2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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).

Qualification for
championships (AFC)

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

Qualified teams
Final qualification status
  Team qualified for Asian Cup
  Team failed to qualify
CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament1, 2
 QatarHosts29 July 20077 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Iraq2007 AFC Asian Cup winner25 July 20076 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Saudi Arabia2007 AFC Asian Cup runner-up25 July 20077 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 South Korea2007 AFC Asian Cup third place28 July 200711 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 India2008 AFC Challenge Cup winner13 August 20082 (1964, 1984)
 UzbekistanGroup C runner-up18 November 20094 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 SyriaGroup D winner18 November 20094 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
 IranGroup E winner6 January 201011 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 China PRGroup D runner-up6 January 20109 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 JapanGroup A winner6 January 20106 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 BahrainGroup A runner-up6 January 20103 (1988, 2004, 2007)
 United Arab EmiratesGroup C winner6 January 20107 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2007)
 North Korea2010 AFC Challenge Cup winner27 February 20102 (1980, 1992)
 AustraliaGroup B winner3 March 20101 (2007)
 KuwaitGroup B runner-up3 March 20108 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 JordanGroup E runner-up3 March 20101 (2004)

Notes:

1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host

Seedings

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

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. 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
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Maldives 1–2 Lebanon
Shamweel Qasim  22' Report Korhani  9'
Al Jamal  75'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rosdi Shahrul (Malaysia)

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

Qualifying round

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

The following teams were drawn at this round:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Tiebreakers

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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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:
Japan 2–1 Yemen
Okazaki  7'
Tatsuya Tanaka  66'		 Report Al-Fadhli  47'
KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto
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
Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a
Attendance: 10,000
Bahrain 1–0 Japan
Salman Isa  24' Report
National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa
Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Japan 6–0 Hong Kong
Okazaki  17', 74', 76'
Nagatomo  28'
Nakazawa  50'
Túlio  67'		 Report
Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka
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
National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Yemen 2–3 Japan
Al-Fadhli  13'
Abbod  39'		 Report Hirayama  42', 55', 79'
Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
Bahrain 4–0 Hong Kong
Abdullatif  35', 40', 44'
Adnan  79'		 Report
National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa
Attendance: 1,550
Yemen 3–0 Bahrain
Al Nono  5', 25'
Al Abidi  86'		 Report
Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Japan 2–0 Bahrain
Okazaki  36'
Honda  90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 38,042
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Hong Kong 0–0 Yemen
Report
Attendance: 1,212
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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:
Oman 0–0 Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
Indonesia 0–0 Australia
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Kuwait 0–1 Oman
Report Rabia  64'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
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
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
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
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Australia 1–0 Indonesia
Milligan  42' Report
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 20,422
Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan)
Oman 0–0 Kuwait
Report
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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:

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'
KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
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'
National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Malaysia
A. Khalil  90+3' Report
Al Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Uzbekistan 0–1 United Arab Emirates
Report Al Manhali  90+2'
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Syria 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 14 — 3–2 0–0 4–0
 China PR 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:
Vietnam 3–1 Lebanon
Nguyen Minh Phuong  12'
Le Cong Vinh  30'
Nguyen Vu Phong  70'		 Report Moghrabi  75'
My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto (Japan)
Syria 3–2 China PR
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 PR 6–1 Vietnam
Gao Lin  2', 20', 84'
Du Wei  27'
Jiang Ning  37'
Hao Junmin  47'		 Report Nguyen Vu Phong  11'
Attendance: 15,300
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
Lebanon 0–2 Syria
Report J. Al Hussain  37'
Al Khatib  78'
Attendance: 300
Vietnam 0–1 Syria
Report Rafe  90+4'
My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 30,000
Lebanon 0–2 China PR
Report Yu Hai  44'
Qu Bo  73'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
Syria 0–0 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 19,000
China PR 1–0 Lebanon
Du Wei  21' Report
Attendance: 21,520
China PR 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
Referee: Kovalenko Valentin (Uzbekistan)
Vietnam 1–2 China PR
Le Cong Vinh  76' (pen.) Report Yang Xu  35'
Zhang Linpeng  43'
My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Syria 4–0 Lebanon
Al Zeno  4'
Al Ahga  10'
J. Al Hussain  47'
A. Al Hussain  60'		 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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:
Iran 6–0 Singapore
Gholamnejad  43'
Bagheri  52'
Rezaei  55'
Zare  80'
Nouri  82', 83'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)
Jordan 0–0 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdul-Rahman Rashu (Syria)
Singapore 2–1 Jordan
Casmir  21'
Alam Shah  63'		 Report Aqel  41' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,188
Thailand 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
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
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
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'
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Abdul-Rahman Mohammad (Qatar)

Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
  • Ismael Abdullatif
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References
  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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