2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round

The second round of AFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification) was played from 24 May 2015 to 29 March 2016.^[1]

FormatEdit

A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–34 in the AFC entrant list and six first round winners) were divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up advanced to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification as well as qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals.

SeedingEdit

The draw for the second round was held on 14 April 2015, at 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[2]^[3]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2015 (shown in parentheses below).^[4] The 40 teams were seeded into five pots:^[5]

Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–8.
Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 9–16.
Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 17–24.
Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 25–32.
Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 33–40.

Each group contained one team from each of the five pots. The fixtures of each group were automatically decided based on the respective pot of each team.

As the seeding order was based on the most recent FIFA Rankings prior to the draw, it differed from the order in the AFC entrant list, which was based on the FIFA World Rankings of January 2015. Among the six first round winners, three were seeded higher than pot 5 (India in pot 3, Timor-Leste and Bhutan in pot 4), on the basis of ranking points gained from the first round matches, while the other three (Yemen, Cambodia and Chinese Taipei) were seeded in pot 5.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Iran (40) Japan (50) South Korea (57) Australia (63) United Arab Emirates (68) Uzbekistan (73) China PR (82) Iraq (86)	Saudi Arabia (95) Oman (97) Qatar (99) Jordan (103) Bahrain (108) Vietnam (125) Syria (126) Kuwait (127)	Afghanistan (135) Philippines (139) Palestine (140) Maldives (141) Thailand (142) Tajikistan (143) Lebanon (144) India (147)
Pot 4	Pot 5
Timor-Leste (152) Kyrgyzstan (153) North Korea (157) Myanmar (158) Turkmenistan (159) Indonesia (159) (D) Singapore (162) Bhutan (163)	Malaysia (164) Hong Kong (167) Bangladesh (167) Yemen (170) Guam (175) Laos (178) Cambodia (179) Chinese Taipei (179)

Notes

Bolded teams qualified for the third round.
(D): Disqualified after draw

GroupsEdit

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):^[6] Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Overall goal difference Overall goals scored Points in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Goals scored in matches between tied teams Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie is only between two teams in home-and-away league format) Fair play points first yellow card: minus 1 point indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points direct red card: minus 4 points yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Group AEdit

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	8	6	2	0	28	4	+24	20	Third round and Asian Cup	—	2–1	3–2	2–0	7–0^[a]
2	United Arab Emirates	8	5	2	1	27	4	+23	17	Third round and Asian Cup	1–1	—	2–0	10–0	8–0
3	Palestine	8	4	2	2	24	5	+19	14	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–0	0–0	—	6–0	7–0
4	Malaysia	8	2	0	6	7	29	−22	6	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–3^[b]	1–2	0–6	—	3–0^[a]
5	Timor-Leste^[a]	8	0	0	8	0	44	−44	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–10	0–3^[a]	0–3^[a]	0–3^[a]	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Timor-Leste forfeited five group matches due to fielding numerous ineligible players.^[7]
^ The Malaysia v Saudi Arabia match, on 8 September 2015, was abandoned during the 87th minute after a group of supporters threw objects onto the pitch. At the time of the abandonment the score was 2–1 to Saudi Arabia. On 5 October 2015, FIFA decided that this match was forfeited by Malaysia and the result to be declared as a 3–0 win awarded for Saudi Arabia.^[8]^[9]

11 June 2015

20:45 UTC+8

Malaysia	3–0 Forfeited^[10]	Timor-Leste
Safee 34'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Saro 90+3'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

11 June 2015^{[note 1]}

21:00 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	3–2	Palestine
Al-Shehri 6' Al-Sahlawi 46', 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Tamburrini 51' Jadue 90+1'

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 4,820

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

16 June 2015

16:00 UTC+8

Timor-Leste	0–3 Forfeited^[10]	United Arab Emirates
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	O. Abdulrahman 80'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam (Malaysia)^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 200

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

16 June 2015

20:45 UTC+8

Malaysia	0–6	Palestine
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Battat 9' Maraaba 22', 75' Seyam 41', 86' Yousef 63'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

3 September 2015

19:15 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	10–0	Malaysia
Salem 16' Mabkhout 22', 33', 76' Khalil 24', 29', 70', 78' Fardan 25' Ahmed 37'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 7,822

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

3 September 2015

20:40 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	7–0 Forfeited^[10]	Timor-Leste
Al-Shehri 2' Al-Sahlawi 23' (pen.), 26', 71' Al-Faraj 30' Al-Jassim 32' Al-Muwallad 73'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

8 September 2015

20:45 UTC+8

Malaysia	0–3 Awarded^{[note 3]}	Saudi Arabia
Safiq 70'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Jassim 73' Al-Sahlawi 76'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

8 September 2015

17:00 UTC+3

Palestine	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (Iraq)

8 October 2015

16:00 UTC+9

Timor-Leste	0–3 Forfeited^[10]	Palestine
Saro 54'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Abu Nahyeh 90+2'

Dili Municipal Stadium, Dili

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

8 October 2015

20:00 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	2–1	United Arab Emirates
Al-Sahlawi 45', 90' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Khalil 18'

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 32,482

Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

13 October 2015

16:00 UTC+9

Timor-Leste	0–3 Forfeited^[10]	Malaysia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Amri 10'

Dili Municipal Stadium, Dili

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

9 November 2015^{[note 1]}

16:00 UTC+2

Palestine	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan)^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

12 November 2015

16:00 UTC+2

Palestine	6–0	Malaysia
Cantillana 37' Abu Nahyeh 38', 45', 58' Seyam 88' Ihbeisheh 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan)^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 9,772

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

12 November 2015

18:15 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	8–0	Timor-Leste
Mabkhout 15', 19' Khalil 43', 53' (pen.), 56', 57' Ali 54' Al Hashmi 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 7,870

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

17 November 2015

16:00 UTC+9

Timor-Leste	0–10	Saudi Arabia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Sahlawi 29' (pen.), 42', 55' (pen.), 70', 89' Hawsawi 34' Al-Shehri 35' Al-Jassim 85' Hazazi 90' Al-Muwallad 90+2'

Dili Municipal Stadium, Dili

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia)

17 November 2015

20:45 UTC+8

Malaysia	1–2	United Arab Emirates
Baddrol 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	O. Abdulrahman 22' Khalil 52'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 100^{[note 3]}

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

24 March 2016

19:00 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	2–0	Palestine
Al Hammadi 33' Khalil 60' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 15,822

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

24 March 2016

20:30 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Malaysia
Al-Sahlawi 50' Al-Jassim 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 34,839

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

29 March 2016

17:00 UTC+3

Palestine	7–0	Timor-Leste
Ihbeisheh 2' Cantillana 18', 66' Pinto 32', 39' Awad 77' Bahdari 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Dora International Stadium, Hebron

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

29 March 2016

19:00 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	1–1	Saudi Arabia
O. Abdulrahman 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Jassim 24'

Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 32,325

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Group BEdit

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	8	7	0	1	29	4	+25	21	Third round and Asian Cup	—	5–1	3–0	7–0	5–0
2	Jordan	8	5	1	2	21	7	+14	16	Asian Cup qualifying third round	2–0	—	0–0	3–0	8–0
3	Kyrgyzstan	8	4	2	2	10	8	+2	14	Asian Cup qualifying third round	1–2	1–0	—	2–2	2–0
4	Tajikistan	8	1	2	5	9	20	−11	5	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–3	1–3	0–1	—	5–0
5	Bangladesh	8	0	1	7	2	32	−30	1	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

11 June 2015

17:00 UTC+6

Bangladesh	1–3	Kyrgyzstan
Kichin 32' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Zemlianukhin 9', 41' Bernhardt 29' (pen.)

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

11 June 2015

20:00 UTC+5

Tajikistan	1–3	Jordan
M. Dzhalilov 66'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Abdel-Fattah 29', 63', 88'

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

16 June 2015

17:00 UTC+6

Bangladesh	1–1	Tajikistan
Hasan 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Fatkhuloev 88'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Lee Min-hu (South Korea)

16 June 2015

20:00 UTC+6

Kyrgyzstan	1–2	Australia
Mirzaliev 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Jedinak 2' Oar 68'

Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

3 September 2015

19:00 UTC+8

Australia	5–0	Bangladesh
Leckie 6' Rogic 8', 20' Burns 29' Mooy 61'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Perth Oval, Perth

Attendance: 19,495

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

3 September 2015

19:00 UTC+3

Jordan	0–0	Kyrgyzstan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 5,012

Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

8 September 2015

17:00 UTC+6

Bangladesh	0–4	Jordan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Deeb 13' (pen.), 56' Abu Amarah 33' Al-Bakhit 58'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

8 September 2015

18:00 UTC+5

Tajikistan	0–3	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Milligan 57' Cahill 73', 90+1'

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

8 October 2015

17:00 UTC+3

Jordan	2–0	Australia
Abdel-Fattah 47' (pen.) Al-Dardour 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 11,462

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

8 October 2015

20:00 UTC+6

Kyrgyzstan	2–2	Tajikistan
Duyshobekov 7' Zemlianukhin 90+4' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	M. Dzhalilov 65' Nazarov 71' (pen.)

Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 17,600

Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)

13 October 2015

20:00 UTC+6

Kyrgyzstan	2–0	Bangladesh
Lux 27' Amirov 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 12,001

Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

13 October 2015

19:00 UTC+3

Jordan	3–0	Tajikistan
Al-Dardour 65', 90+4' Abdel-Fattah 67'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

12 November 2015

20:00 UTC+11

Australia	3–0	Kyrgyzstan
Jedinak 40' (pen.) Cahill 50' Amirov 69' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 19,412

Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

12 November 2015

17:00 UTC+5

Tajikistan	5–0	Bangladesh
M. Dzhalilov 16', 26', 59', 74' Nazarov 51' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (Iraq)

17 November 2015

17:30 UTC+6

Bangladesh	0–4	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Cahill 6', 32', 37' Jedinak 43'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 19,730

Referee: Wang Di (China)

17 November 2015

20:00 UTC+6

Kyrgyzstan	1–0	Jordan
Zemlianukhin 48'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

24 March 2016

19:30 UTC+10:30

Australia	7–0	Tajikistan
Luongo 3' Jedinak 13' (pen.) Milligan 57' (pen.) Burns 67', 87' Rogic 70', 72'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Attendance: 35,439

Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

24 March 2016

14:30 UTC+2

Jordan	8–0	Bangladesh
Al-Dardour 7', 23', 40' Deeb 29' (pen.) Al-Rawashdeh 32' Faisal 63' Al-Naber 82' Samir 90+2' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

29 March 2016

20:00 UTC+11

Australia	5–1	Jordan
Cahill 24', 44' Mooy 39' Rogic 53' Luongo 69'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Deeb 90'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 24,975

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

29 March 2016

18:00 UTC+5

Tajikistan	0–1	Kyrgyzstan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lux 18'

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

Group CEdit

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	8	7	0	1	29	4	+25	21	Third round and Asian Cup	—	1–0	2–0	4–0	15–0
2	China PR	8	5	2	1	27	1	+26	17	Third round and Asian Cup	2–0	—	0–0	4–0	12–0
3	Hong Kong	8	4	2	2	13	5	+8	14	Asian Cup qualifying third round	2–3	0–0	—	2–0	7–0
4	Maldives	8	2	0	6	8	20	−12	6	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–1	0–3	0–1	—	4–2
5	Bhutan	8	0	0	8	5	52	−47	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–3	0–6	0–1	3–4	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

11 June 2015

20:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	7–0	Bhutan
McKee 19', 57' Christian 23' Lo Kwan Yee 30' Ju Yingzhi 42' Lam Ka Wai 49' (pen.) Godfred 67'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,326

Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

11 June 2015

21:00 UTC+5

Maldives	0–1	Qatar
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Abdul Maqsoud 90+8'

National Football Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

16 June 2015

18:00 UTC+6

Bhutan	0–6	China PR
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Yang Xu 45+2', 60', 76' Wu Lei 55' Yu Dabao 67', 83'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)

16 June 2015

20:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	2–0	Maldives
Xu Deshuai 63' Lam Ka Wai 67'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,370

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

3 September 2015

19:35 UTC+8

China PR	0–0	Hong Kong
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen

Attendance: 26,173

Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

3 September 2015

19:00 UTC+3

Qatar	15–0	Bhutan
Musa 8', 28' Kasola 18' Assadalla 21', 45', 63' Al-Haydos 25', 87' Muntari 37', 41', 48' Afif 57' Khoukhi 62', 70' Mohammad 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 2,022

Referee: Mohammad Abu Loum (Jordan)

8 September 2015

19:35 UTC+8

Maldives	0–3	China PR
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Yu Dabao 8', 57' Zhang Linpeng 66'

Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Shenyang (China PR)^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 28,036

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

8 September 2015

20:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	2–3	Qatar
Bai He 87' Godfred 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Boudiaf 22' Hassan 62' Musa 84'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,396

Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

8 October 2015

18:00 UTC+6

Bhutan	3–4	Maldives
Dorji 85' Gyeltshen 88' Basnet 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nashid 11' Ashfaq 23', 33', 57' (pen.)

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

8 October 2015

18:30 UTC+3

Qatar	1–0	China PR
Boudiaf 22'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 7,730

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

13 October 2015

18:00 UTC+6

Bhutan	0–1	Hong Kong
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Chan Siu Ki 89'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 7,280

Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

13 October 2015

18:30 UTC+3

Qatar	4–0	Maldives
Khoukhi 28', 70' Kasola 69' Musa 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 4,006

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

12 November 2015

15:50 UTC+5

Maldives	0–1	Hong Kong
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Paulinho 13' (pen.)

National Football Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

12 November 2015

19:35 UTC+8

China PR	12–0	Bhutan
Mei Fang 10' Yang Xu 13', 21' (pen.), 37', 52' Yu Dabao 16', 39' Yu Hanchao 34', 72' Wang Yongpo 66', 81' Zhang Xizhe 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Helong Stadium, Changsha

Attendance: 27,358

Referee: Marai Al-Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

17 November 2015

18:00 UTC+6

Bhutan	0–3	Qatar
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Muntari 22' Al-Haydos 36', 90'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Attendance: 4,128

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

17 November 2015

20:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	0–0	China PR
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,071

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

24 March 2016

19:35 UTC+8

China PR	4–0	Maldives
Jiang Ning 2', 84', 90+1' Yang Xu 12'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan

Attendance: 32,618

Referee: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (Iraq)

24 March 2016

19:00 UTC+3

Qatar	2–0	Hong Kong
Al-Haydos 20' Soria 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 10,170

Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

29 March 2016

20:15 UTC+8

China PR	2–0	Qatar
Huang Bowen 57' Wu Lei 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an

Attendance: 46,718

Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

29 March 2016

21:00 UTC+5

Maldives	4–2	Bhutan
Asadhulla 37' Ashfaq 81' (pen.), 90+4' Niyaz 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Gyeltshen 7' Dorji 48' (pen.)

National Football Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 4,102

Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

Group DEdit

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	8	6	2	0	26	3	+23	20	Third round and Asian Cup	—	2–0	3–1	6–0	4–0
2	Oman	8	4	2	2	11	7	+4	14	Asian Cup qualifying third round	1–1	—	3–1	1–0	3–0
3	Turkmenistan	8	4	1	3	10	11	−1	13		1–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–1
4	Guam	8	2	1	5	3	16	−13	7		0–6	0–0	1–0	—	2–1
5	India	8	1	0	7	5	18	−13	3	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–3^[a]	1–2	1–2	1–0	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.^[21] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.

11 June 2015

16:15 UTC+10

Guam	1–0	Turkmenistan
Annaorazow 12' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Wang Di (China)

11 June 2015

19:00 UTC+5:30

India	1–2	Oman
Chhetri 26'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Said 1' Al-Hosni 40' (pen.)

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Attendance: 19,312

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

16 June 2015

16:15 UTC+10

Guam	2–1	India
McDonald 37' Nicklaw 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Chhetri 90+3'

Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo

Attendance: 3,277

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

16 June 2015

18:00 UTC+5

Turkmenistan	1–1	Iran
Mingazow 45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Azmoun 4'

Sport Toplumy Stadium, Daşoguz

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

3 September 2015

19:00 UTC+4:30

Iran	6–0	Guam
Dejagah 10' (pen.) Taremi 31', 65' Azmoun 34', 41' Torabi 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 11,232

Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

3 September 2015

19:00 UTC+4

Oman	3–1	Turkmenistan
Saleh 7' Saparow 11' (o.g.) Al-Hosni 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Amanow 82'

Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

8 September 2015

16:00 UTC+10

Guam	0–0	Oman
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo

Attendance: 2,239

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

8 September 2015

19:00 UTC+5:30

India	0–3 Awarded^{[note 6]}	Iran
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Azmoun 28' Teymourian 46' Taremi 49'

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

8 October 2015

18:00 UTC+5

Turkmenistan	2–1	India
Abylow 8' Amanow 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lalpekhlua 28'

Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 20,100

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

8 October 2015

18:30 UTC+4

Oman	1–1	Iran
Al-Mukhaini 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hosseini 70'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 12,400

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

13 October 2015

18:00 UTC+5

Turkmenistan	1–0	Guam
Abylow 16'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 20,200

Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

13 October 2015

18:30 UTC+4

Oman	3–0	India
Mubarak 55' Al-Muqbali 67', 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

12 November 2015

15:00 UTC+3:30

Iran	3–1	Turkmenistan
Pouraliganji 6' Ezatolahi 64' Dejagah 83' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Saparow 62'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 35,800

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

12 November 2015

19:00 UTC+5:30

India	1–0	Guam
R. Singh 10'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Attendance: 6,277

Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

17 November 2015

15:30 UTC+10

Guam	0–6	Iran
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Taremi 12', 63' Kamyabinia 32' Rezaeian 49' Shojaei 52' (pen.) Ansarifard 53'

Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo

Attendance: 2,087

Referee: Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)

17 November 2015

18:00 UTC+5

Turkmenistan	2–1	Oman
Geworkýan 40' Muhadow 67'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Ghassani 70'

Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 23,100

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

24 March 2016

19:00 UTC+4:30

Iran	4–0	India
Hajsafi 33' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Azmoun 61' Jahanbakhsh 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 29,160

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

24 March 2016

19:00 UTC+4

Oman	1–0	Guam
Mubarak 53'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

29 March 2016

18:00 UTC+5:30

India	1–2	Turkmenistan
Jhingan 26'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Amanow 48' Ataýew 70'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 3,111

Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

29 March 2016

19:00 UTC+4:30

Iran	2–0	Oman
Azmoun 16', 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 33,850

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Group EEdit

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	8	7	1	0	27	0	+27	22	Third round and Asian Cup	—	5–0	0–0	5–0	3–0
2	Syria	8	6	0	2	26	11	+15	18	Third round and Asian Cup	0–3	—	1–0	5–2	6–0
3	Singapore	8	3	1	4	9	9	0	10	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–3	1–2	—	1–0	2–1
4	Afghanistan	8	3	0	5	8	24	−16	9	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–6	0–6	2–1	—	3–0
5	Cambodia	8	0	0	8	1	27	−26	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–2	0–6	0–4	0–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

11 June 2015

18:30 UTC+7

Cambodia	0–4	Singapore
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Khairul 9' Safuwan 21', 35' Fazrul 55'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 63,000

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

11 June 2015

20:00 UTC+4:30

Afghanistan	0–6	Syria
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Rafe 19', 35' Ajan 42' Al Hussain 70' Malki 75' Kharbin 90+4' (pen.)

Samen Stadium, Mashhad (Iran)^{[note 7]}

Attendance: 7,647

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

16 June 2015^{[note 8]}

19:30 UTC+9

Japan	0–0	Singapore
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 57,533

Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)

16 June 2015

18:30 UTC+7

Cambodia	0–1	Afghanistan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Zazai 86'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Marai Al-Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

3 September 2015

19:26 UTC+9

Japan	3–0	Cambodia
Honda 28' Yoshida 50' Kagawa 61'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 54,716

Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

3 September 2015

20:00 UTC+4

Syria	1–0	Singapore
Al-Jafal 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat (Oman)^{[note 9]}

Attendance: 100

Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)

8 September 2015

18:30 UTC+7

Cambodia	0–6	Syria
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kharbin 29', 39' Malki 31' Al-Mawas 44' Midani 50' Omari 81'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Wang Di (China)

8 September 2015

16:55 UTC+4:30

Afghanistan	0–6	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kagawa 10', 50' Morishige 35' Okazaki 57', 60' Honda 74'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran (Iran)^{[note 7]}

Attendance: 8,650

Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

8 October 2015

20:00 UTC+8

Singapore	1–0	Afghanistan
Khairul 72'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 5,400

Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)

8 October 2015

17:00 UTC+4

Syria	0–3	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Honda 55' (pen.) Okazaki 70' Usami 88'

Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb (Oman)^{[note 9]}

Attendance: 680

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

13 October 2015

20:00 UTC+8

Singapore	2–1	Cambodia
Faris 16' Fazrul 47'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Suhana 65'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 6,650

Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

13 October 2015

20:00 UTC+4

Syria	5–2	Afghanistan
Omari 9', 21', 83' Al-Mawas 32', 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Amiri 44' Shayesteh 78'

Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb (Oman)^{[note 9]}

Attendance: 200

Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

12 November 2015^{[note 8]}

19:15 UTC+8

Singapore	0–3	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kanazaki 20' Honda 26' Yoshida 88'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 33,868

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

12 November 2015

15:00 UTC+3:30

Afghanistan	3–0	Cambodia
Zazai 42' Amiri 78' Amani 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Takhti Stadium, Tehran (Iran)^{[note 7]}

Attendance: 2,585

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

17 November 2015

20:00 UTC+8

Singapore	1–2	Syria
Safuwan 89' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kharbin 20', 90+3'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 7,468

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

17 November 2015

19:14 UTC+7

Cambodia	0–2	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Laboravy 51' (o.g.) Honda 90'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 29,871

Referee: Fu Ming (China)

24 March 2016

19:34 UTC+9

Japan	5–0	Afghanistan
Okazaki 43' Kiyotake 58' Mukhammad 63' (o.g.) Yoshida 74' Kanazaki 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 48,967

Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)

24 March 2016

20:00 UTC+4

Syria	6–0	Cambodia
Kharbin 7', 19' Kallasi 57' Makara 70' (o.g.) Al Hussain 80' Malki 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb (Oman)^{[note 9]}

Attendance: 100

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

29 March 2016

15:00 UTC+4:30

Afghanistan	2–1	Singapore
Amani 39' Shirdel 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Fazrul 89'

Takhti Stadium, Tehran (Iran)^{[note 7]}

Attendance: 24,500

Referee: Fu Ming (China)

29 March 2016

19:34 UTC+9

Japan	5–0	Syria
Al Masri 17' (o.g.) Kagawa 66', 90' Honda 86' Haraguchi 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 57,475

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Group FEdit

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	6	4	2	0	14	6	+8	14	Third round and Asian Cup	—	2–2	1–0	4–2	—
2	Iraq	6	3	3	0	13	6	+7	12	Third round and Asian Cup	2–2	—	1–0	5–1	—
3	Vietnam	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–3	1–1	—	4–1	—
4	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	5	19	−14	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–2	0–2	1–2	—	—
5	Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified due to FIFA suspension^[a]	—	—	—	—	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ On 30 May 2015, FIFA announced that the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) was suspended with immediate effect due to governmental interference.^[25] On 3 June 2015, the AFC confirmed that Indonesia were disqualified, and all matches involving them have been cancelled.^[26]

24 May 2015^{[note 10]}

19:00 UTC+7

Thailand	1–0	Vietnam
Pokklaw 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 40,500

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

16 June 2015

19:30 UTC+8

Chinese Taipei	0–2	Thailand
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Teerasil 21', 39'

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 18,168

Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

3 September 2015

17:00 UTC+4:30

Iraq	5–1	Chinese Taipei
Adnan 37' Hosni 59' Yasin 80' Mahmoud 88' Meram 90+1' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wen Chih-hao 86'

PAS Stadium, Tehran (Iran)^{[note 11]}

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

8 September 2015

19:00 UTC+8

Chinese Taipei	1–2	Vietnam
Wu Chun-ching 82'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Đinh Tiến Thành 53' Trần Phi Sơn 90+2'

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 20,239

Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

8 September 2015

19:00 UTC+7

Thailand	2–2	Iraq
Theerathon 80' (pen.) Mongkol 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Meram 34' Mahmoud 49'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 43,572

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

8 October 2015

19:00 UTC+7

Vietnam	1–1	Iraq
Lê Công Vinh 25'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mahmoud 90+7' (pen.)

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

13 October 2015

19:00 UTC+7

Vietnam	0–3	Thailand
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kroekrit 29' Đinh Tiến Thành 56' (o.g.) Theerathon 70'

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

12 November 2015

19:00 UTC+7

Thailand	4–2	Chinese Taipei
Teerasil 41' Pokklaw 52' Adisak 72' Tana 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Yaki Yen 3' Hung Kai-chun 65'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

17 November 2015

19:00 UTC+8

Chinese Taipei	0–2	Iraq
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ismail 19' Mahmoud 85'

National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 11,960

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

24 March 2016

19:00 UTC+7

Vietnam	4–1	Chinese Taipei
Lê Công Vinh 8', 90+1' Nguyễn Văn Toàn 29', 42'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Chun-ching 7'

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 18,350

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

24 March 2016

18:30 UTC+4:30

Iraq	2–2	Thailand
Kamel 66' Adnan 90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mongkol 39' Adisak 86'

PAS Stadium, Tehran (Iran)^{[note 11]}

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

29 March 2016

18:30 UTC+4:30

Iraq	1–0	Vietnam
Abdul-Raheem 45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

PAS Stadium, Tehran (Iran)^{[note 11]}

Attendance: 2,160

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Group GEdit

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	8	8	0	0	27	0	+27	24	Third round and Asian Cup	—	1–0	3–0^[a]	4–0	8–0
2	Lebanon	8	3	2	3	12	6	+6	11	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–3	—	0–1	1–1	7–0
3	Kuwait^[a]	8	3	1	4	12	10	+2	10		0–1	0–0	—	9–0	0–3^[a]
4	Myanmar	8	2	2	4	9	21	−12	8		0–2	0–2	3–0^[a]	—	3–1
5	Laos	8	1	1	6	6	29	−23	4	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–5	0–2	0–2	2–2	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d On 16 October 2015, the Kuwait FA was suspended by FIFA with immediate effect, after Kuwait had failed to comply with a decision from the FIFA Executive Committee that sports law of the country had to be changed before 15 October. The three remaining matches involving Kuwait (away v Myanmar, home v Laos, away v South Korea) were not played as originally scheduled, and were later awarded as 3–0 wins for Kuwait's opponents.

11 June 2015

19:00 UTC+7

Laos	2–2	Myanmar
Sayavutthi 81' (pen.), 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Zaw Min Tun 41' Kyaw Zayar Win 85'

New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Tan Hai (China)

11 June 2015

17:00 UTC+3

Lebanon	0–1	Kuwait
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nasser 86'

Saida International Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 15,215

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

16 June 2015

19:00 UTC+7

Myanmar	0–2	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lee Jae-sung 35' Son Heung-min 67'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok (Thailand)^{[note 12]}

Attendance: 1,090

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

16 June 2015

19:00 UTC+7

Laos	0–2	Lebanon
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ghaddar 5' Shamsin 75'

New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

3 September 2015

20:00 UTC+9

South Korea	8–0	Laos
Lee Chung-yong 9' Son Heung-min 12', 74', 89' Kwon Chang-hoon 30', 75' Suk Hyun-jun 57' Lee Jae-sung 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong

Attendance: 30,205

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

3 September 2015

20:00 UTC+3

Kuwait	9–0	Myanmar
Nasser 11', 18' Maqseed 12' Zayid 46' Zaw Min Tun 56' (o.g.) Mashaan 61' Al-Mutawa 69' (pen.), 88', 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 13]}

Attendance: 550

Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

8 September 2015

19:00 UTC+7

Laos	0–2	Kuwait
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nasser 31' Al-Mutawa 84' (pen.)

New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

8 September 2015

17:00 UTC+3

Lebanon	0–3	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Jang Hyun-soo 22' (pen.) Ali Hamam 26' (o.g.) Kwon Chang-hoon 60'

Saida International Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

8 October 2015

19:00 UTC+7

Myanmar	0–2	Lebanon
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Maatouk 28' Atwi 90+3'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok (Thailand)^{[note 12]}

Attendance: 3,056

Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

8 October 2015

17:55 UTC+3

Kuwait	0–1	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Koo Ja-cheol 12'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 12,350

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

13 October 2015

19:00 UTC+7

Myanmar	3–1	Laos
Suan Lam Mang 13' Kyaw Ko Ko 32' Aung Thu 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Sayavutthi 2'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok (Thailand)^{[note 12]}

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)

13 October 2015

19:30 UTC+3

Kuwait	0–0	Lebanon
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 12,150

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

12 November 2015

20:00 UTC+9

South Korea	4–0	Myanmar
Lee Jae-sung 18' Koo Ja-cheol 30' Jang Hyun-soo 82' Nam Tae-hee 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 24,270

Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

12 November 2015

17:00 UTC+2

Lebanon	7–0	Laos
Mohamad 27' Antar 34' Chaito 36', 90+3' Hamam 42' Maatouk 59' Oumari 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Saida International Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

17 November 2015

19:00 UTC+7

Laos	0–5	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ki Sung-yueng 3' (pen.), 33' Son Heung-min 35', 67' Suk Hyun-jun 43'

New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

Not played^{[note 14]}

Myanmar	3–0 Awarded^{[note 15]}	Kuwait
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

24 March 2016

20:00 UTC+9

South Korea	1–0	Lebanon
Lee Jeong-hyeop 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Ansan Wa~ Stadium, Ansan

Attendance: 30,532

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Not played^{[note 16]}

Kuwait	0–3 Awarded^{[note 17]}	Laos
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

29 March 2016

15:00 UTC+3

Lebanon	1–1	Myanmar
El-Helwe 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Aung Thu 73'

Saida International Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 3,470

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Not played^{[note 18]}

South Korea	3–0 Awarded^{[note 19]}	Kuwait
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Group HEdit

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	8	7	0	1	20	7	+13	21	Third round and Asian Cup	—	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
2	North Korea	8	5	1	2	14	8	+6	16	Asian Cup qualifying third round	4–2	—	0–0	2–0	1–0
3	Philippines	8	3	1	4	8	12	−4	10		1–5	3–2	—	2–1	0–1
4	Bahrain	8	3	0	5	10	10	0	9		0–4	0–1	2–0	—	3–0
5	Yemen	8	1	0	7	2	17	−15	3	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	1–3	0–3^[a]	0–2	0–4	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ FIFA awarded North Korea a 3–0 win as a result of Yemen fielding the ineligible player Mudir Al-Radaei, after North Korea had defeated Yemen 1–0. Al-Radaei failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the First Round of the competition.^[34]

11 June 2015

20:00 UTC+8

Philippines	2–1	Bahrain
Bahadoran 50' Patiño 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Malood 90+3'

Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

11 June 2015

19:00 UTC+3

Yemen	0–3 Awarded^{[note 20]}	North Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	So Hyon-uk 71'

Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 21]}

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

16 June 2015

17:00 UTC+9

North Korea	4–2	Uzbekistan
Pak Kwang-ryong 4' Jang Kuk-chol 16' Ro Hak-su 34' Ri Hyok-chol 36'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ismailov 53' Rashidov 79'

Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

16 June 2015

19:00 UTC+3

Yemen	0–2	Philippines
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Bahadoran 52' Ramsay 74'

Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 21]}

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

3 September 2015

19:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	1–0	Yemen
Geynrikh 51'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Lee Min-hu (South Korea)

3 September 2015

18:40 UTC+3

Bahrain	0–1	North Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Jong Il-gwan 42'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

8 September 2015

20:00 UTC+8

Philippines	1–5	Uzbekistan
Schröck 68'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ahmedov 1' Rashidov 14', 80' Sergeev 43', 65'

Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

8 September 2015

19:00 UTC+3

Yemen	0–4	Bahrain
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ali Baba 31' (pen.) Al-Husaini 45+1' Omar 66' Adnan 77'

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 21]}

Attendance: 421

Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

8 October 2015

16:00 UTC+8:30

North Korea	0–0	Philippines
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

8 October 2015

18:00 UTC+3

Bahrain	0–4	Uzbekistan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Sergeev 52' Ahmedov 56' Rashidov 66' Shomurodov 90+5'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

13 October 2015

16:00 UTC+8:30

North Korea	1–0	Yemen
Jong Il-gwan 12' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

13 October 2015

18:00 UTC+3

Bahrain	2–0	Philippines
Abdullatif 53' Adnan 61'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 3,050

Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)

12 November 2015

20:00 UTC+8

Philippines	0–1	Yemen
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	A. Al-Sarori 83'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Attendance: 6,478

Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

12 November 2015

18:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	3–1	North Korea
Sergeev 23' Geynrikh 65' Ahmedov 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ri Hyok-chol 2'

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 27,135

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

17 November 2015

15:30 UTC+8:30

North Korea	2–0	Bahrain
Pak Kwang-ryong 45+1' (pen.) Jong Il-gwan 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari (Singapore)

17 November 2015

18:30 UTC+3

Yemen	1–3	Uzbekistan
A. Al-Sarori 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Haydarov 7' Djeparov 31' Andreev 50'

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 21]}

Attendance: 350

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

24 March 2016

18:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	1–0	Philippines
Ismailov 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 34,000

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

24 March 2016

18:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	3–0	Yemen
Abdulatif 32' (pen.) Al-Malood 63' Al Romaihi 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

29 March 2016

20:00 UTC+8

Philippines	3–2	North Korea
Bahadoran 43' Ott 84' Ramsay 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	So Kyong-jin 45+2' Ri Hyok-chol 48'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Attendance: 7,350

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

29 March 2016

18:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	1–0	Bahrain
Rashidov 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 34,000

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Ranking of runner-up teamsEdit

To determine the four best runner-up teams, the following criteria were used:

Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
Goal difference
Goals scored
Fair play points
Drawing of lots

As a result of Indonesia being disqualified by FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.^[36]

Pos	Grp	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Iraq	6	3	3	0	13	6	+7	12	Third round and Asian Cup
2	E	Syria	6	4	0	2	14	11	+3	12
3	A	United Arab Emirates	6	3	2	1	16	4	+12	11
4	C	China PR	6	3	2	1	9	1	+8	11
5	H	North Korea	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Asian Cup qualifying third round
6	B	Jordan	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
7	D	Oman	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
8	G	Lebanon	6	1	2	3	3	6	−3	5

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fourth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.

Ranking of fourth-placed teamsEdit

To determine the four best fourth-placed teams, the following criteria were used:

Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
Goal difference
Goals scored
Fair play points
Drawing of lots

As a result of Indonesia being disqualified by FIFA suspension, Group F contains only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the fourth-placed teams.^[36]

Pos	Grp	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D	Guam	6	1	1	4	1	14	−13	4	Asian Cup qualifying third round
2	G	Myanmar	6	1	1	4	4	18	−14	4
3	H	Bahrain	6	1	0	5	3	10	−7	3
4	E	Afghanistan	6	1	0	5	4	24	−20	3
5	B	Tajikistan	6	0	1	5	3	19	−16	1	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round
6	F	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	5	19	−14	0
7	C	Maldives	6	0	0	6	0	15	−15	0
8	A	Malaysia	6	0	0	6	1	29	−28	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fourth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.

GoalscorersEdit

There were 507 goals scored in 152 matches, for an average of 3.34 goals per match.

14 goals

Mohammad Al-Sahlawi^{[note 22]}

11 goals

Ahmed Khalil

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

[table_note_TLS0.30490868692515-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Timor-Leste forfeited five group matches due to fielding numerous ineligible players.^[7]

[table_note_MAS_KSA0.30490868692515-11] The Malaysia v Saudi Arabia match, on 8 September 2015, was abandoned during the 87th minute after a group of supporters threw objects onto the pitch. At the time of the abandonment the score was 2–1 to Saudi Arabia. On 5 October 2015, FIFA decided that this match was forfeited by Malaysia and the result to be declared as a 3–0 win awarded for Saudi Arabia.^[8]^[9]

[table_note_IND_IRN0.31114919684415-29] FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.^[21] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.

[table_note_res_5th0.19518089117258-39] On 30 May 2015, FIFA announced that the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) was suspended with immediate effect due to governmental interference.^[25] On 3 June 2015, the AFC confirmed that Indonesia were disqualified, and all matches involving them have been cancelled.^[26]

[table_note_KUW0.54565295043665-43] On 16 October 2015, the Kuwait FA was suspended by FIFA with immediate effect, after Kuwait had failed to comply with a decision from the FIFA Executive Committee that sports law of the country had to be changed before 15 October. The three remaining matches involving Kuwait (away v Myanmar, home v Laos, away v South Korea) were not played as originally scheduled, and were later awarded as 3–0 wins for Kuwait's opponents.

[table_note_YEM_PRK0.58382627581424-59] FIFA awarded North Korea a 3–0 win as a result of Yemen fielding the ineligible player Mudir Al-Radaei, after North Korea had defeated Yemen 1–0. Al-Radaei failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the First Round of the competition.^[34]

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