This page provides the summaries of the AFC first round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
In this round teams ranked 6–24 were randomly drawn against teams ranked 25–43, and the draw took place on 6 August 2007 in the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Teams ranked 1–5 received a bye to the third round.
The matches were held between 8 October 2007 and 30 October 2007. The 11 highest ranked teams (according to the first round seeding) among the 19 winners advanced to the third round of the Asian qualifiers, while the eight remaining teams advanced to the second round in November 2007.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Pakistan ![]() |
0–7 | ![]() |
0–7 | 0–01 |
Uzbekistan ![]() |
11–0 | ![]() |
9–0 | 2–0 |
Thailand ![]() |
13–2 | ![]() |
6–1 | 7–1 |
Sri Lanka ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–5 |
China ![]() |
11–0 | ![]() |
7–0 | 4–04 |
Bhutan ![]() |
w/o2 | ![]() |
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Kyrgyzstan ![]() |
2–2 (5–6 p.) |
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2–0 | 0–2 (aet) |
Vietnam ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–5 |
Bahrain ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
4–1 | 0–0 |
East Timor ![]() |
3–11 | ![]() |
2–35 | 1–8 |
Syria ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 2–11 |
Yemen ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–2 |
Bangladesh ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–5 |
Mongolia ![]() |
2–9 | ![]() |
1–4 | 1–5 |
Oman ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 |
Palestine ![]() |
0–7 | ![]() |
0–41 | 0–3 (awd.)6 |
Lebanon ![]() |
6–3 | ![]() |
4–1 | 2–2 |
Cambodia ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–4 |
Guam ![]() |
w/o3 | ![]() |
Pakistan ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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Report | Akram ![]() M. Karim ![]() Ghulam ![]() Mohammed ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Iraq ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
Iraq won 7–0 on aggregate.
Uzbekistan ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() |
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Shatskikh ![]() Kapadze ![]() Karpenko ![]() Bakayev ![]() Salomov ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)
Chinese Taipei ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Inomov ![]() Suyunov ![]() |
Attendance: 800
Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
Uzbekistan won 11–0 on aggregate.
Thailand ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Chaikamdee ![]() Dangda ![]() Winothai ![]() Phetphun ![]() Thonglao ![]() |
Report | Kin Seng Chan ![]() |
Attendance: 11,254
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Macau ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() |
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Kin Seng Chan ![]() |
Report | Dangda ![]() Sukha ![]() Surasiang ![]() Thonglao ![]() Chaikamdee ![]() |
Attendance: 500
Referee: Abdulrahman Racho (Syria)
Thailand won 13–2 on aggregate.
Sri Lanka ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Soria ![]() |
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Qatar ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Soria ![]() Bechir ![]() Al-Shammari ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Qatar won 6–0 on aggregate.
China ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Qu Bo ![]() Du Zhenyu ![]() Yang Lin ![]() Liu Jian ![]() Li Jinyu ![]() Li Weifeng ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
Myanmar ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Wu Wei'an ![]() Liu Jian ![]() Zheng Bin ![]() Zhang Yaokun ![]() |
Attendance: 200
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
China PR won 11–0 on aggregate.
Bhutan ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Bhutan withdrew.[8]
Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Esenkul Uulu ![]() Bokoev ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
Jordan ![]() | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Shelbaieh ![]() Aqel ![]() |
Report | |
Penalties | ||
Abu Alieh ![]() Bawab ![]() Abu Keshek ![]() Amer ![]() Aqel ![]() Bashar ![]() |
6–5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
2–2 on aggregate; Jordan won 6–5 on penalties.
Vietnam ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Basheer Saeed ![]() |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Ismail Matar ![]() Al-Mahri ![]() Al-Shehhi ![]() Mubarak ![]() Al-Kas ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
United Arab Emirates won 6–0 on aggregate.
Bahrain ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Fatadi ![]() John ![]() Abdulrahman ![]() Hubail ![]() |
Report | Bunyamin Omar ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China)
Malaysia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)
Bahrain won 4–1 on aggregate.
East Timor ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Ary ![]() |
Report | Cheng Siu Wai ![]() Esteves ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Rosdi Shaharul (Malaysia)
Hong Kong ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
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Lo Kwan Yee ![]() Chan Siu Ki ![]() Cheung Sai Ho ![]() Cheng Siu Wai ![]() Lam Ka Wai ![]() |
Report | Ary ![]() |
Attendance: 1,542
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Hong Kong won 11–3 on aggregate.
Syria ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Al Zeno ![]() Al Sayed ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Afghanistan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Karimi ![]() |
Report | Jenyat ![]() Issmael ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Syria won 5–1 on aggregate.
Yemen ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Salem ![]() Al-Hubaishi ![]() Thabit ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohammad Mansour (Lebanon)
Maldives ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Shamveel Qasim ![]() Ashfaq ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 8,900
Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)
Yemen won 3–2 on aggregate.
Bangladesh ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Mithu ![]() |
Report | Khakimov ![]() |
Attendance: 700
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
Tajikistan ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Khakimov ![]() Mukhiddinov ![]() Vasiev ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Tajikistan won 6–1 on aggregate.
Mongolia ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Selenge ![]() |
Report | Pak Chol-min ![]() Jong Chol-min ![]() |
Attendance: 4,870
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
North Korea ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Pak Chol-min ![]() Kim Kuk-jin ![]() Jong Chol-min ![]() Jon Kwang-ik ![]() |
Report | Lkhümbengarav ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ram Gosh (Bangladesh)
Korea DPR won 9–2 on aggregate.
Oman ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Bashir ![]() Mudhafar ![]() |
Report |
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fareed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
Nepal ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Saleh ![]() Al Hinai ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
Oman won 4–0 on aggregate.
Palestine ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Shi Jiayi ![]() Wilkinson ![]() Noh Alam Shah ![]() |
Attendance: 75
Referee: Mushen Basma (Syria)
Singapore ![]() | 3–0 Awarded[note 4] | ![]() |
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Report |
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Singapore won 7–0 on aggregate.
Lebanon ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Antar ![]() Ghaddar ![]() El Ali ![]() |
Report | Chhetri ![]() |
Attendance: 500
Referee: Saad Al Fahdli (Kuwait)
India ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Chhetri ![]() Dias ![]() |
Report | Ghaddar ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
Lebanon won 6–3 on aggregate.
Cambodia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Karadanov ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ram Gosh (Bangladesh)
Turkmenistan ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Nasyrov ![]() Gevorkyan ![]() Karadanov ![]() |
Report | Nasa ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Turkmenistan won 5–1 on aggregate.
Guam ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Among the 19 winners, the top 11 winners advanced directly to the third round while the remaining 8 teams advanced to second round.
Advanced to third round | Advanced to second round |
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There were 131 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 3.97 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal