2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

International football competition July 2026 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 APot BPot CPot DAUS KOR 1997 IRN JPN KSABHR UZB KUW PRK CHNJOR IRQ 2004 LIB OMA UAEQAT SYR 1980 THA TKM SIN 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 main WDL Group 1 yes Q y AUS AUS AUS QAT QAT QAT IRQ IRQ IRQ CHN CHN CHN 3 1 2 7 3 3 1 2 5 6 2 1 3 4 6 1 3 2 3 4 green1 Fourth round A A 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/737/2010/ soccer365.me 13 April 2024 Australia v Qatar 6 February 2008 19:30 UTC+11 AUS 3–0 Report QAT Kennedy 11Cahill 17Bresciano 33 Telstra Dome, Melbourne 50,969 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Iraq v China PR 6 February 2008 16:30 UTC+4 IRQ 1–1 Report CHN H.M. Mohammed 51 pen. Zheng Zhi 75 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)Due to security concerns, Iraq's home matches were played in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Iraq to host 3 World Cup qualifying matches in Dubai, USA Today, 22 January 2008. "note" "iraq" 11,000 Mohsen Torky (Iran) China PR v Australia 26 March 2008 14:00 UTC+8 CHN 0–0 Report AUS Tuodong Stadium, Kunming 32,000 Mohamed Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates) Qatar v Iraq 26 March 2008 18:30 UTC+3 QAT 2–0 Report IRQ Fábio César 1 62 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 13,000 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Australia v Iraq 1 June 2008 17:00 UTC+10 AUS 1–0 Report IRQ Kewell 47 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 48,678 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Qatar v China PR 2 June 2008 19:00 UTC+3 QAT 0–0 Report CHN Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 9,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) China PR v Qatar 7 June 2008 20:00 UTC+8 CHN 0–1 Report QAT Soria 14 pen. Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin 50,000 Talaat Najm (Lebanon) Iraq v Australia 7 June 2008 20:00 UTC+4 IRQ 1–0 Report AUS E. Mohammed 28 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 8,000 Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan) China PR v Iraq 14 June 2008 20:00 UTC+8 CHN 1–2 Report IRQ Zhou Haibin 33 E. Mohammed 41 Akram 67 Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin 39,000 Abdul Bashir (Singapore) Qatar v Australia 14 June 2008 19:00 UTC+3 QAT 1–3 Report AUS Al Khalfan 89 Emerton 17 56 Kewell 74 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 12,000 Lee Gi-Young (South Korea) Australia v China PR 22 June 2008 18:00 UTC+10 AUS 0–1 Report CHN Sun Xiang 12 Stadium Australia, Sydney 70,054 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Iraq v Qatar 22 June 2008 20:00 UTC+4 IRQ 0–1 Report QAT Bechir 77 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 10,000 Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE) Group 2 main WDL Group 2 yes Q y JPN JPN JPN BHR BHR BHR OMA OMA OMA THA THA THA 4 1 1 12 3 3 2 1 7 5 2 2 2 5 7 0 1 5 5 14 green1 Fourth round A A 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–3 0–1 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/737/2010/ soccer365.me 13 April 2024 Japan v Thailand 6 February 2008 19:20 UTC+9 JPN 4–1 Report THA Endō 21Ōkubo 54Nakazawa 66Maki 90+1 Winothai 22 Saitama Stadium, Saitama 35,130 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Oman v Bahrain 6 February 2008 18:30 UTC+4 OMN 0–1 Report BHR Hubail 14 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 28,000 Lee Gi-Young (South Korea) Thailand v Oman 26 March 2008 18:30 UTC+7 THA 0–1 Report OMA Sulaiman 1 Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok 40,000 Mohsen Torky (Iran) Bahrain v Japan 26 March 2008 17:20 UTC+3 BHR 1–0 Report JPN Hubail 77 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 26,000 Mark Shield (Australia) Japan v Oman 2 June 2008 19:20 UTC+9 JPN 3–0 Report OMN Nakazawa 10Ōkubo 22S. Nakamura 49 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama 46,764 Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) Thailand v Bahrain 2 June 2008 18:30 UTC+7 THA 2–3 Report BHR Chaikamdee 25Winothai 45 Isa 22Latif 34Adnan 57 Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok 15,000 Sun Baojie (China PR) Oman v Japan 7 June 2008 17:15 UTC+4 OMN 1–1 Report JPN Ahmed Mubarak 11 Endō 53 pen. Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat 6,500 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Bahrain v Thailand 7 June 2008 19:30 UTC+3 BHR 1–1 Report THA Isa 67 Thonglao 65 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 21,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) Thailand v Japan 14 June 2008 17:30 UTC+7 THA 0–3 Report JPN Tulio 23Nakazawa 39K. Nakamura 89 Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok 25,000 Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE) Bahrain v Oman 14 June 2008 19:30 UTC+3 BHR 1–1 Report OMN Aaish 41 Sulaiman 72 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 25,000 Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) Japan v Bahrain 22 June 2008 19:20 UTC+9 JPN 1–0 Report BHR Uchida 90 Saitama Stadium, Saitama 51,180 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Oman v Thailand 22 June 2008 18:00 UTC+4 OMN 2–1 Report THA Al Hosni 58 85 Sripan 3 pen. Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat 3,000 Salem Mujghef (Jordan) Group 3 main WDL Group 3 yes Q y KOR KOR 1997 KOR 1997 PRK PRK PRK JOR JOR JOR TKM TKM TKM 3 3 0 10 3 3 3 0 4 0 2 1 3 6 6 0 1 5 1 12 green1 Fourth round A A 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 4–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/737/2010/ soccer365.me 13 April 2024 Korea Republic v Turkmenistan 6 February 2008 20:00 UTC+9 KOR 1997 4–0 Report TKM Kwak Tae-hwi 43Seol Ki-hyeon 57 85Park Ji-sung 73 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 25,738 Jasim Karim (Bahrain) Jordan v Korea DPR 6 February 2008 17:00 UTC+2 JOR 0–1 Report PRK Hong Yong-jo 44 Amman International Stadium, Amman 16,000 Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) Korea DPR v Korea Republic 26 March 2008 19:00 UTC+8 PRK 0–0 Report KOR 1997 Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai (China)Since North Korea refused to play the anthem and fly the flag of South Korea, the match was moved from Pyongyang to Shanghai, China.DPR Korea-Korea Republic to take place in Shanghai, FIFA.com, 7 March 2008.https://archive.today/20120715211139/http://uk.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUKL0789295820080307 Koreas match moved to Shanghai after anthem row, Reuters.com, 7 March 2008. "note" 20,000 Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) Turkmenistan v Jordan 26 March 2008 17:00 UTC+5 TKM 0–2 Report JOR Al-Bzour 33Bawab 86 Ashgabat Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat 20,000 Satop Tongkhan (Thailand) Korea Republic v Jordan 31 May 2008 20:00 UTC+9 KOR 1997 2–2 Report JOR Park Ji-sung 39Park Chu-young 48 pen. Abdel-Fattah 73 80 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 50,000 Mark Shield (Australia) Turkmenistan v Korea DPR 2 June 2008 17:00 UTC+5 TKM 0–0 Report PRK Ashgabat Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat 20,000 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Korea DPR v Turkmenistan 7 June 2008 17:00 UTC+9 PRK 1–0 Report TKM Choe Kum-chol 72 Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang 25,000 Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) Jordan v Korea Republic 7 June 2008 17:30 UTC+3 JOR 0–1 Report KOR 1997 Park Chu-young 24 pen. King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 8,000 Masoud Moradi (Iran) Korea DPR v Jordan 14 June 2008 17:00 UTC+9 PRK 2–0 Report JOR Hong Yong-jo 44 72 Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang 25,000 Talaat Najm (Lebanon) Turkmenistan v Korea Republic 14 June 2008 19:00 UTC+5 TKM 1–3 Report KOR 1997 Ovekov 77 pen. Kim Do-heon 14 86 90+3 pen. Ashgabat Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat 11,000 Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan) Korea Republic v Korea DPR 22 June 2008 20:00 UTC+9 KOR 1997 0–0 Report PRK Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 48,519 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Jordan v Turkmenistan 22 June 2008 18:00 UTC+3 JOR 2–0 Report TKM Abdel Fattah 66 67 Amman International Stadium, Amman 150 Ben Williams (Australia) Group 4 main WDL Group 4 yes Q y UZB UZB UZB KSA KSA KSA SIN SIN SIN LIB LIB LIB 5 0 1 17 7 5 0 1 15 5 2 0 4 7 16 0 0 6 3 14 green1 Fourth round A A 1–2 1–2 0–1 4–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–3 3–7 3–0 3–0 3–0 Awarded as a 3–0 win as Singapore fielded an ineligible player. SIN_KSA The positions of Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia are reversed from the original final standings after two matches were forfeited by Singapore. UZB complete FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/737/2010/ soccer365.me 13 April 2024 Lebanon v Uzbekistan 6 February 2008 18:00 UTC+2 LIB 0–1 Report UZB Ahmedov 44 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 800 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) Saudi Arabia v Singapore 6 February 2008 20:15 UTC+3 KSA 2–0 Report SIN Al-Qahtani 38Mouath 81 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 10,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) Uzbekistan v Saudi Arabia 26 March 2008 16:00 UTC+5 UZB 3–0 Report KSA Kapadze 45+1Shatskikh 65Djeparov 67 pen. MHSK Stadium, Tashkent 17,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Singapore v Lebanon 26 March 2008 19:30 UTC+8 SIN 2–0 Report LIB Đurić 8Fazrul 24 National Stadium, Singapore 10,118 Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan) Singapore v Uzbekistan 2 June 2008 19:30 UTC+8 SIN 3–7 Report UZB Đurić 16Mustafić 31 pen.Wilkinson 73 Kapadze 10Karpenko 22Djeparov 34 44Denisov 42Ibrahimov 62Shatskikh 88 National Stadium, Singapore 28,750 Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE) Saudi Arabia v Lebanon 2 June 2008 21:00 UTC+3 KSA 4–1 Report LIB Al-Qahtani 45 90+1Hawsawi 65Tukar 83 El Ali 43 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 8,000 Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) Uzbekistan v Singapore 7 June 2008 19:00 UTC+5 UZB 3–0AwardedFIFA 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.Qiu ineligible for Singapore – FIFA, the-AFC.com, 4 December 2008. "note" Report SIN Geynrikh 80 MHSK Stadium, Tashkent 12,867 Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea) Lebanon v Saudi Arabia 7 June 2008 18:00 UTC+3 LIB 1–2 Report KSA Ghaddar 90+3 Tukar 45+2 60 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)Lebanon-Saudi Arabia match was moved from Beirut to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. "note" 2,000 Satop Tongkhan (Thailand) Singapore v Saudi Arabia 14 June 2008 19:30 UTC+8 SIN 0–3AwardedFIFA 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. "note" Report KSA Ab. Otaif 37Al-Fraidi 76 National Stadium, Singapore 23,000 Ben Williams (Australia) Uzbekistan v Lebanon 14 June 2008 19:00 UTC+5 UZB 3–0 Report LIB Ahmedov 50 63 Djeparov 90+4 MHSK Stadium, Tashkent 7,000 Matthew Breeze (Australia) Lebanon v Singapore 22 June 2008 18:00 UTC+3 LIB 1–2 Report SIN Baihakki 62 o.g. Dayoub 72 o.g.Wilkinson 73 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 500 Masoud Moradi (Iran) Saudi Arabia v Uzbekistan 22 June 2008 21:00 UTC+3 KSA 4–0 Report UZB Ab. Otaif 5Mouath 36 88Al-Harthi 56 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 5,000 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Group 5 main WDL Group 5 yes Q y IRN IRN IRN UAE UAE UAE SYR SYR 1980 SYR 1980 KUW KUW KUW 3 3 0 7 2 2 2 2 7 7 2 2 2 7 8 1 1 4 8 12 green1 Fourth round A A 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 4–2 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/737/2010/ soccer365.me 13 April 2024 Iran v Syria 6 February 2008 15:00 UTC+3:30 IRN 0–0 Report SYR 1980 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 45,000 Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) United Arab Emirates v Kuwait 6 February 2008 19:15 UTC+4 UAE 2–0 Report KUW Al Shehhi 14Khalil 53 Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 19,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Syria v United Arab Emirates 26 March 2008 14:30 UTC+2 SYR 1980 1–1 Report UAE Chaabo 2 Matar 54 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 35,000 Sun Baojie (China PR) Kuwait v Iran 26 March 2008 19:45 UTC+3 KUW 2–2 Report IRN Ajab 38Al-Rashidi 81 Nikbakht 2Hosseini 5 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 15,000 Matthew Breeze (Australia) Iran v United Arab Emirates 2 June 2008 19:00 UTC+4:30 IRN 0–0 Report UAE Azadi Stadium, Tehran 50,000 Lee Gi-Young (South Korea) Syria v Kuwait 2 June 2008 20:00 UTC+3 SYR 1980 1–0 Report KUW Al-Hussain 52 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 25,000 Salem Mujghef (Jordan) United Arab Emirates v Iran 7 June 2008 20:00 UTC+4 UAE 0–1 Report IRN Zandi 8 Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 9,000 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Kuwait v Syria 8 June 2008 20:45 UTC+3 KUW 4–2 Report SYR 1980 Ajab 2 20 63Al Khouja 57 o.g. Al-Khatib 10 45+2 Thamir Stadium, Al Salmiya 10,000 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) Syria v Iran 14 June 2008 20:00 UTC+3 SYR 1980 0–2 Report IRN Rezaei 64Khalili 90+5 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 25,000 Satop Tongkhan (Thailand) Kuwait v United Arab Emirates 14 June 2008 20:45 UTC+3 KUW 2–3 Report UAE Ajab 52 79 Matar 23 39Mohammed 90+1 Thamer Stadium, Salmiya 20,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Iran v Kuwait 22 June 2008 20:30 UTC+4:30 IRN 2–0 Report KUW Nekounam 17Rezaei 90+2 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 20,000 Sun Baojie (China PR) United Arab Emirates v Syria 22 June 2008 20:00 UTC+4 UAE 1–3 Report SYR 1980 Matar 83 pen. Al Hussain 34 51 Malki 90+3 Al Qatara Stadium, Al Ain 7,000 Mark Shield (Australia) Goalscorers 137 60 KUW Ahmad Ajab JOR Hassan Abdel Fattah UAE Ismail Matar UZB Server Djeparov JPN Yuji Nakazawa PRK Hong Yong-jo KSA Yasser Al-Qahtani KSA Malek Mouath KSA Redha Tukar KOR 1997 Kim Do-heon SYR 1980 Jehad Al-Hussain UZB Odil Ahmedov AUS Brett Emerton AUS Harry Kewell BHR A'ala Hubail BHR Salman Isa IRN Gholamreza Rezaei IRQ Emad Mohammed JPN Yasuhito Endō JPN Yoshito Ōkubo OMA Ismail Sulaiman Al Ajmi OMA Amad Al Hosni QAT Fábio César Montezine KSA Abdoh Otaif SIN Aleksandar Đurić SIN John Wilkinson KOR 1997 Park Chu-young KOR 1997 Park Ji-sung KOR 1997 Seol Ki-hyeon SYR 1980 Firas Al-Khatib THA Teeratep Winothai UZB Timur Kapadze UZB Maksim Shatskikh AUS Mark Bresciano AUS Tim Cahill AUS Joshua Kennedy BHR Faouzi Aaish BHR Ismail Abdullatif BHR Sayed Mohamed Adnan CHN Sun Xiang CHN Zheng Zhi CHN Zhou Haibin IRN Jalal Hosseini IRN Mohsen Khalili IRN Javad Nekounam IRN Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht IRN Ferydoon Zandi IRQ Nashat Akram IRQ Hawar Mulla Mohammed JPN Seiichiro Maki JPN Kengo Nakamura JPN Shunsuke Nakamura JPN Marcus Tulio Tanaka JPN Atsuto Uchida JOR Waseem Al-Bzour JOR Thaer Bawab KUW Fahad Al-Rashidi LIB Mahmoud El Ali LIB Mohammed Ghaddar PRK Choe Kum-chol OMA Ahmed Mubarak Al Mahaijri QAT Sayed Ali Bechir QAT Khalfan Ibrahim QAT Sebastián Soria KSA Ahmed Al-Fraidi KSA Saad Al-Harthi KSA Osama Hawsawi SIN Mustafic Fahrudin SIN Fazrul Nawaz KOR 1997 Kwak Tae-hwi SYR 1980 Zyad Chaabo SYR 1980 Sanharib Malki THA Sarayoot Chaikamdee THA Totchtawan Sripan THA Datsakorn Thonglao TKM Guvanch Ovekov UAE Saif Mohammed Al Bishr UAE Mohamed Al Shehhi UAE Faisal Khalil UZB Vitaliy Denisov UZB Alexander Geynrikh UZB Aziz Ibrahimov UZB Victor Karpenko LIB Ramez Dayoub (against Singapore) SIN Baihakki Khaizan (against Lebanon) SYR 1980 Anas Al Khouja (against Kuwait) Notes References External links Asian zone at FIFA.com Results and schedule at the-AFC.com 3 Qual