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2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	22 December 2005 – 15 November 2006
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Younis Mahmoud Jung Jo-gook Yasser Al-Qahtani Saleh Bashir Firas Al-Khatib Maksim Shatskikh (4 goals each)
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The 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating.

For the first time, the defending champions (Japan), did not earn an automatic berth in the finals and had to compete in the qualification tournament. Twelve teams from top two of each groups joined with four host nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) qualify for the final tournament.

Teams that did not enter

16 national teams did not enter qualifying (The team's FIFA World Ranking was considered for November 2005):

•  Turkmenistan
•  Maldives
•  Tajikistan
•  Myanmar
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Laos
•    Nepal
•  Mongolia
•  Cambodia
•  Afghanistan
•  Bhutan
•  Philippines
•  Macau
•  Brunei
•  Guam
• East Timor

Team excluded

•  North Korea were banned from qualifying after having been found guilty of improper conduct in the qualifying round for 2004.

Thus, out of 46 national teams, 25 entered the qualifying.

Preliminary round

In December 2005, Bangladesh and Pakistan played off in a home and away series (with Bangladesh hosting the first leg), to determine which team would progress to the final qualifying round. This was originally scheduled in November but the earthquake in Pakistan forced it to be postponed.

After a goalless first leg in Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 December 2005, Bangladesh won the second leg thanks to the goal from Firoz Mahmud Titu at the 84-minute in People's Sports Complex, Karachi, Pakistan four days later. Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. However, Pakistan ended up also being qualified into the final qualifying round anyway, after Sri Lanka withdrew.

Bangladesh	0–0	Pakistan
	(Report)

Pakistan	0–1	Bangladesh
	(Report)	Firoz Mahmud 84'

 Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate.  Pakistan also qualified after  Sri Lanka withdrew.

Seedings

The draw was held on 4 January 2006.

The seeding was based on the 2004 competition, including results during qualifying. The teams in their respective pots also are listed with respect to their performance. Note that Jordan and Uzbekistan were placed higher than South Korea and Iraq. For the tie-breaker here served the fact that Jordan and Uzbekistan were eliminated on penalty shootout, while the other two teams were clearly defeated. Uzbekistan precedes Jordan as it won its group, while Jordan placed second. The same principle is applied to the rest of the teams on the list. The Australian team which had just joined the Asian Football Confederation on 1 January 2006 and had not participated in previous tournaments was given the lowest rank.

* = Replace Sri Lanka

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams in a group are equal on points on completion of the group matches, their places shall be determined as follows:

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 (Away Goals do not apply in this stage of the competition).
4. Goal difference in all the group matches.
5. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play.
6. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

• Pakistan is added back into the final qualifying round after Sri Lanka withdrew at the last minute.
• 24 teams will be split into six groups of four, playing in a home and away format. The top two of each group will progress to the finals. Matches will start on 22 February 2006 and ends on 15 November 2006.
• On 1 August 2006, Lebanon officially withdrew from the competition after having played only one match, due to their ongoing conflict with Israel.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	6	5	0	1	15	2	+13	15
Saudi Arabia	6	5	0	1	21	4	+17	15
Yemen	6	2	0	4	5	13	−8	6
India	6	0	0	6	2	24	−22	0

1. ^ Tiebreakers: Japan is ranked higher than Saudi Arabia by the two head-to-head game results (Japan 3–2 Saudi Arabia).

Japan	6–0	India
Ono 32' Maki 58' Fukunishi 68' Kubo 78', 90' Satō 82'	(Report)

Yemen	0–4	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)	Al Sawailh 14', 89' Al-Shalhoub 77', 90+2'

India	0–3	Yemen
	(Report)	S. Abdullah 6' Al-Hubaishi 43' Al Nono 56' (pen.)

India	0–3	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)	Al-Qahtani 2', 19', 50'

Japan	2–0	Yemen
Abe 70' Satō 90+1'	(Report)

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Japan
Bashir 73'	(Report)

Saudi Arabia	7–1	India
Bashir 30', 46' Al Mahyani 33' Ameen 57' Al Hagbani 61' Al Suwaileh 78', 86'	(Report)	Manju 22'

Yemen	0–1	Japan
	(Report)	Ganaha 90'

India	0–3	Japan
	(Report)	Bando 23', 44' Nakamura 83'

Saudi Arabia	5–0	Yemen
Bashir 22' Ameen 27' Fallatah 65' Al Mahyani 68', 90+2'	(Report)

Japan	3–1	Saudi Arabia
Tulio 20' Ganaha 29', 49'	(Report)	Al-Qahtani 33' (pen.)

Yemen	2–1	India
Al-Haggam 60' Al-Nono 82'	(Report)	Pradeep 52'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	6	4	2	0	12	2	+10	14
South Korea	6	3	2	1	15	5	+10	11
Syria	6	2	2	2	10	6	+4	8
Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	0	24	−24	0

Iran	4–0	Chinese Taipei
Teymourian 35' Madanchi 47', 60' Daei 82'	(Report)

Syria	1–2	South Korea
Al Khatib 49'	(Report)	Kim Do-heon 5' Lee Chun-soo 50'

Chinese Taipei	0–4	Syria
	(Report)	Chabbo 29', 58' Al Hussain 45' Al Khatib 64'

Chinese Taipei	0–3	South Korea
	(Report)	Ahn Jung-hwan 31' Jung Jo-gook 53' Kim Do-heon 80'

Iran	1–1	Syria
Nekounam 71'	(Report)	Chaabo 88'

South Korea	1–1	Iran
Seol Ki-hyeon 45'	(Report)	Hashemian 90'

South Korea	8–0	Chinese Taipei
Seol Ki-hyeon 3', 52' Jung Jo-gook 4', 45', 88' Cho Jae-jin 19', 82' Kim Do-heon 77'	(Report)

Syria	0–2	Iran
	(Report)	Nosrati 20' Nekounam 56'

Chinese Taipei	0–2	Iran
	(Report)	Karimi 10', 56'

South Korea	1–1	Syria
Cho Jae-jin 9'	(Report)	Al Sayed 18'

Iran	2–0	South Korea
Enayati 48' Badamaki 90'	(Report)

Syria	3–0	Chinese Taipei
Al Jaban 51' Al Khatib 62', 79'	(Report)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Emirates	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	13
Oman	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	12
Jordan	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10
Pakistan	6	0	0	6	4	22	−18	0

Jordan	3–0	Pakistan
Aqel 30' (pen.) Shelbaieh 38' Al-Shagran 41'	(Report)

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Oman
Matar 15'	(Report)

Oman	3–0	Jordan
Saleh 7' Sulaiman 18' Zaher 54'	(Report)

Pakistan	1–4	United Arab Emirates
Essa 60'	(Report)	Qassim 68' Matar 78' Saad 81' Al Kas 88'

Pakistan	1–4	Oman
Essa 79' (pen.)	(Report)	Al-Maimani 15' (pen.), 35' Al Hosni 27' Sulaiman 90'

Jordan	1–2	United Arab Emirates
Ra'fat Ali 88'	(Report)	Omer 52' Khater 67'

United Arab Emirates	0–0	Jordan
	(Report)

Oman	5–0	Pakistan
Al Hosni 7' Bashir 35', 85' Sulaiman 45' Al-Touqi 88'	(Report)

Pakistan	0–3	Jordan
	(Report)	Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 16' Ra'fat Ali 37' Khaled Saad 85'

Oman	2–1	United Arab Emirates
Mudhafar 24' Sulaiman 28'	(Report)	Omer 57'

Jordan	3–0	Oman
Amer Deeb 80' Ra'fat Ali 84' Al-Sheikh 90'	(Report)

United Arab Emirates	3–2	Pakistan
Abbas 54' Omer 58', 73'	(Report)	Akram 23' Ahmed 67'

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9
Bahrain	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4
Kuwait	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
Lebanon	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0

Note: Bahrain is ranked higher than Kuwait by the two head-to-head game results (Bahrain 2 – 1 Kuwait).

Bahrain	1–3	Australia
Ali 35'	(Report)	Thompson 53' Skoko 79' Elrich 87' (pen.)

Lebanon	1–1 Annulled	Kuwait
A. Nasseredine 70'	(Report)	F. Al Hamad 25'

Kuwait	0–0	Bahrain
	(Report)

Australia	2–0	Kuwait
Dodd 75' Petrovski 86'	(Report)

Kuwait	2–0	Australia
Al Mutairi 56' Al-Mutawa 59'	(Report)

Australia	2–0	Bahrain
Aloisi 17' Bresciano 24'	(Report)

Bahrain	2–1	Kuwait
Yousef 35' (pen.) Ghuloom 43'	(Report)	Laheeb 70'

On 1 August 2006, it was announced that the AFC had accepted a withdrawal request from the Federation Libanaise de Football due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. The results of the Lebanon-Kuwait game on 22 February 2006 have been declared null and void and do not count towards the group rankings.

The following fixtures were also canceled:

• against Bahrain, 16 August 2006 (in Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain)
• against Australia, 31 August 2006 (in Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia)
• against Bahrain, 6 September 2006 (in Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon)
• against Kuwait, 11 October 2006 (in National Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait)
• against Australia, 15 November 2006 (in Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon)

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11
China	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11
Singapore	5	1	1	3	4	6	−2	4
Palestine	5	1	1	3	3	9	−6	4

Note: Iraq is ranked higher than China PR by the two head-to-head game results (Iraq 3 – 2 China PR).

China	2–0	Palestine
Du Wei 23' Li Weifeng 62'	(Report)

Singapore	2–0	Iraq
Amri 24' Alam Shah 83'	(Report)

Palestine	1–0	Singapore
Attal 75'	(Report)

Iraq	2–1	China
Karim 16' Mulla Mohammed 67'	(Report)	Tao Wei 54'

China	1–0	Singapore
Shao Jiayi 90+5' (pen.)	(Report)

Palestine	0–3	Iraq
	(Report)	Mahmoud 59', 62' Nasser 90'

Singapore	0–0	China
	(Report)

Iraq	2–2	Palestine
Sadir 70' Mulla Mohammed 75'	(Report)	Amer 13' Al Amour 78'

Iraq	4–2	Singapore
Mahmoud 35', 68' Karim 60' Mulla Mohammed 90+3'	(Report)	Goncalves 9' Amri 62'

Palestine	0–2	China
	(Report)	Mao Jianqing 27' Sun Xiang 65'

China	1–1	Iraq
Han Peng 40'	(Report)	Salah 65'

Singapore	Cancelled	Palestine
	(Report)

All Iraq's home matches played in Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates.

All Palestine's home matches played in Amman, Jordan.

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	6	5	0	1	14	4	+10	15
Uzbekistan	6	3	2	1	14	4	+10	11
Hong Kong	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8
Bangladesh	6	0	0	6	1	19	−18	0

Uzbekistan	5–0	Bangladesh
Geynrikh 10', 52' Djeparov 24' Shatskikh 34', 84'	(Report)

Hong Kong	0–3	Qatar
	(Report)	Yasser 11' Bechir 44' M. Mohamed 90+5'

Bangladesh	0–1	Hong Kong
	(Report)	Chan Siu Ki 82'

Qatar	2–1	Uzbekistan
Adel Lamy 45' Nasser 49'	(Report)	B. Mohammed 20' (o.g.)

Bangladesh	1–4	Qatar
Arman 23'	(Report)	Rizik 7' (pen.) Adel Lamy 36' Ibrahim 38', 74'

Uzbekistan	2–2	Hong Kong
Soliev 18' Shatskikh 35'	(Report)	Sham Kwok Keung 66', 87'

Hong Kong	0–0	Uzbekistan
	(Report)

Qatar	3–0	Bangladesh
Yasser 25' Adel Lamy 30' Shammari 52'	(Report)

Bangladesh	0–4	Uzbekistan
	(Report)	Zeytulaev 11' Bakaev 18' Djeparov 22' Shatskikh 39' (pen.)

Qatar	2–0	Hong Kong
B. Mohammed 43' Yasser 53'	(Report)

Hong Kong	2–0	Bangladesh
Ambassa Guy 43', 74' (pen.)	(Report)

Uzbekistan	2–0	Qatar
Koshelev 31' Zeytulaev 52'	(Report)

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament
Indonesia	00Co-hosts	7 August 2004	3 (1996, 2000, 2004)
Malaysia			2 (1976, 1980)
Thailand			5 (1972, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Vietnam			2 (1956, 1960)
Australia	Group D winner	16 August 2006	0 (debut)
Qatar	Group F winner	6 September 2006	6 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004)
Japan	Group A winner	6 September 2006	5 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Saudi Arabia	Group A runner-up	6 September 2006	6 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Iran	Group B winner	11 October 2006	10 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
South Korea	Group B runner-up	11 October 2006	10 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
United Arab Emirates	Group C winner	11 October 2006	6 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004)
Oman	Group C runner-up	11 October 2006	1 (2004)
Iraq	Group E winner	11 October 2006	5 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004)
China	Group E runner-up	11 October 2006	8 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Bahrain	Group D runner-up	15 November 2006	2 (1988, 2004)
Uzbekistan	Group F runner-up	15 November 2006	3 (1996, 2000, 2004)

Bold indicates champion for that year

Italic indicates host

Vietnam's debut since the unification of Vietnam at 1975

As South Vietnam

Goal scorers

4 Goals

• Yasser Al-Qahtani

3 Goals

• Kazuki Ganaha
• Saleh Bashir
• Essa Al Mahyani

2 Goals

• Hisato Satō
• Ryūji Bando
• Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
• Al Suwaileh
• Al Sawailh
• Mohamed Amin Didi
• Ali Al-Nono
• Mehrzad Madanchi
• Javad Nekounam
• Ali Karimi

1 Goal

• Firaj Mahmud
• Shinji Ono
• Seiichiro Maki
• Takashi Fukunishi
• Tatsuhiko Kubo
• Yuki Abe
• Kengo Nakamura
• Marcus Tulio Tanaka
• N.S. Manju
• Al Hagbani
• Hassan Muath Fallatah
• Saleem Abdullah
• Fekri Al-Hubaishi
• Al-Haggam
• Andranik Teymourian
• Ali Daei
• Vahid Hashemian
• Mohammad Nosrati
• Reza Enayati
• Hossein Badamaki

References

1. "Australia must start at the bottom for Asian Cup". Times of Malta. 20 December 2005.
2. "Lebanon pull out of Asian Cup". afcasiancup.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
3. "AFC confirms Lebanon withdrawal request". Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
4. "Asian Cup qualifiers – Group D". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
5. Asian Football Confederation (15 November 2006). "AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifying: Singapore-Palestine match cancelled". Retrieved 4 February 2011.

External links

• Qualifying Round Results Archived 4 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• RSSSF details

• AFC Asian Cup qualification
• 2007 AFC Asian Cup
• 2005 in Asian football
• 2006 in Asian football