AFC Third Round 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification

AFC Third Round 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification.

The third round will see the 5 automatic qualifiers joined by the 15 winners from the second round. These teams were drawn into five groups of four teams, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011.

The top two teams from each group will advance to the fourth round.

The July 2011 FIFA Ranking – released on 27 July – was used to seed the teams. (Rankings shown in brackets)

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Japan (16) Australia (23) South Korea (28) Iran (54) China PR (73)	Uzbekistan (83) Qatar (90) Jordan (91) Saudi Arabia (92) Kuwait (95)	Bahrain (100) Syria (104)* Oman (107) Iraq (108) United Arab Emirates (109)	North Korea (115) Thailand (119) Singapore (131) Indonesia (137) Lebanon (159)

Note. Syria were replaced by Tajikistan in the third round on 19 August 2011 following the awarding of both second round matches to Tajikistan.

Groups

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Jordan 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 China PR 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 Iraq 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 Singapore 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0

China PR — 11 Oct 29 Feb 2–1 Iraq 11 Nov — 0–2 29 Feb Jordan 2–1 15 Nov — 11 Nov Singapore 15 Nov 0–2 11 Oct —

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts South Korea 2 1 1 0 7 1 +6 4 Kuwait 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 Lebanon 2 1 0 1 3 7 −4 3 United Arab Emirates 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 0

Kuwait — 11 Nov 1–1 15 Nov Lebanon 11 Oct — 15 Nov 3–1 South Korea 29 Feb 6–0 — 11 Oct United Arab Emirates 2–3 11 Oct 11 Nov —

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Japan 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Uzbekistan 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 North Korea 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 Tajikistan 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0

Japan — 1–0 11 Oct 29 Feb North Korea 15 Nov — 1–0 11 Oct Tajikistan 11 Nov 29 Feb — 0–1 Uzbekistan 1–1 11 Nov 15 Nov —

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Australia 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Thailand 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3 Saudi Arabia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1 Oman 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1

Australia — 11 Oct 29 Feb 2–1 Oman 11 Nov — 0–0 29 Feb Saudi Arabia 1–3 15 Nov — 11 Nov Thailand 15 Nov 3–0 11 Oct —

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Iran 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4 Bahrain 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 Qatar 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 Indonesia 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0

Bahrain — 29 Feb 11 Nov 0–0 Indonesia 0–2 — 15 Nov 11 Oct Iran 11 Oct 3–0 — 29 Feb Qatar 15 Nov 11 Nov 1–1 —

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