2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

October 2020 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification 22 December 2005 – 15 November 2006 24 1 IRQ 2004 Younis MahmoudKOR 1997 Jung Jo-gookKSA Yasser Al-QahtaniKSA Saleh BashirSYR 1980 Firas Al-KhatibUZB Maksim Shatskikh(4 goals each) 2004 2011 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. 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): 22em Turkmenistan [116] Maldives [133] Tajikistan [141] Myanmar 1974 [147] Kyrgyzstan [157] Laos [170] Nepal [175] Mongolia 1992 [179] Cambodia [188] Afghanistan 2004 [189] Bhutan [190] Philippines [191] Macau [192] Brunei [199] Guam [204] East Timor East Timor [Not yet ranked] Team excluded North Korea [82] were banned from qualifying after having been found guilty of improper conduct in the qualifying round for 2004. 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 Firoj 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. 22 December 2005 BAN 0–0 PAK Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 5,000 Rizwan Ul Haq (India) (Report) 16:00 BST 26 December 2005 PAK 0–1 BAN Titu 84 People's Football Stadium, Karachi Rizwan Ul Haq (India) (Report) 18:00 PST BAN qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. PAK also qualified after SRI withdrew. Seedings The draw was held on 4 January 2006. 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.https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20051220/sport/australia-must-start-at-the-bottom-for-asian-cup.68530 Australia must start at the bottom for Asian Cup Times of Malta 20 December 2005 Pot APot BPot CPot DJapan China Iran Bahrain Uzbekistan Jordan South Korea 1997 Iraq 2004 Saudi Arabia Kuwait Qatar OmanUnited Arab Emirates Syria 1980 Yemen Lebanon Singapore Hong KongPalestine 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: Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (Away Goals do not apply in this stage of the competition). Goal difference in all the group matches. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play. 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.Lebanon pull out of Asian Cup afcasiancup.com http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=44848&cid=1335&sqid=1021&amth=8&ayr=2006 1 August 2006 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180901/http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=44848&cid=1335&sqid=1021&amth=8&ayr=2006 dead Group A main WDL Group A Q n JPN Japan KSA Saudi Arabia YEM Yemen IND India 5 0 1 15 2 5 0 1 21 4 2 0 4 5 13 0 0 6 2 24 Tiebreakers: Japan is ranked higher than Saudi Arabia by the two head-to-head game results (Japan 3–2 Saudi Arabia). JPN #ccffcc A A complete 22 February 2006 19:20 JST Japan 6–0 India Ono 32 Maki 58 Fukunishi 68 Kubo 78 90 Satō 82 Yokohama International Stadium Yokohama 38,025 Huang Junjie (China PR) (Report) 22 February 2006 16:00 AST Yemen 0–4 Saudi Arabia Al Sawailh 14 89 Al-Shalhoub 77 90+2 Ali Mohsen Stadium, Sana'a 55,000 Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait) (Report) 1 March 2006 14:30 IST India 0–3 Yemen S. Abdullah 6 Al-Hubaishi 43 Al Nono 56 pen. Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi 8,000 Mohsen Torky (Iran) (Report) 16 August 2006 15:00 IST India 0–3 Saudi Arabia Al-Qahtani 2 19 50 Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta 10,000 Satop Tongkhan (Thailand) (Report) 16 August 2006 19:20 JST Japan 2–0 Yemen Abe 70 Satō 90+1 Niigata Stadium, Niigata 40,913 Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic) (Report) 3 September 2006 20:30 AST Saudi Arabia 1–0 Japan Bashir 73 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 15,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) (Report) 6 September 2006 20:30 AST Saudi Arabia 7–1 India Bashir 30 46 Al Mahyani 33 Ameen 57 Al Hagbani 61 Al Suwaileh 78 86 Manju 22 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 3,000 Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates) (Report) 6 September 2006 15:20 AST Yemen 0–1 Japan Ganaha 90 Ali Mohsen Stadium, Sana'a 7,000 Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi (Oman) (Report) 11 October 2006 17:40 IST India 0–3 Japan Bando 23 44 Nakamura 83 Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore 5,000 Chan Siu Kee (Hong Kong) (Report) 11 October 2006 22:15 AST Saudi Arabia 5–0 Yemen Bashir 22 Ameen 27 Fallatah 65 Al Mahyani 68 90+2 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 1,500 Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq) (Report) 15 November 2006 19:00 JST Japan 3–1 Saudi Arabia Tulio 20 Ganaha 29 49 Al-Qahtani 33 pen. Sapporo Dome, Sapporo 40,965 Mark Shield (Australia) (Report) 15 November 2006 16:00 AST Yemen 2–1 India Al-Haggam 60 Al-Nono 82 Pradeep 52 Ali Mohsen Stadium, Sana'a 5,500 Hassan Marshoud (Jordan) (Report) Group B main WDL Group B Q n y IRN Iran KOR South Korea 1997 SYR Syria 1980 TPE Chinese Taipei 4 2 0 12 2 3 2 1 15 5 2 2 2 10 6 0 0 6 0 24 #ccffcc A A complete 22 February 2006 15:30 IRST Iran 4–0 Chinese Taipei Teymourian 35 Madanchi 47 60 Daei 82 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 5,000 Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq) (Report) 22 February 2006 14:00 AST Syria 1980 1–2 South Korea 1997 Al Khatib 49 Kim Do-heon 5 Lee Chun-soo 50 Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo 35,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) (Report) 1 March 2006 18:00 CST Chinese Taipei 0–4 Syria 1980 Chabbo 29 58 Al Hussain 45 Al Khatib 64 Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei 700 O il Son (Korea DPR) (Report) 16 August 2006 18:00 CST Chinese Taipei 0–3 South Korea 1997 Ahn Jung-hwan 31 Jung Jo-gook 53 Kim Do-heon 80 Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei 1,300 Subrata Sarkar (India) (Report) 16 August 2006 18:00 IRST Iran 1–1 Syria 1980 Nekounam 71 Chaabo 88 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 40,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) (Report) 2 September 2006 20:00 KST South Korea 1997 1–1 Iran Seol Ki-hyeon 45 Hashemian 90 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 60,000 Matthew Breeze (Australia) (Report) 6 September 2006 20:00 KST South Korea 1997 8–0 Chinese Taipei Seol Ki-hyeon 3 52 Jung Jo-gook 4 45 88 Cho Jae-jin 19 82 Kim Do-heon 77 Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon 21,000 Chandrasiri Deshapriya Arambakade Gedara (Sri Lanka) (Report) 6 September 2006 19:00 AST Syria 1980 0–2 Iran Nosrati 20 Nekounam 56 Al−Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 10,000 Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan) (Report) 11 October 2006 18:00 CST Chinese Taipei 0–2 Iran Karimi 10 56 Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei 2,000 Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) (Report) 11 October 2006 20:00 KST South Korea 1997 1–1 Syria 1980 Cho Jae-jin 9 Al Sayed 18 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 25,000 Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand) (Report) 15 November 2006 15:30 IRST Iran 2–0 South Korea 1997 Enayati 48 Badamaki 90 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 30,000 Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain) (Report) 15 November 2006 14:00 AST Syria 1980 3–0 Chinese Taipei Al Jaban 51 Al Khatib 62 79 Al−Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 1,000 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) (Report) Group C main WDL Group C Q n UAE United Arab Emirates OMA Oman JOR Jordan PAK Pakistan 4 1 1 11 6 4 0 2 14 6 3 1 2 10 5 0 0 6 4 22 #ccffcc A A complete 22 February 2006 18:00 AST Jordan 3–0 Pakistan Aqel 30 pen. Shelbaieh 38 Al-Shagran 41 International Stadium, Amman 5,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) (Report) 22 February 2006 19:00 GST United Arab Emirates 1–0 Oman Matar 15 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 15,000 Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) (Report) 1 March 2006 19:00 GST Oman 3–0 Jordan Saleh 7 Sulaiman 18 Zaher 54 Royal Oman Police Stadium, Wattayah 11,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) (Report) 1 March 2006 21:00 PKT Pakistan 1–4 United Arab Emirates Essa 60 Qassim 68 Matar 78 Saad 81 Al Kas 88 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 10,000 Satop Tongkhan (Thailand) (Report) 16 August 2006 19:00 PKT Pakistan 1–4 Oman Essa 79 pen. Al-Maimani 15 pen. 35 Al Hosni 27 Sulaiman 90 Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad 4,000 Mohsen Torky (Iran) (Report) 16 August 2006 20:00 AST Jordan 1–2 United Arab Emirates Ra'fat Ali 88 Omer 52 Khater 67 International Stadium, Amman 18,000 Naser Rashed Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia) (Report) 6 September 2006 19:15 GST United Arab Emirates 0–0 Jordan Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 9,000 Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait) (Report) 6 September 2006 20:00 GST Oman 5–0 Pakistan Al Hosni 7 Bashir 35 85 Sulaiman 45 Al-Touqi 88 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 10,000 Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq) (Report) 11 October 2006 21:00 PKT Pakistan 0–3 Jordan Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 16 Ra'fat Ali 37 Khaled Saad 85 Punjab Stadium, Lahore 4,000 Dilovar Orzuev (Tajikistan) (Report) 11 October 2006 22:00 GST Oman 2–1 United Arab Emirates Mudhafar 24 Sulaiman 28 Omer 57 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 28,000 Huang Junjie (China PR) (Report) 15 November 2006 17:00 AST Jordan 3–0 Oman Amer Deeb 80 Ra'fat Ali 84 Al-Sheikh 90 International Stadium, Amman 3,000 Talaat Najm (Lebanon) (Report) 15 November 2006 18:15 GST United Arab Emirates 3–2 Pakistan Abbas 54 Omer 58 73 Akram 23 Ahmed 67 Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 6,000 Subrata Sarkar (India) (Report) Group D main WDL Group D Q n AUS Australia BAH Bahrain KUW Kuwait LBN Lebanon 3 0 1 7 3 1 1 2 3 6 1 1 2 3 4 - - - - - #ccffcc A A complete Note: Bahrain is ranked higher than Kuwait by the two head-to-head game results (Bahrain 2 – 1 Kuwait). 22 February 2006 18:35 AST Bahrain 1–3 Australia Ali 35 Thompson 53 Skoko 79 Elrich 87 pen. Bahrain National Stadium, Manama 2,500 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) (Report) 22 February 2006 19:00 Lebanon 1–1Annulled1 Kuwait A. Nasseredine 70 F. Al Hamad 25 Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut 8,000 Salem Mujghef (Jordan) (Report) 1 March 2006 18:15 AST Kuwait 0–0 Bahrain National Stadium, Kuwait City 16,000 Masoud Moradi (Iran) (Report) 16 August 2006 19:30 AEST Australia 2–0 Kuwait Dodd 75 Petrovski 86 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 32,622 Huang Junjie (China PR) (Report) 6 September 2006 20:30 AST Kuwait 2–0 Australia Al Mutairi 56 Al-Mutawa 59 National Stadium, Kuwait City 8,000 Toru Kamikawa (Japan) (Report) 11 October 2006 19:30 AEST Australia 2–0 Bahrain Aloisi 17 Bresciano 24 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 36,606 Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates) (Report) 15 November 2006 18:00 AST Bahrain 2–1 Kuwait Yousef 35 pen. Ghuloom 43 Laheeb 70 Bahrain National Stadium, Manama 20,000 Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic) (Report) 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.http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/default.aspx?s=insideffa_newsfeatures_newsitem&id=10264 AFC confirms Lebanon withdrawal request 6 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060824173910/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/default.aspx?s=insideffa_newsfeatures_newsitem&id=10264 24 August 2006 live 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.http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/tournament/fixtures.asp?cid=1335&tbl=Y Asian Cup qualifiers – Group D 6 September 2006 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213055/http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/tournament/fixtures.asp?cid=1335&tbl=Y dead 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 main WDL Group E Q n IRQ Iraq 2004 CHN China SIN Singapore PLE PLE 3 2 1 12 8 3 2 1 7 3 1 1 3 4 6 1 1 3 3 9 #ccffcc A A complete Note: Iraq is ranked higher than China PR by the two head-to-head game results (Iraq 3 – 2 China PR). 22 February 2006 19:30 CST China 2–0 Palestine Du Wei 23 Li Weifeng 62 Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre Guangzhou 16,500 Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic) (Report) 22 February 2006 19:30 SGT Singapore 2–0 Iraq 2004 Amri 24 Alam Shah 83 Singapore National Stadium, Singapore 10,221 Mark Shield (Australia) (Report) 1 March 2006 16:00 AST Palestine 1–0 Singapore Attal 75 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2 1,000 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) (Report) 1 March 2006 16:00 GST Iraq 2004 2–1 China Karim 16 Mulla Mohammed 67 Tao Wei 54 Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1 7,700 Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates) (Report) 16 August 2006 20:00 CST China 1–0 Singapore Shao Jiayi 90+5 pen. TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin 27,000 Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain) (Report) 17 August 2006 20:00 AST Palestine 0–3 Iraq 2004 Mahmoud 59 62 Nasser 90 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2 5,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) (Report) 6 September 2006 19:30 SGT Singapore 0–0 China Singapore National Stadium, Singapore 39,000 Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) (Report) 6 September 2006 20:30 GST Iraq 2004 2–2 Palestine Sadir 70 Mulla Mohammed 75 Amer 13 Al Amour 78 Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1 1,000 Salem Mujghef (Jordan) (Report) 11 October 2006 21:30 GST Iraq 2004 4–2 Singapore Mahmoud 35 68 Karim 60 Mulla Mohammed 90+3 Goncalves 9 Amri 62 Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates 1 3,000 Mamed Mamedov (Turkmenistan) (Report) 11 October 2006 22:00 AST Palestine 0–2 China Mao Jianqing 27 Sun Xiang 65 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2 3,000 Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait) (Report) 15 November 2006 19:30 CST China 1–1 Iraq 2004 Han Peng 40 Salah 65 Helong Stadium, Changsha 0 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) (Report) 15 November 2006 19:30 SGT Singapore CancelledAFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifying: Singapore-Palestine match cancelled Asian Football Confederation Asian Football Confederation http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/content/article/7456 dead 15 November 2006 4 February 2011 9 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181009202111/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/content/article/7456 Palestine Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore (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 main WDL Group F Q n QAT Qatar UZB Uzbekistan HKG Hong Kong BAN Bangladesh 5 0 1 14 4 3 2 1 14 4 2 2 2 5 7 0 0 6 1 19 #ccffcc A A complete 22 February 2006 16:00 UZT Uzbekistan 5–0 Bangladesh Geynrikh 10 52 Djeparov 24 Shatskikh 34 84 (Report) Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 12,000 Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain) 22 February 2006 20:00 CST Hong Kong 0–3 Qatar Yasser 11 Bechir 44 M. Mohamed 90+5 (Report) Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 1,806 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) 1 March 2006 16:00 BST Bangladesh 0–1 Hong Kong Chan Siu Ki 82 (Report) Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 1,000 Subrata Sarkar (India) 1 March 2006 20:00 AST Qatar 2–1 Uzbekistan Adel Lamy 45 Nasser 49 B. Mohammed 20 o.g. (Report) Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 7,000 Sun Baojie (China PR) 16 August 2006 16:00 BST Bangladesh 1–4 Qatar Arman 23 Rizik 7 pen. Adel Lamy 36 Ibrahim 38 74 (Report) MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 7,000 Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen) 16 August 2006 19:00 UZT Uzbekistan 2–2 Hong Kong Soliev 18 Shatskikh 35 Sham Kwok Keung 66 87 (Report) Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 15,000 Qasem Shaban (Kuwait) 6 September 2006 19:00 CST Hong Kong 0–0 Uzbekistan (Report) Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 7,608 Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic) 6 September 2006 20:00 AST Qatar 3–0 Bangladesh Yasser 25 Adel Lamy 30 Shammari 52 (Report) Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha 500 Talaat Najm (Lebanon) 11 October 2006 15:00 BST Bangladesh 0–4 Uzbekistan Zeytulaev 11 Bakaev 18 Djeparov 22 Shatskikh 39 pen. (Report) Bangladesh Army Stadium, Dhaka 120 Tan Hai (China PR) 11 October 2006 21:00 AST Qatar 2–0 Hong Kong B. Mohammed 43 Yasser 53 (Report) Al Gharrafa Stadium, Doha 1,000 Mohammed Kousa (Syria) 15 November 2006 20:00 CST Hong Kong 2–0 Bangladesh Ambassa Guy 43 74 pen. (Report) Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon 1,273 Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic) 15 November 2006 16:00 UZT Uzbekistan 2–0 Qatar Koshelev 31 Zeytulaev 52 (Report) Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 14,000 Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates) Qualified teams Country Qualified asDate qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1, 2IDN 00Co-hosts 7 August 2004 03 3 (1996, 2000, 2004)MAS 02 2 (1976, 1980)THA 05 5 (1972, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)VIE302 2 (19564, 19604)AUS D1 Group D winner 16 August 2006 0 (debut)QAT F1 Group F winner 6 September 2006 06 6 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004)JPN A1 Group A winner 6 September 2006 05 5 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)KSA A2 Group A runner-up 6 September 2006 06 6 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)IRN B1 Group B winner 11 October 2006 10 10 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)KOR 1997 B2 Group B runner-up 11 October 2006 10 10 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)UAE C1 Group C winner 11 October 2006 06 6 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004)OMA C2 Group C runner-up 11 October 2006 01 1 (2004)IRQ 2004 E1 Group E winner 11 October 2006 05 5 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004)CHN E2 Group E runner-up 11 October 2006 08 8 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)BHR D2 Group D runner-up 15 November 2006 02 2 (1988, 2004)UZB F2 Group F runner-up 15 November 2006 03 3 (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 4 As South Vietnam Goal scorers 4 Goals Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani 3 Goals Japan Kazuki Ganaha Saudi Arabia Saleh Bashir Saudi Arabia Essa Al Mahyani 2 Goals Japan Hisato Satō Japan Ryūji Bando Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Saudi Arabia Al Suwaileh Saudi Arabia Al Sawailh Saudi Arabia Mohamed Amin Didi Yemen Ali Al-Nono Iran Mehrzad Madanchi Iran Javad Nekounam Iran Ali Karimi 1 Goal Bangladesh Firoj Mahmud Titu Bangladesh Arman Mia Japan Shinji Ono Japan Seiichiro Maki Japan Takashi Fukunishi Japan Tatsuhiko Kubo Japan Yuki Abe Japan Kengo Nakamura Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka India N.S. Manju Saudi Arabia Al Hagbani Saudi Arabia Hassan Muath Fallatah Yemen Saleem Abdullah Yemen Fekri Al-Hubaishi Yemen Al-Haggam Iran Andranik Teymourian Iran Ali Daei Iran Vahid Hashemian Iran Mohammad Nosrati Iran Reza Enayati Iran Hossein Badamaki References External links Qualifying Round Results https://web.archive.org/web/20070204101348/http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/tournament/fixtures.asp?cid=1331 4 February 2007 RSSSF details 2007 Qual Qual Qual