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2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	6 February 2013 – 5 March 2014
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	161 (2.68 per match)
Attendance	672,607 (11,210 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Reza Ghoochannejhad Ali Mabkhout (5 goals each)
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The 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification was a qualification process organized by the AFC to determine the participating teams for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. The 2015 AFC Asian Cup, hosted by Australia, featured 16 teams.

In the initial scheme, ten places were determined by qualification matches, while six places were reserved for the following:

• Hosts (Australia)
• Top three finishers in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup (Japan, Australia, and South Korea)
• Winners of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup (North Korea)
• Winners of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup (Palestine)

As the host nation Australia also finished as runners-up in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, the initial 6 automatic qualification spots were reduced to 5, with a total of 11 spots eventually determined by the qualification matches, in which 20 AFC members compete.

Qualified teams

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Australia	Hosts	5 January 2011	3rd	2011	Runners-up (2011)
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup winners	25 January 2011	8th	2011	Winners (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011)
South Korea	2011 AFC Asian Cup 3rd place	28 January 2011	13th	2011	Winners (1956, 1960)
North Korea	2012 AFC Challenge Cup winners	19 March 2012	4th	2011	Fourth place (1980)
Bahrain	Group D winners	15 November 2013	5th	2011	Fourth place (2004)
United Arab Emirates	Group E winners	15 November 2013	9th	2011	Runners-up (1996)
Saudi Arabia	Group C winners	15 November 2013	9th	2011	Winners (1984, 1988, 1996)
Oman	Group A winners	19 November 2013	3rd	2007	Group Stage (2004, 2007)
Uzbekistan	Group E runners-up	19 November 2013	6th	2011	Fourth place (2011)
Qatar	Group D runners-up	19 November 2013	9th	2011	Quarter-finals (2000, 2011)
Iran	Group B winners	19 November 2013	13th	2011	Winners (1968, 1972, 1976)
Kuwait	Group B runners-up	19 November 2013	10th	2011	Winners (1980)
Jordan	Group A runners-up	4 February 2014	3rd	2011	Quarter-finals (2004, 2011)
Iraq	Group C runners-up	5 March 2014	8th	2011	Winners (2007)
China	Best third-placed team	5 March 2014	11th	2011	Runners-up (1984, 2004)
Palestine	2014 AFC Challenge Cup winners	30 May 2014	1st	Debut	None

Qualification process

The preliminary draw was held in Melbourne on 9 October 2012, 18:00 UTC+11. The twenty teams involved in the qualifiers were drawn into five groups of four teams each, with each group containing one team from each of the following seeding pots. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team from among all the groups qualified for the finals.

The following teams did not enter the main qualifying draw, as categorized as "emerging countries" they compete separately. The teams were eligible to qualify for the 2015 Asian Cup by winning either the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup or the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.

•  Afghanistan
•  Bangladesh
•  Bhutan
•  Brunei
•  Cambodia
•  Chinese Taipei
•  Guam
•  India
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Laos
•  Macau
•  Maldives
•  Mongolia
•  Myanmar
•    Nepal
•  North Korea
•  Northern Mariana Islands
•  Pakistan
•  Palestine
•  Philippines
•  Sri Lanka
•  Tajikistan
•  East Timor
•  Turkmenistan

Entrants to 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Entrants to 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Schedule

The following matchdays were assigned by the AFC for 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification. As 15 and 19 November 2013 were also the dates of the inter-confederation playoffs for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, a number of alternative matchdays were allocated.

Groups

Tiebreakers

In each group, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers were in the following order:

1. Greater number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned
2. Goal difference resulting from group matches between the teams concerned
3. Greater number of goals scored in group matches between the teams concerned (away goals not applicable)
4. Goal difference in all group matches
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were involved and they were both on the field of play
7. Drawing of lots

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Oman	6	4	2	0	7	1	+6	14		—	0–0	1–0	3–1
Jordan	6	3	3	0	10	3	+7	12		0–0	—	2–1	4–0
Syria	6	1	1	4	7	7	0	4		0–1	1–1	—	4–0
Singapore	6	1	0	5	4	17	−13	3		0–2	1–3	2–1	—

Oman	1–0	Syria
Al-Muqbali 39'

Jordan	4–0	Singapore
Abdallah Deeb 18' Bani Attiah 52' Hayel 55', 74'	Report

Singapore	0–2	Oman
	Report	Said 15' Al-Farsi 45'

Syria	1–1	Jordan
Sahyouni 49'	Report	Al-Laham 57'

Singapore	2–1	Syria
Khairul 62' Gabriel 82'	Report	Rafe 89'

Jordan	0–0	Oman
	Report

Syria	4–0	Singapore
Malki 10' Al Douni 83' Jafal 86' Al Agha 90+1'	Report

Syria	0–1	Oman
	Report	Al-Farsi 90+1'

Oman	0–0	Jordan
	Report

Singapore	1–3	Jordan
Khairul 84' (pen.)	Report	Bawab 44' Hayel 58' Al-Rawashdeh 90+2'

Oman	3–1	Singapore
Al Hosni 19' Said 51' Al-Hasani 69'	Report	Shahril 78'

Jordan	2–1	Syria
Bawab 24', 61'	Report	Khribin 80'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	6	5	1	0	18	5	+13	16		—	3–2	5–0	2–1
Kuwait	6	2	3	1	10	7	+3	9		1–1	—	0–0	3–1
Lebanon	6	2	2	2	12	14	−2	8		1–4	1–1	—	5–2
Thailand	6	0	0	6	7	21	−14	0		0–3	1–3	2–5	—

Iran	5–0	Lebanon
Ghoochannejhad 26', 62' Nekounam 45+1' (pen.), 61' (pen.), 80'	Report

Thailand	1–3	Kuwait
Chanathip 76'	Report	Theeraton 25' (o.g.) Fadel 59' Aman 65'

Lebanon	5–2	Thailand
Chaito 6', 22' Haidar 31' Maatouk 72' Onika 90+1'	Report	Thitipan 49', 85'

Kuwait	1–1	Iran
Awadh 76' (pen.)	Report	Shojaei 45'

Lebanon	1–1	Kuwait
Ghaddar 50'	Report	Nasser 26'

Iran	2–1	Thailand
Hosseini 67' Ghoochannejhad 70'	Report	Teerasil 80'

Thailand	0–3	Iran
	Report	Dejagah 28' Ghoochannejhad 42' Jahanbakhsh 90+5'

Kuwait	0–0	Lebanon
	Report

Lebanon	1–4	Iran
Haidar 79'	Report	Sadeghi 39' Dejagah 51' Nekounam 55' (pen.) Ghoochannejhad 65'

Kuwait	3–1	Thailand
Nasser 19', 71' Awadh 56' (pen.)	Report	Mongkol 68'

Iran	3–2	Kuwait
Karimi 2' Fadel 61' (o.g.) Ansarifard 90+1'	Report	Ali 18' Al-Rashidi 89'

Thailand	2–5	Lebanon
Teeratep 23' (pen.) Adisak 76'	Report	Ghaddar 2' Maatouk 18', 46' Saad 45+1' Antar 63'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	6	5	1	0	9	3	+6	16		—	2–1	2–1	1–0
Iraq	6	3	0	3	7	6	+1	9		0–2	—	3–1	1–0
China	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8		0–0	1–0	—	1–0
Indonesia	6	0	1	5	2	8	−6	1		1–2	0–2	1–1	—

Iraq	1–0	Indonesia
Mahmoud 66'	Report

Saudi Arabia	2–1	China
Al-Muwallad 23' Hazazi 77'	Report	Zhao Xuri 29'

China	1–0	Iraq
Yu Dabao 90+3'	Report

Indonesia	1–2	Saudi Arabia
Boaz 5'	Report	Al-Salem 14', 55'

Indonesia	1–1	China
Boaz 67'	Report	Wu Xi 36'

Iraq	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Hawsawi 34' Al-Shamrani 78'

China	1–0	Indonesia
Wu Lei 45+1'	Report

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Iraq
Al-Jassim 18' Al-Shamrani 60'	Report	Mahmoud 45+1'

China	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	Report

Indonesia	0–2	Iraq
	Report	Ahmed 27' Jassim 32' (pen.)

Iraq	3–1	China
Mahmoud 23', 43' Adnan 58'	Report	Zhang Xizhe 73' (pen.)

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Indonesia
Al-Muwallad 87'	Report

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain	6	4	2	0	7	1	+6	14		—	1–0	1–0	2–0
Qatar	6	4	1	1	13	2	+11	13		0–0	—	1–0	6–0
Malaysia	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7		1–1	0–1	—	2–1
Yemen	6	0	0	6	3	18	−15	0		0–2	1–4	1–2	—

Yemen	0–2	Bahrain
	Report	Aaish 49' Al Amer 85'

Qatar	2–0	Malaysia
Ibrahim 55' Ahmed 90+3'	Report

Malaysia	2–1	Yemen
Azamuddin 27' Khyril 80'	Report	Al-Hagri 12'

Bahrain	1–0	Qatar
Aaish 20'	Report

Qatar	6–0	Yemen
Ibrahim 4' (pen.), 61', 76' Al-Haydos 24' Soria 70' Afif 90+1'	Report

Malaysia	1–1	Bahrain
Norshahrul 70'	Report	Saleh 45+1'

Yemen	1–4	Qatar
Al-Sasi 26'	Report	Soria 3' Hassan 32' Kasola 54' Jeddo 68'

Bahrain	1–0	Malaysia
Abdul-Latif 72'	Report

Malaysia	0–1	Qatar
	Report	Al-Ali 65'

Bahrain	2–0	Yemen
Salmeen 2' Aaish 88'	Report

Yemen	1–2	Malaysia
Al-Sarori 60'	Report	Amri 16' Fakri 77'

Qatar	0–0	Bahrain
	Report

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Emirates	6	5	1	0	18	3	+15	16		—	2–1	4–0	5–0
Uzbekistan	6	3	2	1	10	4	+6	11		1–1	—	0–0	3–1
Hong Kong	6	1	1	4	2	13	−11	4		0–4	0–2	—	1–0
Vietnam	6	1	0	5	5	15	−10	3		1–2	0–3	3–1	—

Uzbekistan	0–0	Hong Kong
	Report

Vietnam	1–2	United Arab Emirates
Huỳnh Quốc Anh 59'	Report	Khalil 6' (pen.) Fardan 67'

Hong Kong	1–0	Vietnam
Chan Wai Ho 87'	Report

United Arab Emirates	2–1	Uzbekistan
Khalil 58' Mabkhout 61'	Report	Gadoev 16'

Hong Kong	0–4	United Arab Emirates
	Report	Mabkhout 30', 55', 90' Abbas 90+5'

Uzbekistan	3–1	Vietnam
Rashidov 69' Âu Văn Hoàn 74' (o.g.) Sergeev 90+2'	Report	Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 77'

Vietnam	0–3	Uzbekistan
	Report	Shodiev 40' Sergeev 46' Rashidov 89'

United Arab Emirates	4–0	Hong Kong
Saleh 27' Abbas 40' Abdulrahman 80' Al Hammadi 88'	Report

Hong Kong	0–2	Uzbekistan
	Report	Shodiev 84' Ahmedov 89'

United Arab Emirates	5–0	Vietnam
Abbas 19' Matar 25' Mabkhout 31' Fardan 37' Khalil 90+2'	Report

Uzbekistan	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Sergeev 85'	Report	Al Hammadi 67'

Vietnam	3–1	Hong Kong
Huỳnh Quốc Anh 24' Nguyễn Anh Đức 68' Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 83'	Report	Lo Kwan Yee 81'

Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team, the following criteria were used:

1. Number of points obtained in the group matches
2. Goal difference in the group matches
3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches
4. Fewer points calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
5. Drawing of lots

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
C	China	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
B	Lebanon	6	2	2	2	12	14	−2	8
D	Malaysia	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
A	Syria	6	1	1	4	7	7	0	4
E	Hong Kong	6	1	1	4	2	13	−11	4

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Reza Ghoochannejhad
• Ali Mabkhout

4 goals

• Javad Nekounam
• Younis Mahmoud
• Khalfan Ibrahim

3 goals

• Faouzi Aaish
• Tha'er Bawab
• Ahmad Hayel
• Yousef Nasser
• Hassan Maatouk
• Walid Abbas
• Ahmed Khalil
• Igor Sergeev

2 goals

• Boaz Solossa
• Ashkan Dejagah
• Fahad Awadh
• Hassan Chaito
• Mohammed Ghaddar
• Mohamad Haidar
• Eid Al-Farsi
• Qasim Said
• Sebastián Soria
• Fahad Al-Muwallad
• Yousef Al-Salem
• Nasser Al-Shamrani
• Khairul Amri
• Thitipan Puangchan
• Ismail Al Hammadi
• Habib Fardan
• Sardor Rashidov
• Vokhid Shodiev
• Huỳnh Quốc Anh
• Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng

1 goal

• Ismail Abdul-Latif
• Saad Al Amer
• Abdulla Saleh
• Mohamed Salmeen
• Wu Lei
• Wu Xi
• Yu Dabao
• Zhang Xizhe
• Zhao Xuri
• Chan Wai Ho
• Lo Kwan Yee
• Karim Ansarifard
• Jalal Hosseini
• Alireza Jahanbakhsh
• Yaghoub Karimi
• Amir Hossein Sadeghi
• Masoud Shojaei
• Ali Adnan
• Hammadi Ahmad
• Karrar Jassim
• Mossab Al-Laham
• Yusuf Al-Rawashdeh
• Khalil Bani Attiah
• Abdallah Deeb
• Fahad Al-Rashidi
• Waleed Ali
• Hamad Aman
• Hussain Fadel
• Abbas Ali Atwi
• Roda Antar
• Soony Saad
• Azamuddin Akil
• Mohd Amri Yahyah
• Ahmad Fakri Saarani
• Khyril Muhymeen
• Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
• Sami Al-Hasani
• Amad Al Hosni
• Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
• Ali Afif
• Yusef Ahmed
• Abdulkarim Al-Ali
• Hassan Al-Haydos
• Abdelkarim Hassan
• Jeddo
• Mohammed Kasola
• Taisir Al-Jassim
• Osama Hawsawi
• Naif Hazazi
• Shahril Ishak
• Gabriel Quak
• Ahmad Al Douni
• Abdul Fattah Al Agha
• Oday Jafal
• Omar Khribin
• Sanharib Malki
• Raja Rafe
• Burhan Sahyouni
• Adisak Kraisorn
• Chanathip Songkrasin
• Mongkol Tossakrai
• Teerasil Dangda
• Teeratep Winothai
• Omar Abdulrahman
• Ismail Matar
• Salem Saleh
• Odil Ahmedov
• Shohruh Gadoev
• Nguyễn Anh Đức
• Ayman Al-Hagri
• Mohammed Al-Sarori
• Ala'a Al-Sasi

Own goals

• Hussain Fadel (playing against Iran)
• Theeraton Bunmathan (playing against Kuwait)
• Âu Văn Hoàn (playing against Uzbekistan)

Notes

1. ^ The Singapore v Oman and Syria v Jordan matches on Matchday 2 were rescheduled from the original date of 22 March 2013 on the request of the football associations of Oman and Jordan so that their respective national teams can prepare for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC fourth round matches on 26 March 2013.
2. ^ Syria played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns.
3. ^ The Oman v Jordan match on Matchday 4 and Singapore v Jordan match on Matchday 5 were rescheduled from the original dates of 15 and 19 November 2013 due to Jordan's qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification inter-confederation play-off matches on 14 and 20 November 2013.
4. ^ Iraq played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns.
5. ^ Yemen played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns.

References

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External links

• AFC Asian Cup (Official website) (in English)
• AFC Asian Cup, the-AFC.com

• 2015 AFC Asian Cup
• AFC Asian Cup qualification
• 2013 in Asian football
• 2014 in Asian football