2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
Tournament details
Dates	5 September 2019 – 15 June 2021
Teams	40 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	157
Goals scored	519 (3.31 per match)
Attendance	1,598,753 (10,183 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Mabkhout; (11 goals)
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The AFC second round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, which also served as the second round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, was played from 5 September 2019 to 15 June 2021.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Format

A total of forty teams were drawn into eight groups of five to play home-and-away round-robin matches. They included the 34 teams (teams ranked 1–34 in the AFC entrant list) which received byes to this round, and the six winners from the first round.

Seven group winners (excluding Qatar, who had already qualified to the World Cup as tournament hosts) and the five best runners-up advanced to the third round.

Matches in this round were also part of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifying campaign.^[4] The twelve teams which advanced to the third round of the FIFA World Cup qualification and Qatar, as group winners, automatically qualified for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.^[5] Twenty-four teams (22 of which advanced directly and two which advanced from an additional play-off round)^[6] played in the third round of the AFC Asian Cup qualification to decide the remaining eleven teams. In total, the 2023 AFC Asian Cup featured 24 teams.

Seeding

The draw for the second round was held on 17 July 2019 at 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[7]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of June 2019 (shown in parentheses below).^[8]

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the Third round.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Iran (20) Japan (28) South Korea (37) Australia (43) Qatar (55)^{[note 1]} United Arab Emirates (67) Saudi Arabia (69) China (73)^{[note 2]}	Iraq (77) Uzbekistan (82) Syria (85) Oman (86) Lebanon (99) Kyrgyzstan (95) Vietnam (96) Jordan (98)	Palestine (100) India (101) Bahrain (110) Thailand (116) Tajikistan (120) North Korea (122)^W Chinese Taipei (125) Philippines (126)	Turkmenistan (135) Myanmar (138) Hong Kong (141) Yemen (144) Afghanistan (149) Maldives (151) Kuwait (156) Malaysia (159)^†	Indonesia (160) Singapore (162) Nepal (165) Cambodia (169)^† Bangladesh (183)^† Mongolia (187)^† Guam (190)^† Sri Lanka (201)^†

^† First round winners
^W Withdrew after five matches

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

On 5 March 2020, FIFA announced that it would be monitoring the health situation in the region for possible rescheduling of matchdays 7 through 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9] Later on 9 March, FIFA and AFC jointly announced that the matches on matchdays 7–10 due to take place in March and June 2020 were postponed, with the new dates to be confirmed. However, subject to approval by FIFA and AFC, and agreement of both member associations, the matches may be played as scheduled provided that all individuals' safety meets the required standards.^[10]^[11] On 5 June, AFC confirmed that matchdays 7 and 8 were scheduled to take place on 8 and 13 October respectively while matchdays 9 and 10 were scheduled to kick off on 12 and 17 November.^[12] On 12 August, FIFA announced that the matches scheduled for October and November 2020 would be rescheduled to 2021.^[13]^[14]

On 11 November 2020, the AFC Competitions Committee agreed at its third meeting that all second-round matches should be completed by 15 June 2021 with matchdays 7 and 8 in March and 9 and 10 in June.^[3] On the same day, however, FIFA, along with the Bangladeshi and Qatari associations, approved the only second-round match originally scheduled for 2020, Qatar versus Bangladesh, which was played on 4 December.^[15]

On 19 February 2021, FIFA and AFC postponed most of the upcoming matches to June.^[16]

Note: The group spots of Qatar and Bangladesh were swapped due to Qatar's planned participation in the 2020 Copa América, which was later deferred (becoming the 2021 Copa América). Qatar eventually withdrew.

Matchday	Date(s)	Matches
Matchday 1	5 September 2019	3 v 2, 5 v 4
Matchday 2	10 September 2019	4 v 1, 5 v 3
Matchday 3	10 October 2019	1 v 5, 2 v 4
Matchday 4	15 October 2019	5 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 5	14 November 2019	4 v 3, 2 v 1
Matchday 6	19 November 2019	2 v 3, 4 v 5
Matchday 7	25 March, 28 May and 3 June 2021	1 v 4, 3 v 5
Matchday 8	4 December 2020, 30 March and 7 & 9 June 2021	5 v 1, 4 v 2
Matchday 9	30 March, 30 May and 11 June 2021	2 v 5, 1 v 3
Matchday 10	13 and 15 June 2021	3 v 4, 1 v 2

Original group stage schedule
Matchday	Date
Matchday 7	26 March 2020, later 8 October
Matchday 8	31 March 2020, later 13 October
Matchday 9	4 June 2020, later 12 November, then 7 June 2021
Matchday 10	9 June 2020, later 17 November

Centralised venues

On 12 March 2021, AFC confirmed the hosts for the group stage scheduled to take place from 31 May to 15 June.^[17]

Group A: United Arab Emirates (China hosted Guam on 28 May.)
Group B: Kuwait
Group C: Bahrain
Group D: Saudi Arabia
Group E: Qatar
Group F: Japan
Group G: United Arab Emirates
Group H: South Korea

In general, these hosts were the seeded (Pot 1) teams from each group. The exceptions were Group A (where United Arab Emirates took over hosting duties after China could not host due to COVID-19 restrictions), Group B (where Pot 4 team Kuwait hosted rather than Australia), and Group C (where Pot 3 team Bahrain hosted rather than Iran).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Syria	8	7	0	1	22	7	+15	21	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–0
2	China^[a]	8	6	1	1	30	3	+27	19	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	3–1	—	2–0	5–0	7–0
3	Philippines	8	3	2	3	12	11	+1	11	Asian Cup qualifying third round	2–5	0–0	—	1–1	3–0
4	Maldives	8	2	1	5	7	20	−13	7	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–4	0–5	1–2	—	3–1
5	Guam	8	0	0	8	2	32	−30	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–3	0–7	1–4	0–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ China qualified for the Asian Cup as the host nation. They withdrew as the host in May 2022.

5 September 2019

15:30 UTC+10

Guam	0–1	Maldives
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mahudhee 27'

Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo

Attendance: 714

Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

5 September 2019

19:30 UTC+8

Philippines	2–5	Syria
Patiño 6' Mi. Ott 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al Somah 14', 55' Mobayed 30' Al-Khatib 48' (pen.) Al-Mawas 85'

Panaad Stadium, Bacolod

Attendance: 2,645

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

10 September 2019

15:30 UTC+10

Guam	1–4	Philippines
Lopez 67' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Guirado 7' Reichelt 12' Schröck 71' Strauß 81'

Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo

Attendance: 1,096

Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

10 September 2019

20:00 UTC+5

Maldives	0–5	China
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Xi 34' Wu Lei 45' Yang Xu 64' (pen.) Elkeson 83' (pen.), 90+1'

National Football Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 3,700

Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

10 October 2019

20:00 UTC+8

China	7–0	Guam
Yang Xu 6', 19', 24', 31' Wu Lei 17' Wu Xi 45+1' Elkeson 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 39,987

Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

10 October 2019

18:00 UTC+4

Syria	2–1	Maldives
Al Somah 26', 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ashfaq 70'

Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

15 October 2019

20:00 UTC+8

Philippines	0–0	China
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Panaad Stadium, Bacolod

Attendance: 2,982

Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

15 October 2019^{[note 4]}

18:00 UTC+4

Syria	4–0	Guam
Al Somah 3', 44', 83' Al-Mawas 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 2,050

Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

14 November 2019

16:00 UTC+5

Maldives	1–2	Philippines
N. Hassan 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ramsay 52' Strauß 68'

National Football Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 2,700

Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

14 November 2019

18:00 UTC+4

Syria	2–1	China
Omari 19' Zhang Linpeng 76' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Lei 30'

Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 6,950

Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

19 November 2019

16:00 UTC+5

Maldives	3–1	Guam
Samooh 23' T. Nicklaw 38' (o.g.) Ashfaq 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Matkin 49'

National Football Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 2,612

Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

19 November 2019

18:00 UTC+4

Syria	1–0	Philippines
Al Salama 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 2,445

Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)

30 May 2021^{[note 5]}

19:30 UTC+8

Guam	0–7	China
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Lei 20' (pen.), 55' Jin Jingdao 39' Wu Xi 61' Elkeson 65' Alan 83', 87'

Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou (China)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 29,222

Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

4 June 2021^{[note 5]}

20:00 UTC+4

Maldives	0–4	Syria
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Mawas 29', 45+2' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Aosman 33' (pen.)

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

7 June 2021^{[note 4]}^{[note 7]}

18:00 UTC+4

Guam	0–3	Syria
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mardikian 6', 9' Al-Mawas 84'

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

21:00 UTC+4

China	2–0	Philippines
Wu Lei 56' (pen.) Wu Xinghan 65'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

11 June 2021^{[note 8]}

18:00 UTC+4

Philippines	3–0	Guam
Guirado 12' Lopez 60' (o.g.) Hartmann 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

11 June 2021^{[note 8]}

21:00 UTC+4

China	5–0	Maldives
Liu Binbin 5' Wu Lei 30' Alan 68' Zhang Yuning 69' Tan Long 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

19:00 UTC+4

Philippines	1–1	Maldives
Guirado 19'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Fasir 25'

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

22:00 UTC+4

China	3–1	Syria
Zhang Xizhe 43' Wu Lei 69' (pen.) Zhang Yuning 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Aosman 50'

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Goalscorers

There were 73 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.65 goals per match.

8 goals

Wu Lei

7 goals

Omar Al Somah

6 goals

Mahmoud Al-Mawas

5 goals

Yang Xu

4 goals

Elkeson

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Zhang Linpeng (against Syria)
Marcus Lopez (against Philippines)
Travis Nicklaw (against Maldives)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	8	8	0	0	28	2	+26	24	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	3–0	1–0	5–0	5–1
2	Kuwait	8	4	2	2	19	7	+12	14	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–3	—	0–0	7–0	9–0
3	Jordan	8	4	2	2	13	3	+10	14		0–1	0–0	—	3–0	5–0
4	Nepal	8	2	0	6	4	22	−18	6		0–3	0–1	0–3	—	2–0
5	Chinese Taipei	8	0	0	8	4	34	−30	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	1–7	1–2	1–2	0–2	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019

19:10 UTC+8

Chinese Taipei	1–2	Jordan
Wen Chih-hao 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Faisal 19' Samir 37'

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 5,520

Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

5 September 2019^{[note 10]}

20:00 UTC+3

Kuwait	7–0	Nepal
Nasser 6', 50' Al Hajeri 13' Mawei 59' Al-Mutawa 67' Abujabarah 90+4' Al-Musawi 90+7'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

10 September 2019^{[note 10]}

19:10 UTC+8

Chinese Taipei	0–2	Nepal
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Bista 4', 62'

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 4,780

Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

10 September 2019

18:30 UTC+3

Kuwait	0–3	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Leckie 7', 30' Mooy 38'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 11,852

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

10 October 2019

20:00 UTC+11

Australia	5–0	Nepal
Maclaren 6', 19', 90' Souttar 23', 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 18,563

Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

10 October 2019

19:00 UTC+3

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 10,720

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

15 October 2019

19:40 UTC+8

Chinese Taipei	1–7	Australia
Chen Yi-wei 21'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Taggart 12', 19' Irvine 34', 37' Souttar 73', 89' Maclaren 84'

National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 3,251

Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

15 October 2019^{[note 10]}

19:00 UTC+3

Jordan	3–0	Nepal
Shelbaieh 56' (pen.) Ersan 78' Faisal 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 4,863

Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)

14 November 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Kuwait	9–0	Chinese Taipei
Nasser 22', 59' Al Ansari 42' Al-Faneeni 49' Al-Mutawa 55' Zayid 62' Al-Khaldi 73' Chen Wei-chuan 77' (o.g.) Ajab 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 8,400

Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

14 November 2019

18:00 UTC+2

Jordan	0–1	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Taggart 13'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 9,712

Referee: Fu Ming (China)

19 November 2019^{[note 10]}

15:00 UTC+6

Nepal	0–1	Kuwait
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Mutawa 28'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu (Bhutan)^{[note 11]}

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

19 November 2019

18:00 UTC+2

Jordan	5–0	Chinese Taipei
Faisal 4', 75' Ersan 25' Al-Ajalin 43' Al-Dardour 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 2,260

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

3 June 2021^{[note 10]}^{[note 8]}

19:00 UTC+3

Nepal	2–0	Chinese Taipei
An. Bista 3' (pen.) N. Shrestha 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

22:00 UTC+3

Australia	3–0	Kuwait
Leckie 1' Irvine 24' Hrustic 66'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

7 June 2021^{[note 10]}^{[note 7]}

19:00 UTC+3

Nepal	0–3	Jordan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Faisal 23' (pen.), 48' Al-Arab 67'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

22:00 UTC+3

Australia	5–1	Chinese Taipei
Souttar 12' Maclaren 27' (pen.) Sainsbury 41' Duke 46', 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Gao Wei-jie 62'

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Saoud Al-Adba (Qatar)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

19:00 UTC+3

Nepal	0–3	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Leckie 6' Karačić 38' Boyle 57'

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

22:00 UTC+3

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

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

19:00 UTC+3

Australia	1–0	Jordan
Souttar 77'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kim Woo-Sung (South Korea)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

22:00 UTC+3

Chinese Taipei	1–2	Kuwait
Wu Chun-ching 51'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nasser 14', 71'

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Goalscorers

There were 68 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

Jamie Maclaren

4 goals

Mathew Leckie

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Chen Wei-chuan (against Kuwait)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	8	6	0	2	34	4	+30	18	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	1–0	3–0	3–1	14–0
2	Iraq	8	5	2	1	14	4	+10	17	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	2–1	—	0–0	2–0	4–1
3	Bahrain	8	4	3	1	15	4	+11	15	Asian Cup qualifying third round	1–0	1–1	—	4–0	8–0
4	Hong Kong	8	1	2	5	4	13	−9	5	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–2	0–1	0–0	—	2–0
5	Cambodia	8	0	1	7	2	44	−42	1	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–10	0–4	0–1	1–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019

18:30 UTC+7

Cambodia	1–1	Hong Kong
Sokpheng 33'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Tan Chun Lok 16'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

5 September 2019

19:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	1–1	Iraq
Al Aswad 9'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	M. Ali 85'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 6,049

Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

10 September 2019

18:30 UTC+7

Cambodia	0–1	Bahrain
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al Aswad 78'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

10 September 2019

20:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	0–2	Iran
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Azmoun 23' Ansarifard 54'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 13,942

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

10 October 2019

17:00 UTC+3:30

Iran	14–0	Cambodia
Nourollahi 5' Azmoun 11', 35', 44' Kanaanizadegan 18' Visal 22' (o.g.) Ansarifard 40', 48', 60', 88' Taremi 54' Mohebi 65', 67' Me. Mohammadi 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 15,823

Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)

10 October 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Iraq	2–0	Hong Kong
M. Ali 37' Adnan 79' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Basra International Stadium, Basra

Attendance: 32,340

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

15 October 2019

18:30 UTC+7

Cambodia	0–4	Iraq
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Bayesh 22' M. Ali 41' Attwan 57' Ibrahim 62'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 48,258

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

15 October 2019

19:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	1–0	Iran
Al-Hardan 65' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 14,810

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

14 November 2019

20:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	0–0	Bahrain
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,541

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

14 November 2019

16:00 UTC+2

Iraq	2–1	Iran
M. Ali 11' Abbas 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nourollahi 25'

Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan)^{[note 12]}

Attendance: 13,752

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

19 November 2019

20:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	2–0	Cambodia
Ha 20' Roberto 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,497

Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

19 November 2019

16:00 UTC+2

Iraq	0–0	Bahrain
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan)^{[note 12]}

Attendance: 10,366

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

17:30 UTC+3

Iran	3–1	Hong Kong
Gholizadeh 23' Amiri 61' Ansarifard 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Cheng Siu Kwan 85'

Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

19:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	8–0	Cambodia
Al Aswad 8', 71' Al-Romaihi 45+2' Madan 46', 65' Al-Shaikh 51' Abdullatif 75', 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

17:30 UTC+3

Iraq	4–1	Cambodia
M. Ali 1' Resan 23' Adnan 27' (pen.) Hadi 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Visal 55'

Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

19:30 UTC+3

Iran	3–0	Bahrain
Azmoun 54', 61' Taremi 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Fu Ming (China)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

17:30 UTC+3

Cambodia	0–10	Iran
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Jahanbakhsh 16' (pen.) Khalilzadeh 22' Taremi 27' Rotana 32' (o.g.) Mohammadi 58' Pouraliganji 64' Ansarifard 77' (pen.) Rezaei 80', 87' Ghayedi 84'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

19:30 UTC+3

Hong Kong	0–1	Iraq
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Fung Hing Wa 11' (o.g.)

Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

19:30 UTC+3

Iran	1–0	Iraq
Azmoun 35'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

19:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	4–0	Hong Kong
Saeed 49' Isa 54' (pen.), 70' Abdullatif 90' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

Mohanad Ali

4 goals

Kamil Al-Aswad

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Soeuy Visal (against Iran)
Sor Rotana (against Iran)
Fung Hing Wa (against Iraq)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	8	6	2	0	22	4	+18	20	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	3–0	5–0	3–0	3–0
2	Uzbekistan	8	5	0	3	18	9	+9	15	Asian Cup qualifying third round	2–3	—	2–0	5–0	5–0
3	Palestine	8	3	1	4	10	10	0	10		0–0	2–0	—	4–0	3–0
4	Singapore	8	2	1	5	7	22	−15	7		0–3	1–3	2–1	—	2–2
5	Yemen	8	1	2	5	6	18	−12	5		2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019

19:45 UTC+8

Singapore	2–2	Yemen
Ikhsan 27' Faris 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Matari 34' Qarawi 45'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 7,018

Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

5 September 2019

17:00 UTC+3

Palestine	2–0	Uzbekistan
Dabbagh 60' Batran 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram

Attendance: 6,740

Referee: Fu Ming (China)

10 September 2019

19:45 UTC+8

Singapore	2–1	Palestine
Shakir 3' Safuwan 38'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hamed 13'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 6,011

Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

10 September 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Yemen	2–2	Saudi Arabia
Qarawi 8' Al-Dahi 37'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Bahebri 23' Al-Dawsari 48'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa (Bahrain)^{[note 13]}

Attendance: 3,100

Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

10 October 2019

17:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	5–0	Yemen
Kodirkulov 3' Shomurodov 33' Iskanderov 53' Tukhtakhujaev 72' Sergeev 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 28,571

Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

10 October 2019

20:00 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Singapore
Asiri 28', 67' Al-Hamdan 61'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah

Attendance: 14,560

Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

15 October 2019

19:45 UTC+8

Singapore	1–3	Uzbekistan
Ikhsan 45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ahmedov 15' Shomurodov 51', 90+2'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 12,547

Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)

15 October 2019

16:00 UTC+3

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

Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

14 November 2019

17:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	2–3	Saudi Arabia
Shomurodov 16' Shukurov 56' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Faraj 23' (pen.), 85' Al-Dawsari 89'

Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 31,524

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

14 November 2019

18:00 UTC+3

Yemen	1–0	Palestine
Al-Dahi 54'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sheikh Ali Bin Mohamad Stadium, Muharraq (Bahrain)^{[note 13]}

Attendance: 530

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

19 November 2019

17:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	2–0	Palestine
Shomurodov 18', 58'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 19,143

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

19 November 2019

18:00 UTC+3

Yemen	1–2	Singapore
Al-Gahwashi 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ikhsan 19' Hafiz 52'

Sheikh Ali Bin Mohamad Stadium, Muharraq (Bahrain)^{[note 13]}

Attendance: 650

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

30 March 2021^{[note 7]}

20:30 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	5–0	Palestine
Al-Shahrani 37' Al-Muwallad 43' Al-Shehri 52', 58' S. Al-Dawsari 88' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 1

Referee: Mohanad Qasim (Iraq)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

21:00 UTC+3

Palestine	4–0	Singapore
Seyam 19' (pen.), 30' (pen.) Dabbagh 23' Hamed 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 294

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

5 June 2021^{[note 8]}

21:00 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Yemen
Al-Dawsari 4' Al-Muwallad 17', 32'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 4,382

Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

21:00 UTC+3

Uzbekistan	5–0	Singapore
Masharipov 6', 34' Shomurodov 45+1' Ahmedov 50' Irfan 88' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 75

Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

21:00 UTC+3

Yemen	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Masharipov 19' (pen.)

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 230

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

21:00 UTC+3

Singapore	0–3	Saudi Arabia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Dawsari 84' Al-Muwallad 86' Al-Shehri 90+6'

King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 4,879

Referee: Mohanad Qasim (Iraq)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

21:00 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Uzbekistan
Al-Faraj 25', 33' Al-Hassan 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 6,339

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

21:00 UTC+3

Palestine	3–0	Yemen
Dabbagh 43', 84' Hamed 45+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 430

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Goalscorers

There were 62 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.

7 goals

Eldor Shomurodov

5 goals

Salem Al-Dawsari

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar^[a]	8	7	1	0	18	1	+17	22	Asian Cup	—	2–1	0–0	6–0	5–0
2	Oman	8	6	0	2	16	6	+10	18	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	0–1	—	1–0	3–0	4–1
3	India	8	1	4	3	6	7	−1	7	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	1–1
4	Afghanistan	8	1	3	4	5	15	−10	6		0–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–0
5	Bangladesh	8	0	2	6	3	19	−16	2		0–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Qatar has already qualified for the World Cup as the host nation. They are later selected as host replacement within the qualified teams of the Asian Cup.

The group spots of Qatar and Bangladesh were swapped due to Qatar's planned participation in the 2020 Copa América. The tournament was later deferred (becoming the 2021 Copa América), and eventually Qatar withdrew from it.

5 September 2019

19:30 UTC+5:30

India	1–2	Oman
Chhetri 24'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Alawi 82', 90'

Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati

Attendance: 22,798

Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

5 September 2019

19:30 UTC+3

Qatar	6–0	Afghanistan
A. Ali 4', 10', 51' Al-Haydos 13' Hassan 34' Khoukhi 67'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 10,950

Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

10 September 2019

19:00 UTC+5

Afghanistan	1–0	Bangladesh
Noor 27'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe (Tajikistan)^{[note 14]}

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

10 September 2019

19:30 UTC+3

Qatar	0–0	India
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 12,020

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

10 October 2019

19:00 UTC+6

Bangladesh	0–2	Qatar
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Abdurisag 28' Boudiaf 90+2'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 24,570

Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)

10 October 2019

19:00 UTC+4

Oman	3–0	Afghanistan
Al-Muqbali 27', 38' Al-Ghassani 61' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

15 October 2019

19:30 UTC+5:30

India	1–1	Bangladesh
Khan 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Saad 42'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 53,286

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

15 October 2019

19:30 UTC+3

Qatar	2–1	Oman
Ak. Afif 2' Ali 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	R. Al-Alawi 63'

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 26,731

Referee: Fu Ming (China)

14 November 2019

19:00 UTC+5

Afghanistan	1–1	India
Nazary 45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Doungel 90+3'

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe (Tajikistan)^{[note 14]}

Attendance: 8,100

Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

14 November 2019

19:00 UTC+4

Oman	4–1	Bangladesh
Al-Khaldi 48' R. Al-Alawi 68' A. Al-Alawi 78' Al-Hidi 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Biplu 81'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

19 November 2019

19:00 UTC+5

Afghanistan	0–1	Qatar
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Afif 76' (pen.)

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe (Tajikistan)^{[note 14]}

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

19 November 2019

19:00 UTC+4

Oman	1–0	India
Al-Ghassani 33'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 24,250

Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

4 December 2020^{[note 15]}

19:00 UTC+3

Qatar	5–0	Bangladesh
Hatem 9' Afif 33', 90+2' Ali 72' (pen.), 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 1,044

Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

17:00 UTC+3

Bangladesh	1–1	Afghanistan
Barman 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Sharifi 47'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 300

Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

20:00 UTC+3

India	0–1	Qatar
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hatem 33'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 2,022

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

17:00 UTC+3

Bangladesh	0–2	India
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Chhetri 79', 90+2'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 495

Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

20:00 UTC+3

Oman	0–1	Qatar
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Haydos 39' (pen.)

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 1,559

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

20:10 UTC+3

Afghanistan	1–2	Oman
Popalzay 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Fawaz 13', 51'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 183

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

17:00 UTC+3

India	1–1	Afghanistan
Azizi 75' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Zamani 81'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 603

Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

20:10 UTC+3

Bangladesh	0–3	Oman
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Ghafri 22' Al-Hajri 60', 80'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 885

Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.

6 goals

Almoez Ali

4 goals

3 goals

Sunil Chhetri

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Ovays Azizi (against India)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	8	8	0	0	46	2	+44	24	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	4–1	5–1	6–0	10–0
2	Tajikistan	8	4	1	3	14	12	+2	13	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–3	—	1–0	3–0	4–0
3	Kyrgyzstan	8	3	1	4	19	12	+7	10		0–2	1–1	—	0–1	7–0
4	Mongolia	8	2	0	6	3	27	−24	6		0–14	0–1	1–2	—	1–0
5	Myanmar	8	2	0	6	6	35	−29	6		0–2	4–3	1–8	1–0	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019

17:00 UTC+8

Mongolia	1–0	Myanmar
Amaraa 17'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

Attendance: 3,221

Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)

5 September 2019

19:00 UTC+5

Tajikistan	1–0	Kyrgyzstan
A. Dzhalilov 41'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 17,800

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

10 September 2019

17:00 UTC+8

Mongolia	0–1	Tajikistan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	D. Ergashev 81'

MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

Attendance: 3,455

Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

10 September 2019

18:50 UTC+6:30

Myanmar	0–2	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nakajima 16' Minamino 26'

Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon

Attendance: 25,500

Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

10 October 2019

19:35 UTC+9

Japan	6–0	Mongolia
Minamino 22' Yoshida 29' Nagatomo 33' Nagai 40' Endō 57' Kamada 82'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 43,122

Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)

10 October 2019

20:30 UTC+6

Kyrgyzstan	7–0	Myanmar
Bernhardt 5', 10', 87' (pen.) Shukurov 20', 71' Alykulov 26' Kichin 45'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)

15 October 2019

16:00 UTC+8

Mongolia	1–2	Kyrgyzstan
Tsedenbal 57' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Alykulov 13' Murzaev 42'

MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

Attendance: 2,182

Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

15 October 2019

17:15 UTC+5

Tajikistan	0–3	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Minamino 53', 55' Asano 82'

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 19,100

Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)

14 November 2019

17:00 UTC+6:30

Myanmar	4–3	Tajikistan
Suan Lam Mang 10', 41' Aung Thu 48' Maung Maung Lwin 63'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	M. Dzhalilov 36' (pen.), 76' Vosiyev 57'

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay

Attendance: 7,365

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

14 November 2019

17:18 UTC+6

Kyrgyzstan	0–2	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Minamino 41' (pen.) Haraguchi 54'

Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 17,543

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

19 November 2019

17:00 UTC+6:30

Myanmar	1–0	Mongolia
Hlaing Bo Bo 17'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay

Attendance: 17,468

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

19 November 2019

20:00 UTC+6

Kyrgyzstan	1–1	Tajikistan
Kozubaev 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ergashev 17'

Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 15,873

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

25 March 2021^{[note 8]}

18:00 UTC+5

Tajikistan	3–0	Mongolia
M. Dzhalilov 4' A. Dzhalilov 50' Samiev 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 9,300

Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

30 March 2021^{[note 5]}

19:30 UTC+9

Mongolia	0–14	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Minamino 13' Osako 23', 55', 90+2' Kamada 26' Morita 33' Tuya 39' (o.g.) Inagaki 68', 90+3' Itō 73', 79' Furuhashi 78', 87' Asano 90+1'

Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba (Japan)^{[note 16]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)

28 May 2021^{[note 8]}

19:20 UTC+9

Japan	10–0	Myanmar
Minamino 8', 66' Osako 22', 30' (pen.), 36', 49', 88' Morita 57' Kamada 84' Itakura 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

16:00 UTC+9

Kyrgyzstan	0–1	Mongolia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mijiddorj 34'

Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka (Japan)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

19:30 UTC+9

Japan	4–1	Tajikistan
Furuhashi 6' Minamino 40' Hashimoto 51' Kawabe 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Panjshanbe 9'

Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

16:00 UTC+9

Myanmar	1–8	Kyrgyzstan
Hlaing Bo Bo 69'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Rustamov 22' Alykulov 29' Musabekov 34' Shukurov 45' Murzaev 45+2', 61', 78' Bokoleyev 63'

Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka (Japan)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

19:25 UTC+9

Japan	5–1	Kyrgyzstan
Onaiwu 27' (pen.), 31', 33' Sasaki 72' Asano 77'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Murzaev 45+2' (pen.)

Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

19:25 UTC+9

Tajikistan	4–0	Myanmar
Tursunov 34' Dzhalilov 53' Boboev 78' Samiev 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka (Japan)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)

Goalscorers

There were 88 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.4 goals per match.

9 goals

Takumi Minamino

8 goals

Yuya Osako

5 goals

Mirlan Murzaev

4 goals

Manuchekhr Dzhalilov

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Khash-Erdene Tuya (against Japan)

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	8	6	0	2	23	7	+16	18	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	3–2	4–0	3–1	5–0
2	Vietnam	8	5	2	1	13	5	+8	17	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	1–0	—	1–0	0–0	4–0
3	Malaysia	8	4	0	4	10	12	−2	12	Asian Cup qualifying third round	1–2	1–2	—	2–1	2–0
4	Thailand	8	2	3	3	9	9	0	9	Asian Cup qualifying third round	2–1	0–0	0–1	—	2–2
5	Indonesia	8	0	1	7	5	27	−22	1	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–3	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019

19:00 UTC+7

Thailand	0–0	Vietnam
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani

Attendance: 19,011

Referee: Saoud Al-Adba (Qatar)

5 September 2019

19:30 UTC+7

Indonesia	2–3	Malaysia
Beto 11', 38'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Sumareh 36', 90+6' Syafiq 65'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 54,659

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

10 September 2019

19:30 UTC+7

Indonesia	0–3	Thailand
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Supachok 55', 71' Theerathon 65' (pen.)

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 11,619

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

10 September 2019

20:45 UTC+8

Malaysia	1–2	United Arab Emirates
Syafiq 1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mabkhout 43', 75'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 43,200

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

10 October 2019

20:00 UTC+7

Vietnam	1–0	Malaysia
Nguyễn Quang Hải 40'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 38,256

Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

10 October 2019

20:00 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	5–0	Indonesia
Ibrahim 40' Mabkhout 51', 63' (pen.), 72' Ahmed 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 6,678^{[note 17]}

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

15 October 2019

19:30 UTC+8

Indonesia	1–3	Vietnam
Bachdim 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Đỗ Duy Mạnh 26' Quế Ngọc Hải 55' (pen.) Nguyễn Tiến Linh 61'

Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar^{[note 18]}

Attendance: 8,237

Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

15 October 2019

19:00 UTC+7

Thailand	2–1	United Arab Emirates
Teerasil 26' Ekanit 51'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mabkhout 45+2'

Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani

Attendance: 16,057

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

14 November 2019

20:45 UTC+8

Malaysia	2–1	Thailand
Gan 26' Sumareh 57'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Chanathip 7'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 39,363

Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

14 November 2019

20:00 UTC+7

Vietnam	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Nguyễn Tiến Linh 44'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 37,879

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

19 November 2019

20:45 UTC+8

Malaysia	2–0	Indonesia
Safawi 30', 73'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 75,044

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

19 November 2019

20:00 UTC+7

Vietnam	0–0	Thailand
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

20:45 UTC+4

Thailand	2–2	Indonesia
Narubadin 5' Adisak 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kadek 39' Evan 60'

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

20:45 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	4–0	Malaysia
Mabkhout 18', 90+1' Lima 83', 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Zabeel Stadium, Dubai^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 1,127

Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

20:45 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	3–1	Thailand
Caio 14' Lima 33' Jumaa 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Suphanat 54'

Zabeel Stadium, Dubai^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 980

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

20:45 UTC+4

Vietnam	4–0	Indonesia
Nguyễn Tiến Linh 51' Nguyễn Quang Hải 62' Nguyễn Công Phượng 67' Vũ Văn Thanh 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 225

Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Kuwait)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

20:45 UTC+4

Indonesia	0–5	United Arab Emirates
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mabkhout 22', 49' (pen.) Lima 28', 55' Tagliabúe 86'

Zabeel Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 963

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

20:45 UTC+4

Malaysia	1–2	Vietnam
Guilherme 72' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nguyễn Tiến Linh 27' Quế Ngọc Hải 82' (pen.)

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 335

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

20:45 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	3–2	Vietnam
Salmeen 32' Mabkhout 40' (pen.) Khamees 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nguyễn Tiến Linh 85' Trần Minh Vương 90+3'

Zabeel Stadium, Dubai^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 1,355

Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

20:45 UTC+4

Thailand	0–1	Malaysia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Safawi 52' (pen.)

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 142

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

Goalscorers

There were 60 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

11 goals

Ali Mabkhout

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	6	5	1	0	22	1	+21	16	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	2–1	5–0	8–0	~~Canc.~~
2	Lebanon	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	0–0	—	2–1	3–2	~~0–0~~
3	Turkmenistan	6	3	0	3	8	11	−3	9	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–2	3–2	—	2–0	~~3–1~~
4	Sri Lanka	6	0	0	6	2	23	−21	0	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–5	0–3	0–2	—	~~0–1~~
5	North Korea^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew	~~0–0~~	~~2–0~~	~~Canc.~~	~~Canc.~~	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ North Korea withdrew due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore the results of their matches were excluded from the group standings.^[32]^[33]

5 September 2019

17:30 UTC+9

North Korea	Voided (2–0)	Lebanon
Jong Il-gwan 7', 56'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)

5 September 2019

19:30 UTC+5:30

Sri Lanka	0–2	Turkmenistan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Orazsähedow 8' Amanow 53'

Colombo Racecourse, Colombo

Attendance: 1,120

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

10 September 2019

19:00 UTC+5

Turkmenistan	0–2	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Na Sang-ho 13' Jung Woo-young 82'

Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

10 September 2019

19:30 UTC+5:30

Sri Lanka	Voided (0–1)	North Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Jang Kuk-chol 67'

Colombo Racecourse, Colombo

Attendance: 1,258

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

10 October 2019

20:00 UTC+9

South Korea	8–0	Sri Lanka
Son Heung-min 10', 45+5' (pen.) Kim Shin-wook 17', 30', 54', 64' Hwang Hee-chan 20' Kwon Chang-hoon 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong

Attendance: 23,522

Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)

10 October 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Lebanon	2–1	Turkmenistan
El-Helwe 5' Matar 64'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Annadurdyýew 62'

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 7,820

Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)

15 October 2019

17:30 UTC+9

North Korea	Voided (0–0)	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 100

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

15 October 2019

19:30 UTC+5:30

Sri Lanka	0–3	Lebanon
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Maatouk 15' (pen.) El-Helwe 38' (pen.), 81'

Colombo Racecourse, Colombo

Attendance: 1,052

Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

14 November 2019

16:00 UTC+5

Turkmenistan	Voided (3–1)	North Korea
Titow 23' Amanow 73' Orazsähedow 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Han Kwang-song 90+3'

Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 26,500

Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

14 November 2019

15:00 UTC+2

Lebanon	0–0	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 170^{[note 19]}

Referee: Mohanad Qasim (Iraq)

19 November 2019

16:00 UTC+5

Turkmenistan	2–0	Sri Lanka
Bäşimow 44' Annadurdyýew 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 26,304

Referee: Saoud Al-Adba (Qatar)

19 November 2019

19:00 UTC+2

Lebanon	Voided (0–0)	North Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 0^{[note 19]}

Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

15:00 UTC+9

North Korea	Cancelled	Sri Lanka
	Report (AFC)

Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea)^{[note 6]}

5 June 2021^{[note 7]}

15:00 UTC+9

Lebanon	3–2	Sri Lanka
Oumari 11', 44' Kdouh 17'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Razeek 10', 61' (pen.)

Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 73

Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

5 June 2021^{[note 8]}

20:00 UTC+9

South Korea	5–0	Turkmenistan
Hwang Ui-jo 9', 72' Nam Tae-hee 45+2' Kim Young-gwon 56' Kwon Chang-hoon 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Goyang Stadium, Goyang^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 3,932

Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

20:00 UTC+9

South Korea	Cancelled	North Korea
	Report (AFC)

Goyang Stadium, Goyang^{[note 6]}

9 June 2021^{[note 5]}

15:00 UTC+9

Turkmenistan	3–2	Lebanon
Babajanow 59' Annagulyýew 85' Annadurdyýew 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ataya 73' Saad 75'

Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 52

Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

9 June 2021^{[note 5]}

20:00 UTC+9

Sri Lanka	0–5	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kim Shin-wook 14', 42' (pen.) Lee Dong-gyeong 22' Hwang Hee-chan 53' Jeong Sang-bin 77'

Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 4,008

Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)

13 June 2021^{[note 9]}

15:00 UTC+9

South Korea	2–1	Lebanon
Sabra 50' (o.g.) Son Heung-min 65' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Saad 12'

Goyang Stadium, Goyang^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 4,061

Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

15:00 UTC+9

North Korea	Cancelled	Turkmenistan
	Report (AFC)

Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea)^{[note 6]}

Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.

6 goals

Kim Shin-wook

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Ranking of runner-up teams

Group H contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups after North Korea withdrew. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.^[33]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	China^[a]	6	4	1	1	16	3	+13	13	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup
2	E	Oman	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12
3	C	Iraq	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11
4	G	Vietnam	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	11
5	H	Lebanon	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10
6	F	Tajikistan	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10	Asian Cup qualifying third round
7	D	Uzbekistan	6	3	0	3	12	9	+3	9
8	B	Kuwait	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	8

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ China already qualified for the Asian Cup as host nation. They withdrew their hosting right in May 2022.

Ranking of fifth-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Myanmar	8	2	0	6	6	35	−29	6	Asian Cup qualifying third round
2	D	Yemen	8	1	2	5	6	18	−12	5
3	E	Bangladesh	8	0	2	6	3	19	−16	2
4	G	Indonesia	8	0	1	7	5	27	−22	1	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round
5	C	Cambodia	8	0	1	7	2	44	−42	1
6	B	Chinese Taipei	8	0	0	8	4	34	−30	0
7	A	Guam	8	0	0	8	2	32	−30	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Notes

^ Qatar already qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup as tournament hosts and were competing to qualify for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. They were later selected as host replacement within the qualified teams of the Asian Cup.
^ China PR had already qualified for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup as tournament hosts and were competing to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. They relinquished their hosting right in May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Syria played their home matches in the United Arab Emirates because of security concerns from the Syrian civil war.^[18]
^ ^a ^b The fixtures between Guam and Syria were reversed from their original scheduled dates as the process for Syrian players to obtain United States visas would not be completed in time.^[19]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Originally to be played on 31 March 2020, the match was postponed and rescheduled multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh The matches played in May and June 2021 were held in a single centralised venue chosen per group.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Originally to be played on 4 June 2020, the match was postponed and rescheduled multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Originally to be played on 26 March 2020, the match was postponed and rescheduled multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Originally to be played on 9 June 2020, the match was postponed and rescheduled multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The home matches of Nepal against Chinese Taipei, Jordan and Kuwait were swapped with the away matches at the request of the All Nepal Football Association with consent from the opponents.^[20] The only Nepali stadium that meets the required criteria for this competition is the Dasarath Rangasala, which was damaged in the April 2015 Nepal earthquake, and would not be repaired in time.^[21]
^ After previously swapping the home fixtures with other teams in the group due to Dasarath Rangasala, Kathmandu not being able to be repaired in time, Nepal then played their home fixtures at Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan due to the AFC citing that the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium has poor infrastructure.^[22]
^ ^a ^b Following an assessment of the security situation in Iraq due to the 2019–2021 Iraqi protests, FIFA and AFC directed the Iraq Football Association to shift their home matches against Iran and Bahrain from the Basra International Stadium, Basra to a neutral ground.^[23]^[24] The AFC later announced that the matches had been shifted to Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan.^[25]
^ ^a ^b ^c Yemen played their home matches in Bahrain because of security concerns from the Yemeni Civil War.^[26]
^ ^a ^b ^c Afghanistan played their home matches in Tajikistan because of security concerns from the War in Afghanistan.^[27]
^ Originally to be played on 31 March 2020, the match was postponed and rescheduled multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia. The eventual date was approved by FIFA and the two national associations.^[15]
^ The Mongolia v Japan match was played in Japan due to COVID-19 restrictions in Mongolia.^[28]
^ The United Arab Emirates v Indonesia match was initially announced to be played without spectators following sanctions due to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup incident between the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.^[29]^[30] The decision was later appealed by the UAEFA, and was successful.
^ The Indonesia v Vietnam match was shifted to Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar from Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta based on an internal risk management process and analysis by the PSSI General Secretariat.^[31]
^ ^a ^b The Lebanon matches versus South Korea and North Korea were played behind closed doors due to security reasons regarding the Lebanese protests.^[34]^[35]

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External links

Official FIFA World Cup website
Qualifiers – Asia Matches: Round 2, FIFA.com
FIFA World Cup, the-AFC.com
AFC Asian Cup, the-AFC.com
Preliminary Joint Qualification 2022, stats.the-AFC.com

[table_note_CHN0.58942547328278-20] China qualified for the Asian Cup as the host nation. They withdrew as the host in May 2022.

[table_note_QAT0.40452660173389-41] Qatar has already qualified for the World Cup as the host nation. They are later selected as host replacement within the qualified teams of the Asian Cup.

[table_note_PRK0.98016590903521-54] North Korea withdrew due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore the results of their matches were excluded from the group standings.^[32]^[33]

[table_note_GrA0.61354756709819-58] China already qualified for the Asian Cup as host nation. They withdrew their hosting right in May 2022.

[9] Qatar already qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup as tournament hosts and were competing to qualify for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. They were later selected as host replacement within the qualified teams of the Asian Cup.

[10] China PR had already qualified for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup as tournament hosts and were competing to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. They relinquished their hosting right in May 2022.

[SYRUAE-22] Syria played their home matches in the United Arab Emirates because of security concerns from the Syrian civil war.^[18]

[GUMSYR-24] The fixtures between Guam and Syria were reversed from their original scheduled dates as the process for Syrian players to obtain United States visas would not be completed in time.^[19]

[md8-25] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Originally to be played on 31 March 2020, the match was postponed and rescheduled multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.

[centralised-26] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh The matches played in May and June 2021 were held in a single centralised venue chosen per group.

[md9-27] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Originally to be played on 4 June 2020, the match was postponed and rescheduled multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.

[md7-28] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Originally to be played on 26 March 2020, the match was postponed and rescheduled multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.

[md10-29] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Originally to be played on 9 June 2020, the match was postponed and rescheduled multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.

[Nepal_fixtures-32] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The home matches of Nepal against Chinese Taipei, Jordan and Kuwait were swapped with the away matches at the request of the All Nepal Football Association with consent from the opponents.^[20] The only Nepali stadium that meets the required criteria for this competition is the Dasarath Rangasala, which was damaged in the April 2015 Nepal earthquake, and would not be repaired in time.^[21]

[NEPBHU-34] After previously swapping the home fixtures with other teams in the group due to Dasarath Rangasala, Kathmandu not being able to be repaired in time, Nepal then played their home fixtures at Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan due to the AFC citing that the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium has poor infrastructure.^[22]

[IRQJOR-38] Following an assessment of the security situation in Iraq due to the 2019–2021 Iraqi protests, FIFA and AFC directed the Iraq Football Association to shift their home matches against Iran and Bahrain from the Basra International Stadium, Basra to a neutral ground.^[23]^[24] The AFC later announced that the matches had been shifted to Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan.^[25]

[YEMBHR-40] Yemen played their home matches in Bahrain because of security concerns from the Yemeni Civil War.^[26]

[AFGTJK-43] Afghanistan played their home matches in Tajikistan because of security concerns from the War in Afghanistan.^[27]

[44] Originally to be played on 31 March 2020, the match was postponed and rescheduled multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia. The eventual date was approved by FIFA and the two national associations.^[15]

[MNGJPN-46] The Mongolia v Japan match was played in Japan due to COVID-19 restrictions in Mongolia.^[28]

[UAEIDN-49] The United Arab Emirates v Indonesia match was initially announced to be played without spectators following sanctions due to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup incident between the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.^[29]^[30] The decision was later appealed by the UAEFA, and was successful.

[IDNVIE-51] The Indonesia v Vietnam match was shifted to Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar from Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta based on an internal risk management process and analysis by the PSSI General Secretariat.^[31]

[LBNNSK-57] The Lebanon matches versus South Korea and North Korea were played behind closed doors due to security reasons regarding the Lebanese protests.^[34]^[35]

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