2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

February 2022 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 29 June 2011 - 20 November 2013 43 1 {{#expr:45000 + 16768 + 5326 + 3500 + 25000 + 9000 + 4000 + 12500 + 5000 + 9000 + 20000 + 500 + 9000 + 15000 + 3500 + 18000 + 17000 + 11500 + 2000 + 11000 + 13500 + 13000 + 7500 + 88000 + 20000 + 13000 + 6300 + 30000 + 20354 + 1402 + 20195 + 9000 + 2500 + 9000 + 26786 + 20000 + 20000 + 1500 + 6000 + 90000 + 20257 + 14700 + 3179 + 13000 + 17000 + 20000 + 17000 + 24000 + 5505 + 19000 + 3799 + 25021 + 5000 + 19000 + 5474 + 13000 + 6104 + 950 +37655 + 8715 + 4000 + 20000 + 28689 + 32000 + 8272 + 17500 + 35000 + 10000 + 46551 + 10000 +62000 + 15000 + 28000 + 32000 + 29000 + 44688 + 18000 + 27525 + 50000 + 5325 + 35000 + 42720 + 35000 + 42720 +24540 + 14000 + 19000 + 15000 + 24732 + 42000 + 4500 + 32500 + 19400 + 62740 + 24240 + 22000 +75800 + 5000 + 85000 + 8125 + 28000 + 82000 + 18000 + 6500 + 6000 + 10509 + 3000 + 51300 + 9000 + 40000 + 13000 + 10730 + 36756 + 100000 + 33000 + 14000 + 11260 + 99885 + 12870 + 43700 + 37222 + 31197 + 11872 + 8430 + 50699 + 91300 + 42243 + 34000 +63551 + 17000 + 60874 + 11000 + 40189 + 1650 + 60593 + 16000 + 26000 + 2183 + 28360 + 1755 + 34603 + 18000 + 62172 + 18300 + 43785 + 1100 + 80523 + 14000 + 16819 + 25621 | top_scorer = Japan Shinji Okazaki(7 goals) | prevseason = 2010 | nextseason = 2018 }} The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) section of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification saw 43 teams competing for 4 or 5 berths in the final tournament in Brazil. As in recent tournaments the AFC had four direct qualifiers for the finals tournament in addition to a further possible place via the intercontinental play-offs against CONMEBOL's fifth-placed team, which was chosen through a random draw,Financial report presented & decisions taken on competition hosts & Brazil 2014 slots FIFA 3 March 2011 https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/bodies/news/newsid=1392053/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110626113434/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/bodies/news/newsid=1392053/index.html dead 26 June 2011 4 March 2011 rather than being decided by FIFA beforehand as in previous tournaments (e.g., 2010 against a team from OFC, 2006 against a team from CONCACAF). Iran and South Korea from Group A, along with Australia and Japan from Group B won the 4 direct qualification positions, with Jordan defeating Uzbekistan in a play-off to see which team would face the 5th placed CONMEBOL team, Uruguay, for a place in the World Cup, eventually also failed to qualify for the competition. Format The main qualifying draw took place in Brazil on 30 July 2011.http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/copa-do-mundo/noticia/2010/07/brasil-pode-ser-dividido-em-quatro-regioes-para-copa-de-2014.html Brasil pode ser dividido em quatro regiões para a Copa de 2014 pt Brazil can be divided into four regions for the 2014 World Cup Globo Sporte 8 July 2010 8 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100711140343/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/copa-do-mundo/noticia/2010/07/brasil-pode-ser-dividido-em-quatro-regioes-para-copa-de-2014.html 11 July 2010 Initially it was announced that the AFC Competitions Committee decided to use the 2010 qualification format for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/content/article/24828-2014-fifa-world-cup-qualifying-format-approved AFC 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying format approved The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 19 July 2009 2 May 2010 The AFC published information in their calendarhttp://images.the-afc.com/Documents/2010/compcalendar2010.pdf AFC Calendar of Competitions 2010 The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 8 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100601124325/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/2010/compcalendar2010.pdf 1 June 2010 suggesting qualifiers would start on 8 October 2010 with the first leg of first round ties. Therefore, for the 2010 finals, FIFA advised the AFC that 2014 qualifiers could not begin until after mid-2011.http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/29226-2014-fwc-asian-qualifiers-after-mid-2011 2014 FWC Asian qualifiers after mid-2011 The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 1 June 2010 1 June 2010 On 13 August 2010 the AFC announced a format for the qualifiers that was identical to the 2010 formathttp://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/30068-2014-fwc-asian-qualifiers-format https://archive.today/20121204185120/http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/30068-2014-fwc-asian-qualifiers-format dead 4 December 2012 2014 FWC Asian qualifiers format The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 13 August 2010 13 August 2010 even though the final number of qualifiers had not been determined. A final format, with the initial stages modified slightly from 2010, was announced in March 2011. Qualification began with two sets of two-leg knock-out qualification rounds – the first held on 29 June and 2 July and 3 July 2011 and the second on 23 and 28 July – reducing the number of teams in the main draw to 20. As in the 2010 format, the third stage consisted of 5 groups of 4 teams (with matches held between September 2011 and February 2012) with the top 2 in each group advancing to 2 groups of 5 that will play a further group stage during 2012 and 2013. The top two teams in each group qualify for the 2014 finals directly, with the two third-placed teams playing-off for a chance to qualify via an intercontinental qualifying tie. A random draw determined that the final tie would be against the fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL qualification.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/44/46/14/2014fwc_drawprocedures_asia_en.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111027013147/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/44/46/14/2014fwc_drawprocedures_asia_en.pdf dead 27 October 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – Asian Zone FIFA Entrants 43 of the 46 AFC national teams entered qualification. A ranking list for the qualification rounds was released by AFC on 8 March 2011,http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/33660-fwcq-2014-rankings-announced FWCQ 2014 rankings announced The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 8 March 2011 8 March 2011 with an updated list released due to the non-participation of Guam and Bhutan. The rankings determined the round of qualification that teams began competition: Teams ranked 1–5 (the teams that competed in the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals and the intercontinental play-offs) do not compete in the qualification rounds, and automatically qualify for the first group stage (drawn in Brazil in July 2011). Teams ranked 6–27 (other teams that advanced past the first round in 2010 qualification, plus the three first round losers with the 'best' results) receive a bye to the second round of qualification. Teams ranked 28–43 enter at the first round. Bye to third round (Ranked 1st to 5th)Bye to second round (Ranked 6th to 27th)Competing in first round (Ranked 28th to 43rd)JPN KOR AUS PRK BHRKSA IRN QAT UZB UAE SYR 1980 OMA JOR IRQ SIN CHN KUW THA TKM LIB YEM TJK HKG IDN KGZ 1992 MDV INDMAS AFG 2004 CAM NEP BAN SRI VIE MNG PAK PLE TLS MAC TPE MYA PHI LAO Notes Brunei were suspended by FIFA from September 2009http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/content/article/25454-brunei-suspended-for-government-interference Brunei suspended for government interference The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 30 September 2009 17 February 2011 through May 2011.http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/content/article/35105-fifa-lift-brunei-suspension FIFA lift Brunei suspension The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 31 May 2011 31 July 2011 Their reinstatement came too late for Brunei to participate in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Bhutan and Guam did not participate in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1401533/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110322192938/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1401533/index.html dead 22 March 2011 Asian Zone to play preliminary round for Brazil 2014 FIFA 19 March 2011 23 August 2011 First round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round The first round consisted of eight home-and-away series, featuring the 16 lowest ranked teams in Asia. The winners of these series proceeded to the second round. Seeding Teams were seeded into two pots – Pot 1 included teams ranked 28–35 and Pot 2 teams ranked 36–43. Pot 1Pot 2 MAS AFG 2004 CAM NEP BAN SRI VIE MNG 1992 PAK PLE TLS MAC Taiwan MYA PHI LAO Matches The first round draw of the Asian qualifiers took place on 30 March 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/33555-u16-u19-oly-wc-2014-qfiers-draw-on-mar-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20190203030622/http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/33555-u16-u19-oly-wc-2014-qfiers-draw-on-mar-30 dead 3 February 2019 U16, U19, Olym, WC q'fiers draw on Mar 30 The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 2 March 2011 2 March 2011 http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/34082-2014-fwc-draw https://archive.today/20121205075658/http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/34082-2014-fwc-draw dead 5 December 2012 The battle for Brazil berth begins The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 30 March 2011 31 March 2011 The first legs were played on 29 June 2011 and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 July 2011. MAS 4–4 (a) Taiwan 2–1 2–3 BAN 3–0 PAK 3–0 0–0 CAM 6–8 LAO 4–2 2–6 SRI 1–5 PHI 1–1 0–4 AFG 2004 1–3 PLE 0–2 1–1 VIE 13–1 MAC 6–0 7–1 NEP 7–1 TLS 2–1 5–0 MNG 1992 1–2 MYA 1–0 0–2 |} Second round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round The second round consisted of fifteen home-and-away series, featuring the 8 winners from the first round and other 22 teams ranked 6–27. The winners of these series then proceeded to the third round. Seeding Teams were seeded into two pots – Pot 1 included teams ranked 6–20 and Pot 2 teams ranked 21–27 along with the 8 first round winners. Pot 1Pot 2 KSA IRN QAT UZB UAE SYR 1980 OMA JOR IRQ SIN CHN KUW THA TKM LIB YEM TJK HKG IDN KGZ 1992 MDV IND MAS† BAN† LAO† PHI† PLE† VIE† NEP† MYA† † First round winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Matches Ties were drawn at the same time as the first round. The first legs were played on 23 July 2011 and the second legs were played on 28 July 2011. THA 3–2 PLE 1–0 2–2 LIB 4–2 BAN 4–0 0–2 CHN 13–3 LAO 7–2 6–1 TKM 4–5 IDN 1–1 3–4 KUW 5–1 PHI 3–0 2–1 OMA 5–0 MYA 3–01 2–01 KSA 8–0 HKG 3–0 5–0 IRN 5–0 MDV 4–0 1–0 SYR 1980 0–6 TJK 0–32 0–32 QAT 4–2 VIE 3–0 1–2 IRQ 2–0 YEM 2–0 0–0 SIN 6–4 MAS 5–3 1–1 UZB 7–0 KGZ 1992 4–0 3–0 UAE 5–2 IND 3–0 2–2 JOR 10–1 NEP 9–0 1–1 |} Note 1: The first leg of Oman vs Myanmar was originally won 2–0 by Oman, but was subsequently awarded to them as a 3–0 victory. The return leg was abandoned in the 45+2 minute due to crowd trouble.Myanmar – Oman match abandoned http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/35855-myanmar-v-oman AFC 1 March 2012 28 July 2011 Oman was leading 2–0. The result was declared final by FIFA, and Myanmar were initially banned from competing in the qualifying tournament for the 2018 World Cup,Myanmar disciplinary sanctions confirmed https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1519590/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111003153018/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1519590/index.html dead 3 October 2011 FIFA 1 March 2012 30 September 2011 although this was lifted after an appeal. So Myanmar had to play their home matches of 2018 World Cup qualifying in neutral ground.Myanmar appeal partially upheld https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2011/m=11/news=myanmar-appeal-partially-upheld-1539055.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140708201241/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2011/m=11/news=myanmar-appeal-partially-upheld-1539055.html dead 8 July 2014 FIFA 29 July 2014 7 November 2011 Note 2: Both legs of the Syria vs Tajikistan tie were awarded 3–0 to Tajikistan after Syria was ruled to have fielded an ineligible player.Syria disqualified from 2014 FIFA World Cup https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1495459/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111005013012/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1495459/index.html dead 5 October 2011 FIFA 24 August 2011 19 August 2011ru:Таджикистан вместо Сирии Tajikistan replaces Syria http://the-uff.com/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=29&news_id=4469 19 August 2011 29 March 2012 ru https://web.archive.org/web/20131103105059/http://the-uff.com/index.php?act=news&section=11&subsec=29&news_id=4469 3 November 2013 dead Syria had won the first leg 2–1 and the return leg 4–0. Third round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round The third round saw the 5 automatic qualifiers joined by the 15 winners from the second round. These teams were drawn into five groups of four teams, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011. The matches were played from 2 September 2011 to 29 February 2012. The top two teams from each group advanced to the fourth round. Seeding The July 2011 FIFA Ranking – released on 27 July – was used to seed the teams. (Rankings shown in brackets)FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – July 2011 (AFC) Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 JPN (14) AUS (22) KOR (28) IRN (54) CHN (73) UZB (83) QAT (90) JOR (91) KSA (92) KUW (95) BHR (100) TJK (142)* OMA (107) IRQ (108) UAE (109) PRK (115) THA (118) SIN (131) IDN (137) LIB (159) Note. Syria were replaced by Tajikistan in the third round on 19 August 2011 following the awarding of both second round matches to Tajikistan. Groups Group A Group A Group B Group B Group C Group C Group D Group D Group E Group E Fourth round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round The fourth round saw the group winners and runners-up from the third round play in two groups of five. The top two teams from each group advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, while the two third-placed teams advance to the fifth round. Japan, South Korea, Australia and Iran have qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Seeding The draw for Round Four was held on 9 March 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/37837-brazil-2014-qual-last-round-draw-on-9-march Final Round draw date set the-afc.com 26 January 2012 26 January 2012 with the teams seeded according to their March 2012 FIFA Ranking.http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/inside-afc/676-afc-news/35931-afc-announces-key-competition-decisions AFC announces key competition decisions the-afc.com 12 August 2011 26 January 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120802203121/http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/inside-afc/676-afc-news/35931-afc-announces-key-competition-decisions 2 August 2012 The FIFA rankings used were released on 7 March 2012 and included all matches from the third round of Asian qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/37905-fifa-ranking-rescheduled-to-march-7 FIFA Ranking rescheduled to March 7 the-afc.com 3 February 2012 3 February 2012 The ten teams (shown below with their March 2012 FIFA Ranking in brackets)http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/38245-socceroos-top-seeds-for-final-round-draw Socceroos top seeds for Final Round draw the-afc.com 8 March 2012 8 March 2012 are split into five pots, with each group containing a team from each pot.http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/who-do-you-want-in-the-qantas-socceroos--fifa-world-cup-draw-/46015 Who do you want in the Qantas Socceroos' FIFA World Cup draw? Football Federation Australia 8 March 2012 9 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140517183256/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/who-do-you-want-in-the-qantas-socceroos--fifa-world-cup-draw-/46015 17 May 2014 dead dmy-all Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5 AUS (20) KOR (30) JPN (33) IRN (51) UZB (67) IRQ (76) JOR (83) QAT (88) OMA (92) LIB (124) Groups The matches were played from 3 June 2012 to 18 June 2013. As the competition partially overlapped with the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held from 15 June 2013, the AFC decided that the match day will be adjusted for Japan, the representative of AFC for the Confederations Cup, placing them on Position 5 in their group in order not to play on 18 June 2013.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/33977-43-in-the-fray-for-2014-fwc-qualifiers https://archive.today/20120913044511/http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/33977-43-in-the-fray-for-2014-fwc-qualifiers dead 13 September 2012 43 in the fray for 2014 FWC qualifiers the-afc.com Asian Football Confederation 23 March 2011 23 March 2011 Group A Group A Group B Group B Fifth round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fifth round The two teams who finished third in the fourth round groups (Jordan and Uzbekistan) played each other to determine the AFC participant in the intercontinental play-off. The draw for the fifth round of the AFC qualifiers was held in Zürich on 19 March 2013 during meetings of the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/russia2018/organisation/media/newsid=2035763/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130322221952/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/russia2018/organisation/media/newsid=2035763/index.html dead 22 March 2013 Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup extends its responsibilities to cover 2018 and 2022 FIFA 19 March 2013 The games took place on 6 and 10 September 2013. With the two teams still evenly matched at full-time in the second leg, Jordan eventually progressed to the intercontinental playoff after winning 9–8 on penalties. JOR 2–2 (9–8 p) UZB 1–1 1–1 |} Inter-confederation play-offs 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–CONMEBOL play-off) The fifth round winner, Jordan, played against CONMEBOL's fifth-placed team, Uruguay, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off, Uruguay, qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals. The first leg was played on 13 November 2013, and the second leg was played on 20 November 2013.https://www.fifa.com/mm/Document/WorldFootball/Calendar&Live/02/03/95/26/IMC2013-2018FIFAversionv28May2013_Neutral.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130807003210/http://www.fifa.com/mm/Document/WorldFootball/Calendar%26Live/02/03/95/26/IMC2013-2018FIFAversionv28May2013_Neutral.pdf dead 7 August 2013 International Match Calendar 2013–2018 FIFA 31 December 2021 playoff1 Qualified teams The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 IRN A1 Fourth round group A winners 18 June 2013 3 (1978, 1998, 2006) JPN B1 Fourth round group B winners 4 June 2013 4 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) KOR A2 Fourth round group A runners-up 18 June 2013 1 8 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) AUS B2 Fourth round group B runners-up 18 June 2013 3 (1974, 2006, 2010) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Top goalscorers 432 148 JPN Shinji Okazaki IRQ Younis Mahmoud JOR Hassan Abdel-Fattah JOR Ahmad Hayel VIE Lê Công Vinh IRN Javad Nekounam KOR Park Chu-young AUS Joshua Kennedy CHN Hao Junmin JPN Keisuke Honda JOR Amer Deeb LIB Hassan Maatouk QAT Khalfan Ibrahim KSA Nasser Al-Shamrani KOR Lee Keun-ho Below are full goalscorer lists for each round: 22em First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round References External links Results and schedule (FIFA.com version) Results and schedule (the-AFC.com version) https://archive.today/20140702073606/http://hailoosport.com/comp?lang=ar&league=8767a9f101b47f88e382c63e4327f032&region=Asia World Cup Qualification Asia – Hailoosport.com el (Arabic) https://archive.today/20140702073636/http://hailoosport.com/comp?lang=en&league=8767a9f101b47f88e382c63e4327f032&region=Asia World Cup Qualification Asia – Hailoosport.com el AFC 2014 Category:2011 in Asian men's international football Category:2012 in Asian men's international football Category:2013 in Asian men's international football