Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3

This page provides the summaries of the matches of the group stage of the Asian football qualifiers for 2012 Olympics.

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

Format

The 12 teams in this round were divided into three groups of four teams each and played on a home-and-away format. The group winner from each group advanced to the 2012 Summer Olympics Football tournament in London. Three second-placed teams from this round will play each other in a playoff at a centralised venue from 25 to 29 March 2012, and the winners of this group will meet the representatives of CAF for a berth in the Olympics.

Seeding

The group stage draw took place on 7 July 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1]

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D

 South Korea
 Australia
 Japan

 Iraq
 Bahrain
 Qatar

 Saudi Arabia
 Syria
 Uzbekistan

 Oman
 United Arab Emirates
 Malaysia

Groups

The matches were played between 21 September 2011 and 14 March 2012.[2]

Legend
Team qualify for the 2012 Olympics
Team advance to the Play-off round

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 633082+612
 Oman 62228808
 Qatar 614168−27
 Saudi Arabia 603348−43
South Korea 2 – 0 Oman
Yoon Bit-Garam  24'
Kim Bo-Kyung  74'		 Report
Attendance: 13,704
Saudi Arabia 1 – 1 Qatar
Dagriri  12' Report Al Nahoyi  89'
Attendance: 1,315
Oman 2 – 0 Saudi Arabia
Hardan  15'
Al Shamli  56'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Qatar 1 – 1 South Korea
Majid  43' (pen.) Report Kim Hyun-Sung  68'
Attendance: 5,051
South Korea 1 – 0 Saudi Arabia
Cho Young-Cheol  33' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 27,224
Oman 3 – 0
(awarded1)		 Qatar
Al-Maqbali  11' Report Khalfan  88'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
Qatar 2 – 2 Oman
Khalfan  26'
Al-Haidos  86'		 Report Al-Maqbali  34'
Farah  76'
Attendance: 2,707
Saudi Arabia 1 – 1 South Korea
Khudari  60' Report Kim Bo-Kyung  90+1'
Attendance: 1,315
Oman 0 – 3 South Korea
Report Nam Tae-Hee  1'
Kim Hyun-Sung  68'
Baek Sung-Dong  72'
Attendance: 10,000
Qatar 2 – 1 Saudi Arabia
Al-Haidos  44'
Nabeel  78'		 Report Walibi  12' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,270
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Saudi Arabia 1 – 1 Oman
Al-Muwallad  57' Report Al-Hadhri  43'
Attendance: 150
South Korea 0 – 0 Qatar
Report
Attendance: 23,327
  • 1Qatar adjudged to have played Abdelaziz Hatem when he should have served a suspension. Original result was 1–1.[3]

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 642082+614
 Uzbekistan 622275+28
 Iraq 612327−55
 Australia 604203−34
Uzbekistan 2 – 0 Iraq
Temurkhuja  71'
Turaev  78'		 Report
Attendance: 7,223
Australia 0 – 0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 2,390
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Iraq 0 – 0 Australia
Report
Attendance: 200
United Arab Emirates 0 – 0 Uzbekistan
Report
Attendance: 4,110
Australia 0 – 0 Uzbekistan
Report
Attendance: 2,604
United Arab Emirates 3 – 0
(awarded1)		 Iraq
Report Abdul-Raheem  21'
Sabah  77'
Attendance: 6,432
Referee: Abdulrahman Hussain (Qatar)
Iraq 0 – 1 United Arab Emirates
Report Ali  3'
Attendance: 420
Uzbekistan 2 – 0 Australia
Turaev  27'
Zoteev  85'		 Report
Attendance: 4,527
Iraq 2 – 1 Uzbekistan
M. Abdullah  45+2' (pen.)
Ahmad  88'		 Report Musaev  23'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
United Arab Emirates 1 – 0 Australia
Abdulrahman  23' Report
Attendance: 28,734
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (South Korea)
Uzbekistan 2 – 3 United Arab Emirates
Zoteev  34'
Musaev  47'		 Report Khalil  51', 55'
Saleh  90+3'
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Australia 0 – 0 Iraq
Report
Attendance: 2,071
  • 1Iraq adjudged to have played Faisal Jassim when he should have served a suspension. Original result was 2–0 to Iraq [4]

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 6501133+1015
 Syria 6402126+612
 Bahrain 6303811−39
 Malaysia 6006316−130
Japan 2 – 0 Malaysia
Higashi  10'
Yamazaki  76'		 Report
Attendance: 22,504
Syria 3 – 1 Bahrain
Fares  15'
Mardigian  45', 54'		 Report Shubbar  85' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Bahrain 0 – 2 Japan
Report Otsu  44'
Higashi  66'
Attendance: 2,000
Malaysia 0 – 2 Syria
Report Solaiman  50'
Nasouh  88'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (South Korea)
Japan 2 – 1 Syria
Hamada  45'
Otsu  86'		 Report Al Soma  75'
Attendance: 25,482
Malaysia 2 – 3 Bahrain
Nazmi  28'
Mahali  69'		 Report Al Amer  80'
Ahmed  84', 86'
Attendance: 30,000
Syria 2 – 1 Japan
Osako  19' (o.g.)
Al Salih  90'		 Report Nagai  45'
Attendance: 500
Bahrain 2 – 1 Malaysia
Al Alawi  25'
Farhan  88'		 Report Hazwan  76'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Hussain (Qatar)
Malaysia 0 – 4 Japan
Report Sakai  35'
Osako  44'
Haraguchi  55'
Saito  60'
Attendance: 14,205
Referee: Mohamed Abdelkarim Al-Zarooni (United Arab Emirates)
Bahrain 2 – 1 Syria
Al Alawi  12', 89' Report Al Douni  86'
Attendance: 600
Syria 3 – 0 Malaysia
Mardigian  48', 68'
Al Soma  80'		 Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Japan 2 – 0 Bahrain
Ogihara  54'
Kiyotake  59'		 Report
Attendance: 36,233

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
  • Mohamed Tayeb Al Alawi
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

References
  1. "Koreans must bridge Gulf to London". the-afc.com. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. "Olympic final round qualifying draw on Thursday". the-afc.com. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2012-01-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Iraq sanctioned for ineligible player
  5. "Bahrain arrive for Olympic qualifier". 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2011-00-21. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. "Bahrain-Japan tie on Nov 22". 2011-08-10. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
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