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]
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Dates | 11 June 2015 – 29 March 2016 |
Teams | 39[note 1] (from 1 confederation) |
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Matches played | 152 |
Goals scored | 507 (3.34 per match) |
Attendance | 2,293,258 (15,087 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (14 goals) |
Format
[edit]A total of forty 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.
A total of 24 teams eliminated from World Cup qualification in the second round competed in the third round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification (which was separated from the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification), where they were divided into six groups of four teams and competed for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The 24 teams consisted of the sixteen highest ranked teams eliminated in the second round, and the eight teams that advanced from the play-off round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification which were contested by the remaining twelve teams eliminated in the second round.[2]
Seeding
[edit]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.[3][4]
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2015 (shown in parentheses below).[5] The 40 teams were seeded into five pots:[6]
- 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.
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- Bolded teams qualified for the third round.
- (D): Disqualified after draw
Groups
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In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[7]
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 20 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 7–0 | |
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 17 | World Cup qualifying third round | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 10–0 | 8–0 | |
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 12 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 6–0 | 7–0 | |
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 29 | −25 | 4 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–6 | — | 1–1 | |
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8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 36 | −34 | 2 | 0–10 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |
- ^ United Arab Emirates already qualified for the Asian Cup as the host nation.
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Saudi Arabia ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Group B
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8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 21 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 5–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 5–0 | |
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 16 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 8–0 | |
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 14 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | ||
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8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 5 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 5–0 | |
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 32 | −30 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |
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Jordan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Australia ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Group C
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8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 21 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 15–0 | |
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 | +26 | 17 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 12–0 | ||
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 14 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 7–0 | |
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8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 6 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 4–2 | |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 52 | −47 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 3–4 | — |
Hong Kong ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Maldives ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Qatar ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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China ![]() | 12–0 | ![]() |
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Group D
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | +23 | 20 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | |
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 14 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
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8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 13 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 7 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
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8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–3[a] | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |
- ^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.[17] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.
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Group E
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8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +27 | 22 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 5–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | |
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8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 18 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 5–2 | 6–0 | ||
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
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8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 9 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
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Group F
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 14 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | Canc. | |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 5–1 | Canc. | ||
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | Canc. | |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | Canc. | |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified | Canc. | Canc. | Canc. | Canc. | — |
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Group G
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8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +27 | 24 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 1–0 | 3–0[a] | 4–0 | 8–0 | |
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | |
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 | Disqualified | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 9–0 | 0–3[a] | |
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8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 8 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0[a] | — | 3–1 | |
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 4 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — |
- ^ a b c d During this stage the Kuwait Football Association was suspended after the country had failed to comply with a decision from FIFA that its sports law had to be changed. The three remaining matches involving Kuwait – away v Myanmar, home v Laos, and away v South Korea – were not played as scheduled, and were eventually awarded as 3–0 wins for Kuwait's opponents.[24][25][26] Kuwait was also unable to compete in the Third round of the Asian Cup qualifying, to which it would have advanced based on its ranking.
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Group H
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 16 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 4–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
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- ^ 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.[33]
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Ranking of runner-up teams
[edit]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]
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 11 | World Cup qualifying third round |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 11 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Asian Cup qualifying third round |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 |
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.
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- ^ United Arab Emirates already qualified for the Asian Cup as the host nation.
Ranking of fourth-placed teams
[edit]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 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 fourth-placed teams.[36]
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 4 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 1 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0 |
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.
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 507 goals scored in 149 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match.
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Nathan Burns
Jiang Ning
Maya Yoshida
Khampheng Sayavutthi
Ri Hyok-chol
Jong Il-gwan
Jonathan Cantillana
Tamer Seyam
Misagh Bahadoran
Ali Assadalla
Yahya Al-Shehri[note 24]
Safuwan Baharudin
Fazrul Nawaz
Kwon Chang-hoon
Lee Jae-sung
Mahmoud Al-Mawas
Sanharib Malki
Teerasil Dangda
Arslanmyrat Amanow
Omar Abdulrahman[note 24]
Odil Ahmedov
Lê Công Vinh
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Khaibar Amani
Norlla Amiri
Mustafa Zazai
Massimo Luongo
Mark Milligan
Aaron Mooy
Ismail Abdullatif
Abdulwahab Al-Malood
Sayed Mohamed Adnan
Tshering Dorji
Chencho Gyeltshen
Wang Yongpo
Wu Lei
Yu Hanchao
Wu Chun-ching
Godfred Karikari
Lam Ka Wai
Jaimes McKee
Sunil Chhetri
Ashkan Dejagah
Ehsan Hajsafi
Ali Adnan
Justin Meram
Mu Kanazaki
Vitalij Lux
Hassan Chaito
Hassan Maatouk
Aung Thu
Pak Kwang-ryong
Amad Al-Hosni
Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri
Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
Jaka Ihbeisheh
Sameh Maraaba
Yashir Pinto
Iain Ramsay
Karim Boudiaf
Mohammed Kasola
Fahad Al-Muwallad[note 24]
Khairul Amri
Jang Hyun-soo
Ki Sung-yueng
Koo Ja-cheol
Suk Hyun-jun
Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
Raja Rafe
Akhtam Nazarov
Pokklaw Anan
Theerathon Bunmathan
Adisak Kraisorn
Mongkol Tossakrai
Ramon Saro[note 24]
Guwanç Abylow
Alexander Geynrikh
Anzur Ismailov
Nguyễn Văn Toàn
Ahmed Al-Sarori
1 goal
Faysal Shayesteh
Josef Shirdel
Mathew Leckie
Tommy Oar
Sami Al-Husaini
Hussain Ali Baba
Mohamed Al Romaihi
Abdullah Omar
Jahid Hasan Ameli
Biren Basnet
Sos Suhana
Huang Bowen
Mei Fang
Zhang Linpeng
Zhang Xizhe
Hung Kai-chun
Wen Chih-hao
Yaki Yen
Brandon McDonald
Travis Nicklaw
Christian Annan
Bai He
Chan Siu Ki
Ju Yingzhi
Lo Kwan Yee
Paulinho
Xu Deshuai
Sandesh Jhingan
Jeje Lalpekhlua
Robin Singh
Karim Ansarifard
Saeid Ezatolahi
Jalal Hosseini
Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Kamal Kamyabinia
Morteza Pouraliganji
Ramin Rezaeian
Masoud Shojaei
Andranik Teymourian[note 24]
Mehdi Torabi
Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
Ali Hosni
Dhurgham Ismail
Mahdi Kamel
Ahmed Yasin
Genki Haraguchi
Hiroshi Kiyotake
Masato Morishige
Takashi Usami
Munther Abu Amarah
Yaseen Al-Bakhit
Yousef Al-Naber
Yousef Al-Rawashdeh
Baha' Faisal
Ahmed Samir
Ali Maqseed
Aziz Mashaan
Faisal Zayid
Ildar Amirov
Edgar Bernhardt
Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov
Almazbek Mirzaliev
Roda Antar
Abbas Ahmed Atwi
Hilal El-Helwe
Mohammed Ghaddar
Ali Hamam
Youssef Mohamad
Joan Oumari
Feiz Shamsin
Mohd Amri Yahyah[note 24]
Baddrol Bakhtiar
Mohd Safiq Rahim[note 24]
Safee Sali[note 24]
Asadhulla Abdulla
Ahmed Nashid
Ahmed Niyaz
Kyaw Ko Ko
Kyaw Zayar Win
Suan Lam Mang
Zaw Min Tun
Jang Kuk-chol
Ro Hak-su
So Hyon-uk[note 24]
So Kyong-jin
Mohammed Al-Ghassani
Saad Al-Mukhaini
Qasim Said
Raed Ibrahim Saleh
Musab Al-Battat
Ahmed Awad
Abdelatif Bahdari
Matías Jadue
Pablo Tamburrini
Khader Yousef
Manuel Ott
Javier Patiño
Stephan Schröck
Akram Afif
Abdelkarim Hassan
Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud
Ismaeel Mohammad
Sebastián Soria
Salman Al-Faraj[note 24]
Osama Hawsawi
Naif Hazazi
Faris Ramli
Lee Chung-yong
Lee Jeong-hyeop
Nam Tae-hee
Moayad Ajan
Oday Al-Jafal
Ahmad Kallasi
Omar Midani
Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
Tana Chanabut
Kroekrit Thaweekarn
Serdaraly Ataýew
Artur Geworkýan
Ruslan Mingazow
Süleýman Muhadow
Mekan Saparow
Mohamed Ahmed
Ismail Al Hammadi
Ahmed Al Hashmi
Dawood Ali
Habib Fardan
Mohanad Salem
Stanislav Andreev
Server Djeparov
Azizbek Haydarov
Eldor Shomurodov
Đinh Tiến Thành
Trần Phi Sơn
1 own goal
Sharif Mukhammad (against Japan)
Khoun Laboravy (against Japan)
Leng Makara (against Syria)
Ildar Amirov (against Australia)
Valery Kichin (against Bangladesh)
Ali Hamam (against South Korea)
Zaw Min Tun (against Kuwait)
Hamdi Al Masri (against Japan)
Serdar Annaorazow (against Guam)
Mekan Saparow (against Oman)
Đinh Tiến Thành (against Thailand)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Indonesia was also drawn into this group, but on 30 May 2015 the country's football association was suspended due to governmental interference, and on 3 June 2015 the team was disqualified and all matches involving it were cancelled.
- ^ United Arab Emirates had already qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup as tournament hosts and were competing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ a b The fixtures between Saudi Arabia and Palestine were switched after Saudi Arabia cited "exceptional conditions" for their inability to travel to the West Bank.[9] The return fixture, originally to be played on 13 October 2015 at the Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, was later postponed by Saudi Arabia's refusal to pass through Israeli-controlled borders,[10] until the process of agreeing on the venue was concluded.[11] The match was rescheduled to be played on 5 November 2015 in Palestine, after the Palestinian Football Association gave full security guarantees for the match.[12] The match was later further delayed until 9 November, and to be changed to a neutral venue in Asia, as the Palestinian government confirmed that it could no longer guarantee the safety and security for the match.[13] The neutral venue was announced to be Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan.[14]
- ^ Timor-Leste played their home match against the United Arab Emirates in Malaysia for the lack of a suitable venue in Dili.[15]
- ^ a b The home matches of Palestine against Saudi Arabia and Malaysia were played on neutral ground as the Palestinian government confirmed that it could no longer guarantee the safety and security for the matches.[13] The neutral venue was announced to be Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan.[14]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Malaysia v Saudi Arabia
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Maldives played their home match against China PR in China because of the poor condition of the National Football Stadium.[16]
- ^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.[17] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.
- ^ a b c d Afghanistan played their home matches in Iran because of security concerns from the War in Afghanistan.[18]
- ^ a b The fixtures between Japan and Singapore were switched because the Singapore National Stadium was booked on 16 June 2015 to host the closing ceremony of the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[19]
- ^ a b c d Syria played their home matches in Oman because of security concerns from the Syrian Civil War.[20]
- ^ The Thailand v Vietnam match was brought forward from 11 June 2015, as it interfered with commitments for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[23]
- ^ a b c Iraq played their home matches in Iran because of security concerns from the Iraqi Civil War.[18]
- ^ a b c Myanmar played their home matches in Thailand due to a sanction after a crowd incident during a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Oman. The sanction had originally banned the team from entering the competition, but the Myanmar FA filed an appeal to FIFA which was partially upheld.[27]
- ^ Kuwait played their home match against Myanmar in Qatar for unspecified reasons.[28]
- ^ The Myanmar v Kuwait match, originally to be played on 17 November 2015, 19:00 UTC+7, at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, was not played as scheduled because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association by FIFA.[29]
- ^ On 13 January 2016, FIFA decided that the match scheduled for 17 November 2015 should be forfeited by Kuwait (and awarded as a 3–0 win for Myanmar) as it did not take place because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.[30][31]
- ^ The Kuwait v Laos match, originally to be played on 24 March 2016, 18:35 UTC+3, at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, was not played as scheduled because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association by FIFA.[29]
- ^ On 6 April 2016, FIFA decided that the match scheduled for 24 March 2016 should be forfeited by Kuwait (and awarded as a 3–0 win for Laos) as it did not take place because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.[31][32]
- ^ The South Korea v Kuwait match, originally to be played on 29 March 2016, 20:00 UTC+9, at the Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu, was not played as scheduled because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association by FIFA.[29]
- ^ On 6 April 2016, FIFA decided that the match scheduled for 29 March 2016 should be forfeited by Kuwait (and awarded as a 3–0 win for South Korea) as it did not take place because of the suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.[31][32]
- ^ 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 by 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]
- ^ a b c d Yemen played their home matches in Qatar because of security concerns from the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.[35]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o This player's goal tally included one or more goals which the player scored in matches that were subsequently forfeited, but which FIFA still continued to count in its statistics.
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External links
[edit]- Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – Asia: Round 2, FIFA.com
- FIFA World Cup, the-AFC.com
- AFC Asian Cup, the-AFC.com
- Preliminary Joint Qualification 2018 Archived 9 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine, stats.the-AFC.com