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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

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This page provides the summaries of the AFC second round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

In this round the eight winners from the first round joined the 22 AFC sides seeded 6–27 in the AFC World Cup rankings. The teams were drawn into 15 home-and-away ties.[1][2] The draw took place on 30 March 2011 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, along with the draw for the first round.[3]

The matches were held prior to the main draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, with first legs on 23 July 2011 and second legs on 28 July. The 15 winners joined the top five seeded AFC teams in the main draw for the third round of the Asian qualifiers.

Seeding

Teams were seeded into two pots – Pot 1 included teams ranked 6–20 and Pot 2 teams ranked 21–27 along with the 8 first round winners.

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...

First round winners whose identities were not known at the time of the draw

Results

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
More information Thailand, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Lee Min-hu (Korea Republic)
More information Palestine, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)

Thailand won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information Lebanon, 4–0 ...
More information Bangladesh, 2–0 ...

Lebanon won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information China, 7–2 ...
Attendance: 13,500
More information Laos, 1–6 ...

China won 13–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information Turkmenistan, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
More information Indonesia, 4–3 ...

Indonesia won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information Kuwait, 3–0 ...
More information Philippines, 1–2 ...

Kuwait won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information Oman, 3–0 Awarded ...
Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
More information Myanmar, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Oman won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information Saudi Arabia, 3–0 ...
More information Hong Kong, 0–5 ...

Saudi Arabia won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information Iran, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 20,195
More information Maldives, 0–1 ...

Iran won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information Syria, 0–3 Awarded ...
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Nasser Darwish (Jordan)
More information Tajikistan, 3–0 Awarded ...
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Tajikistan was awarded the tie (6–0 on aggregate) and advanced to the third round.


More information Qatar, 3–0 ...
More information Vietnam, 2–1 ...

Qatar won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information Iraq, 2–0 ...
More information Yemen, 0–0 ...

Iraq won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information Singapore, 5–3 ...
More information Malaysia, 1–1 ...

Singapore won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information Uzbekistan, 4–0 ...
More information Kyrgyzstan, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 14,700

Uzbekistan won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information United Arab Emirates, 3–0 ...
More information India, 2–2 ...

United Arab Emirates won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


More information Jordan, 9–0 ...
More information Nepal, 1–1 ...

Jordan won 10–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Goalscorers

There were 109 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.63 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. FIFA awarded Oman a 3–0 win. The match originally ended 2–0 to Oman.
  2. Due to a pitch invasion, the match was abandoned after 45+2 minutes with Oman leading 2–0; FIFA confirmed that the result at the time of the interruption of the match is final.[4]
  3. FIFA awarded Tajikistan a 3–0 win as a result of Syria fielding the ineligible player George Mourad. The match originally ended 2–1 to Syria.[5]
  4. FIFA awarded Tajikistan a 3–0 win as a result of Syria fielding the ineligible player George Mourad. The match originally ended 4–0 to Syria.[5]
  5. Syria hosted its home leg in Jordan due to civil unrest.[6]
  6. Yemen hosted its home leg in the United Arab Emirates due to civil unrest.[6]

References

  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – Asian Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2011.
  2. "43 in the fray for 2014 FWC qualifiers". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 23 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  3. "The battle for Brazil berth begins". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  4. "Statement regarding abandoned 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Myanmar against Oman". FIFA.com. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  5. "Yemen to host Iraq in World Cup qualifier in UAE". USA Today. Associated Press. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.

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