2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
The second round of AFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification) was played from 24 May 2015 to 29 March 2016.[1]
Contents
Format
A total of forty teams (teams ranked 1–34 in the AFC entrant list and six first round winners) were divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up advanced to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification as well as qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals.
A total of 24 teams eliminated from World Cup qualification in the second round competed in the third round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification (which was separated from the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification), where they were divided into six groups of four teams and competed for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The 24 teams consisted of the sixteen highest ranked teams eliminated in the second round, and the eight teams that advanced from the play-off round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification which were contested by the remaining twelve teams eliminated in the second round.[2]
Seeding
The draw for the second round was held on 14 April 2015, at 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4]
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2015 (shown in parentheses below).[5] The 40 teams were seeded into five pots:[6]
- Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–8.
- Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 9–16.
- Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 17–24.
- Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 25–32.
- Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 33–40.
Each group contained one team from each of the five pots. The fixtures of each group were automatically decided based on the respective pot of each team.
As the seeding order was based on the most recent FIFA Rankings prior to the draw, it differed from the order in the AFC entrant list, which was based on the FIFA World Rankings of January 2015. Among the six first round winners, three were seeded higher than pot 5 (India in pot 3, Timor-Leste and Bhutan in pot 4), on the basis of ranking points gained from the first round matches, while the other three (Yemen, Cambodia and Chinese Taipei) were seeded in pot 5.
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- Notes
- Bolded teams qualified for the third round.
- (D): Disqualified after draw
Groups
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In home-and-away league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[7]
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Group A
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Timor-Leste ![]() |
0–3 Forfeited[note 2] |
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Saudi Arabia ![]() |
7–0 Forfeited[note 2] |
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Malaysia ![]() |
0–3 Awarded[note 5] |
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Palestine ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
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Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (Iraq) |
Saudi Arabia ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Attendance: 32,482 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) |
Palestine ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
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Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan)[note 6]
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) |
Palestine ![]() |
6–0 | ![]() |
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Timor-Leste ![]() |
0–10 | ![]() |
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Malaysia ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
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Palestine ![]() |
7–0 | ![]() |
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Group B
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Kyrgyzstan [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Kyrgyzstan [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Kyrgyzstan [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Tajikistan ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
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Kyrgyzstan [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Jordan ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
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Amman International Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) |
Group C
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Hong Kong ![]() |
7–0 | ![]() |
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Maldives ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
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Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Shenyang (China PR)[note 7]
Attendance: 28,036 Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore) |
China PR ![]() |
12–0 | ![]() |
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Group D
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India ![]() |
0–3 Awarded[note 8] |
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Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) |
Iran ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Guam ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
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Group E
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Afghanistan [[File:{{{flag alias-2013}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] | 0–6 | ![]() |
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Syria ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
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Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat (Oman)[note 11]
Attendance: 100 Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait) |
Afghanistan [[File:{{{flag alias-2013}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] | 0–6 | ![]() |
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Afghanistan [[File:{{{flag alias-2013}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Afghanistan [[File:{{{flag alias-2013}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Group F
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Chinese Taipei ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
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Vietnam ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
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Vietnam ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Group G
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Laos ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
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South Korea ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
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Kuwait ![]() |
9–0 | ![]() |
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Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha (Qatar)[note 15]
Attendance: 550 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan) |
Lebanon ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
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Myanmar ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
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Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok (Thailand)[note 14]
Attendance: 3,056 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia) |
Myanmar ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok (Thailand)[note 14]
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain) |
Kuwait ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
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Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 12,150 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) |
South Korea ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
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Laos ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
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Group H
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Yemen ![]() |
0–3 Awarded[note 22] |
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Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)[note 23]
Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) |
North Korea ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
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Yemen ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
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Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)[note 23]
Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan) |
Yemen ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
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Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)[note 23]
Attendance: 421 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia) |
Bahrain ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
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Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
Ranking of runner-up teams
To determine the four best runner-up teams, the following criteria were used:
- Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Fair play points
- Drawing of lots
As a result of Indonesia being disqualified by FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.[34] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Ranking of fourth-placed teams
To determine the four best fourth-placed teams, the following criteria were used:
- Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Fair play points
- Drawing of lots
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Goalscorers
There were 507 goals scored in 149 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match.
- 14 goals
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- 11 goals
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- 8 goals
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- 7 goals
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- 6 goals
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- 5 goals
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- 4 goals
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Mile Jedinak
Younis Mahmoud
Shinji Okazaki
Abdallah Deeb
Bader Al-Mutawa
Yousef Nasser
- [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Kyrgyzstan national football team]] Anton Zemlianukhin
Ahmad Abu Nahyeh[note 24]
Boualem Khoukhi
Mohammed Muntari
Mohammed Musa
Osama Omari
Igor Sergeev
- 3 goals
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Nathan Burns
Jiang Ning
Maya Yoshida
Khampheng Sayavutthi
Ri Hyok-chol
Jong Il-gwan
Jonathan Cantillana
Tamer Seyam
Misagh Bahadoran
Ali Assadalla
Yahya Al-Shehri[note 24]
Safuwan Baharudin
Fazrul Nawaz
Kwon Chang-hoon
Lee Jae-sung
Mahmoud Al-Mawas
Sanharib Malki
Teerasil Dangda
Arslanmyrat Amanow
Omar Abdulrahman[note 24]
Odil Ahmedov
Lê Công Vinh
- 2 goals
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- [[File:{{{flag alias-2013}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Afghanistan national football team]] Khaibar Amani
- [[File:{{{flag alias-2013}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Afghanistan national football team]] Norlla Amiri
- [[File:{{{flag alias-2013}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Afghanistan national football team]] Mustafa Zazai
Massimo Luongo
Mark Milligan
Aaron Mooy
Ismail Abdullatif
Abdulwahab Al-Malood
Sayed Mohamed Adnan
Tshering Dorji
Chencho Gyeltshen
Wang Yongpo
Wu Lei
Yu Hanchao
Wu Chun-ching
Godfred Karikari
Lam Ka Wai
Jaimes McKee
Sunil Chhetri
Ashkan Dejagah
Ehsan Hajsafi
Ali Adnan
Justin Meram
Mu Kanazaki
- [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Kyrgyzstan national football team]] Vitalij Lux
Hassan Chaito
Hassan Maatouk
Aung Thu
Pak Kwang-ryong
Amad Al-Hosni
Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri
Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
Jaka Ihbeisheh
Sameh Maraaba
Yashir Pinto
Iain Ramsay
Karim Boudiaf
Mohammed Kasola
Fahad Al-Muwallad[note 24]
Khairul Amri
Jang Hyun-soo
Ki Sung-yueng
Koo Ja-cheol
Suk Hyun-jun
Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
Raja Rafe
Akhtam Nazarov
Pokklaw Anan
Theerathon Bunmathan
Adisak Kraisorn
Mongkol Tossakrai
Ramon Saro[note 24]
Guwanç Abylow
Alexander Geynrikh
Anzur Ismailov
Nguyễn Văn Toàn
Ahmed Al-Sarori
- 1 goal
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- [[File:{{{flag alias-2013}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Afghanistan national football team]] Faysal Shayesteh
- [[File:{{{flag alias-2013}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Afghanistan national football team]] Josef Shirdel
Mathew Leckie
Tommy Oar
Sami Al-Husaini
Hussain Ali Baba
Mohamed Al Romaihi
Abdullah Omar
Jahid Hasan Ameli
Biren Basnet
Sos Suhana
Huang Bowen
Mei Fang
Zhang Linpeng
Zhang Xizhe
Hung Kai-chun
Wen Chih-hao
Yaki Yen
Brandon McDonald
Travis Nicklaw
Christian Annan
Bai He
Chan Siu Ki
Ju Yingzhi
Lo Kwan Yee
Paulinho
Xu Deshuai
Sandesh Jhingan
Jeje Lalpekhlua
Robin Singh
Karim Ansarifard
Saeid Ezatolahi
Jalal Hosseini
Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Kamal Kamyabinia
Morteza Pouraliganji
Ramin Rezaeian
Masoud Shojaei
Andranik Teymourian[note 24]
Mehdi Torabi
Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
Ali Hosni
Dhurgham Ismail
Mahdi Kamel
Ahmed Yasin
Genki Haraguchi
Hiroshi Kiyotake
Masato Morishige
Takashi Usami
Munther Abu Amarah
Yaseen Al-Bakhit
Yousef Al-Naber
Yousef Al-Rawashdeh
Baha' Faisal
Ahmed Samir
Ali Maqseed
Aziz Mashaan
Faisal Zayid
- [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Kyrgyzstan national football team]] Ildar Amirov
- [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Kyrgyzstan national football team]] Edgar Bernhardt
- [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Kyrgyzstan national football team]] Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov
- [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Kyrgyzstan national football team]] Almazbek Mirzaliev
Roda Antar
Abbas Ahmed Atwi
Hilal El-Helwe
Mohammed Ghaddar
Ali Hamam
Youssef Mohamad
Joan Oumari
Feiz Shamsin
Mohd Amri Yahyah[note 24]
Baddrol Bakhtiar
Mohd Safiq Rahim[note 24]
Safee Sali[note 24]
Asadhulla Abdulla
Ahmed Nashid
Ahmed Niyaz
Kyaw Ko Ko
Kyaw Zayar Win
Suan Lam Mang
Zaw Min Tun
Jang Kuk-chol
Ro Hak-su
So Hyon-uk[note 24]
So Kyong-jin
Mohammed Al-Ghassani
Saad Al-Mukhaini
Qasim Said
Raed Ibrahim Saleh
Musab Al-Battat
Ahmed Awad
Abdelatif Bahdari
Matías Jadue
Pablo Tamburrini
Khader Yousef
Manuel Ott
Javier Patiño
Stephan Schröck
Akram Afif
Abdelkarim Hassan
Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud
Ismaeel Mohammad
Sebastián Soria
Salman Al-Faraj[note 24]
Osama Hawsawi
Naif Hazazi
Faris Ramli
Lee Chung-yong
Lee Jeong-hyeop
Nam Tae-hee
Moayad Ajan
Oday Al-Jafal
Ahmad Kallasi
Omar Midani
Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
Tana Chanabut
Kroekrit Thaweekarn
Serdaraly Ataýew
Artur Geworkýan
Ruslan Mingazow
Süleýman Muhadow
Mekan Saparow
Mohamed Ahmed
Ismail Al Hammadi
Ahmed Al Hashmi
Dawood Ali
Habib Fardan
Mohanad Salem
Stanislav Andreev
Server Djeparov
Azizbek Haydarov
Eldor Shomurodov
Đinh Tiến Thành
Trần Phi Sơn
- 1 own goal
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- [[File:{{{flag alias-2013}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Afghanistan national football team]] Sharif Mukhammad (against Japan)
Khoun Laboravy (against Japan)
Leng Makara (against Syria)
- [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Kyrgyzstan national football team]] Ildar Amirov (against Australia)
- [[File:{{{flag alias-1992}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=Kyrgyzstan national football team]] Valery Kichin (against Bangladesh)
Ali Hamam (against South Korea)
Zaw Min Tun (against Kuwait)
Hamdi Al Masri (against Japan)
Serdar Annaorazow (against Guam)
Mekan Saparow (against Oman)
Đinh Tiến Thành (against Thailand)
Notes
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External links
- Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – Asia: Round 2, FIFA.com
- FIFA World Cup, the-AFC.com
- AFC Asian Cup, the-AFC.com
- Preliminary Joint Qualification 2018 Archived 9 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine, stats.the-AFC.com
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