2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round

International football competition This page provides the summaries of the AFC fourth round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. Format The fourth round saw the five group winners and five group runners-up from the third round split into two groups of five.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 October 27, 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – Asian Zone FIFA.com The top two teams from each group advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil, while the two third-placed teams advanced to the fifth round. 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, and their positions in the third round in small 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 2014-05-17 dead Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5AUS (20) (D1) KOR (30) (B1)JPN (33) (C2) IRN (51) (E1)UZB (67) (C1) IRQ (76) (A1)JOR (83) (A2) QAT (88) (E2)OMA (92) (D2) LIB (124) (B2) Groups The matches were played from 3 June 2012 to 18 June 2013. As the last matchday overlaps with the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup (which commences on 15 June 2013), the fourth round draw was adjusted to ensure Japan (the representative of the AFC for the Confederations Cup) received a bye on 18 June 2013, by placing them on Position 5 (instead of Position 2 where Japan were supposed to be placed as of the date of draw) in their group in order not to play on the last matchday.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 Lebanon defender Ramez Dayoub was convicted of match-fixing after his back pass led to the only goal of the match in a 1–0 defeat by Qatar.Crossman Steve https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21718034 BBC Sport - Lebanon head coach reveals anger over match fixing Bbc.co.uk 2013-03-08 2014-09-18 Dayoub was suspended for life by the Lebanese Football Association. 2013 Lebanese match fixing scandal Group A main WDL Group A yes Q y IRN IRN KOR KOR UZB UZB QAT QAT LBN LBN 5 1 2 8 2 4 2 2 13 7 4 2 2 11 6 2 1 5 5 13 1 2 5 3 12 green1 2014 FIFA World Cup A A blue1 Fifth round 3RD flag 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–4 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 5–1 2–2 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2014, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/737/2014/ soccer365.me 4 April 2024 Uzbekistan v Iran 3 June 2012 19:00 UTC+5 UZB 0–1 Report IRN Khalatbari 90+3 JAR Stadium, Tashkent 9,000 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Lebanon v Qatar 3 June 2012 20:30 UTC+3 LIB 0–1 Report QAT Soria 64 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 40,000 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) Lebanon v Uzbekistan 8 June 2012 16:00 UTC+3 LIB 1–1 Report UZB Al Saadi 34 Hasanov 12 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 13,000 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) Qatar v South Korea 8 June 2012 19:15 UTC+3 QAT 1–4 Report KOR Ahmed 22 Lee Keun-ho 26 80Kwak Tae-hwi 55Kim Shin-wook 64 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 10,730 Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates) South Korea v Lebanon 12 June 2012 20:00 UTC+9 KOR 3–0 Report LIB Kim Bo-kyung 30 48Koo Ja-cheol 90 Goyang Stadium, Goyang 36,756 Masaaki Toma (Japan) Iran v Qatar 12 June 2012 20:00 UTC+4:30 IRN 0–0 Report QAT Azadi Stadium, Tehran 100,000 Peter Green (Australia) Uzbekistan v South Korea 11 September 2012 18:00 UTC+5 UZB 2–2 Report KOR Ki Sung-yueng 13 o.g.Tursunov 59 Filiposyan 44 o.g.Lee Dong-gook 57 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 33,000 Benjamin Williams (Australia) Lebanon v Iran 11 September 2012 17:00 UTC+3 LIB 1–0 Report IRN Antar 27 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 14,000 Tan Hai (China PR) Qatar v Uzbekistan 16 October 2012 15:25 UTC+3 QAT 0–1 Report UZB Tursunov 13 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 11,260 Tan Hai (China PR) Iran v South Korea 16 October 2012 20:00 UTC+3:30 IRN 1–0 Report KOR Nekounam 76 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 99,885 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) Qatar v Lebanon 14 November 2012 17:45 UTC+3 QAT 1–0 Report LIB Soria 75 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 12,870 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Iran v Uzbekistan 14 November 2012 20:00 UTC+3:30 IRN 0–1 Report UZB Bakayev 71 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 43,700 Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates) South Korea v Qatar 26 March 2013 20:00 UTC+9 KOR 2–1 Report QAT Lee Keun-ho 60Son Heung-min 90+6 Ibrahim 63 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 37,222 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Uzbekistan v Lebanon 26 March 2013 18:00 UTC+5 UZB 1–0 Report LIB Djeparov 63 Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent 31,197 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) Qatar v Iran 4 June 2013 19:15 UTC+3 QAT 0–1 Report IRN Ghoochannejhad 66 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 11,872 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) Lebanon v South Korea 4 June 2013 20:30 UTC+3 LIB 1–1 Report KOR Maatouk 12 Kim Chi-woo 90+6 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 8,430 Benjamin Williams (Australia) South Korea v Uzbekistan 11 June 2013 20:00 UTC+9 KOR 1–0 Report UZB Shorakhmedov 43 o.g. Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 50,699 Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Iran v Lebanon 11 June 2013 20:00 UTC+4:30 IRN 4–0 Report LIB Khalatbari 39Nekounam 45+1 86Ghoochannejhad 46 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 91,300 Masaaki Toma (Japan) South Korea v Iran 18 June 2013 21:00 UTC+9 KOR 0–1 Report IRN Ghoochannejhad 60 Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan 42,243 Tan Hai (China PR) Uzbekistan v Qatar 18 June 2013 17:00 UTC+5 UZB 5–1 Report QAT Nasimov 61 74Zoteev 72Ahmedov 87Bakayev 90+1 Ilyas 37 Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent 34,000 Peter Green (Australia) Group B main WDL Group B yes Q y JPN JPN AUS AUS JOR JOR OMA OMA IRQ IRQ 5 2 1 16 5 3 4 1 12 7 3 1 4 7 16 2 3 3 7 10 1 2 5 4 8 green1 2014 FIFA World Cup A A blue1 Fifth round 3RD flag 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 6–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 complete iran v Oman 3 June 2012 19:31 UTC+9 JPN 3–0 Report OMA Honda 11Maeda 51Okazaki 54 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama 63,551 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) singapur v Iraq 3 June 2012 19:00 UTC+3 JOR 1–1 Report IRQ Hayel 43 Akram 14 Amman International Stadium, Amman 17,000 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) iran v singapur 8 June 2012 19:32 UTC+9 JPN 6–0 Report JOR Maeda 18Honda 22 31 53 pen.Kagawa 35Kurihara 89 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama 60,874 Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic) Oman v Australia 8 June 2012 17:00 UTC+4 OMA 0–0 Report AUS Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 11,000 Alireza Faghani (Iran) Australia v iran 12 June 2012 20:00 UTC+10 AUS 1–1 Report JPN Wilkshire 70 pen. Kurihara 65 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane 40,189 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Iraq v Oman 12 June 2012 17:45 UTC+3 IRQ 1–1 Report OMA Mahmoud 37 pen. Al Balushi 8 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)Iraq had to play all four home games for the Fourth round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at a neutral venue following a ban by FIFA on playing in Iraq.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/36499-fifa-decision-on-iraq-matches FIFA decision on Iraq matches Asian Football Confederation 23 September 2011 23 September 2011 "iraq-in-neutral-venue" "note" 1,650 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) iran v Iraq 11 September 2012 19:34 UTC+9 JPN 1–0 Report IRQ Maeda 25 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama 60,593 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) singapur v Australia 11 September 2012 19:00 UTC+3 JOR 2–1 Report AUS Abdel-Fattah 50 pen.Amer Deeb 73 Thompson 86 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 16,000 Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) Oman v singapur 16 October 2012 17:00 UTC+4 OMA 2–1 Report JOR Al Mahaijri 62Al-Mashri 87 Bawab 90 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 26,000 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) Iraq v Australia 16 October 2012 17:15 UTC+3 IRQ 1–2 Report AUS Abdul-Zahra 72 Cahill 80Thompson 84 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) 2,183 Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic) Oman v iran 14 November 2012 15:30 UTC+4 OMA 1–2 Report JPN Al Mahaijri 77 Kiyotake 20Okazaki 90 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 28,360 Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) Iraq v singapur 14 November 2012 16:00 UTC+3 IRQ 1–0 Report JOR Ahmed 86 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) 1,755 Tan Hai (China PR) Australia v Oman 26 March 2013 19:30 UTC+11 AUS 2–2 Report OMA Cahill 52Holman 85 Al-Muqbali 7Jedinak 49 o.g. Stadium Australia, Sydney 34,603 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Jordan v Japan 26 March 2013 17:00 UTC+3 JOR 2–1 Report JPN Bani Attiah 45+1Hayel 60 Kagawa 69 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 18,000 Alireza Faghani (Iran) Japan v Australia 4 June 2013 19:34 UTC+9 JPN 1–1 Report AUS Honda 90+1 pen. Oar 81 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama 62,172 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) Oman v Iraq 4 June 2013 17:00 UTC+4 OMA 1–0 Report IRQ Al Ajmi 45+4 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 18,300 Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic) Australia v Jordan 11 June 2013 19:00 UTC+10 AUS 4–0 Report JOR Bresciano 15Cahill 61Kruse 76Neill 84 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 43,785 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) Iraq v Japan 11 June 2013 17:30 UTC+3 IRQ 0–1 Report JPN Okazaki 89 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) 1,100 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Australia v Iraq 18 June 2013 19:30 UTC+10 AUS 1–0 Report IRQ Kennedy 83 Stadium Australia, Sydney 80,523 Alireza Faghani (Iran) Jordan v Oman 18 June 2013 19:00 UTC+3 JOR 1–0 Report OMA Hayel 58 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 14,000 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Goalscorers 86 40 JPN Keisuke Honda AUS Tim Cahill IRN Reza Ghoochannejhad IRN Javad Nekounam JPN Ryoichi Maeda JPN Shinji Okazaki JOR Ahmad Hayel KOR Lee Keun-ho AUS Archie Thompson IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari JPN Shinji Kagawa JPN Yuzo Kurihara OMA Ahmed Mubarak Al Mahaijri QAT Sebastián Soria KOR Kim Bo-kyung UZB Ulugbek Bakayev UZB Bahodir Nasimov UZB Sanzhar Tursunov AUS Mark Bresciano AUS Brett Holman AUS Joshua Kennedy AUS Robbie Kruse AUS Lucas Neill AUS Tommy Oar AUS Luke Wilkshire IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra IRQ Hammadi Ahmad IRQ Nashat Akram IRQ Younis Mahmoud JPN Hiroshi Kiyotake JOR Hassan Abdel-Fattah JOR Khalil Bani Attiah JOR Tha'er Bawab JOR Amer Deeb LIB Ali Al Saadi LIB Roda Antar LIB Hassan Maatouk OMA Ismail Al Ajmi OMA Mohammed Al Balushi OMA Juma Darwish Al-Mashri OMA Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali QAT Yusef Ahmed QAT Khalfan Ibrahim QAT Abdulgadir Ilyas Bakur KOR Kim Chi-woo KOR Kim Shin-wook KOR Koo Ja-cheol KOR Kwak Tae-hwi KOR Lee Dong-gook KOR Son Heung-min UZB Odil Ahmedov UZB Server Djeparov UZB Jasur Hasanov UZB Oleg Zoteev AUS Mile Jedinak (against Oman) UZB Akmal Shorakhmedov (against South Korea) KOR Ki Sung-yueng (against Uzbekistan) UZB Artyom Filiposyan (against South Korea) Notes See also 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) References External links Results and schedule (FIFA.com version) Results and schedule (the-AFC.com version) 4 Category:2012 in Asian football Category:2013 in Asian football Category:2012–13 in Iranian football qual Category:2012–13 in Qatari football Category:2012–13 in Lebanese football Category:2012–13 in Jordanian football Category:2012–13 in Omani football Category:2012–13 in Iraqi football Category:2012 in Uzbekistani football Category:2013 in Uzbekistani football Category:2012 in South Korean football Category:2013 in South Korean football qual Category:2012–13 in Australian men's soccer qual Category:2012 in Japanese football Category:2013 in Japanese football qual