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| Dates | 22 December 2005 – 15 November 2006 |
| Teams | 24 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) |  Younis Mahmoud Jung Jo-gook Yasser Al-Qahtani Saleh Bashir Firas Al-Khatib Maksim Shatskikh(4 goals each) |
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The 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating.
For the first time, the defending champions (Japan), did not earn an automatic berth in the finals and had to compete in the qualification tournament. Twelve teams from top two of each groups joined with four host nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) qualify for the final tournament.
16 national teams did not enter qualifying (The team's FIFA World Ranking was considered for November 2005):
Turkmenistan [116]
Maldives [133]
Tajikistan [141]
Myanmar [147]
Kyrgyzstan [157]
Laos [170]
Nepal [175]
Mongolia [179]
Cambodia [188]
Afghanistan [189]
Bhutan [190]
Philippines [191]
Macau [192]
Brunei [199]
Guam [204]
East Timor [Not yet ranked]
North Korea [82] were banned from qualifying after having been found guilty of improper conduct in the qualifying round for 2004.Thus, out of 46 national teams, 25 entered the qualifying.
In December 2005, Bangladesh and Pakistan played off in a home and away series (with Bangladesh hosting the first leg), to determine which team would progress to the final qualifying round. This was originally scheduled in November but the earthquake in Pakistan forced it to be postponed.
After a goalless first leg in Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 December 2005, Bangladesh won the second leg thanks to the goal from Firoz Mahmud Titu at the 84-minute in People's Sports Complex, Karachi, Pakistan four days later. Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. However, Pakistan ended up also being qualified into the final qualifying round anyway, after Sri Lanka withdrew.
Bangladesh  | 0–0 |  Pakistan |
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| Pakistan | 0–1 | Bangladesh |
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| (Report) | Firoz Mahmud  84' |
Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. Pakistan also qualified after 
Sri Lanka withdrew.
The seeding was based on the 2004 competition, including results during qualifying. The teams in their respective pots also are listed with respect to their performance. Note that Jordan and Uzbekistan were placed higher than South Korea and Iraq. For the tie-breaker here served the fact that Jordan and Uzbekistan were eliminated on penalty shootout, while the other two teams were clearly defeated. Uzbekistan precedes Jordan as it won its group, while Jordan placed second. The same principle is applied to the rest of the teams on the list. The Australian team which had just joined the Asian Football Confederation on 1 January 2006 and had not participated in previous tournaments was given the lowest rank.[1]
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D |
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If two or more teams in a group are equal on points on completion of the group matches, their places shall be determined as follows:
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Japan
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 15[a] |
| Saudi Arabia
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 15[a] |
 Yemen
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 6 |
 India
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 0 |
| Japan | 6–0 | India |
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| Ono 32' Maki 58' Fukunishi 68' Kubo 78', 90' Satō 82' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 38,025
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
| Yemen | 0–4 | Saudi Arabia |
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| (Report) | Al Sawailh 14', 89' Al-Shalhoub 77', 90+2' |
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
| India | 0–3 | Yemen |
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| (Report) | S. Abdullah 6' Al-Hubaishi 43' Al Nono 56' (pen.) |
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
| India | 0–3 | Saudi Arabia |
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| (Report) | Al-Qahtani 2', 19', 50' |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
| Japan | 2–0 | Yemen |
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| Abe 70' Satō 90+1' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 40,913
Referee: Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic)
| Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | Japan |
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| Bashir 73' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
| Saudi Arabia | 7–1 | India |
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| Bashir 30', 46' Al Mahyani 33' Ameen 57' Al Hagbani 61' Al Suwaileh 78', 86' |
(Report) | Manju 22' |
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
| Yemen | 0–1 | Japan |
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| (Report) | Ganaha 90' |
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi (Oman)
| India | 0–3 | Japan |
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| (Report) | Bando 23', 44' Nakamura 83' |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Chan Siu Kee (Hong Kong)
| Saudi Arabia | 5–0 | Yemen |
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| Bashir 22' Ameen 27' Fallatah 65' Al Mahyani 68', 90+2' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq)
| Japan | 3–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Tulio 20' Ganaha 29', 49' |
(Report) | Al-Qahtani 33' (pen.) |
Attendance: 40,965
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
| Yemen | 2–1 | India |
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| Al-Haggam 60' Al-Nono 82' |
(Report) | Pradeep 52' |
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Hassan Marshoud (Jordan)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Iran
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 14 |
| South Korea
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 11 |
| Syria
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 |
 Chinese Taipei
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 |
| Iran | 4–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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| Teymourian 35' Madanchi 47', 60' Daei 82' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq)
| Syria | 1–2 | South Korea |
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| Al Khatib 49' |
(Report) | Kim Do-heon 5' Lee Chun-soo 50' |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
| Chinese Taipei | 0–4 | Syria |
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| (Report) | Chabbo 29', 58' Al Hussain 45' Al Khatib 64' |
Attendance: 700
Referee: O il Son (Korea DPR)
| Chinese Taipei | 0–3 | South Korea |
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| (Report) | Ahn Jung-hwan 31' Jung Jo-gook 53' Kim Do-heon 80' |
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
| Iran | 1–1 | Syria |
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| Nekounam 71' |
(Report) | Chaabo 88' |
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
| South Korea | 1–1 | Iran |
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| Seol Ki-hyeon 45' |
(Report) | Hashemian 90' |
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
| South Korea | 8–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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| Seol Ki-hyeon 3', 52' Jung Jo-gook 4', 45', 88' Cho Jae-jin 19', 82' Kim Do-heon 77' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Chandrasiri Deshapriya Arambakade Gedara (Sri Lanka)
| Syria | 0–2 | Iran |
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| (Report) | Nosrati 20' Nekounam 56' |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
| Chinese Taipei | 0–2 | Iran |
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| (Report) | Karimi 10', 56' |
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
| South Korea | 1–1 | Syria |
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| Cho Jae-jin 9' |
(Report) | Al Sayed 18' |
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)
| Iran | 2–0 | South Korea |
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| Enayati 48' Badamaki 90' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
| Syria | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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| Al Jaban 51' Al Khatib 62', 79' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 United Arab Emirates
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 13 |
 Oman
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 12 |
 Jordan
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 |
| Pakistan
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 |
| Jordan | 3–0 | Pakistan |
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| Aqel 30' (pen.) Shelbaieh 38' Al-Shagran 41' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
| United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | Oman |
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| Matar 15' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
| Oman | 3–0 | Jordan |
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| Saleh 7' Sulaiman 18' Zaher 54' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
| Pakistan | 1–4 | United Arab Emirates |
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| Essa 60' |
(Report) | Qassim 68' Matar 78' Saad 81' Al Kas 88' |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
| Pakistan | 1–4 | Oman |
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| Essa 79' (pen.) |
(Report) | Al-Maimani 15' (pen.), 35' Al Hosni 27' Sulaiman 90' |
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
| Jordan | 1–2 | United Arab Emirates |
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| Ra'fat Ali 88' |
(Report) | Omer 52' Khater 67' |
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Naser Rashed Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)
| United Arab Emirates | 0–0 | Jordan |
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Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
| Oman | 5–0 | Pakistan |
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| Al Hosni 7' Bashir 35', 85' Sulaiman 45' Al-Touqi 88' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq)
| Pakistan | 0–3 | Jordan |
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| (Report) | Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 16' Ra'fat Ali 37' Khaled Saad 85' |
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dilovar Orzuev (Tajikistan)
| Oman | 2–1 | United Arab Emirates |
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| Mudhafar 24' Sulaiman 28' |
(Report) | Omer 57' |
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
| Jordan | 3–0 | Oman |
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| Amer Deeb 80' Ra'fat Ali 84' Al-Sheikh 90' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)
| United Arab Emirates | 3–2 | Pakistan |
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| Abbas 54' Omer 58', 73' |
(Report) | Akram 23' Ahmed 67' |
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Australia
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 |
 Bahrain
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 |
 Kuwait
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
 Lebanon
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0 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0 |
Note: Bahrain is ranked higher than Kuwait by the two head-to-head game results (Bahrain 2 – 1 Kuwait).
| Bahrain | 1–3 | Australia |
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| Ali 35' |
(Report) | Thompson 53' Skoko 79' Elrich 87' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
| Lebanon | 1–1 Annulled1 | Kuwait |
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| A. Nasseredine 70' |
(Report) | F. Al Hamad 25' |
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
| Kuwait | 0–0 | Bahrain |
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Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
| Australia | 2–0 | Kuwait |
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| Dodd 75' Petrovski 86' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 32,622
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
| Kuwait | 2–0 | Australia |
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| Al Mutairi 56' Al-Mutawa 59' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
| Australia | 2–0 | Bahrain |
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| Aloisi 17' Bresciano 24' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 36,606
Referee: Fareed Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
| Bahrain | 2–1 | Kuwait |
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| Yousef 35' (pen.) Ghuloom 43' |
(Report) | Laheeb 70' |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)
1 On 1 August 2006, it was announced that the AFC had accepted a withdrawal request from the Federation Libanaise de Football due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.[3] The results of the Lebanon-Kuwait game on 22 February 2006 have been declared null and void and do not count towards the group rankings.[4]
The following fixtures were also canceled:
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Iraq
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 11 |
 China
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 |
 Singapore
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
 Palestine
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 |
Note: Iraq is ranked higher than China PR by the two head-to-head game results (Iraq 3 – 2 China PR).
| China | 2–0 | Palestine |
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| Du Wei 23' Li Weifeng 62' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)
| Singapore | 2–0 | Iraq |
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| Amri 24' Alam Shah 83' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 10,221
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
| Palestine | 1–0 | Singapore |
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| Attal 75' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
| Iraq | 2–1 | China |
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| Karim 16' Mulla Mohammed 67' |
(Report) | Tao Wei 54' |
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
| China | 1–0 | Singapore |
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| Shao Jiayi 90+5' (pen.) |
(Report) |
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
| Palestine | 0–3 | Iraq |
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| (Report) | Mahmoud 59', 62' Nasser 90' |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
| Singapore | 0–0 | China |
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Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
| Iraq | 2–2 | Palestine |
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| Sadir 70' Mulla Mohammed 75' |
(Report) | Amer 13' Al Amour 78' |
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
| Iraq | 4–2 | Singapore |
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| Mahmoud 35', 68' Karim 60' Mulla Mohammed 90+3' |
(Report) | Goncalves 9' Amri 62' |
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mamed Mamedov (Turkmenistan)
| Palestine | 0–2 | China |
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| (Report) | Mao Jianqing 27' Sun Xiang 65' |
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
| China | 1–1 | Iraq |
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| Han Peng 40' |
(Report) | Salah 65' |
Attendance: 0
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
| Singapore | Cancelled[5] | Palestine |
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1 All Iraq's home matches played in Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates.
2 All Palestine's home matches played in Amman, Jordan.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Qatar
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 |
| Uzbekistan
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 11 |
 Hong Kong
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 8 |
| Bangladesh
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 5–0 | Bangladesh |
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| Geynrikh 10', 52' Djeparov 24' Shatskikh 34', 84' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
| Hong Kong | 0–3 | Qatar |
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| (Report) | Yasser 11' Bechir 44' M. Mohamed 90+5' |
Attendance: 1,806
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
| Bangladesh | 0–1 | Hong Kong |
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| (Report) | Chan Siu Ki 82' |
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
| Qatar | 2–1 | Uzbekistan |
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| Adel Lamy 45' Nasser 49' |
(Report) | B. Mohammed 20' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
| Bangladesh | 1–4 | Qatar |
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| Arman 23' |
(Report) | Rizik 7' (pen.) Adel Lamy 36' Ibrahim 38', 74' |
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
| Uzbekistan | 2–2 | Hong Kong |
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| Soliev 18' Shatskikh 35' |
(Report) | Sham Kwok Keung 66', 87' |
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)
| Hong Kong | 0–0 | Uzbekistan |
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| (Report) |
Attendance: 7,608
Referee: Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic)
| Qatar | 3–0 | Bangladesh |
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| Yasser 25' Adel Lamy 30' Shammari 52' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 500
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)
| Bangladesh | 0–4 | Uzbekistan |
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| (Report) | Zeytulaev 11' Bakaev 18' Djeparov 22' Shatskikh 39' (pen.) |
Attendance: 120
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
| Qatar | 2–0 | Hong Kong |
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| B. Mohammed 43' Yasser 53' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)
| Hong Kong | 2–0 | Bangladesh |
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| Ambassa Guy 43', 74' (pen.) |
(Report) |
Attendance: 1,273
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
| Uzbekistan | 2–0 | Qatar |
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| Koshelev 31' Zeytulaev 52' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
| Country | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured | Previous appearances in tournament1, 2 |
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 Indonesia |
00Co-hosts | 7 August 2004 | 3 (1996, 2000, 2004) |
 Malaysia |
2 (1976, 1980) | ||
 Thailand |
5 (1972, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) | ||
 Vietnam3 |
2 (19564, 19604) | ||
| Australia |
Group D winner | 16 August 2006 | 0 (debut) |
| Qatar |
Group F winner | 6 September 2006 | 6 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004) |
| Japan |
Group A winner | 6 September 2006 | 5 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
| Saudi Arabia |
Group A runner-up | 6 September 2006 | 6 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
| Iran |
Group B winner | 11 October 2006 | 10 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
| South Korea |
Group B runner-up | 11 October 2006 | 10 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
| United Arab Emirates |
Group C winner | 11 October 2006 | 6 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004) |
| Oman |
Group C runner-up | 11 October 2006 | 1 (2004) |
| Iraq |
Group E winner | 11 October 2006 | 5 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
| China |
Group E runner-up | 11 October 2006 | 8 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
| Bahrain |
Group D runner-up | 15 November 2006 | 2 (1988, 2004) |
| Uzbekistan |
Group F runner-up | 15 November 2006 | 3 (1996, 2000, 2004) |
Hisato Satō Ryūji Bando Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Al Suwaileh Al Sawailh Mohamed Amin Didi Ali Al-Nono Mehrzad Madanchi Javad Nekounam Ali Karimi Firaj Mahmud Shinji Ono Seiichiro Maki Takashi Fukunishi Tatsuhiko Kubo Yuki Abe Kengo Nakamura Marcus Tulio Tanaka N.S. Manju Al Hagbani Hassan Muath Fallatah Saleem Abdullah Fekri Al-Hubaishi Al-Haggam Andranik Teymourian Ali Daei Vahid Hashemian Mohammad Nosrati Reza Enayati Hossein Badamaki|
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