2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round

International football competition May 2016 January 2011 The AFC fourth round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification was decided by a random draw conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27 June 2008. The round commenced on 6 September 2008, and finished on 17 June 2009. The top two countries in each group at the end of the stage qualified directly to the World Cup Finals in South Africa, with the two third-placed countries advancing to the AFC play-off. Format The 10 teams (2 teams from each group in the third round) were divided into four pots for the draw, three containing two teams and one containing four. The seeding for the fourth round was based on that used in the third round draw, but Saudi Arabia and Japan (seeded equal 4th in that draw) were separated by a random selection held at the start of the fourth round draw. The pots were as follows: Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4AUS KOR 1997IRN JPNKSA BHRUZB PRK UAE QAT The 10 teams were split into two groups of five teams each – each containing one team from each of Pots 1, 2 and 3, as well as 2 teams from Pot 4. The top two teams in each group qualified for the World Cup Finals, with the two third-placed sides advancing to a playoff. All teams played home and away against each of the other four teams in the group. Group A main WDL Group A y Q y AUS AUS AUS JPN JPN JPN BHR BHR BHR QAT QAT QAT UZB UZB UZB 6 2 0 12 1 4 3 1 11 6 3 1 4 6 8 1 3 4 5 14 1 1 6 5 10 green1 2010 FIFA World Cup Q Q #BBF3FF Fifth round A 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/737/2010/ soccer365.me 13 April 2024 Bahrain v Japan 6 September 2008 21:30 UTC+3 BHR 2–3 Report JPN Isa 87 Tulio 89 o.g. S. Nakamura 18 Endō 44 pen. K. Nakamura 85 Bahrain National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa 20,000 Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) Qatar v Uzbekistan 6 September 2008 22:00 UTC+3 QAT 3–0 Report UZB Siddiq 37 Magid Mohamed 73 Al-Bloushi 86 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 8,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Uzbekistan v Australia 10 September 2008 20:30 UTC+5 UZB 0–1 Report AUS Chipperfield 26 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 34,000 Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) Qatar v Bahrain 10 September 2008 22:00 UTC+3 QAT 1–1 Report BHR Soria 6 Fatadi 67 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 7,000 Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea) Australia v Qatar 15 October 2008 20:00 UTC+10 AUS 4–0 Report QAT Cahill 8 Emerton 17 pen. 58 Kennedy 76 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 34,320 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Japan v Uzbekistan 15 October 2008 19:30 UTC+9 JPN 1–1 Report UZB Tamada 40 Shatskikh 27 Saitama Stadium, Saitama 55,142 Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE) Bahrain v Australia 19 November 2008 18:00 UTC+3 BHR 0–1 Report AUS Bresciano 90+3 Bahrain National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa 10,000 Masoud Moradi (Iran) Qatar v Japan 19 November 2008 19:30 UTC+3 QAT 0–3 Report JPN Tanaka 19 Tamada 47 Tulio 68 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 13,000 Sun Baojie (China PR) Japan v Australia 11 February 2009 19:20 UTC+9 JPN 0–0 Report AUS International Stadium, Yokohama 66,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) Uzbekistan v Bahrain 11 February 2009 16:00 UTC+5 UZB 0–1 Report BHR Abdulrahman 90+4 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 30,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Japan v Bahrain 28 March 2009 19:20 UTC+9 JPN 1–0 Report BHR S. Nakamura 47 Saitama Stadium, Saitama 57,276 Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic) Uzbekistan v Qatar 28 March 2009 17:00 UTC+5 UZB 4–0 Report QAT Tadjiyev 34 45+2 53Soliev 62 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 18,000 Masoud Moradi (Iran) Australia v Uzbekistan 1 April 2009 20:00 UTC+11 AUS 2–0 Report UZB Kennedy 66Kewell 73 pen. Stadium Australia, Sydney 57,292 Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE) Bahrain v Qatar 1 April 2009 17:15 UTC+3 BHR 1–0 Report QAT Aaish 52 Bahrain National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa 20,000 Sun Baojie (China PR) Uzbekistan v Japan 6 June 2009 19:00 UTC+5 UZB 0–1 Report JPN Okazaki 9 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 34,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) Qatar v Australia 6 June 2009 19:00 UTC+3 QAT 0–0 Report AUS Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 7,000 Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) Australia v Bahrain 10 June 2009 20:00 UTC+10 AUS 2–0 Report BHR Sterjovski 55Carney 88 Stadium Australia, Sydney 39,540 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) Japan v Qatar 10 June 2009 19:20 UTC+9 JPN 1–1 Report QAT Al-Binali 3 o.g. Ali Afif 53 pen. International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama 60,256 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Australia v Japan 17 June 2009 20:20 UTC+10 AUS 2–1 Report JPN Cahill 59 77 Tulio 39 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 74,100 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Bahrain v Uzbekistan 17 June 2009 19:30 UTC+3 BHR 1–0 Report UZB Abdulrahman 73 Bahrain National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa 14,100 Masoud Moradi (Iran) Group B main WDL Group B yes Q y KOR KOR 1997 KOR 1997 PRK PRK 1992 PRK 1992 KSA KSA KSA IRN IRN IRN UAE UAE UAE 4 4 0 12 4 3 3 2 7 5 3 3 2 8 8 2 5 1 8 7 0 1 7 6 17 green1 2010 FIFA World Cup Q Q #BBF3FF Fifth round A 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/737/2010/ soccer365.me 13 April 2024 United Arab Emirates v Korea DPR 6 September 2008 22:15 UTC+4 UAE 1–2 Report PRK Saeed 86 Choe Kum-Chol 72 An Chol-Hyok 81 Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 10,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Saudi Arabia v Iran 6 September 2008 22:15 UTC+3 KSA 1–1 Report IRN Al-Harthi 29 Nekounam 81 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 50,000 Mark Shield (Australia) Korea DPR v Korea Republic 10 September 2008 20:00 UTC+8 PRK 1–1 Report KOR 1997 Hong Yong-Jo 64 pen. Ki Sung-yueng 69 Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai (China)Match played in Shanghai, China, as was the corresponding fixture in the Third round, as North Korea refused to play the anthem and fly the flag of South Korea. 3,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) United Arab Emirates v Saudi Arabia 10 September 2008 22:15 UTC+4 UAE 1–2 Report KSA Khater 23 Otaif 69 Al-Fraidi 73 Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 15,000 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Korea Republic v United Arab Emirates 15 October 2008 20:00 UTC+9 KOR 1997 4–1 Report UAE Lee Keun-ho 20 80 Park Ji-sung 26 Kwak Tae-hwi 89 Al Hammadi 72 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 30,000 Matthew Breeze (Australia) Iran v Korea DPR 15 October 2008 17:00 UTC+3:30 IRN 2–1 Report PRK Mahdavikia 9 Nekounam 63 Jong Tae-Se 72 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 60,000 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) United Arab Emirates v Iran 19 November 2008 19:15 UTC+4 UAE 1–1 Report IRN Juma'a 19 Bagheri 81 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 8,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Saudi Arabia v Korea Republic 19 November 2008 19:35 UTC+3 KSA 0–2 Report KOR 1997 Lee Keun-ho 76 Park Chu-young 90+2 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 60,000 Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) Korea DPR v Saudi Arabia 11 February 2009 15:00 UTC+9 PRK 1–0 Report KSA Mun In-Guk 28 Kim Il-Sung Stadium, Pyongyang 48,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Iran v Korea Republic 11 February 2009 15:00 UTC+3:30 IRN 1–1 Report KOR 1997 Nekounam 58 Park Ji-sung 81 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 75,000 Ben Williams (Australia) Korea DPR v United Arab Emirates 28 March 2009 15:30 UTC+9 PRK 2–0 Report UAE Pak Nam-Chol 51 Mun In-Guk 90+3 Kim Il-Sung Stadium, Pyongyang 50,000 Matthew Breeze (Australia) Iran v Saudi Arabia 28 March 2009 19:00 UTC+4:30 IRN 1–2 Report KSA Shojaei 57 Hazazi 79 Al-Muwallad 87 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 100,000 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Korea Republic v Korea DPR 1 April 2009 20:00 UTC+9 KOR 1997 1–0 Report PRK 　Kim Chi-woo 86 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 48,000 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) Saudi Arabia v United Arab Emirates 1 April 2009 20:30 UTC+3 KSA 3–2 Report UAE Otaif 4 pen. Juma 70 o.g. Hazazi 85 Al Shehhi 38 Matar 45+1 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 70,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Korea DPR v Iran 6 June 2009 17:00 UTC+9 PRK 0–0 Report IRN Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang 30,000 Sun Baojie (China PR) United Arab Emirates v Korea Republic 6 June 2009 20:15 UTC+4 UAE 0–2 Report KOR 1997 Park Chu-young 9 Ki Sung-yueng 37 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 4,000 Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) Korea Republic v Saudi Arabia 10 June 2009 20:00 UTC+9 KOR 1997 0–0 Report KSA Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 32,510 Ben Williams (Australia) Iran v United Arab Emirates 10 June 2009 19:00 UTC+4:30 IRN 1–0 Report UAE Karimi 53 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 38,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Korea Republic v Iran 17 June 2009 20:00 UTC+9 KOR 1997 1–1 Report IRN Park Ji-sung 82 Shojaei 52 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 40,000 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Saudi Arabia v Korea DPR 17 June 2009 21:00 UTC+3 KSA 0–0 Report PRK King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 65,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) Goalscorers 80 40 AUS Tim Cahill IRN Javad Nekounam KOR 1997 Lee Keun-ho KOR 1997 Park Ji-sung UZB Farhod Tadjiyev AUS Brett Emerton AUS Joshua Kennedy BHR Mahmood Abdulrahman IRN Masoud Shojaei JPN Shunsuke Nakamura JPN Keiji Tamada JPN Marcus Tulio Tanaka PRK Mun In-Guk KSA Naif Hazazi KSA Abdoh Otaif KOR 1997 Ki Sung-yueng KOR 1997 Park Chu-young AUS Mark Bresciano AUS David Carney AUS Scott Chipperfield AUS Harry Kewell AUS Mile Sterjovski BHR Faouzi Mubarak Aaish BHR Abdulla Baba Fatadi BHR Salman Isa IRN Karim Bagheri IRN Ali Karimi IRN Mehdi Mahdavikia JPN Yasuhito Endō JPN Kengo Nakamura JPN Shinji Okazaki JPN Tatsuya Tanaka PRK An Chol-Hyok PRK Choe Kum-Chol PRK Hong Yong-Jo PRK Jong Tae-Se PRK Pak Nam-Chol QAT Ali Afif QAT Talal Al-Bloushi QAT Magid Mohamed QAT Majdi Siddiq QAT Sebastián Soria KSA Ahmed Al-Fraidi KSA Saad Al-Harthi KSA Osama Al-Muwallad KOR 1997 Kim Chi-woo KOR 1997 Kwak Tae-hwi UAE Ismail Al Hammadi UAE Mohammed Al Shehhi UAE Abdulrahim Jumaa UAE Subait Khater UAE Ismail Matar UAE Bashir Saeed UZB Maksim Shatskikh UZB Anvarjon Soliev JPN Marcus Tulio Tanaka (against Bahrain) QAT Ahmed Faris Al-Binali (against Japan) UAE Fares Juma (against Saudi Arabia) Notes Several Iranian players started their away match against South Korea wearing green armbands or wristbands, a symbol of protest at the outcome of the Iranian presidential election.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5559871/Iranian-football-team-shows-support-for-Mousavi-with-green-arm-bands-at-Seoul-World-Cup-qualifier.html Iranian football team shows support for Mousavi with green arm bands at Seoul World Cup qualifier 17 June 2009 The Daily Telegraph 17 June 2009 London Most removed them at half-time. The newspaper Iran reported that Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hosein Kaebi, and Vahid Hashemian had received life bans from the Iranian FA for the gesture.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0625/1224249508070.html Iranian players receive life bans for gestures Tiat Robert 25 June 2009 The Guardian 25 June 2009 However, the Iranian FA denied this claim in a response to FIFA's inquiry saying that "the comments in foreign media are nothing but lies and a mischievous act."https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/5634682/Iran-denies-punishing-players-for-wearing-green-wristbands.html Iran denies punishing players for wearing green wristbands The Daily Telegraph 25 June 2009 25 June 2009 London The Iran national team head coach Afshin Ghotbi also confirmed that it was a rumour and Iranian FA "has not taken any official stand on this issue."http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/iran-did-not-suspend-players-coach-says/ Iran Did Not Suspend Players, Coach Says The New York Times 26 June 2009 27 June 2009 Jack Bell References 4 Category:2008 in Asian football Category:2009 in Asian football Category:2008–09 in Australian men's soccer Category:2008 in Japanese football Category:2009 in Japanese football Category:2008 in Uzbekistani football Category:2009 in Uzbekistani football Category:2008 in South Korean football Category:2009 in South Korean football Category:2008 in North Korean football Category:2009 in North Korean football Category:2008–09 in Qatari football Category:2008–09 in Bahraini football Category:2008–09 in Saudi Arabian football Category:2008–09 in Iranian football Category:2008–09 in Emirati football