2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
The 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating.
For the first time, the defending champions (Japan), did not earn an automatic berth in the finals and had to compete in the qualification tournament. Twelve teams from top two of each groups joined with four host nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) qualify for the final tournament.
Teams that did not enter
16 national teams did not enter qualifying (The team's FIFA World Ranking was considered for November 2005):
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Team excluded
Thus, out of 46 national teams, 29 entered the qualifying.
Preliminary round
In December 2005, Bangladesh and Pakistan played off in a home and away series (with Bangladesh hosting the first leg), to determine which team would progress to the final qualifying round. This was originally scheduled in November but the earthquake in Pakistan forced it to be postponed.
After a goalless first leg in Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 December 2005, Bangladesh won the second leg thanks to the goal from Firaj Mahmud Hossain at the 84 minute in People's Sports Complex, Karachi, Pakistan four days later. Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate.
Pakistan  |
0–1 |  |
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| (Report) | Firaj Mahmud  |
Seedings
The seeding was based on the 2004 competition, including results during qualifying. The teams in their respective pots also are listed with respect to their performance. Note that Jordan and Uzbekistan were placed higher than South Korea and Iraq. For the tie-breaker here served the fact that Jordan and Uzbekistan were eliminated on penalty shootout, while the other two teams were clearly defeated. Uzbekistan precedes Jordan as it won its group, while Jordan placed second. The same principle is applied to the rest of the teams on the list. The Australian team which had just joined the Asian Football Confederation on 1 January 2006 and had not participated in previous tournaments was given the lowest rank.
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D |
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- * = Replace Sri Lanka
Tie-breaking criteria
If two or more teams in a group are equal on points on completion of the group matches, their places shall be determined as follows:
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned.
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned.
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (Away Goals do not apply in this stage of the competition).
- Goal difference in all the group matches.
- Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play.
- Drawing of lots.
Qualifying round
- Pakistan is added back into the final qualifying round after Sri Lanka withdrew at the last minute.
- 24 teams will be split into six groups of four, playing in a home and away format. The top two of each group will progress to the finals. Matches will start on 22 February 2006 and ends on 15 November 2006.
- On 1 August 2006, Lebanon officially withdrew from the competition after having played only one match, due to their ongoing conflict with Israel.[1]
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 |
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15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 |
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6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 |
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0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 24 | −22 |
Note: Japan is ranked higher than Saudi Arabia by the two head-to-head game results (Japan 3 – 2 Saudi Arabia).
| Yemen |
0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Al Sawailh Al-Shalhoub |
| India |
0–3 | |
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| (Report) | S. Abdullah Al-Hubaishi Al Nono |
| India |
0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Al-Qahtani |
| Saudi Arabia |
1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bashir |
(Report) |
| Saudi Arabia |
7–1 | |
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| Bashir Al Mahyani Ameen Al Hagbani Al Suwaileh |
(Report) | Manju |
| Saudi Arabia |
5–0 | |
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| Bashir Ameen Fallatah Al Mahyani |
(Report) |
| Japan |
3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tulio Ganaha |
(Report) | Al-Qahtani |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 |
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11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 |
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0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | −24 |
| Iran |
4–0 | |
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| Teymourian Madanchi Daei |
(Report) |
| Syria |
1–2 | |
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| Al Khatib |
(Report) | Kim Doo-Hyun Lee Chun-Soo |
| Chinese Taipei |
0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Chabbo Al Hussain Al Khatib |
| Chinese Taipei |
0–3 | |
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| (Report) | Ahn Jung-Hwan Jung Jo-Gook Kim Doo-Hyun |
| South Korea |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Seol Ki-Hyeon |
(Report) | Hashemian |
| South Korea |
8–0 | |
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| Seol Ki-Hyeon Jung Jo-Gook Cho Jae-Jin Kim Do-Heon |
(Report) |
| Chinese Taipei |
0–2 | |
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| (Report) | Karimi |
| South Korea |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cho Jae-Jin |
(Report) | Al Sayed |
| Iran |
2–0 | |
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| Enayati Badamaki |
(Report) |
| Syria |
3–0 | |
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| Al Jaban Al Khatib |
(Report) |
Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
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12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
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10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
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0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 22 | −18 |
| United Arab Emirates |
1–0 | |
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| Matar |
(Report) |
| Jordan |
1–2 | |
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| Ra'fat Ali |
(Report) | Omer Khater |
| United Arab Emirates |
0–0 | |
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| (Report) |
| Pakistan |
0–3 | |
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| (Report) | Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh Ra'fat Ali Khaled Saad |
Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
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4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
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4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
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Note: Bahrain is ranked higher than Kuwait by the two head-to-head game results (Bahrain 2 – 1 Kuwait).
| Lebanon |
1 – 1 Annulled1 |
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| A. Nasseredine |
(Report) | F. Al Hamad |
| Australia |
2–0 | |
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| Aloisi Bresciano |
(Report) |
1 On 1 August 2006, it was announced that the AFC had accepted a withdrawal request from the Federation Libanaise de Football due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. [2] The results of the Lebanon-Kuwait game on 22 February 2006 have been declared null and void and do not count towards the group rankings.[3]
The following fixtures were also canceled:
- against Bahrain, 16 August 2006
- against Australia, 31 August 2006
- against Bahrain, 6 September 2006
- against Kuwait, 11 October 2006
- against Australia, 15 November 2006
Group E
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 |
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11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
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4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
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4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 |
Note: Iraq is ranked higher than China PR by the two head-to-head game results (Iraq 3 – 2 China PR).
| China PR |
2–0 | |
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| Du Wei Li Weifeng |
(Report) |
| Iraq |
2–1 | |
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| Mahdi Karim Hawar Mohamed |
(Report) | Tao Wei |
| China PR |
1–0 | |
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| Shao Jiayi |
(Report) |
| Palestine |
0–3 | |
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| (Report) | Younis Mahmoud Mohammad Nasser |
| Singapore |
0–0 | |
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| (Report) |
| Iraq |
2–2 | |
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| Salih Sadir Hawar Mohamed |
(Report) | Amer Al Amour |
| Iraq |
4–2 | |
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| Younis Mahmoud Mahdi Karim Hawar Mohamed |
(Report) | Goncalves Amri |
| Palestine |
0–2 | |
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| (Report) | Mao Jianqing Sun Xiang |
| China PR |
1–1 | |
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| Han Peng |
(Report) | Ahmed Salah |
| Singapore |
Cancelled[4] | |
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| (Report) |
Group F
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 |
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11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
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0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 19 | −18 |
| Uzbekistan |
5–0 | |
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| Geynrikh Djeparov Shatskikh |
(Report) |
| Hong Kong |
0–3 | |
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| (Report) | Yasser Bechir M. Mohamed |
| Bangladesh |
0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Chan Siu Ki |
| Qatar |
2–1 | |
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| Adel Lamy Nasser |
(Report) | B. Mohammed |
| Uzbekistan |
2–2 | |
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| Soliev Shatskikh |
(Report) | Sham Kwok Keung |
| Bangladesh |
0–4 | |
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| (Report) | Zeytulaev Bakaev Djeparov Shatskikh |
| Qatar |
2–0 | |
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| B. Mohammed Yasser |
(Report) |
| Hong Kong |
2–0 | |
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| Ambassa Guy |
(Report) |
| Uzbekistan |
2–0 | |
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| Koshelev Zeytulaev |
(Report) |
References
- ↑ "Lebanon pull out of Asian Cup". afcasiancup.com. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
- ↑ "AFC confirms Lebanon withdrawal request". Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
- ↑ "Asian Cup qualifiers – Group D". Retrieved 6 September 2006.
- ↑ Asian Football Confederation (15 November 2006). "AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifying: Singapore-Palestine match cancelled". Retrieved 4 February 2011.
External links
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| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Quarter-finals | |
| Group stage | |
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