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2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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AFC Asian Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup
2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates9 April 2008 – 3 March 2010
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored158 (2.82 per match)
Top scorerJapan Shinji Okazaki (6 goals)
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The 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification saw various countries take part to determine 10 spots to the final tournament in Qatar under the new qualification system set by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Six other teams also qualified for the finals, even though they did not take part in the qualifiers:

Qualified teams

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Final qualification status
  Team qualified for Asian Cup
  Team failed to qualify
Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1, 2
 Qatar Hosts 29 July 2007 7 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Iraq 2007 AFC Asian Cup winner 25 July 2007 6 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Saudi Arabia 2007 AFC Asian Cup runner-up 25 July 2007 7 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 South Korea 2007 AFC Asian Cup third place 28 July 2007 11 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 India 2008 AFC Challenge Cup winner 13 August 2008 2 (1964, 1984)
 Uzbekistan Group C runner-up 18 November 2009 4 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Syria Group D winner 18 November 2009 4 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
 Iran Group E winner 6 January 2010 11 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 China Group D runner-up 6 January 2010 9 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Japan Group A winner 6 January 2010 6 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Bahrain Group A runner-up 6 January 2010 3 (1988, 2004, 2007)
 United Arab Emirates Group C winner 6 January 2010 7 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2007)
 North Korea 2010 AFC Challenge Cup winner 27 February 2010 2 (1980, 1992)
 Australia Group B winner 3 March 2010 1 (2007)
 Kuwait Group B runner-up 3 March 2010 8 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 Jordan Group E runner-up 3 March 2010 1 (2004)

Notes:

1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host

Seedings

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On 6 December 2007 the Asian Football Confederation announced the seeding for the preliminary round of the 2011 tournament:[1]

Automatic Qualifiers Other Teams
  • Teams marked '*' withdrew prior to the draw. All of them participated in the 2008 and 2010 AFC Challenge Cup, and therefore had a chance to qualify via those two tournaments.
  • India (marked '**') were drawn into Group C of the qualifiers, but withdrew from the qualifiers following their victory in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup which automatically qualified them for the final tournament.
  • Maldives (marked '***') were the only other team that entered the Asian Cup qualifiers who could also qualify via the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup, but they were eliminated from the Asian Cup qualifiers before the group stage.
  • The following teams did not enter main qualification, but could qualify via the AFC Challenge Cups if they chose to enter:

Preliminary round

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The preliminary round reduced the number of non-automatic qualifiers to 20. Following the withdrawals of Korea DPR, Myanmar and Turkmenistan, only two teams were involved. The two lowest ranked AFC teams, Lebanon and Maldives, played home-and-away matches in April 2008. The away goals rule would be applied, and extra time and penalty shootout would be used to decide the winner if necessary. The winner of the preliminary round advanced to the qualifying round, where it was joined by the 19 teams seeded 4th to 22nd.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lebanon  6–1  Maldives 4–0 2–1
Lebanon 4–0 Maldives
El Ali 5'
Yaacoub 11'
Atwi 13' (pen.)
Ghaddar 39'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Maldives 1–2 Lebanon
Shamweel Qasim 22' Report Korhani 9'
Al Jamal 75'
Attendance: 6,000

Lebanon won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Qualifying round

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The 20 teams were divided into five groups of four. Teams played each other home and way in a round-robin format. The top two in each group advanced to the 2011 tournament where they were joined by the other qualifiers — Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, India and North Korea.

Seedings

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The following teams were drawn at this round:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Tiebreakers

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The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:[2]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Japan Bahrain Yemen Hong Kong
 Japan 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 15 — 2–0 2–1 6–0
 Bahrain 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12 1–0 — 4–0 4–0
 Yemen 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 2–3 3–0 — 1–0
 Hong Kong 6 0 1 5 1 18 −17 1 0–4 1–3 0–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Japan 2–1 Yemen
Okazaki 7'
Tatsuya Tanaka 66'		 Report Al-Fadhli 47'
Attendance: 30,654
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
Hong Kong 1–3 Bahrain
Cheng Siu Wai 90' Report Abdullatif 10'
Fatadi 37'
Salman Isa 87'
Attendance: 6,013
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Yemen 1–0 Hong Kong
Al Selwi 52' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Bahrain 1–0 Japan
Salman Isa 24' Report
Attendance: 11,200
Japan 6–0 Hong Kong
Okazaki 17', 74', 76'
Nagatomo 28'
Nakazawa 50'
Túlio 67'		 Report
Attendance: 16,028
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Hong Kong 0–4 Japan
Report Hasebe 32'
Satō 74'
S. Nakamura 84'
Okazaki 90+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,254
Bahrain 4–0 Yemen
Abdullatif 20'
Fatadi 28'
Salman 64'
Al-Dali 75' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Yemen 2–3 Japan
Al-Fadhli 13'
Abbod 39'		 Report Hirayama 42', 55', 79'
Attendance: 10,000
Bahrain 4–0 Hong Kong
Abdullatif 35', 40', 44'
Adnan 79'		 Report
Attendance: 1,550
Yemen 3–0 Bahrain
Al Nono 5', 25'
Al Abidi 86'		 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Japan 2–0 Bahrain
Okazaki 36'
Honda 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 38,042
Hong Kong 0–0 Yemen
Report
Attendance: 1,212
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Australia Kuwait Oman Indonesia
 Australia 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 — 0–1 1–0 1–0
 Kuwait 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 2–2 — 0–1 2–1
 Oman 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8 1–2 0–0 — 0–0
 Indonesia 6 0 3 3 3 6 −3 3 0–0 1–1 1–2 —
Source: [citation needed]
Oman 0–0 Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 13,000
Indonesia 0–0 Australia
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Kuwait 0–1 Oman
Report Rabia 64'
Attendance: 22,000
Australia 0–1 Kuwait
Report Neda 38'
Attendance: 20,032
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Australia 1–0 Oman
Cahill 74' Report
Attendance: 20,595
Referee: Maasaki Toma (Japan)
Oman 1–2 Australia
Ayil 15' (pen.) Report Wilkshire 43'
Emerton 82'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Kuwait 2–1 Indonesia
Al-Mutawa 61' (pen.), 87' Report Bambang 33'
Attendance: 16,000
Indonesia 1–1 Kuwait
Budi 45+4' Report Ajab 72'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Minoru Toju (Japan)
Indonesia 1–2 Oman
Boaz 45' Report Bashir 32'
Sulaiman 52'
Attendance: 45,000
Kuwait 2–2 Australia
Bandar 40'
Naser 44'		 Report Wilkshire 3'
Heffernan 5'
Attendance: 20,000
Australia 1–0 Indonesia
Milligan 42' Report
Attendance: 20,422
Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan)
Oman 0–0 Kuwait
Report
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Malaysia
 United Arab Emirates 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 9 — 0–1 1–0
 Uzbekistan 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9 0–1 — 3–1
 Malaysia 4 0 0 4 2 12 −10 0 0–5 1–3 —
Source: [citation needed]

Following their victory in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup, India was given a bye to the final tournament and removed from this group prior to the first match. They were not replaced.[3]

Malaysia 0–5 United Arab Emirates
Report Omar 29', 45+1' (pen.)
Matar 62', 76'
A. Khalil 85'
Attendance: 10,000
United Arab Emirates 0–1 Uzbekistan
Report F. Tadjiyev 30'
Attendance: 15,000
Uzbekistan 3–1 Malaysia
Djeparov 46'
Geynrikh 57', 65'		 Report Zaquan Adha 68'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Malaysia 1–3 Uzbekistan
Baddrol 73' Report Gafurov 33'
Nasimov 59'
Kapadze 74'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Malaysia
A. Khalil 90+3' Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Syria China Vietnam Lebanon
 Syria 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 14 — 3–2 0–0 4–0
 China 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 0–0 — 6–1 1–0
 Vietnam 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5 0–1 1–2 — 3–1
 Lebanon 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 0–2 0–2 1–1 —
Source: [citation needed]
Syria 3–2 China
Al Sayed 8' (pen.), 24'
Al Khatib 39' (pen.)		 Report Qu Bo 51'
Liu Jian 90+4'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
China 6–1 Vietnam
Gao Lin 2', 20', 84'
Du Wei 27'
Jiang Ning 37'
Hao Junmin 47'		 Report Nguyễn Vũ Phong 11'
Attendance: 15,300
Lebanon 0–2 Syria
Report J. Al Hussain 37'
Al Khatib 78'
Attendance: 300
Vietnam 0–1 Syria
Report Rafe 90+4'
Attendance: 30,000
Lebanon 0–2 China
Report Yu Hai 44'
Qu Bo 73'
Attendance: 2,000
Syria 0–0 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 19,000
China 1–0 Lebanon
Du Wei 21' Report
Attendance: 21,520
China 0–0 Syria
Report
Attendance: 29,570
Referee: Toma Maasaki (Japan)
Lebanon 1–1 Vietnam
El Ali 20' Report Pham Thanh Luong 40'
Attendance: 50
Vietnam 1–2 China
Lê Công Vinh 76' (pen.) Report Yang Xu 35'
Zhang Linpeng 43'
Attendance: 3,000
Syria 4–0 Lebanon
Al Zeno 4'
Al Ahga 10'
J. Al Hussain 47'
A. Al Hussain 60'		 Report
Attendance: 16,000

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Iran Jordan Thailand Singapore
 Iran 6 4 1 1 11 2 +9 13 — 1–0 1–0 6–0
 Jordan 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8 1–0 — 0–0 2–1
 Thailand 6 1 3 2 3 3 0 6 0–0 0–0 — 0–1
 Singapore 6 2 0 4 6 15 −9 6 1–3 2–1 1–3 —
Source: [citation needed]
Iran 6–0 Singapore
Gholamnejad 43'
Bagheri 52'
Rezaei 55'
Zare 80'
Nouri 82', 83'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Jordan 0–0 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Singapore 2–1 Jordan
Casmir 21'
Alam Shah 63'		 Report Aqel 41' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,188
Thailand 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Singapore 1–3 Thailand
Fahrudin 84' (pen.) Report Suksomkit 12' (pen.), 81'
Chaiman 75'
Attendance: 22,183
Iran 1–0 Jordan
Nekounam 72' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Thailand 0–1 Singapore
Report Đurić 38'
Attendance: 30,000
Jordan 1–0 Iran
Amer Deeb 78' Report
Attendance: 11,000
Singapore 1–3 Iran
Alam Shah 32' Report Aghili 11' (pen.)
Madanchi 12'
Rezaei 63'
Attendance: 7,356
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Thailand 0–0 Jordan
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Iran 1–0 Thailand
Nekounam 90' Report
Attendance: 17,000
Jordan 2–1 Singapore
Al-Saify 9'
Anas 60'		 Report Alam Shah 48'
Attendance: 17,000

Goalscorers

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6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

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  1. ^ Australia, Japan top seeds for 2011 Asian Cup draw
  2. ^ Regulations AFC Asian Cup 2011 – Qualifiers Archived 27 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Asian Cup qualifying Group C recast". AFC. 15 September 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
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