2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 6 February 2013 – 5 March 2014 20 1 60 161 IRN Reza GhoochannejhadUAE Ali Mabkhout(5 goals each) 2011 2019 The 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification was a qualification process organized by the AFC to determine the participating teams for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. The 2015 AFC Asian Cup, hosted by Australia, featured 16 teams. In the initial scheme, ten places were determined by qualification matches, while six places were reserved for the following: Hosts (Australia) Top three finishers in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup (Japan, Australia, and South Korea) Winners of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup (North Korea) Winners of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup (Palestine) As the host nation Australia also finished as runners-up in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, the initial 6 automatic qualification spots were reduced to 5, with a total of 11 spots eventually determined by the qualification matches, in which 20 AFC members compete.http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-asian-cup-news/inside-afc-asian-cup/32914-automatic-bye-to-2015-finals-for-top-three- Automatic bye to 2015 Finals for top-three the-afc.com 24 January 2011 Qualified teams thumb|center|500px|Qualification status #0000cc Country qualified for Asian Cup #cc0000 Country failed to qualify Team Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance AUS *Hosts Hosts 01 5 January 2011 03 3rd 2011 Runners-up (2011) JPN 111 2011 AFC Asian Cup winners 02 25 January 2011 08 8th 2011 Winners (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011) KOR 113 2011 AFC Asian Cup 3rd place 03 28 January 2011 13 13th 2011 Winners (1956, 1960) PRK 121 2012 AFC Challenge Cup winners 04 19 March 2012 04 4th 2011 Fourth place (1980) BHR D1 Group D winners 05 15 November 2013 05 5th 2011 Fourth place (2004) UAE E1 Group E winners 06 15 November 2013 09 9th 2011 Runners-up (1996) KSA C1 Group C winners 07 15 November 2013 09 9th 2011 Winners (1984, 1988, 1996) OMA A1 Group A winners 08 19 November 2013 03 3rd 2007 Group Stage (2004, 2007) UZB E2 Group E runners-up 09 19 November 2013 6 6th 2011 Fourth place (2011) QAT D2 Group D runners-up 10 19 November 2013 9 9th 2011 Quarter-finals (2000, 2011) IRN B1 Group B winners 11 19 November 2013 13 13th 2011 Winners (1968, 1972, 1976) KUW B2 Group B runners-up 12 19 November 2013 10 10th 2011 Winners (1980) JOR A2 Group A runners-up 13 4 February 2014 03 3rd 2011 Quarter-finals (2004, 2011) IRQ C2 Group C runners-up 14 5 March 2014 08 8th 2011 Winners (2007) CHN TP1 Best third-placed team 15 5 March 2014 11 11th 2011 Runners-up (1984, 2004) PLE 141 2014 AFC Challenge Cup winners 16 30 May 2014 01 1st Debut None Qualification process The preliminary draw was held in Melbourne on 9 October 2012, 18:00 UTC+11.http://www.the-afc.com/news/giants-to-know-foes-on-tuesday Giants to know foes on Tuesday the-afc.com 8 October 2012 The twenty teams involved in the qualifiers were drawn into five groups of four teams each, with each group containing one team from each of the following seeding pots. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team from among all the groups qualified for the finals.http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases/afc-asian-cup-australia-2015%E2%84%A2-preliminary-draw-results AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 preliminary draw results the-afc.com 9 October 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141023000743/http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases/afc-asian-cup-australia-2015%E2%84%A2-preliminary-draw-results 23 October 2014 Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4UZB QAT JOR IRN IRQCHN BHR SYR 1980 UAE KUWKSA OMA THA YEM VIEMAS SIN IDN LIB HKG The following teams did not enter the main qualifying draw, as categorized as "emerging countries" they compete separately. The teams were eligible to qualify for the 2015 Asian Cup by winning either the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup or the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup. 22em AFG 2013 † ‡ BAN † ‡ BHU † BRU ‡ CAM † ‡ TPE † ‡ GUM ‡ IND † ‡ KGZ † ‡ LAO † ‡ MAC † ‡ MDV † ‡ MNG † ‡ MYA † ‡ NEP † ‡ PRK † NMI ‡ PAK † ‡ PLE † ‡ PHI † ‡ SRI † ‡ TJK † ‡ TLS TKM † ‡ † Entrants to 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification ‡ Entrants to 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification Schedule The following matchdays were assigned by the AFC for 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification. As 15 and 19 November 2013 were also the dates of the inter-confederation playoffs for the 2014 FIFA World Cup,http://www.the-afc.com/2014-qualifiers/2014-fwc-asian-qualifiers-format 2014 FWC Asian qualifiers format The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 13 August 2010 28 February 2012 a number of alternative matchdays were allocated. YearMatchdayDate2013Matchday 16 FebruaryMatchday 222 MarchMatchday 315 OctoberMatchday 415 NovemberMatchday 519 November2014http://www.the-afc.com/sites/default/files/afc_competition_calendar_2014.pdf AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014Alternative11, 18, 25, 31 January4 FebruaryMatchday 65 March Groups Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners, runners-up, and best third-placed team qualified for the finals Tiebreakers In each group, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers were in the following order:http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/asian_cup_2015_qualifiers_regulations.pdf AFC Asian Cup 2015 Qualifiers Regulations AFC.com Greater number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned Goal difference resulting from group matches between the teams concerned Greater number of goals scored in group matches between the teams concerned (away goals not applicable) Goal difference in all group matches Greater number of goals scored in all group matches Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were involved and they were both on the field of play Drawing of lots Group A main WDL Group A Q n 170 OMA OMA OMA JOR JOR JOR SYR SYR 1980 SYR 1980 SIN SIN SIN 4 2 0 7 1 3 3 0 10 3 1 1 4 7 7 1 0 5 4 17 #ccffcc A A y FBR 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 complete Oman v Syria 6 February 2013 17:15 UTC+4 OMA 1–0 SYR 1980 Al-Muqbali 39 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 15,252 Tan Hai (China PR) Jordan v Singapore 6 February 2013 17:00 UTC+3 JOR 4–0 Report SIN Abdallah Deeb 18 Bani Attiah 52 Hayel 55 74 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 2,004 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Singapore v Oman 14 August 2013The Singapore v Oman and Syria v Jordan matches on Matchday 2 were rescheduled from the original date of 22 March 2013 on the request of the football associations of Oman and Jordan so that their respective national teams can prepare for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC fourth round matches on 26 March 2013.http://www.fas.org.sg/news/fas-appoints-caretaker-national-team-coach FAS appoints caretaker national team coach Football Association of Singapore January 21, 2013 2013-01-29 https://archive.today/20130418135721/http://www.fas.org.sg/news/fas-appoints-caretaker-national-team-coach 2013-04-18 deadhttp://www.jfa.com.jo/InterNewsDetails.aspx?NID=2354&lang=ar ar:المنتخب الوطني يلاقي اندونيسيا وديا والاتحاد الاسيوي يوافق على تأجيل مباراة الاردن وسوريا ar Jordan Football Association January 7, 2013 2013-01-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20150110154943/http://www.jfa.com.jo/InterNewsDetails.aspx?NID=2354&lang=ar 2015-01-10 dead "note" "MD2" 19:30 UTC+8 SIN 0–2 Report OMA Said 15 Al-Farsi 45 Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore 5,849 Masaaki Toma (Japan) Syria v Jordan 15 August 2013 19:00 UTC+4:30 SYR 1980 1–1 Report JOR Sahyouni 49 Al-Laham 57 PAS Stadium, Tehran (Iran)Syria played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns.http://www.sharghdaily.ir/Default.aspx?NPN_Id=145&pageno=13 fa:ایران میزبان بازی‌های سوریه شد fa روزنامه شرق June 30, 2013 June 30, 2013 October 24, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171024043133/http://www.sharghdaily.ir/Default.aspx?NPN_Id=145&pageno=13 dead "note" "Syria" 200 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Singapore v Syria 15 October 2013 19:30 UTC+8 SIN 2–1 Report SYR 1980 Khairul 62 Gabriel 82 Rafe 89 Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore 3,012 Kim Sang-Woo (South Korea) Jordan v Oman 15 October 2013 18:00 UTC+3 JOR 0–0 Report OMA King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 6,423 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) Syria v Singapore 15 November 2013 14:00 UTC+3:30 SYR 1980 4–0 Report SIN Malki 10 Al Douni 83 Jafal 86 Al Agha 90+1 PAS Stadium, Tehran (Iran) 50 Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Syria v Oman 19 November 2013 14:00 UTC+3:30 SYR 1980 0–1 Report OMA Al-Farsi 90+1 PAS Stadium, Tehran (Iran) 200 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) Oman v Jordan 31 January 2014The Oman v Jordan match on Matchday 4 and Singapore v Jordan match on Matchday 5 were rescheduled from the original dates of 15 and 19 November 2013 due to Jordan's qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification inter-confederation play-off matches on 14 and 20 November 2013.http://www.the-afc.com/2014-qualifiers/jordan%E2%80%99s-afc-asian-cup-2015-qualifiers-to-be-rescheduled Jordan's AFC Asian Cup 2015 qualifiers to be rescheduled Asian Football Confederation 11 September 2013 "note" "Jordan" 18:30 UTC+4 OMA 0–0 Report JOR Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 7,000 Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates) Singapore v Jordan 4 February 2014 19:30 UTC+8 SIN 1–3 Report JOR Khairul 84 pen. Bawab 44 Hayel 58 Al-Rawashdeh 90+2 Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore 2,371 Tan Hai (China PR) Oman v Singapore 5 March 2014 17:30 UTC+4 OMA 3–1 Report SIN Al Hosni 19 Said 51 Al-Hasani 69 Shahril 78 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 6,700 Ko Hyung-Jin (South Korea) Jordan v Syria 5 March 2014 16:00 UTC+2 JOR 2–1 Report SYR 1980 Bawab 24 61 Khribin 80 Amman International Stadium, Amman 3,745 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Group B main WDL Group B Q n 170 IRN IRN IRN KUW KUW KUW LIB LIB LIB THA THA THA 5 1 0 18 5 2 3 1 10 7 2 2 2 12 14 0 0 6 7 21 #ccffcc A A y FBR 3–2 5–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–4 1–1 5–2 0–3 1–3 2–5 complete Iran v Lebanon 6 February 2013 15:30 UTC+3:30 IRN 5–0 Report LIB Ghoochannejhad 26 62 Nekounam 45+1 pen. 61 pen. 80 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 19,733 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Thailand v Kuwait 6 February 2013 19:00 UTC+7 THA 1–3 Report KUW Chanathip 76 Theeraton 25 o.g. Fadel 59 Aman 65 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok 15,000 Ryuji Sato (Japan) Lebanon v Thailand 22 March 2013 17:30 UTC+2 LIB 5–2 Report THA Chaito 6 22 Haidar 31 Maatouk 72 Onika 90+1 Thitipan 49 85 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 7,000 Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea) Kuwait v Iran 26 March 2013 19:35 UTC+3 KUW 1–1 Report IRN Awadh 76 pen. Shojaei 45 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 12,321 Lee Min-Hu (South Korea) Lebanon v Kuwait 15 October 2013 17:30 UTC+3 LIB 1–1 Report KUW Ghaddar 50 Nasser 26 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 15,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Iran v Thailand 15 October 2013 19:00 UTC+3:30 IRN 2–1 Report THA Hosseini 67 Ghoochannejhad 70 Teerasil 80 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 17,330 Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) Thailand v Iran 15 November 2013 19:00 UTC+7 THA 0–3 Report IRN Dejagah 28 Ghoochannejhad 42 Jahanbakhsh 90+5 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok 7,000 Ben Williams (Australia) Kuwait v Lebanon 15 November 2013 18:35 UTC+3 KUW 0–0 Report LIB Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 11,500 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Lebanon v Iran 19 November 2013 17:30 UTC+2 LIB 1–4 Report IRN Haidar 79 Sadeghi 39 Dejagah 51 Nekounam 55 pen. Ghoochannejhad 65 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 100 Tan Hai (China PR) Kuwait v Thailand 19 November 2013 18:35 UTC+3 KUW 3–1 Report THA Nasser 19 71 Awadh 56 pen. Mongkol 68 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 5,000 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Iran v Kuwait 3 March 2014 17:30 UTC+3:30 IRN 3–2 Report KUW Karimi 2 Fadel 61 o.g. Ansarifard 90+1 Ali 18 Al-Rashidi 89 Enghelab Stadium, Karaj 7,000 Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan) Thailand v Lebanon 5 March 2014 21:00 UTC+7 THA 2–5 Report LIB Teeratep 23 pen. Adisak 76 Ghaddar 2 Maatouk 18 46 Saad 45+1 Antar 63 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok 5,000 Yudai Yamamoto (Japan) Group C main WDL Group C Q n 170 KSA KSA KSA IRQ IRQ IRQ CHN CHN CHN IDN IDN IDN 5 1 0 9 3 3 0 3 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 0 1 5 2 8 #ccffcc A A A y FBR 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 complete Iraq v Indonesia 6 February 2013 17:30 UTC+4 IRQ 1–0 Report IDN Mahmoud 66 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)Iraq played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns. "note" "Iraq" 3,600 Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Saudi Arabia v China PR 6 February 2013 20:15 UTC+3 KSA 2–1 Report CHN Al-Muwallad 23 Hazazi 77 Zhao Xuri 29 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam 20,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) China PR v Iraq 22 March 2013 19:35 UTC+8 CHN 1–0 Report IRQ Yu Dabao 90+3 Helong Stadium, Changsha 31,621 Ben Williams (Australia) Indonesia v Saudi Arabia 23 March 2013 19:00 UTC+7 IDN 1–2 Report KSA Boaz 5 Al-Salem 14 55 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta 75,000 Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea) Indonesia v China PR 15 October 2013 19:00 UTC+7 IDN 1–1 Report CHN Boaz 67 Wu Xi 36 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta 500 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) Iraq v Saudi Arabia 15 October 2013 19:30 UTC+3 IRQ 0–2 Report KSA Hawsawi 34 Al-Shamrani 78 Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan) 12,000 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) China PR v Indonesia 15 November 2013 19:35 UTC+8 CHN 1–0 Report IDN Wu Lei 45+1 Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an 33,217 Peter Green (Australia) Saudi Arabia v Iraq 15 November 2013 19:30 UTC+3 KSA 2–1 Report IRQ Al-Jassim 18 Al-Shamrani 60 Mahmoud 45+1 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam 21,600 Masaaki Toma (Japan) China PR v Saudi Arabia 19 November 2013 19:35 UTC+8 CHN 0–0 Report KSA Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an 36,016 Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea) Indonesia v Iraq 19 November 2013 19:00 UTC+7 IDN 0–2 Report IRQ Ahmed 27 Jassim 32 pen. Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta 300 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Iraq v China PR 5 March 2014 18:00 UTC+4 IRQ 3–1 Report CHN Mahmoud 23 43 Adnan 58 Zhang Xizhe 73 pen. Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) 5,000 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Saudi Arabia v Indonesia 5 March 2014 20:30 UTC+3 KSA 1–0 Report IDN Al-Muwallad 87 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam 9,500 Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) Group D main WDL Group D Q BHR BHR BHR QAT QAT QAT MAS MAS MAS YEM YEM YEM 4 2 0 7 1 4 1 1 13 2 2 1 3 5 7 0 0 6 3 18 #ccffcc 2015 AFC Asian Cup A A y FBR 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 6–0 0–2 1–2 1–4 complete Yemen v Bahrain 6 February 2013 19:15 UTC+4 YEM 0–2 Report BHR Aaish 49 Al Amer 85 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)Yemen played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns.http://www.yemenfa.org/index.php?action=showNews&id=1076 ar:رئيس الاتحاد: حظر اللعب في اليمن بسبب المخاوف الأمنية ar Yemen Football Association January 23, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131006141157/http://www.yemenfa.org/index.php?action=showNews&id=1076 October 6, 2013 "note" "Yemen" 450 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Qatar v Malaysia 6 February 2013 18:30 UTC+3 QAT 2–0 Report MAS Ibrahim 55 Ahmed 90+3 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 7,320 Alireza Faghani (Iran) Malaysia v Yemen 22 March 2013 20:45 UTC+8 MAS 2–1 Report YEM Azamuddin 27 Khyril 80 Al-Hagri 12 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam 80,000 Peter Green (Australia) Bahrain v Qatar 22 March 2013 18:45 UTC+3 BHR 1–0 Report QAT Aaish 20 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 1,950 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) Qatar v Yemen 13 October 2013 19:30 UTC+3 QAT 6–0 Report YEM Ibrahim 4 pen. 61 76 Al-Haydos 24 Soria 70 Afif 90+1 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha 11,920 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Malaysia v Bahrain 15 October 2013 20:45 UTC+8 MAS 1–1 Report BHR Norshahrul 70 Saleh 45+1 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam 6,500 Ryuji Sato (Japan) Yemen v Qatar 15 November 2013 16:00 UTC+4 YEM 1–4 Report QAT Al-Sasi 26 Soria 3 Hassan 32 Kasola 54 Jeddo 68 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) 350 Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia) Bahrain v Malaysia 15 November 2013 17:45 UTC+3 BHR 1–0 Report MAS Abdul-Latif 72 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 2,000 Mohsen Torky (Iran) Malaysia v Qatar 19 November 2013 20:45 UTC+8 MAS 0–1 Report QAT Al-Ali 65 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam 4,079 Kim Sang-Woo (South Korea) Bahrain v Yemen 19 November 2013 17:45 UTC+3 BHR 2–0 Report YEM Salmeen 2 Aaish 88 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 600 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Yemen v Malaysia 5 March 2014 18:00 UTC+4 YEM 1–2 Report MAS Al-Sarori 60 Amri 16 Fakri 77 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) 311 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Qatar v Bahrain 5 March 2014 18:25 UTC+3 QAT 0–0 Report BHR Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha 12,878 Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) Group E main WDL Group E Q n 170 UAE UAE UAE UZB UZB UZB HKG HKG HKG VIE VIE VIE 5 1 0 18 3 3 2 1 10 4 1 1 4 2 13 1 0 5 5 15 #ccffcc A A y FBR 0–4 0–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 5–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 0–3 complete Uzbekistan v Hong Kong 6 February 2013 16:00 UTC+5 UZB 0–0 Report HKG Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 16,287 Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain) Vietnam v United Arab Emirates 6 February 2013 18:00 UTC+7 VIE 1–2 Report UAE Huỳnh Quốc Anh 59 Khalil 6 pen. Fardan 67 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi 7,200 Strebre Delovski (Australia) Hong Kong v Vietnam 22 March 2013 20:00 UTC+8 HKG 1–0 Report VIE Chan Wai Ho 87 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 6,639 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) United Arab Emirates v Uzbekistan 22 March 2013 17:45 UTC+4 UAE 2–1 Report UZB Khalil 58 Mabkhout 61 Gadoev 16 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 21,357 Tan Hai (China PR) Hong Kong v United Arab Emirates 15 October 2013 20:00 UTC+8 HKG 0–4 Report UAE Mabkhout 30 55 90 Abbas 90+5 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 7,923 Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea) Uzbekistan v Vietnam 15 October 2013 18:00 UTC+5 UZB 3–1 Report VIE Rashidov 69 Âu Văn Hoàn 74 o.g. Sergeev 90+2 Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 77 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 5,675 Mohsen Torky (Iran) Vietnam v Uzbekistan 15 November 2013 19:00 UTC+7 VIE 0–3 Report UZB Shodiev 40 Sergeev 46 Rashidov 89 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi 9,000 Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea) United Arab Emirates v Hong Kong 15 November 2013 19:30 UTC+4 UAE 4–0 Report HKG Saleh 27 Abbas 40 Abdulrahman 80 Al Hammadi 88 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 10,871 Alireza Faghani (Iran) Hong Kong v Uzbekistan 19 November 2013 20:00 UTC+8 HKG 0–2 Report UZB Shodiev 84 Ahmedov 89 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 5,679 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) United Arab Emirates v Vietnam 19 November 2013 19:30 UTC+4 UAE 5–0 Report VIE Abbas 19 Matar 25 Mabkhout 31 Fardan 37 Khalil 90+2 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 9,674 Ryuji Sato (Japan) Uzbekistan v United Arab Emirates 5 March 2014 17:00 UTC+5 UZB 1–1 Report UAE Sergeev 85 Al Hammadi 67 Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent 15,000 Kim Sang-Woo (South Korea) Vietnam v Hong Kong 5 March 2014 21:00 UTC+7 VIE 3–1 Report HKG Huỳnh Quốc Anh 24 Nguyễn Anh Đức 68 Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 83 Lo Kwan Yee 81 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi 5,800 Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia) Ranking of third-placed teams To determine the best third-placed team, the following criteria were used: Number of points obtained in the group matches Goal difference in the group matches Greater number of goals scored in the group matches Fewer points calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card) Drawing of lots main WDL Q n CHN CHN CHN LIB LIB LIB MAS MAS MAS SYR SYR 1980 SYR 1980 HKG HKG HKG 2 2 2 5 6 2 2 2 12 14 2 1 3 5 7 1 1 4 7 7 1 1 4 2 13 y C B D A E #ccffcc C complete Goalscorers 5 goals 22em IRN Reza Ghoochannejhad UAE Ali Mabkhout 4 goals 22em IRN Javad Nekounam IRQ Younis Mahmoud QAT Khalfan Ibrahim 3 goals 22em BHR Faouzi Aaish JOR Tha'er Bawab JOR Ahmad Hayel KUW Yousef Nasser LIB Hassan Maatouk UAE Walid Abbas UAE Ahmed Khalil UZB Igor Sergeev 2 goals 22em IDN Boaz Solossa IRN Ashkan Dejagah KUW Fahad Awadh LIB Hassan Chaito LIB Mohammed Ghaddar LIB Mohamad Haidar OMA Eid Al-Farsi OMA Qasim Said QAT Sebastián Soria KSA Fahad Al-Muwallad KSA Yousef Al-Salem KSA Nasser Al-Shamrani SIN Khairul Amri THA Thitipan Puangchan UAE Ismail Al Hammadi UAE Habib Fardan UZB Sardor Rashidov UZB Vokhid Shodiev VIE Huỳnh Quốc Anh VIE Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 1 goal 22em BHR Ismail Abdul-Latif BHR Saad Al Amer BHR Abdulla Saleh BHR Mohamed Salmeen CHN Wu Lei CHN Wu Xi CHN Yu Dabao CHN Zhang Xizhe CHN Zhao Xuri HKG Chan Wai Ho HKG Lo Kwan Yee IRN Karim Ansarifard IRN Jalal Hosseini IRN Alireza Jahanbakhsh IRN Yaghoub Karimi IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghi IRN Masoud Shojaei IRQ Ali Adnan IRQ Hammadi Ahmad IRQ Karrar Jassim JOR Mossab Al-Laham JOR Yusuf Al-Rawashdeh JOR Khalil Bani Attiah JOR Abdallah Deeb KUW Fahad Al-Rashidi KUW Waleed Ali KUW Hamad Aman KUW Hussain Fadel LIB Abbas Ali Atwi LIB Roda Antar LIB Soony Saad MAS Azamuddin Akil MAS Mohd Amri Yahyah MAS Ahmad Fakri Saarani MAS Khyril Muhymeen MAS Norshahrul Idlan Talaha OMA Sami Al-Hasani OMA Amad Al Hosni OMA Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali QAT Ali Afif QAT Yusef Ahmed QAT Abdulkarim Al-Ali QAT Hassan Al-Haydos QAT Abdelkarim Hassan QAT Jeddo QAT Mohammed Kasola KSA Taisir Al-Jassim KSA Osama Hawsawi KSA Naif Hazazi SIN Shahril Ishak SIN Gabriel Quak SYR 1980 Ahmad Al Douni SYR 1980 Abdul Fattah Al Agha SYR 1980 Oday Jafal SYR 1980 Omar Khribin SYR 1980 Sanharib Malki SYR 1980 Raja Rafe SYR 1980 Burhan Sahyouni THA Adisak Kraisorn THA Chanathip Songkrasin THA Mongkol Tossakrai THA Teerasil Dangda THA Teeratep Winothai UAE Omar Abdulrahman UAE Ismail Matar UAE Salem Saleh UZB Odil Ahmedov UZB Shohruh Gadoev VIE Nguyễn Anh Đức YEM Ayman Al-Hagri YEM Mohammed Al-Sarori YEM Ala'a Al-Sasi Own goals 22em KUW Hussain Fadel (playing against Iran) THA Theeraton Bunmathan (playing against Kuwait) VIE Âu Văn Hoàn (playing against Uzbekistan) Notes References 2 External links http://www.afcasiancup.com/ AFC Asian Cup (Official website) en AFC Asian Cup, the-AFC.com Qualification 2015 Category:2013 in Asian football Category:2014 in Asian football