2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

This page provides the summaries of the AFC first round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

In this round teams ranked 6–24 were randomly drawn against teams ranked 25–43, and the draw took place on 6 August 2007 in the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Teams ranked 1–5 received a bye to the third round.

The matches were held between 8 October 2007 and 30 October 2007. The 11 highest ranked teams (according to the first round seeding) among the 19 winners advanced to the third round of the Asian qualifiers, while the eight remaining teams advanced to the second round in November 2007.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pakistan	0–7	Iraq	0–7	0–01
Uzbekistan	11–0	Chinese Taipei	9–0	2–0
Thailand	13–2	Macau	6–1	7–1
Sri Lanka	0–6	Qatar	0–1	0–5
China	11–0	Myanmar	7–0	4–04
Bhutan	w/o2	Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan	2–2 (5–6 p.)	Jordan	2–0	0–2 (aet)
Vietnam	0–6	United Arab Emirates	0–1	0–5
Bahrain	4–1	Malaysia	4–1	0–0
Timor-Leste	3–11	Hong Kong	2–35	1–8
Syria	5–1	Afghanistan	3–0	2–11
Yemen	3–2	Maldives	3–0	0–2
Bangladesh	1–6	Tajikistan	1–1	0–5
Mongolia	2–9	North Korea	1–4	1–5
Oman	4–0	Nepal	2–0	2–0
Palestine	0–7	Singapore	0–41	0–3 (awd.)6
Lebanon	6–3	India	4–1	2–2
Cambodia	1–5	Turkmenistan	0–1	1–4
Guam	w/o3	Indonesia

1. ^ For security reasons, Iraq played their home leg in Syria, Palestine played their home leg in Qatar and Afghanistan played their home leg in Tajikistan.^[1]
2. ^ Bhutan withdrew.^[2]
3. ^ Guam withdrew.^[3]
4. ^ FIFA decided to move Myanmar home match to Malaysia.^[4]
5. ^ Timor-Leste elected to play their home leg in Indonesia.
6. ^ Palestine failed to appear; Singapore was awarded a 3–0 win. The Palestine Football Federation appealed to have the match rescheduled on the grounds that its players did not receive permits to leave the Gaza Strip, but FIFA dismissed the appeal.^[5]

Matches

Pakistan	0–7	Iraq
	Report	Akram 19' M. Karim 24', 49', 88', 90' Ghulam 71' Mohammed 83'

22 October 2007

19:30 UTC+5

Punjab Stadium, Lahore

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)

Iraq	0–0	Pakistan
	Report

28 October 2007

14:00 UTC+3

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus (Syria)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait)

Iraq won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Uzbekistan	9–0	Chinese Taipei
Shatskikh 4', 16', 34', 57', 77' Kapadze 26' Karpenko 43' Bakayev 54' Salomov 68'	Report

13 October 2007

16:00 UTC+5

Central Army Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

Chinese Taipei	0–2	Uzbekistan
	Report	Inomov 79' Suyunov 89'

28 October 2007

18:00 UTC+8

Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 800

Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Uzbekistan won 11–0 on aggregate.

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Thailand	6–1	Macau
Chaikamdee 12', 49' Dangda 21' Winothai 55' (pen.) Phetphun 82' Thonglao 90+1'	Report	Kin Seng Chan 23'

8 October 2007

19:00 UTC+7

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 11,254

Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)

Macau	1–7	Thailand
Kin Seng Chan 90+2'	Report	Dangda 22' Sukha 39' Surasiang 43' Thonglao 48' Chaikamdee 53', 57', 86'

15 October 2007

20:00 UTC+8

Sports Field and Pavilion at MUST, Macau

Attendance: 500

Referee: Abdulrahman Racho (Syria)

Thailand won 13–2 on aggregate.

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Sri Lanka	0–1	Qatar
	Report	Soria 68'

21 October 2007

16:00 UTC+5:30

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Qatar	5–0	Sri Lanka
Soria 4', 76' Bechir 17', 55' Al-Shammari 85'	Report

28 October 2007

19:15 UTC+3

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Qatar won 6–0 on aggregate.

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China	7–0	Myanmar
Qu Bo 17', 81' Du Zhenyu 22' Yang Lin 58' Liu Jian 63' Li Jinyu 76' Li Weifeng 79'	Report

21 October 2007

20:00 UTC+8

Century Lotus Stadium, Foshan

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)

Myanmar	0–4	China
	Report	Wu Wei'an 13' Liu Jian 14' Zheng Bin 35' Zhang Yaokun 39' (pen.)

28 October 2007

16:00 UTC+8

KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 200

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

China PR won 11–0 on aggregate.

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Bhutan	Cancelled	Kuwait

Bhutan withdrew.^[8]

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Kyrgyzstan	2–0	Jordan
Esenkul Uulu 45' Bokoev 76'	Report

18 October 2007

15:30 UTC+6

Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

Jordan	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Kyrgyzstan
Shelbaieh 34' Aqel 51' (pen.)	Report
Penalties
Abu Alieh Bawab Abu Keshek Amer Aqel Bashar	6–5	Kudrenko Harchenko Samsaliev Sydykov Esenkul Uulu Amin

28 October 2007

19:00 UTC+3

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)

2–2 on aggregate; Jordan won 6–5 on penalties.

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Vietnam	0–1	United Arab Emirates
	Report	Basheer Saeed 79'

8 October 2007

20:30 UTC+7

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

United Arab Emirates	5–0	Vietnam
Ismail Matar 13' Al-Mahri 40' Al-Shehhi 53' Mubarak 90' Al-Kas 90+4' (pen.)	Report

28 October 2007

19:00 UTC+4

Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

United Arab Emirates won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Bahrain	4–1	Malaysia
Fatadi 4' John 15' Abdulrahman 55' Hubail 90' (pen.)	Report	Bunyamin Omar 45+2'

21 October 2007

18:00 UTC+3

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China)

Malaysia	0–0	Bahrain
	Report

28 October 2007

20:45 UTC+8

Shah Alam Stadium, Petaling Jaya

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)

Bahrain won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Timor-Leste	2–3	Hong Kong
Ary 41', 69'	Report	Cheng Siu Wai 25', 50' Esteves 35' (o.g.)

21 October 2007

15:30 UTC+8

Gianyar Stadium, Gianyar (Indonesia)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Rosdi Shaharul (Malaysia)

Hong Kong	8–1	Timor-Leste
Lo Kwan Yee 2' Chan Siu Ki 5', 78', 85' Cheung Sai Ho 49' Cheng Siu Wai 67', 70' Lam Ka Wai 83'	Report	Ary 53'

28 October 2007

15:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,542

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Hong Kong won 11–3 on aggregate.

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Syria	3–0	Afghanistan
Al Zeno 73', 87' (pen.) Al Sayed 81' (pen.)	Report

8 October 2007

21:00 UTC+3

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Afghanistan	1–2	Syria
Karimi 16'	Report	Jenyat 17' Issmael 64'

26 October 2007

13:00 UTC+5

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe (Tajikistan)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Syria won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Yemen	3–0	Maldives
Salem 44' Al-Hubaishi 66' Thabit 80'	Report

8 October 2007

21:00 UTC+3

Ali Muhsin Al-Muriasi Stadium, Sana'a

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mohammad Mansour (Lebanon)

Maldives	2–0	Yemen
Shamveel Qasim 14' Ashfaq 67'	Report

28 October 2007

16:00 UTC+5

Galolhu National Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 8,900

Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

Yemen won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Bangladesh	1–1	Tajikistan
Mithu 50'	Report	Khakimov 58' (pen.)

8 October 2007

15:00 UTC+6

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 700

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Tajikistan	5–0	Bangladesh
Khakimov 47', 48', 76' (pen.) Mukhiddinov 51' Vasiev 71'	Report

28 October 2007

14:00 UTC+5

Central Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)

Tajikistan won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Mongolia	1–4	North Korea
Selenge 90+3'	Report	Pak Chol-min 14' Jong Chol-min 24', 32', 81'

21 October 2007

13:00 UTC+8

National Sports Stadium, Ulaanbaatar

Attendance: 4,870

Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

North Korea	5–1	Mongolia
Pak Chol-min 3', 79' Kim Kuk-jin 10' Jong Chol-min 36' Jon Kwang-ik 90+1'	Report	Lkhümbengarav 41'

28 October 2007

16:00 UTC+9

Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Ram Gosh (Bangladesh)

Korea DPR won 9–2 on aggregate.

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Oman	2–0	Nepal
Bashir 5' Mudhafar 21' (pen.)	Report

8 October 2007

21:30 UTC+4

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Fareed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)

Nepal	0–2	Oman
	Report	Saleh 29' Al Hinai 54'

28 October 2007

14:30 UTC+5:45

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

Oman won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Palestine	0–4	Singapore
	Report	Shi Jiayi 44', 53' Wilkinson 73' Noh Alam Shah 86'

8 October 2007

21:00 UTC+3

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 75

Referee: Mushen Basma (Syria)

Singapore	3–0 Awarded[note 4]	Palestine
	Report

28 October 2007

17:00 UTC+8

National Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

Singapore won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Lebanon	4–1	India
Antar 33' Ghaddar 62', 76' El Ali 63'	Report	Chhetri 30'

8 October 2007

21:00 UTC+3

Saida Municipal Stadium, Saida

Attendance: 500

Referee: Saad Al Fahdli (Kuwait)

India	2–2	Lebanon
Chhetri 29' Dias 90+2'	Report	Ghaddar 72' (pen.), 85'

30 October 2007

15:00 UTC+5:30
^{[note 5]}

Fatorda Stadium, Goa^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

Lebanon won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Cambodia	0–1	Turkmenistan
	Report	Karadanov 85'

11 October 2007

15:00 UTC+7

National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Ram Gosh (Bangladesh)

Turkmenistan	4–1	Cambodia
Nasyrov 41' Gevorkyan 50', 66' Karadanov 74'	Report	Nasa 12'

28 October 2007

18:00 UTC+5

Olympic Stadium (Saparmurat), Ashgabat

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)

Turkmenistan won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Guam	Cancelled	Indonesia

Guam withdrew.^[8][3]

Qualified teams

Among the 19 winners, the top 11 winners advanced directly to the third round while the remaining 8 teams advanced to second round.

Advanced to third round	Advanced to second round
Iraq  Uzbekistan  Qatar  China  Kuwait  Jordan  United Arab Emirates  Bahrain  North Korea  Oman  Lebanon	Thailand  Hong Kong  Syria  Yemen  Tajikistan  Singapore  Turkmenistan  Indonesia

Goalscorers

There were 131 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 3.97 goals per match.

5 goals

• Sarayoot Chaikamdee
• Maksim Shatskikh

4 goals

• Cheng Siu Wai
• Mahdi Karim
• Mohammed Ghaddar
• Jong Chol-Min
• Numondzhon Khakimov

3 goals

• Chan Siu Ki
• Pak Chol-Min
• Sebastián Soria
• Ary

2 goals

• Liu Jian
• Qu Bo
• Sunil Chhetri
• Kin Seng Chan
• Sayed Ali Bechir
• Shi Jiayi
• Mohamed Al Zeno
• Teerasil Dangda
• Datsakorn Thonglao
• Artur Gevorkyan
• Mamedaly Karadanov

1 goal

• Obaidullah Karimi
• Mahmood Abdulrahman
• Abdulla Baba Fatadi
• A'ala Hubail
• Jaycee John Okwunwanne
• Zumratul Hossain Mithu
• Samel Nasa
• Du Zhenyu
• Li Jinyu
• Wu Wei'an
• Li Weifang
• Yang Lin
• Zhang Yaokun
• Zheng Bin
• Cheung Sai Ho
• Lam Ka Wai
• Lo Kwan Yee
• Steven Dias
• Nashat Akram
• Jassim Mohammed Ghulam
• Emad Mohammed
• Hatem Aqel
• Mahmoud Shelbaieh
• Aibek Bokoyev
• Cholponbek Esenku Uulu
• Roda Antar
• Mahmoud El Ali
• Mohd Bunyamin Omar
• Ali Ashfaq
• Shamveel Qasim
• Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav
• Odkhuu Selenge
• Jon Kwang-Ik
• Kim Kuk-Jin
• Mohamed Al Hinai
• Fawzi Bashir
• Hassan Mudhafar
• Hashim Saleh
• Saad Al-Shammari
• Mohd Noh Alam Shah
• John Wilkinson
• Maher Al Sayed
• Feras Esmaeel
• Aatef Jenyat
• Dzhomikhon Mukhiddinov
• Dilshod Vasiev
• Patiparn Phetphun
• Suree Sukha
• Nirut Surasiang
• Teeratep Winothai
• Mekan Nasyrov
• Nawaf Al-Darmaki
• Saeed Al-Kas
• Ahmed Mohammed Al-Mahri
• Mohamed Al-Shehhi
• Ismail Matar
• Basheer Saeed
• Ulugbek Bakayev
• Islom Inomov
• Timur Kapadze
• Victor Karpenko
• Shavkat Salomov
• Ilhomjon Suyunov
• Fekri Al-Hubaishi
• Mohammed Salem
• Haitham Thabit

1 own goal

• Alfredo Esteves (against Hong Kong)

Notes

1. Due to security concerns, Iraq played their home leg in Syria, Palestine played their home leg in Qatar, and Afghanistan played their home leg in Tajikistan.^[6]
2. The home leg of Myanmar was moved to Malaysia on request of both China and Myanmar.^[7]
3. Timor-Leste elected to play their home leg in Indonesia.
4. Palestine failed to show up. Match was awarded 3–0 to Singapore as a walkover.^[9][10] The Palestinian Football Federation appealed to have the match rescheduled on the grounds that its players did not receive permits to leave the Gaza Strip, but FIFA declined the appeal.^[11]
5. Match originally scheduled for 28 October 2007 postponed and relocated due to heavy rain in Chennai.^[10]