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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

December 12, 2023

The Asian section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification[note 2] acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar for national teams who are members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Apart from Qatar (who qualified automatically as hosts), a total of 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament were available for AFC teams.[1]

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Dates6 June 2019 – 7 June 2022
Teams46[note 1] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played229
Goals scored676 (2.95 per match)
Attendance2,332,162 (10,184 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ali Mabkhout
(14 goals)
← 2018
2026 →

The qualification process involved four rounds; the first two doubled as the qualification for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Despite qualifying as hosts, Qatar participated in these rounds to seek Asian Cup qualification. The first round would have acted as qualifiers for the cancelled 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup.[2]

Format edit

The qualification structure is as follows:[3]

  • First round: 12 teams (ranked 35–46) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: 40 teams (ranked 1–34 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. Since Qatar won their group, the fifth-best runners-up took their place in the third round.[4]
  • Third round: 12 teams which advanced from the second round were divided into two groups of six teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group qualified for the World Cup, and the third-placed teams advanced to the fourth round.
  • Fourth round: Two third-placed teams from the third round played a single match. The winner advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Entrants edit

All 46 FIFA-affiliated nations from the AFC entered qualification. The FIFA World Rankings of April 2019 were used to determine which nations would compete in the first round. For seeding in the second round and third round draws, the most recent FIFA Rankings prior to those draws will be used.

According to the joint format of the World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers, both Qatar (as the host nation of the 2022 World Cup) and also entered the second round of the qualifiers.[5]

Timor-Leste was banned from participating in the Asian Cup qualification after being found to have fielded a total of 12 ineligible players in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches among other competitions.[6] However, as FIFA did not ban them from the World Cup qualifiers, Timor-Leste was allowed to enter the competition, but ineligible to qualify for the Asian Cup.[7]

From the April 2019 FIFA World Rankings[8]
Bye to the second round
(Ranked 1st to 34th) 		Competing in first round
(Ranked 35th to 46th)
  1.   Iran (21)
  2.   Japan (26)
  3.   South Korea (37)
  4.   Australia (41)
  5.   Qatar (55)
  6.   United Arab Emirates (67)
  7.   Saudi Arabia (72)
  8.   China (74)
  9.   Iraq (76)
  10.   Syria (83)
  11.   Uzbekistan (85)
  12.   Lebanon (86)
  13.   Oman (86)
  14.   Kyrgyzstan (95)
  15.   Jordan (97)
  16.   Vietnam (98)
  17.   Palestine (96)
  18.   India (99)
  19.   Bahrain (111)
  20.   Thailand (114)
  21.   Tajikistan (120)
  22.   North Korea (121)
  23.   Philippines (124)
  24.   Chinese Taipei (125)
  25.   Turkmenistan (136)
  26.   Myanmar (140)
  27.   Hong Kong (141)
  28.   Yemen (146)
  29.   Afghanistan (149)
  30.   Maldives (151)
  31.   Kuwait (156)
  32.   Indonesia (159)
  33.   Singapore (160)
  34.     Nepal (161)
  1.   Malaysia (168)
  2.   Cambodia (173)
  3.   Macau (183)
  4.   Laos (184)
  5.   Bhutan (186)
  6.   Mongolia (187)
  7.   Bangladesh (188)
  8.   Guam (193)
  9.   Brunei (194)
  10.   Timor-Leste (195)
  11.   Pakistan (200)
  12.   Sri Lanka (202)

Schedule edit

The schedule of the competition is expected to be as follows, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar.[9][10][11][12][13]

On 9 March 2020, FIFA and AFC announced that the second round matches on matchdays 7–10 due to take place in March and June 2020 were postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic, 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 the safety of all individuals involved meets the required standards.[14][15] 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 also scheduled to kick off on 12 and 17 November.[16] On 12 August, FIFA announced that the matches scheduled for October and November 2020 would be rescheduled to 2021.[17]

On 25 June 2020, FIFA announced that the inter-confederation play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in March 2022, were moved to June.[18]

On 11 November 2020, the AFC Competitions Committee announced that all the Asian qualifiers second round matches should be completed by 15 June 2021 with matchdays 7 and 8 in March 2021 and matchdays 9 and 10 in June 2021 with the final round of the Asian qualifiers beginning in September 2021. Also all 10 matchdays of the Asian qualifiers final round should be finished by the end of March 2022 with the Asian and inter-continental play-offs proposed for the FIFA window of May/June 2022. The Asian play-off for the World Cup in Qatar was proposed as a single match.[19] On the same day, however, FIFA, along with the Bangladeshi and Qatari associations, gave approval to the only second round match originally scheduled for 2020, Qatar v. Bangladesh, which was played on 4 December.[20]

On 19 February 2021, FIFA and AFC postponed the majority of the upcoming matches to June.[21]

Round Matchday Date(s)
First round First leg 6 June 2019
Second leg 11 June 2019
Second round Matchday 1 5 September 2019
Matchday 2 10 September 2019
Matchday 3 10 October 2019
Matchday 4 15 October 2019
Matchday 5 14 November 2019
Matchday 6 19 November 2019
Matchday 7 25 March, 28 May and 3 June 2021
Matchday 8 4 December 2020, 30 March and 7 & 9 June 2021
Matchday 9 30 March, 30 May and 11 June 2021
Matchday 10 13 and 15 June 2021
Round Matchday Date
Third round Matchday 1 2 September 2021
Matchday 2 7 September 2021
Matchday 3 7 October 2021
Matchday 4 12 October 2021
Matchday 5 11 November 2021
Matchday 6 16 November 2021
Matchday 7 27 January 2022
Matchday 8 1 February 2022
Matchday 9 24 March 2022
Matchday 10 29 March 2022
Fourth round Single leg 7 June 2022
Original qualifying schedule
Stage Matchday Date
Second round 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
Third round Matchday 1 3 September 2020
Matchday 2 8 September 2020
Matchday 3 13 October 2020
Matchday 4 12 November 2020
Matchday 5 17 November 2020
Matchday 6 25 March 2021
Matchday 7 30 March 2021
Matchday 8 8 June 2021
Matchday 9 7 September 2021
Matchday 10 12 October 2021
Fourth round First leg 11 November 2021
Second leg 16 November 2021

First round edit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

The draw for the first round was held on 17 April 2019 at 11:00 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[22]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mongolia   3–2   Brunei 2–0 1–2
Macau   1–3   Sri Lanka 1–0 0–3 (awd.)[note 3]
Laos   0–1   Bangladesh 0–1 0–0
Malaysia   12–2   Timor-Leste 7–1 5–1
Cambodia   4–1   Pakistan 2–0 2–1
Bhutan   1–5   Guam 1–0 0–5

Second round edit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

The draw for the second round was held on 17 July 2019 at 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[25]

Summary edit

  Qualified for the third round (except Qatar) and Asian Cup as winners or top five runners-up
  Advanced to the Asian Cup third qualifying round as bottom three runners-up, third-placed, fourth-placed and top three fifth-placed team
  Advanced to the AFC Asian Cup qualifying play-off round.
  Denotes a team that withdrew.

Group A edit

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 8 6 1 1 30 3 +27 19 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 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

Group B edit

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

Group C edit

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 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 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

Group D edit

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

Group E edit

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:
  1. ^ Qatar has already qualified for the World Cup as the host nation.

Group F edit

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

Group G edit

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 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 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

Group H edit

North Korea withdrew from the qualifying round due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore the results of their matches were excluded from the group standings.[26][27]

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 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 0–5 0–3 0–2 — 0–1
5   North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew 0–0 2–0 Canc. Canc. —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Ranking of runner-up teams edit

Since North Korea withdrew from Group H, results against the fifth-placed teams of each group were not counted in determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.[27]

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A   China 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

Third round edit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

The third round consisted of two groups of six teams. The first two teams in each group qualified for the World Cup. The two third-placed teams proceeded to the fourth round. The draw was held on 1 July 2021 in Malaysia.

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Iran 10 8 1 1 15 4 +11 25 2022 FIFA World Cup — 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
2   South Korea 10 7 2 1 13 3 +10 23 2–0 — 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
3   United Arab Emirates 10 3 3 4 7 7 0 12 Fourth round 0–1 1–0 — 2–2 2–0 0–0
4   Iraq 10 1 6 3 6 12 −6 9 0–3 0–3 1–0 — 1–1 0–0
5   Syria 10 1 3 6 9 16 −7 6 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 — 2–3
6   Lebanon 10 1 3 6 5 13 −8 6 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 —
Source: FIFA, AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Saudi Arabia 10 7 2 1 12 6 +6 23 2022 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–1
2   Japan 10 7 1 2 12 4 +8 22 2–0 — 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1
3   Australia 10 4 3 3 15 9 +6 15 Fourth round 0–0 0–2 — 3–1 3–0 4–0
4   Oman 10 4 2 4 11 10 +1 14 0–1 0–1 2–2 — 2–0 3–1
5   China 10 1 3 6 9 19 −10 6 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 — 3–2
6   Vietnam 10 1 1 8 8 19 −11 4 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 —
Source: FIFA, AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Fourth round edit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round

The two third-placed teams in each group from the third round played against each other in a single match to determine which team advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

The match was played in Doha, Qatar on 7 June 2022.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
United Arab Emirates   1–2   Australia

Inter-confederation play-off edit

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–CONMEBOL play-off)

The inter-confederation play-off was determined by a draw held on 26 November 2021. The AFC fourth round winners was drawn against the fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL.[28] The play-off was played as a single match in Qatar on 13 June 2022.[29]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Australia   0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p) 		  Peru

Qualified teams edit

The following six teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
  Qatar Hosts 2 December 2010 0 (debut)
  Iran Third round group A winners 27 January 2022 5 (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018)
  South Korea Third round group A runners-up 1 February 2022 10 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
  Japan Third round group B runners-up 24 March 2022 6 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
  Saudi Arabia Third round group B winners 24 March 2022 5 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018)
  Australia AFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners 13 June 2022 5 (19742, 20062, 2010, 2014, 2018)
1 Italic indicates hosts for that year.
2 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC in 1974 and 2006 (qualifying took place until 2005 and they left the OFC and joined the AFC in 2006).

Top goalscorers edit

There were 676 goals scored in 229 matches, for an average of 2.95 goals per match.

14 goals

12 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ North Korea withdrew after five matches. Qatar participated to reach the Asian Cup.
  2. ^ Also the "AFC Asian qualifiers Road to Qatar".
  3. ^ The match was awarded as a 3–0 victory to Sri Lanka,[23] after Macau did not send their team for the match due to safety reasons following the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings.[24]

References edit

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  13. ^ "INTERNATIONAL MATCH CALENDAR 2020-2024" (PDF). FIFA. August 2021.
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External links edit

  • Official FIFA World Cup website
  • Qualifiers – Asia, FIFA.com
  • FIFA World Cup, The-AFC.com

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The Asian section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification note 2 acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar for national teams who are members of the Asian Football Confederation AFC Apart from Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts a total of 4 5 slots 4 direct slots and 1 inter confederation play off slot in the final tournament were available for AFC teams 1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC Tournament detailsDates6 June 2019 7 June 2022Teams46 note 1 from 1 confederation Tournament statisticsMatches played229Goals scored676 2 95 per match Attendance2 332 162 10 184 per match Top scorer s Ali Mabkhout 14 goals 20182026 The qualification process involved four rounds the first two doubled as the qualification for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup Despite qualifying as hosts Qatar participated in these rounds to seek Asian Cup qualification The first round would have acted as qualifiers for the cancelled 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup 2 Contents 1 Format 2 Entrants 3 Schedule 4 First round 5 Second round 5 1 Summary 5 2 Group A 5 3 Group B 5 4 Group C 5 5 Group D 5 6 Group E 5 7 Group F 5 8 Group G 5 9 Group H 5 10 Ranking of runner up teams 6 Third round 6 1 Group A 6 2 Group B 7 Fourth round 8 Inter confederation play off 9 Qualified teams 10 Top goalscorers 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External linksFormat editThe qualification structure is as follows 3 First round 12 teams ranked 35 46 played home and away over two legs The six winners advanced to the second round Second round 40 teams ranked 1 34 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 Since Qatar won their group the fifth best runners up took their place in the third round 4 Third round 12 teams which advanced from the second round were divided into two groups of six teams to play home and away round robin matches The top two teams of each group qualified for the World Cup and the third placed teams advanced to the fourth round Fourth round Two third placed teams from the third round played a single match The winner advanced to the inter confederation play offs Entrants editAll 46 FIFA affiliated nations from the AFC entered qualification The FIFA World Rankings of April 2019 were used to determine which nations would compete in the first round For seeding in the second round and third round draws the most recent FIFA Rankings prior to those draws will be used According to the joint format of the World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers both Qatar as the host nation of the 2022 World Cup and also entered the second round of the qualifiers 5 Timor Leste was banned from participating in the Asian Cup qualification after being found to have fielded a total of 12 ineligible players in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches among other competitions 6 However as FIFA did not ban them from the World Cup qualifiers Timor Leste was allowed to enter the competition but ineligible to qualify for the Asian Cup 7 From the April 2019 FIFA World Rankings 8 Bye to the second round Ranked 1st to 34th Competing in first round Ranked 35th to 46th nbsp Iran 21 nbsp Japan 26 nbsp South Korea 37 nbsp Australia 41 nbsp Qatar 55 nbsp United Arab Emirates 67 nbsp Saudi Arabia 72 nbsp China 74 nbsp Iraq 76 nbsp Syria 83 nbsp Uzbekistan 85 nbsp Lebanon 86 nbsp Oman 86 nbsp Kyrgyzstan 95 nbsp Jordan 97 nbsp Vietnam 98 nbsp Palestine 96 nbsp India 99 nbsp Bahrain 111 nbsp Thailand 114 nbsp Tajikistan 120 nbsp North Korea 121 nbsp Philippines 124 nbsp Chinese Taipei 125 nbsp Turkmenistan 136 nbsp Myanmar 140 nbsp Hong Kong 141 nbsp Yemen 146 nbsp Afghanistan 149 nbsp Maldives 151 nbsp Kuwait 156 nbsp Indonesia 159 nbsp Singapore 160 nbsp Nepal 161 nbsp Malaysia 168 nbsp Cambodia 173 nbsp Macau 183 nbsp Laos 184 nbsp Bhutan 186 nbsp Mongolia 187 nbsp Bangladesh 188 nbsp Guam 193 nbsp Brunei 194 nbsp Timor Leste 195 nbsp Pakistan 200 nbsp Sri Lanka 202 Schedule editThe schedule of the competition is expected to be as follows according to the FIFA International Match Calendar 9 10 11 12 13 On 9 March 2020 FIFA and AFC announced that the second round matches on matchdays 7 10 due to take place in March and June 2020 were postponed by the COVID 19 pandemic 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 the safety of all individuals involved meets the required standards 14 15 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 also scheduled to kick off on 12 and 17 November 16 On 12 August FIFA announced that the matches scheduled for October and November 2020 would be rescheduled to 2021 17 On 25 June 2020 FIFA announced that the inter confederation play offs originally scheduled to be played in March 2022 were moved to June 18 On 11 November 2020 the AFC Competitions Committee announced that all the Asian qualifiers second round matches should be completed by 15 June 2021 with matchdays 7 and 8 in March 2021 and matchdays 9 and 10 in June 2021 with the final round of the Asian qualifiers beginning in September 2021 Also all 10 matchdays of the Asian qualifiers final round should be finished by the end of March 2022 with the Asian and inter continental play offs proposed for the FIFA window of May June 2022 The Asian play off for the World Cup in Qatar was proposed as a single match 19 On the same day however FIFA along with the Bangladeshi and Qatari associations gave approval to the only second round match originally scheduled for 2020 Qatar v Bangladesh which was played on 4 December 20 On 19 February 2021 FIFA and AFC postponed the majority of the upcoming matches to June 21 Round Matchday Date s First round First leg 6 June 2019Second leg 11 June 2019Second round Matchday 1 5 September 2019Matchday 2 10 September 2019Matchday 3 10 October 2019Matchday 4 15 October 2019Matchday 5 14 November 2019Matchday 6 19 November 2019Matchday 7 25 March 28 May and 3 June 2021Matchday 8 4 December 2020 30 March and 7 amp 9 June 2021Matchday 9 30 March 30 May and 11 June 2021Matchday 10 13 and 15 June 2021 Round Matchday DateThird round Matchday 1 2 September 2021Matchday 2 7 September 2021Matchday 3 7 October 2021Matchday 4 12 October 2021Matchday 5 11 November 2021Matchday 6 16 November 2021Matchday 7 27 January 2022Matchday 8 1 February 2022Matchday 9 24 March 2022Matchday 10 29 March 2022Fourth round Single leg 7 June 2022Original qualifying schedule Stage Matchday DateSecond round Matchday 7 26 March 2020 later 8 OctoberMatchday 8 31 March 2020 later 13 OctoberMatchday 9 4 June 2020 later 12 November then 7 June 2021Matchday 10 9 June 2020 later 17 NovemberThird round Matchday 1 3 September 2020Matchday 2 8 September 2020Matchday 3 13 October 2020Matchday 4 12 November 2020Matchday 5 17 November 2020Matchday 6 25 March 2021Matchday 7 30 March 2021Matchday 8 8 June 2021Matchday 9 7 September 2021Matchday 10 12 October 2021Fourth round First leg 11 November 2021Second leg 16 November 2021First round editMain article 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC first round The draw for the first round was held on 17 April 2019 at 11 00 MST UTC 8 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 22 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legMongolia nbsp 3 2 nbsp Brunei 2 0 1 2Macau nbsp 1 3 nbsp Sri Lanka 1 0 0 3 awd note 3 Laos nbsp 0 1 nbsp Bangladesh 0 1 0 0Malaysia nbsp 12 2 nbsp Timor Leste 7 1 5 1Cambodia nbsp 4 1 nbsp Pakistan 2 0 2 1Bhutan nbsp 1 5 nbsp Guam 1 0 0 5Second round editMain article 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC second round The draw for the second round was held on 17 July 2019 at 17 00 MST UTC 8 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 25 Summary edit Qualified for the third round except Qatar and Asian Cup as winners or top five runners up Advanced to the Asian Cup third qualifying round as bottom three runners up third placed fourth placed and top three fifth placed team Advanced to the AFC Asian Cup qualifying play off round Denotes a team that withdrew Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H nbsp Syria nbsp China nbsp Australia nbsp Iran nbsp Iraq nbsp Saudi Arabia nbsp Qatar Asian Cup only nbsp Oman nbsp Japan nbsp United Arab Emirates nbsp Vietnam nbsp South Korea nbsp Lebanon nbsp Philippines nbsp Maldives nbsp Kuwait nbsp Jordan nbsp Nepal nbsp Bahrain nbsp Hong Kong nbsp Uzbekistan nbsp Palestine nbsp Singapore nbsp Yemen nbsp India nbsp Afghanistan nbsp Bangladesh nbsp Tajikistan nbsp Kyrgyzstan nbsp Mongolia nbsp Myanmar nbsp Malaysia nbsp Thailand nbsp Turkmenistan nbsp Sri Lanka nbsp Guam nbsp Chinese Taipei nbsp Cambodia nbsp Indonesia nbsp North KoreaGroup A edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp Syria 8 7 0 1 22 7 15 21 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 02 nbsp China 8 6 1 1 30 3 27 19 3 1 2 0 5 0 7 03 nbsp Philippines 8 3 2 3 12 11 1 11 Asian Cup qualifying third round 2 5 0 0 1 1 3 04 nbsp Maldives 8 2 1 5 7 20 13 7 0 4 0 5 1 2 3 15 nbsp Guam 8 0 0 8 2 32 30 0 Asian Cup qualifying play off round 0 3 0 7 1 4 0 1 Source FIFARules for classification Qualification tiebreakers Group B edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp Australia 8 8 0 0 28 2 26 24 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup 3 0 1 0 5 0 5 12 nbsp Kuwait 8 4 2 2 19 7 12 14 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0 3 0 0 7 0 9 03 nbsp Jordan 8 4 2 2 13 3 10 14 0 1 0 0 3 0 5 04 nbsp Nepal 8 2 0 6 4 22 18 6 0 3 0 1 0 3 2 05 nbsp 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 FIFARules for classification Qualification tiebreakers Group C edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp Iran 8 6 0 2 34 4 30 18 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup 1 0 3 0 3 1 14 02 nbsp Iraq 8 5 2 1 14 4 10 17 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 13 nbsp Bahrain 8 4 3 1 15 4 11 15 Asian Cup qualifying third round 1 0 1 1 4 0 8 04 nbsp Hong Kong 8 1 2 5 4 13 9 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 05 nbsp Cambodia 8 0 1 7 2 44 42 1 Asian Cup qualifying play off round 0 10 0 4 0 1 1 1 Source FIFARules for classification Qualification tiebreakers Group D edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp 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 02 nbsp Uzbekistan 8 5 0 3 18 9 9 15 Asian Cup qualifying third round 2 3 2 0 5 0 5 03 nbsp Palestine 8 3 1 4 10 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 4 0 3 04 nbsp Singapore 8 2 1 5 7 22 15 7 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 25 nbsp Yemen 8 1 2 5 6 18 12 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 Source FIFARules for classification Qualification tiebreakers Group E edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp Qatar a 8 7 1 0 18 1 17 22 Asian Cup 2 1 0 0 6 0 5 02 nbsp Oman 8 6 0 2 16 6 10 18 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup 0 1 1 0 3 0 4 13 nbsp India 8 1 4 3 6 7 1 7 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 14 nbsp Afghanistan 8 1 3 4 5 15 10 6 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 05 nbsp Bangladesh 8 0 2 6 3 19 16 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 Source FIFARules for classification Qualification tiebreakersNotes Qatar has already qualified for the World Cup as the host nation Group F edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp Japan 8 8 0 0 46 2 44 24 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup 4 1 5 1 6 0 10 02 nbsp Tajikistan 8 4 1 3 14 12 2 13 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0 3 1 0 3 0 4 03 nbsp Kyrgyzstan 8 3 1 4 19 12 7 10 0 2 1 1 0 1 7 04 nbsp Mongolia 8 2 0 6 3 27 24 6 0 14 0 1 1 2 1 05 nbsp Myanmar 8 2 0 6 6 35 29 6 0 2 4 3 1 8 1 0 Source FIFARules for classification Qualification tiebreakers Group G edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp 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 02 nbsp Vietnam 8 5 2 1 13 5 8 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 03 nbsp Malaysia 8 4 0 4 10 12 2 12 Asian Cup qualifying third round 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 04 nbsp Thailand 8 2 3 3 9 9 0 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 25 nbsp Indonesia 8 0 1 7 5 27 22 1 Asian Cup qualifying play off round 0 5 1 3 2 3 0 3 Source FIFARules for classification Qualification tiebreakers Group H edit North Korea withdrew from the qualifying round due to safety concerns related to the COVID 19 pandemic therefore the results of their matches were excluded from the group standings 26 27 Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp 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 nbsp Lebanon 6 3 1 2 11 8 3 10 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 03 nbsp Turkmenistan 6 3 0 3 8 11 3 9 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0 2 3 2 2 0 3 14 nbsp Sri Lanka 6 0 0 6 2 23 21 0 0 5 0 3 0 2 0 15 nbsp North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew 0 0 2 0 Canc Canc Source FIFARules for classification Qualification tiebreakers Ranking of runner up teams edit Since North Korea withdrew from Group H results against the fifth placed teams of each group were not counted in determining the ranking of the runner up teams 27 Pos Grp Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 A nbsp China 6 4 1 1 16 3 13 13 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup2 E nbsp Oman 6 4 0 2 9 5 4 123 C nbsp Iraq 6 3 2 1 6 3 3 114 G nbsp Vietnam 6 3 2 1 6 4 2 115 H nbsp Lebanon 6 3 1 2 11 8 3 106 F nbsp Tajikistan 6 3 1 2 7 8 1 10 Asian Cup qualifying third round7 D nbsp Uzbekistan 6 3 0 3 12 9 3 98 B nbsp Kuwait 6 2 2 2 8 6 2 8Source FIFARules for classification TiebreakersThird round editMain article 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC third round The third round consisted of two groups of six teams The first two teams in each group qualified for the World Cup The two third placed teams proceeded to the fourth round The draw was held on 1 July 2021 in Malaysia Group A edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp Iran 10 8 1 1 15 4 11 25 2022 FIFA World Cup 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 02 nbsp South Korea 10 7 2 1 13 3 10 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 03 nbsp United Arab Emirates 10 3 3 4 7 7 0 12 Fourth round 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 04 nbsp Iraq 10 1 6 3 6 12 6 9 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 05 nbsp Syria 10 1 3 6 9 16 7 6 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 36 nbsp Lebanon 10 1 3 6 5 13 8 6 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 Source FIFA AFCRules for classification Tiebreakers Group B edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp Saudi Arabia 10 7 2 1 12 6 6 23 2022 FIFA World Cup 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 3 12 nbsp Japan 10 7 1 2 12 4 8 22 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 13 nbsp Australia 10 4 3 3 15 9 6 15 Fourth round 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 4 04 nbsp Oman 10 4 2 4 11 10 1 14 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 3 15 nbsp China 10 1 3 6 9 19 10 6 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 26 nbsp Vietnam 10 1 1 8 8 19 11 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 Source FIFA AFCRules for classification TiebreakersFourth round editMain article 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC fourth round The two third placed teams in each group from the third round played against each other in a single match to determine which team advanced to the inter confederation play offs The match was played in Doha Qatar on 7 June 2022 Team 1 Score Team 2United Arab Emirates nbsp 1 2 nbsp AustraliaInter confederation play off editMain article 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC CONMEBOL play off The inter confederation play off was determined by a draw held on 26 November 2021 The AFC fourth round winners was drawn against the fifth placed team from CONMEBOL 28 The play off was played as a single match in Qatar on 13 June 2022 29 Team 1 Score Team 2Australia nbsp 0 0 a e t 5 4 p nbsp PeruQualified teams editThe following six teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 nbsp Qatar Hosts 2 December 2010 0 debut nbsp Iran Third round group A winners 27 January 2022 5 1978 1998 2006 2014 2018 nbsp South Korea Third round group A runners up 1 February 2022 10 1954 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 nbsp Japan Third round group B runners up 24 March 2022 6 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 nbsp Saudi Arabia Third round group B winners 24 March 2022 5 1994 1998 2002 2006 2018 nbsp Australia AFC v CONMEBOL play off winners 13 June 2022 5 19742 20062 2010 2014 2018 1 Italic indicates hosts for that year 2 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC in 1974 and 2006 qualifying took place until 2005 and they left the OFC and joined the AFC in 2006 Top goalscorers editThere were 676 goals scored in 229 matches for an average of 2 95 goals per match 14 goals nbsp Ali Mabkhout 12 goals nbsp Wu Lei 10 goals nbsp Sardar Azmoun nbsp Takumi Minamino nbsp Yuya Osako 9 goals nbsp Omar Al Somah 8 goals nbsp Nguyễn Tiến Linh 7 goals nbsp Jamie Maclaren nbsp Karim Ansarifard nbsp Mehdi Taremi nbsp Salem Al Dawsari nbsp Saleh Al Shehri nbsp Son Heung min nbsp Eldor Shomurodov Below are full goalscorer lists for each round First round Second round Third round Fourth roundSee also edit2023 AFC Asian Cup qualificationNotes edit North Korea withdrew after five matches Qatar participated to reach the Asian Cup Also the AFC Asian qualifiers Road to Qatar The match was awarded as a 3 0 victory to Sri Lanka 23 after Macau did not send their team for the match due to safety reasons following the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings 24 References edit Current allocation of FIFA World Cup confederation slots maintained FIFA 30 May 2015 Archived from the original on 30 May 2015 AFC Executive Committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar AFC Asian Football Confederation 10 September 2020 Archived from the original on 5 October 2020 Pakistan to learn World Cup Asian Cup qualifying fate on April 17 Dawn com 22 March 2019 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June FIFA 19 February 2021 Retrieved 19 February 2021 Draw sets out path for Asian aspirants FIFA 17 April 2019 FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctions Macau Football Association FIFA 27 June 2019 Football Macau not sending team to Sri Lanka due to security concerns Reuters 8 June 2019 Asian qualifiers draw to provide pathway to Qatar and China Asian Football Confederation 17 June 2019 Archived from the original on 20 July 2019 Retrieved 22 August 2019 Latest update on Asian Qualifiers Asian Football Confederation 16 May 2021 a b Latest decision on Asian Qualifiers Asian Football Confederation 27 May 2021 European and intercontinental play off draw results and reaction FIFA 26 November 2021 Retrieved 26 November 2021 Allen William 26 November 2021 2022 World Cup inter confederation play off draw fixtures and format as com Retrieved 30 November 2021 External links editOfficial FIFA World Cup website Qualifiers Asia FIFA com FIFA World Cup The AFC com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org 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