2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

International football competition July 2026 This page provides the summaries of the AFC first round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. Format In this round teams ranked 6–24 were randomly drawn against teams ranked 25–43, and the draw took place on 6 August 2007 in the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Teams ranked 1–5 received a bye to the third round. The matches were held between 8 October 2007 and 30 October 2007. The 11 highest ranked teams (according to the first round seeding) among the 19 winners advanced to the third round of the Asian qualifiers, while the eight remaining teams advanced to the second round in November 2007. Summary PAK 0–7 IRQ 2004 0–7 0–0first1 1 UZB 11–0 TPE 9–0 2–0 THA 13–2 MAC 6–1 7–1 SRI 0–6 QAT 0–1 0–5 CHN 11–0 MYA 1974 7–0 4–0first4 4 BHU w/ofirst2 2 KUW KGZ 1992 2–2(5–6 p.) JOR 2–0 0–2 (aet) VIE 0–6 UAE 0–1 0–5 BHR 4–1 MAS 4–1 0–0 TLS 3–11 HKG 2–3first5 5 1–8 SYR 1980 5–1 AFG 2004 3–0 2–1first1 1 noid YEM 3–2 MDV 3–0 0–2 BAN 1–6 TJK 1–1 0–5 MGL 1992 2–9 PRK 1–4 1–5 OMA 4–0 NEP 2–0 2–0 PLE 0–7 SIN 0–4first1 1 noid 0–3 (awd.)first6 6 LIB 6–3 IND 4–1 2–2 CAM 1–5 TKM 0–1 1–4 GUM w/ofirst3 3 IDN |} first1 For security reasons, Iraq played their home leg in Syria, Palestine played their home leg in Qatar and Afghanistan played their home leg in Tajikistan.https://int.soccerway.com/news/2007/August/6/no-home-play-for-iraq-in-world-cup-qualifiers No home play for Iraq in World Cup qualifiers Soccerway 6 August 2007 21 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090624041052/http://www.soccerway.com/news/2007/August/6/no-home-play-for-iraq-in-world-cup-qualifiers 24 June 2009 live first2 Bhutan withdrew.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=595607.html#bhutan+2010+race Bhutan out of 2010 race FIFA Zurich, Switzerland 13 September 2007 21 June 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090216224916/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid%3D595607.html 16 February 2009 first3 Guam withdrew.http://www.pssi-football.com/id/view_news_111082.php?id=1061 Indonesia goes straight through – Guam declines id Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia 21 June 2009 7 August 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090412003735/http://www.pssi-football.com/id/view_news_111082.php?id=1061 12 April 2009 first4 FIFA decided to move Myanmar home match to Malaysia.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=619505.html#myanmar+china+switched+malaysia Myanmar-China switched to Malaysia FIFA Zurich, Switzerland 21 June 2009 18 October 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090410031621/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid%3D619505.html 10 April 2009 first5 Timor-Leste elected to play their home leg in Indonesia. first6 Palestine failed to appear; Singapore was awarded a 3–0 win. The Palestine Football Federation appealed to have the match rescheduled on the grounds that its players did not receive permits to leave the Gaza Strip, but FIFA dismissed the appeal.http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/703267B5-96C2-4A35-A960-412093559409.htm Fifa reject Palestinian appeal Al Jazeera Sports 31 October 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071102035057/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/703267B5-96C2-4A35-A960-412093559409.htm 2 November 2007 Matches Pakistan v Iraq 22 October 2007 19:30 UTC+5 PAK 0–7 Report IRQ 2004 Akram 19M. Karim 24 49 88 90Ghulam 71Mohammed 83 Punjab Stadium, Lahore 2,500 Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan) Iraq v Pakistan 28 October 2007 14:00 UTC+3 IRQ 2004 0–0 Report PAK Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus (Syria)Due to security concerns, Iraq played their home leg in Syria, Palestine played their home leg in Qatar, and Afghanistan played their home leg in Tajikistan.No home play for Iraq in World Cup qualifiers AFP; 6 August 2007 "note" "security" 8,000 Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) Iraq won 7–0 on aggregate. Uzbekistan v Chinese Taipei 13 October 2007 16:00 UTC+5 UZB 9–0 Report TPE Shatskikh 4 16 34 57 77Kapadze 26Karpenko 43Bakayev 54Salomov 68 Central Army Stadium, Tashkent 7,000 Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates) Chinese Taipei v Uzbekistan 28 October 2007 18:00 UTC+8 TPE 0–2 Report UZB Inomov 79Suyunov 89 Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei 800 Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) Uzbekistan won 11–0 on aggregate. Thailand v Macau 8 October 2007 19:00 UTC+7 THA 6–1 Report MAC Chaikamdee 12 49Dangda 21Winothai 55 pen.Phetphun 82Thonglao 90+1 Kin Seng Chan 23 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 11,254 Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan) Macau v Thailand 15 October 2007 20:00 UTC+8 MAC 1–7 Report THA Kin Seng Chan 90+2 Dangda 22Sukha 39Surasiang 43Thonglao 48Chaikamdee 53 57 86 Sports Field and Pavilion at MUST, Macau 500 Abdulrahman Racho (Syria) Thailand won 13–2 on aggregate. Sri Lanka v Qatar 21 October 2007 16:00 UTC+5:30 SRI 0–1 Report QAT Soria 68 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 6,500 Abdul Bashir (Singapore) Qatar v Sri Lanka 28 October 2007 19:15 UTC+3 QAT 5–0 Report SRI Soria 4 76Bechir 17 55Al-Shammari 85 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 3,000 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Qatar won 6–0 on aggregate. China PR v Myanmar 21 October 2007 20:00 UTC+8 CHN 7–0 Report MYA 1974 Qu Bo 17 81Du Zhenyu 22Yang Lin 58Liu Jian 63Li Jinyu 76Li Weifeng 79 Century Lotus Stadium, Foshan 21,000 Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain) Myanmar v China PR 28 October 2007 16:00 UTC+8 MYA 1974 0–4 Report CHN Wu Wei'an 13Liu Jian 14Zheng Bin 35Zhang Yaokun 39 pen. KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)The home leg of Myanmar was moved to Malaysia on request of both China and Myanmar.Myanmar-China switched to Malaysia https://web.archive.org/web/20131005020303/http://fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=619505.html#myanmar+china+switched+malaysia 5 October 2013 FIFA; 18 October 2007 "note" 200 Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) China PR won 11–0 on aggregate. Bhutan v Kuwait BHU Cancelled KUW Bhutan withdrew.Bhutan out of 2010 race https://web.archive.org/web/20090216224916/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid%3D595607.html 16 February 2009 FIFA; 13 September 2007 Kyrgyzstan v Jordan 18 October 2007 15:30 UTC+6 KGZ 1992 2–0 Report JOR Esenkul Uulu 45Bokoev 76 Spartak Stadium, Bishkek 18,000 Subrata Sarkar (India) Jordan v Kyrgyzstan 28 October 2007 19:00 UTC+3 JOR 2–0 y Report KGZ 1992 Shelbaieh 34Aqel 51 pen. Amman International Stadium, Amman 12,000 Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain) Abu Alieh Bawab Abu Keshek Amer Aqel Bashar 6–5 Kudrenko Harchenko Samsaliev Sydykov Esenkul Uulu Amin 2–2 on aggregate; Jordan won 6–5 on penalties. Vietnam v United Arab Emirates 8 October 2007 20:30 UTC+7 VIE 0–1 Report UAE Basheer Saeed 79 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi 20,000 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) United Arab Emirates v Vietnam 28 October 2007 19:00 UTC+4 UAE 5–0 Report VIE Ismail Matar 13Al-Mahri 40Al-Shehhi 53Mubarak 90Al-Kas 90+4 pen. Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 12,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) United Arab Emirates won 6–0 on aggregate. Bahrain v Malaysia 21 October 2007 18:00 UTC+3 BHR 4–1 Report MAS Fatadi 4John 15Abdulrahman 55Hubail 90 pen. Bunyamin Omar 45+2 Bahrain National Stadium, Manama 4,000 Yang Zhiqiang (China) Malaysia v Bahrain 28 October 2007 20:45 UTC+8 MAS 0–0 Report BHR Shah Alam Stadium, Petaling Jaya 2,000 Lee Gi-Young (South Korea) Bahrain won 4–1 on aggregate. Timor-Leste v Hong Kong 21 October 2007 15:30 UTC+8 TLS 2–3 Report HKG Ary 41 69 Cheng Siu Wai 25 50Esteves 35 o.g. Gianyar Stadium, Gianyar (Indonesia)Timor-Leste elected to play their home leg in Indonesia. "note" 1,500 Rosdi Shaharul (Malaysia) Hong Kong v Timor-Leste 28 October 2007 15:00 UTC+8 HKG 8–1 Report TLS Lo Kwan Yee 2Chan Siu Ki 5 78 85Cheung Sai Ho 49 Cheng Siu Wai 67 70Lam Ka Wai 83 Ary 53 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 1,542 Mohsen Torky (Iran) Hong Kong won 11–3 on aggregate. Syria v Afghanistan 8 October 2007 21:00 UTC+3 SYR 1980 3–0 Report AFG 2004 Al Zeno 73 87 pen.Al Sayed 81 pen. Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 3,000 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Afghanistan v Syria 26 October 2007 13:00 UTC+5 AFG 2004 1–2 Report SYR 1980 Karimi 16 Jenyat 17Issmael 64 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe (Tajikistan) 2,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Syria won 5–1 on aggregate. Yemen v Maldives 8 October 2007 21:00 UTC+3 YEM 3–0 Report MDV Salem 44Al-Hubaishi 66Thabit 80 Ali Muhsin Al-Muriasi Stadium, Sana'a 3,000 Mohammad Mansour (Lebanon) Maldives v Yemen 28 October 2007 16:00 UTC+5 MDV 2–0 Report YEM Shamveel Qasim 14Ashfaq 67 Galolhu National Stadium, Malé 8,900 Subrata Sarkar (India) Yemen won 3–2 on aggregate. Bangladesh v Tajikistan 8 October 2007 15:00 UTC+6 BAN 1–1 Report TJK Mithu 50 Khakimov 58 pen. Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 700 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) Tajikistan v Bangladesh 28 October 2007 14:00 UTC+5 TJK 5–0 Report BAN Khakimov 47 48 76 pen.Mukhiddinov 51Vasiev 71 Central Stadium, Dushanbe 10,000 Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan) Tajikistan won 6–1 on aggregate. Mongolia v Korea DPR 21 October 2007 13:00 UTC+8 MGL 1992 1–4 Report PRK Selenge 90+3 Pak Chol-min 14Jong Chol-min 24 32 81 National Sports Stadium, Ulaanbaatar 4,870 Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan) Korea DPR v Mongolia 28 October 2007 16:00 UTC+9 PRK 5–1 Report MGL 1992 Pak Chol-min 3 79Kim Kuk-jin 10Jong Chol-min 36Jon Kwang-ik 90+1 Lkhümbengarav 41 Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang 5,000 Ram Gosh (Bangladesh) Korea DPR won 9–2 on aggregate. Oman v Nepal 8 October 2007 21:30 UTC+4 OMA 2–0 Report NEP Bashir 5Mudhafar 21 pen. Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 15,000 Fareed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates) Nepal v Oman 28 October 2007 14:30 UTC+5:45 NEP 0–2 Report OMA Saleh 29Al Hinai 54 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 10,000 Satop Tongkhan (Thailand) Oman won 4–0 on aggregate. Palestine v Singapore 8 October 2007 21:00 UTC+3 PLE 0–4 Report SIN Shi Jiayi 44 53Wilkinson 73Noh Alam Shah 86 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Doha (Qatar) 75 Mushen Basma (Syria) Singapore v Palestine 28 October 2007 17:00 UTC+8 SIN 3–0AwardedPalestine failed to show up. Match was awarded 3–0 to Singapore as a walkover.Road to South Africa: Singapore through to second round after Palestine no-show https://web.archive.org/web/20071030171731/http://www.fas.org.sg/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=2793&pgID=1474 30 October 2007 Football Association of Singapore; 28 October 2007Lebanon advance to Round 3 FIFA; 31 October 2007 The Palestinian Football Federation appealed to have the match rescheduled on the grounds that its players did not receive permits to leave the Gaza Strip, but FIFA declined the appeal.Fifa reject Palestinian appeal https://web.archive.org/web/20080618222518/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/703267B5-96C2-4A35-A960-412093559409.htm 18 June 2008 Al Jazeera Sports; 31 October 2007 "note" Report PLE National Stadium, Singapore Sun Baojie (China) Singapore won 7–0 on aggregate. Lebanon v India 8 October 2007 21:00 UTC+3 LIB 4–1 Report IND Antar 33Ghaddar 62 76El Ali 63 Chhetri 30 Saida Municipal Stadium, Saida 500 Saad Al Fahdli (Kuwait) India v Lebanon 30 October 2007 15:00 UTC+5:30Match originally scheduled for 28 October 2007 postponed and relocated due to heavy rain in Chennai. "note" "india v lebanon" IND 2–2 Report LIB Chhetri 29Dias 90+2 Ghaddar 72 pen. 85 Fatorda Stadium, Goa 10,000 Salem Mujghef (Jordan) Lebanon won 6–3 on aggregate. Cambodia v Turkmenistan 11 October 2007 15:00 UTC+7 CAM 0–1 Report TKM Karadanov 85 National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh 3,000 Ram Gosh (Bangladesh) Turkmenistan v Cambodia 28 October 2007 18:00 UTC+5 TKM 4–1 Report CAM Nasyrov 41Gevorkyan 50 66Karadanov 74 Nasa 12 Olympic Stadium (Saparmurat), Ashgabat 5,000 Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan) Turkmenistan won 5–1 on aggregate. Guam v Indonesia GUM Cancelled IDN Guam withdrew. Qualified teams Among the 19 winners, the top 11 winners advanced directly to the third round while the remaining 8 teams advanced to second round. Advanced to third round Advanced to second roundIRQ UZB QAT CHN KUW JOR UAE BHR PRK OMA LBNTHA HKG SYR 1980 YEM TJK SIN TKM IDN Goalscorers 131 33 THA Sarayoot Chaikamdee UZB Maksim Shatskikh HKG Cheng Siu Wai IRQ 2004 Mahdi Karim LIB Mohammed Ghaddar PRK Jong Chol-Min TJK Numondzhon Khakimov HKG Chan Siu Ki PRK Pak Chol-Min QAT Sebastián Soria TLS Ary CHN Liu Jian CHN Qu Bo IND Sunil Chhetri MAC Kin Seng Chan QAT Sayed Ali Bechir SIN Shi Jiayi SYR 1980 Mohamed Al Zeno THA Teerasil Dangda THA Datsakorn Thonglao TKM Artur Gevorkyan TKM Mamedaly Karadanov AFG 2004 Obaidullah Karimi BHR Mahmood Abdulrahman BHR Abdulla Baba Fatadi BHR A'ala Hubail BHR Jaycee John Okwunwanne BAN Zumratul Hossain Mithu CAM Samel Nasa CHN Du Zhenyu CHN Li Jinyu CHN Wu Wei'an CHN Li Weifang CHN Yang Lin CHN Zhang Yaokun CHN Zheng Bin HKG Cheung Sai Ho HKG Lam Ka Wai HKG Lo Kwan Yee IND Steven Dias IRQ 2004 Nashat Akram IRQ 2004 Jassim Mohammed Ghulam IRQ 2004 Emad Mohammed JOR Hatem Aqel JOR Mahmoud Shelbaieh KGZ 1992 Aibek Bokoyev KGZ 1992 Cholponbek Esenku Uulu LIB Roda Antar LIB Mahmoud El Ali MAS Mohd Bunyamin Omar MDV Ali Ashfaq MDV Shamveel Qasim MNG Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav MNG Odkhuu Selenge PRK Jon Kwang-Ik PRK Kim Kuk-Jin OMA Mohamed Al Hinai OMA Fawzi Bashir OMA Hassan Mudhafar OMA Hashim Saleh QAT Saad Al-Shammari SIN Mohd Noh Alam Shah SIN John Wilkinson SYR 1980 Maher Al Sayed SYR 1980 Feras Esmaeel SYR 1980 Aatef Jenyat TJK Dzhomikhon Mukhiddinov TJK Dilshod Vasiev THA Patiparn Phetphun THA Suree Sukha THA Nirut Surasiang THA Teeratep Winothai TKM Mekan Nasyrov UAE Nawaf Al-Darmaki UAE Saeed Al-Kas UAE Ahmed Mohammed Al-Mahri UAE Mohamed Al-Shehhi UAE Ismail Matar UAE Basheer Saeed UZB Ulugbek Bakayev UZB Islom Inomov UZB Timur Kapadze UZB Victor Karpenko UZB Shavkat Salomov UZB Ilhomjon Suyunov YEM Fekri Al-Hubaishi YEM Mohammed Salem YEM Haitham Thabit TLS Alfredo Esteves (against Hong Kong) Notes References 1 Qual