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The first roundofAFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification) was played from 12 to 23 March 2015.[1]

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round
Tournament details
Dates12-17 March 2015
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored24 (2 per match)
Attendance89,973 (7,498 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bhutan Chencho Gyeltshen
Cambodia Chan Vathanaka
India Sunil Chhetri
East Timor Chiquito do Carmo[note 1]
(2 goals each)

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Format

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A total of twelve teams (teams ranked 35–46 in the AFC entrant list) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round.

Seeding

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The draw for the first round was held on 10 February 2015, 15:30 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of January 2015 (shown in parentheses below).[3][4] The 12 teams were seeded into two pots:

Each tie contained a team from Pot A and a team from Pot B, with the team from Pot A hosting the first leg.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round.

Pot A Pot B

  1.   India (171)
  2.   Sri Lanka (172)
  3.   Yemen (176)
  4.   Cambodia (179)
  5.   Chinese Taipei (182)
  6.   East Timor (185)

  1.     Nepal (186)
  2.   Macau (186)
  3.   Pakistan (188)
  4.   Mongolia (194)
  5.   Brunei (198)
  6.   Bhutan (209)

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
India   2–0     Nepal 2–0 0–0
Yemen   3–1   Pakistan 3–1 0–0
East Timor   0–6[N 1]   Mongolia 0–3[N 1] 0–3[N 1]
Cambodia   4–1   Macau 3–0 1–1
Chinese Taipei   2–1   Brunei 0–1 2–0
Sri Lanka   1–3   Bhutan 0–1 1–2
Notes
  1. ^ a b c Timor-Leste won the first leg 4–1 and the second leg 1–0, thus winning 5–1 on aggregate and advancing to the Second round. On 12 December 2017 FIFA awarded both matches 3–0 to Mongolia due to Timor-Leste fielding numerous ineligible players. However, this was long after the Second round had been played, so Timor-Leste advanced and Mongolia were not reinstated.

Matches

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19:00 UTC+5:30
India  2–0    Nepal
  • Chhetri   53', 70'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati

Attendance: 11,200

Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

15:30 UTC+5:45
Nepal    0–0  India
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

India won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

18:30 UTC+3
Yemen  3–1  Pakistan
  • Boqshan   56'
  • Al-Sasi   69'
    		•  Report (FIFA)
    Report (AFC)
    Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)[note 2]

    Attendance: 300

    Referee: Mohammad Abu Loum (Jordan)

    18:30 UTC+3
    Pakistan  0–0  Yemen
    Report (FIFA)
    Report (AFC)
    Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town (Bahrain)[note 3]

    Attendance: 2,200

    Referee: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (Iraq)

    Yemen won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

    16:00 UTC+9
    East Timor  0–3
    Awarded[12]    		  Mongolia
  • R. Silva   84'
  • Neto   85'
    		•  Report (FIFA)
    Report (AFC)
    National Stadium, Dili

    Attendance: 9,000

    Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (Thailand)

    16:00 UTC+8
    Mongolia  3–0
    Awarded[12]    		  East Timor
    Report (FIFA)
    Report (AFC)
    MFF Football Centre, Ulan Bator

    Attendance: 5,000

    Referee: Wang Di (China)

    Timor-Leste won the first leg 4–1 and the second leg 1–0, thus winning 5–1 on aggregate and advancing to the Second round. On 12 December 2017 FIFA awarded both matches 3–0 to Mongolia due to Timor-Leste fielding numerous ineligible players.[13] However, this was long after the Second round had been played, so Timor-Leste advanced and Mongolia were not reinstated.

    16:00 UTC+7
    Cambodia  3–0  Macau
  • Laboravy   90+4'
    		•  Report (FIFA)
    Report (AFC)
    Army Stadium, Phnom Penh

    Attendance: 8,000

    Referee: Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)

    20:00 UTC+8
    Macau  1–1  Cambodia
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (AFC)
    Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau

    Attendance: 1,000

    Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

    Cambodia won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

    19:00 UTC+8
    Chinese Taipei  0–1  Brunei
    Report (FIFA)
    Report (AFC)
    National Stadium, Kaohsiung

    Attendance: 6,273

    Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)

    20:15 UTC+8
    Brunei  0–2  Chinese Taipei
    Report (FIFA)
    Report (AFC)
  • Chu En-le   52'
    		•
    Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan

    Attendance: 18,000

    Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

    Chinese Taipei won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

    15:00 UTC+5:30
    Sri Lanka  0–1  Bhutan
    Report (FIFA)
    Report (AFC)
    Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

    Attendance: 3,500

    Referee: Fu Ming (China)

    16:00 UTC+6
    Bhutan  2–1  Sri Lanka
    		 Report (FIFA)
    Report (AFC)
    Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

    Attendance: 15,000

    Referee: Marai Al-Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

    Bhutan won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

    Goalscorers

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    There were 24 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

    2 goals

  •   Chan Vathanaka
  •   Sunil Chhetri
  •   Chiquito do Carmo[note 1]

    • 1 goal

  •   Adi Said
  •   Khoun Laboravy
  •   Thierry Bin
  •   Chu En-le
  •   Wang Rui
  •   Leong Ka Hang
  •   Batmönkhiin Erkhembayar[note 1]
  •   Hassan Bashir
  •   Subash Madushan
  •   Patrick Fabiano[note 1]
  •   Jairo Neto[note 1]
  •   Rodrigo Silva[note 1]
  •   Abdulwasea Al-Matari
  •   Ala Al-Sasi
  •   Mohammed Boqshan

    • Notes

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    1. ^ a b c d e f This player scored in one of the matches between Timor-Leste and Mongolia that was subsequently forfeited, however FIFA continued to count the goalscorers from those matches in its statistics.
  • ^ Yemen played their home match in Qatar due to security concerns from the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état.[5]
  • ^ a b Pakistan was originally scheduled to play their home match on 17 March 2015 (15:00 UTC+5) at Punjab Stadium, Lahore,[6] but it was postponed due to safety and security reasons after the Lahore church bombings and civil unrest in the city.[7][8] The match was subsequently rescheduled to be played in Bahrain.[9][10][11]

    • References

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    1. ^ "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". AFC. 16 April 2014.
  • ^ "India v Nepal headlines 2018 World Cup, 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers draw". AFC. 10 February 2015.
  • ^ "Asian minnows begin World Cup mission". FIFA.com. 9 February 2015. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015.
  • ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – January 2015 (AFC)". FIFA.com. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015.
  • ^ "Green-shirts resume camp ahead of major events". The News International (Pakistan). 13 February 2015. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  • ^ "FIFA Match Report: Pakistan v Yemen". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2015.
  • ^ "Qualifier match between Pakistan and Yemen postponed". FIFA. 16 March 2015. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015.
  • ^ "Pakistan versus Yemen qualifier postponed due to safety concerns". AFC. 17 March 2015.
  • ^ "Pakistan 2018 FIFA World Cup tie switched from Lahore to Bahrain". IBN Live. Reuters. 18 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  • ^ "Qualifying match between Pakistan and Yemen rescheduled". FIFA.com. 19 March 2015. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015.
  • ^ "Pakistan versus Yemen qualifier rescheduled". AFC. 20 March 2015.
  • ^ a b "Federacao Futebol Timor-Leste expelled from AFC Asian Cup 2023". The-AFC.com. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  • ^ "Latest decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee". FIFA.com. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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