
Satō 90+1'		 (Report)
Attendance: 40,913
Referee: Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic)
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Japan
Bashir 73' (Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Saudi Arabia 7–1 India
Bashir 30', 46'
Al Mahyani 33'
Ameen 57'
Al Hagbani 61'
Al Suwaileh 78', 86'		 (Report) Manju 22'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
Yemen 0–1 Japan
(Report) Ganaha 90'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi (Oman)
India 0–3 Japan
(Report) Bando 23', 44'
Nakamura 83'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Chan Siu Kee (Hong Kong)
Saudi Arabia 5–0 Yemen
Bashir 22'
Ameen 27'
Fallatah 65'
Al Mahyani 68', 90+2'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq)
Japan 3–1 Saudi Arabia
Tulio 20'
Ganaha 29', 49'		 (Report) Al-Qahtani 33' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,965
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Yemen 2–1 India
Al-Haggam 60'
Al-Nono 82'		 (Report) Pradeep 52'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Hassan Marshoud (Jordan)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 6 4 2 0 12 2 +10 14
 South Korea 6 3 2 1 15 5 +10 11
 Syria 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 8
 Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 0 24 −24 0
Source:
Iran 4–0 Chinese Taipei
Teymourian 35'
Madanchi 47', 60'
Daei 82'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq)
Syria 1–2 South Korea
Al Khatib 49' (Report) Kim Do-heon 5'
Lee Chun-soo 50'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Chinese Taipei 0–4 Syria
(Report) Chabbo 29', 58'
Al Hussain 45'
Al Khatib 64'
Attendance: 700
Referee: O il Son (Korea DPR)
Chinese Taipei 0–3 South Korea
(Report) Ahn Jung-hwan 31'
Jung Jo-gook 53'
Kim Do-heon 80'
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
Iran 1–1 Syria
Nekounam 71' (Report) Chaabo 88'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
South Korea 1–1 Iran
Seol Ki-hyeon 45' (Report) Hashemian 90'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
South Korea 8–0 Chinese Taipei
Seol Ki-hyeon 3', 52'
Jung Jo-gook 4', 45', 88'
Cho Jae-jin 19', 82'
Kim Do-heon 77'		 (Report)
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Chandrasiri Deshapriya Arambakade Gedara (Sri Lanka)
Syria 0–2 Iran
(Report) Nosrati 20'
Nekounam 56'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
Chinese Taipei 0–2 Iran
(Report) Karimi 10', 56'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
South Korea 1–1 Syria
Cho Jae-jin 9' (Report) Al Sayed 18'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)
Iran 2–0 South Korea
Enayati 48'
Badamaki 90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
Syria 3–0 Chinese Taipei
Al Jaban 51'
Al Khatib 62', 79'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13
 Oman 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 12
 Jordan 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10
 Pakistan 6 0 0 6 4 22 −18 0
Source:
Jordan 3–0 Pakistan
Aqel 30' (pen.)
Shelbaieh 38'
Al-Shagran 41'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Oman
Matar 15' (Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Oman 3–0 Jordan
Saleh 7'
Sulaiman 18'
Zaher 54'		 (Report)
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Pakistan 1–4 United Arab Emirates
Essa 60' (Report) Qassim 68'
Matar 78'
Saad 81'
Al Kas 88'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
Pakistan 1–4 Oman
Essa 79' (pen.) (Report) Al-Maimani 15' (pen.), 35'
Al Hosni 27'
Sulaiman 90'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Jordan 1–2 United Arab Emirates
Ra'fat Ali 88' (Report) Omer 52'
Khater 67'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Naser Rashed Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)
United Arab Emirates 0–0 Jordan
(Report)
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
Oman 5–0 Pakistan
Al Hosni 7'
Bashir 35', 85'
Sulaiman 45'
Al-Touqi 88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq)
Pakistan 0–3 Jordan
(Report) Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 16'
Ra'fat Ali 37'
Khaled Saad 85'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dilovar Orzuev (Tajikistan)
Oman 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Mudhafar 24'
Sulaiman 28'		 (Report) Omer 57'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
Jordan 3–0 Oman
Amer Deeb 80'
Ra'fat Ali 84'
Al-Sheikh 90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)
United Arab Emirates 3–2 Pakistan
Abbas 54'
Omer 58', 73'		 (Report) Akram 23'
Ahmed 67'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9
 Bahrain 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
 Kuwait 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
 Lebanon 0 - - - - - — 0
Source:

Note: Bahrain is ranked higher than Kuwait by the two head-to-head game results (Bahrain 2 – 1 Kuwait).

Bahrain 1–3 Australia
Ali 35' (Report) Thompson 53'
Skoko 79'
Elrich 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Lebanon 1–1
Annulled1		 Kuwait
A. Nasseredine 70' (Report) F. Al Hamad 25'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
Kuwait 0–0 Bahrain
(Report)
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Australia 2–0 Kuwait
Dodd 75'
Petrovski 86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 32,622
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
Kuwait 2–0 Australia
Al Mutairi 56'
Al-Mutawa 59'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Australia 2–0 Bahrain
Aloisi 17'
Bresciano 24'		 (Report)
Attendance: 36,606
Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
Bahrain 2–1 Kuwait
Yousef 35' (pen.)
Ghuloom 43'		 (Report) Laheeb 70'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)

1 On 1 August 2006, it was announced that the AFC had accepted a withdrawal request from the Federation Libanaise de Football due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.[3] The results of the Lebanon-Kuwait game on 22 February 2006 have been declared null and void and do not count towards the group rankings.[4]

The following fixtures were also canceled:

  • against Bahrain, 16 August 2006 (in Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain)
  • against Australia, 31 August 2006 (in Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia)
  • against Bahrain, 6 September 2006 (in Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon)
  • against Kuwait, 11 October 2006 (in National Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait)
  • against Australia, 15 November 2006 (in Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon)

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11
 China 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11
 Singapore 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2 4
 Palestine 5 1 1 3 3 9 −6 4
Source:

Note: Iraq is ranked higher than China PR by the two head-to-head game results (Iraq 3 – 2 China PR).

China 2–0 Palestine
Du Wei 23'
Li Weifeng 62'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)
Singapore 2–0 Iraq
Amri 24'
Alam Shah 83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,221
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Palestine 1–0 Singapore
Attal 75' (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
Iraq 2–1 China
Karim 16'
Mulla Mohammed 67'		 (Report) Tao Wei 54'
Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
China 1–0 Singapore
Shao Jiayi 90+5' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
Palestine 0–3 Iraq
(Report) Mahmoud 59', 62'
Nasser 90'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Singapore 0–0 China
(Report)
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
Iraq 2–2 Palestine
Sadir 70'
Mulla Mohammed 75'		 (Report) Amer 13'
Al Amour 78'
Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
Iraq 4–2 Singapore
Mahmoud 35', 68'
Karim 60'
Mulla Mohammed 90+3'		 (Report) Goncalves 9'
Amri 62'
Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mamed Mamedov (Turkmenistan)
Palestine 0–2 China
(Report) Mao Jianqing 27'
Sun Xiang 65'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
China 1–1 Iraq
Han Peng 40' (Report) Salah 65'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Singapore Cancelled[5] Palestine
(Report)


1 All Iraq's home matches played in Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates.

2 All Palestine's home matches played in Amman, Jordan.

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Qatar 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 15
 Uzbekistan 6 3 2 1 14 4 +10 11
 Hong Kong 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8
 Bangladesh 6 0 0 6 1 19 −18 0
Source:
Uzbekistan 5–0 Bangladesh
Geynrikh 10', 52'
Djeparov 24'
Shatskikh 34', 84'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
Hong Kong 0–3 Qatar
(Report) Yasser 11'
Bechir 44'
M. Mohamed 90+5'
Attendance: 1,806
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Bangladesh 0–1 Hong Kong
(Report) Chan Siu Ki 82'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
Qatar 2–1 Uzbekistan
Adel Lamy 45'
Nasser 49'		 (Report) B. Mohammed 20' (o.g.)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Bangladesh 1–4 Qatar
Arman 23' (Report) Rizik 7' (pen.)
Adel Lamy 36'
Ibrahim 38', 74'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Uzbekistan 2–2 Hong Kong
Soliev 18'
Shatskikh 35'		 (Report) Sham Kwok Keung 66', 87'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)
Hong Kong 0–0 Uzbekistan
(Report)
Attendance: 7,608
Referee: Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic)
Qatar 3–0 Bangladesh
Yasser 25'
Adel Lamy 30'
Shammari 52'		 (Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)
Bangladesh 0–4 Uzbekistan
(Report) Zeytulaev 11'
Bakaev 18'
Djeparov 22'
Shatskikh 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 120
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
Qatar 2–0 Hong Kong
B. Mohammed 43'
Yasser 53'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)
Hong Kong 2–0 Bangladesh
Ambassa Guy 43', 74' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 1,273
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
Uzbekistan 2–0 Qatar
Koshelev 31'
Zeytulaev 52'		 (Report)
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)

Qualified teams
CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament1, 2
 Indonesia00Co-hosts7 August 20043 (1996, 2000, 2004)
 Malaysia2 (1976, 1980)
 Thailand5 (1972, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 Vietnam32 (19564, 19604)
 AustraliaGroup D winner16 August 20060 (debut)
 QatarGroup F winner6 September 20066 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004)
 JapanGroup A winner6 September 20065 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 Saudi ArabiaGroup A runner-up6 September 20066 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 IranGroup B winner11 October 200610 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 South KoreaGroup B runner-up11 October 200610 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 United Arab EmiratesGroup C winner11 October 20066 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004)
 OmanGroup C runner-up11 October 20061 (2004)
 IraqGroup E winner11 October 20065 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 ChinaGroup E runner-up11 October 20068 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 BahrainGroup D runner-up15 November 20062 (1988, 2004)
 UzbekistanGroup F runner-up15 November 20063 (1996, 2000, 2004)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host
3 Vietnam's debut since the unification of Vietnam at 1975

Goal scorers
4 Goals
3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal

References
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  2. "Lebanon pull out of Asian Cup". afcasiancup.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
  3. "AFC confirms Lebanon withdrawal request". Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
  4. "Asian Cup qualifiers – Group D". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
  5. Asian Football Confederation (15 November 2006). "AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifying: Singapore-Palestine match cancelled". Retrieved 4 February 2011.
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