2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
This page provides the summaries of the AFC Third Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Format
In this round the fifteen winners from the second round joined the five AFC sides seeded 1–5 in the AFC World Cup rankings (Japan, South Korea, Australia, North Korea, Bahrain). The 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.[1][2]
The matches were played from 2 September 2011 to 29 February 2012. The top two teams in each group advanced to the fourth round.
Seeding
The 20 teams were divided into four pots for the draw, each containing five teams. The July 2011 FIFA Ranking – released on 27 July – was used to seed the teams.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Note: Syria was replaced by Tajikistan in the Third Round on 19 August 2011 following the awarding of both Second Round matches to Tajikistan.[3]
Groups
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ![]() |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — |
Iraq ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Abdel-Fattah ![]() Abdallah Deeb ![]() |
Singapore ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Abdul-Zahra ![]() Mahmoud ![]() |
Jordan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Abdel-Rahman ![]() Amer Deeb ![]() |
Report | Hao Junmin ![]() |
Singapore ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Abdallah Deeb ![]() B. Bani Yaseen ![]() Hayel ![]() |
Singapore ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Yu Hai ![]() Li Weifeng ![]() Zheng Zheng ![]() |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ![]() |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | — | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | — |
South Korea ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Park Chu-Young ![]() Ji Dong-Won ![]() Kim Jung-Woo ![]() |
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United Arab Emirates ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Al Hammadi ![]() Khalil ![]() |
Report | Nasser ![]() Al-Mutawa ![]() |
Kuwait ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Fadhel ![]() |
Report | Park Chu-Young ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Park Chu-Young ![]() Al-Kamali ![]() |
Report | Matar ![]() |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Lee Keun-Ho ![]() Park Chu-Young ![]() |
Lebanon ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Al Saadi ![]() Atwi ![]() |
Report | Koo Ja-Cheol ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Lee Dong-Gook ![]() Lee Keun-Ho ![]() |
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United Arab Emirates ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Saeed ![]() Al-Wehaibi ![]() Matar ![]() |
Report | El Ali ![]() Maatouk ![]() |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ![]() |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 16 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 8–0 | |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | |
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — |
Japan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Yoshida ![]() |
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Tajikistan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Shatskikh ![]() |
North Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Pak Nam-Chol ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Djeparov ![]() |
Report | Okazaki ![]() |
North Korea ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Geynrikh ![]() |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Kapadze ![]() |
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North Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Pak Nam-Chol ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Tursunov ![]() Ahmedov ![]() Geynrikh ![]() |
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Tajikistan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Khamrakulov ![]() |
Report | Jang Song-Hyok ![]() |
Japan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Shadrin ![]() |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ![]() |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 8 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — |
Oman ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Saudi Arabia ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Al-Shamrani ![]() |
Report | Kennedy ![]() Wilkshire ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Australia ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Brosque ![]() Kewell ![]() Emerton ![]() |
Report | Al-Dawsari ![]() Al-Shamrani ![]() |
Oman ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Hadhri ![]() Al-Muqbali ![]() |
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Group E
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ![]() |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 12 | — | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | |
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | |
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 10–0 | |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | — |
Iran ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Nekounam ![]() Teymourian ![]() |
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Indonesia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Saeed ![]() Abdul-Latif ![]() |
Iran ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Hosseini ![]() Jabbari ![]() Aghily ![]() Teymourian ![]() Ansarifard ![]() Rezaei ![]() |
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Bahrain ![]() | 10–0 | ![]() |
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Abdul-Latif ![]() Al Alawi ![]() Abdulrahman ![]() Saeed ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 173 goals scored in 60 games, for an average of 2.88 goals per game.
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Brett Holman
Mohammed Tayeb Al Alawi
Mahmood Abdulrahman
Yu Hai
Zheng Zheng
Cristian Gonzáles
Hadi Aghily
Ashkan Dejagah
Gholamreza Rezaei
Andranik Teymourian
Mike Havenaar
Shinji Kagawa
Hassan Abdel-Fattah
Abdallah Deeb
Amer Deeb
Ahmad Hayel
Yousef Nasser
Mahmoud El Ali
Pak Nam-Chol
Mohammed Razak
Nasser Al-Shamrani
Ji Dong-Won
Lee Keun-Ho
Teerasil Dangda
Bashir Saeed
Alexander Geynrikh
- 1 goal
Brett Emerton
Mile Jedinak
Harry Kewell
Luke Wilkshire
Mahmood Al-Ajmi
Li Weifeng
Yu Dabao
Zheng Zhi
Bambang Pamungkas
Karim Ansarifard
Jalal Hosseini
Milad Meydavoudi
Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Karrar Jassim
Mustafa Karim
Hawar Mulla Mohammed
Qusay Munir
Yuichi Komano
Yasuyuki Konno
Ryoichi Maeda
Kengo Nakamura
Maya Yoshida
Baha' Abdul-Rahman
Bashar Bani Yaseen
Basem Fat'hi
Fahad Al Enezi
Bader Al-Mutwa
Hussain Fadel
Musaed Neda
Ali Al Saadi
Abbas Ali Atwi
Roda Antar
Mohammed Ghaddar
Akram Moghrabi
Jang Song-Hyok
Hussain Al-Hadhri
Amad Al Hosni
Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti
Mohamed El-Sayed
Mohammed Kasola
Sebastián Soria
Salem Al-Dossari
Ahmed Al-Fraidi
Naif Hazazi
Mohammed Noor
Mohammad Abdul
Aleksandar Đurić
Kim Jung-Woo
Koo Ja-Cheol
Lee Dong-Gook
Akhtam Khamroqulov
Sompong Soleb
Ismail Al Hammadi
Ali Al-Wehaibi
Ahmed Khalil
Mahmoud Khamees
Odil Ahmedov
Server Djeparov
Timur Kapadze
Aleksandr Shadrin
Maksim Shatskikh
Sanzhar Tursunov
- 1 own goal
Mahmoud Baquir Younes (playing against Kuwait)
Rashid Al Farsi (playing against Thailand)
Walid Abbas (playing against Kuwait)
Hamdan Al Kamali (playing against South Korea)
Notes
- Iraq had to play their remaining home games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at a neutral venue following a ban by FIFA on playing in Iraq.[4]
- Moved from the original venue at Yanggakdo Stadium due to the poor condition of the pitch.[5]
- Moved from the original venue at Rajamangala Stadium due to flooding.[6]
References
- "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – Asian Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com.
- "Stage set for FWCQ R3 draw". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- Syria disqualified from 2014 FIFA World Cup FIFA.com; 19 August 2011
- "FIFA decision on Iraq matches". Asian Football Confederation. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- "New stadium for PRK-JPN match". The-AFC.com. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- "Teerasil set to miss crucial W Cup qualifier". nationmultimedia.com. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.