2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Fourth Round

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Fourth Round
Tournament details
Dates6 September 2008 – 17 June 2009
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored81 (2.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Tim Cahill
Iran Javad Nekounam
South Korea Lee Keun-Ho
South Korea Park Ji-sung
Uzbekistan Farhod Tadjiyev
(3 goals each)
2014 →


The AFC Fourth Round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification was decided by a random draw conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27 June 2008. The round commenced on 6 September 2008, and finished on 17 June 2009.

The top two countries in each group at the end of the stage qualified directly to the World Cup Finals in South Africa, with the two third-placed countries advancing to the AFC play-off.

Format[]

The 10 teams (2 teams from each group in the third round) were divided into four pots for the draw, three containing two teams and one containing four. The seeding for the fourth round was based on that used in the third round draw, but Saudi Arabia and Japan (seeded equal 4th in that draw) were separated by a random selection held at the start of the fourth round draw. The pots were as follows:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Australia
 South Korea

 Iran
 Japan

 Saudi Arabia
 Bahrain

 Uzbekistan
 North Korea
 United Arab Emirates
 Qatar

The 10 teams were split into two groups of five teams each – each containing one team from each of Pots 1, 2 and 3, as well as 2 teams from Pot 4.

The top two teams in each group qualified for the World Cup Finals, with the two third-placed sides advancing to a playoff. All teams played home and away against each of the other four teams in the group.

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Australia Japan Bahrain Qatar Uzbekistan
 Australia 8 6 2 0 12 1 +11 20 — 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–0
 Japan 8 4 3 1 11 6 +5 15 0–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–1
 Bahrain 8 3 1 4 6 8 −2 10 0–1 2–3 — 1–0 1–0
 Qatar 8 1 3 4 5 14 −9 6 0–0 0–3 1–1 — 3–0
 Uzbekistan 8 1 1 6 5 10 −5 4 0–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 —
Source:[citation needed]
Bahrain 2–3 Japan
Isa Goal 87'
Tulio Goal 89' (o.g.)		 Report S. Nakamura Goal 18'
Endō Goal 44' (pen.)
K. Nakamura Goal 85'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
Qatar 3–0 Uzbekistan
Siddiq Goal 37'
Magid Mohamed Goal 73'
Al-Bloushi Goal 86'		 Report
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 8,000
Uzbekistan 0–1 Australia
Report Chipperfield Goal 26'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
Qatar 1–1 Bahrain
Soria Goal 6' Report Fatadi Goal 67'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)
Australia 4–0 Qatar
Cahill Goal 8'
Emerton Goal 17' (pen.), 58'
Kennedy Goal 76'		 Report
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 34,320
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Japan 1–1 Uzbekistan
Tamada Goal 40' Report Shatskikh Goal 27'
Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 55,142
Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
Bahrain 0–1 Australia
Report Bresciano Goal 90+3'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Qatar 0–3 Japan
Report Tanaka Goal 19'
Tamada Goal 47'
Tulio Goal 68'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Japan 0–0 Australia
Report
International Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Uzbekistan 0–1 Bahrain
Report Abdulrahman Goal 90+4'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 30,000
Japan 1–0 Bahrain
S. Nakamura Goal 47' Report
Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 57,276
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
Uzbekistan 4–0 Qatar
Tadjiyev Goal 34', 45+2', 53'
Soliev Goal 62'		 Report
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Australia 2–0 Uzbekistan
Kennedy Goal 66'
Kewell Goal 73' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 57,292
Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
Bahrain 1–0 Qatar
Aaish Goal 52' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Uzbekistan 0–1 Japan
Report Okazaki Goal 9'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Qatar 0–0 Australia
Report
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
Australia 2–0 Bahrain
Sterjovski Goal 55'
Carney Goal 88'		 Report
Attendance: 39,540
Japan 1–1 Qatar
Al Binali Goal 3' (o.g.) Report Afif Goal 53' (pen.)
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 60,256
Australia 2–1 Japan
Cahill Goal 59', 77' Report Tulio Goal 39'
Attendance: 74,100
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Bahrain 1–0 Uzbekistan
Abdulrahman Goal 73' Report
Attendance: 14,100
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts South Korea North Korea Saudi Arabia Iran United Arab Emirates
 South Korea 8 4 4 0 12 4 +8 16 — 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–1
 North Korea 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 12 1–1 — 1–0 0–0 2–0
 Saudi Arabia 8 3 3 2 8 8 0 12 0–2 0–0 — 1–1 3–2
 Iran 8 2 5 1 8 7 +1 11 1–1 2–1 1–2 — 1–0
 United Arab Emirates 8 0 1 7 6 17 −11 1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 —
Source:[citation needed]
United Arab Emirates 1–2 North Korea
Saeed Goal 86' Report Choe Kum-Chol Goal 72'
An Chol-Hyok Goal 81'
Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Iran
Al-Harthi Goal 29' Report Nekounam Goal 81'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
North Korea 1–1 South Korea
Hong Yong-Jo Goal 64' (pen.) Report Ki Sung-Yueng Goal 69'
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai (China)[1]
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
United Arab Emirates 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Khater Goal 23' Report Otaif Goal 69'
Al-Fraidi Goal 73'
Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 15,000
South Korea 4–1 United Arab Emirates
Lee Keun-Ho Goal 20', 80'
Park Ji-sung Goal 26'
Kwak Tae-Hwi Goal 89'		 Report Al Hammadi Goal 72'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Iran 2–1 North Korea
Mahdavikia Goal 9'
Nekounam Goal 63'		 Report Jong Tae-Se Goal 72'
Attendance: 60,000
United Arab Emirates 1–1 Iran
Juma'a Goal 19' Report Bagheri Goal 81'
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 8,000
Saudi Arabia 0–2 South Korea
Report Lee Keun-Ho Goal 76'
Park Chu-Young Goal 90+2'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
North Korea 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Mun In-Guk Goal 28' Report
Kim Il-Sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 1–1 South Korea
Nekounam Goal 58' Report Park Ji-sung Goal 81'
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
North Korea 2–0 United Arab Emirates
Pak Nam-Chol Goal 51'
Mun In-Guk Goal 90+3'		 Report
Kim Il-Sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Iran 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Shojaei Goal 57' Report Hazazi Goal 79'
Al-Muwallad Goal 87'
Attendance: 100,000
South Korea 1–0 North Korea
　Kim Chi-Woo Goal 86' Report
Attendance: 48,000
Saudi Arabia 3–2 United Arab Emirates
Otaif Goal 4' (pen.)
Juma Goal 70' (o.g.)
Hazazi Goal 85'		 Report Al Shehhi Goal 38'
Matar Goal 45+1'
Attendance: 70,000
North Korea 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
United Arab Emirates 0–2 South Korea
Report Park Chu-Young Goal 9'
Ki Sung-Yueng Goal 37'
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 4,000
South Korea 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 32,510
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
Iran 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Karimi Goal 53' Report
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
South Korea 1–1 Iran
Park Ji-sung Goal 82' Report Shojaei Goal 52'
Attendance: 40,000
Saudi Arabia 0–0 North Korea
Report
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Goalscorers[]

As of 17 June, there have been 81 goals scored in 40 games, for an average of 2.03 goals per game.

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes[]

Several Iranian players started their away match against South Korea wearing green armbands or wristbands, a symbol of protest at the outcome of the Iranian presidential election.[2] Most removed them at half-time. The newspaper Iran reported that Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hosein Kaebi, and Vahid Hashemian had received life bans from the Iranian FA for the gesture.[3] However, the Iranian FA denied this claim in a response to FIFA's inquiry saying that "the comments in foreign media are nothing but lies and a mischievous act."[4] The Iran national team head coach Afshin Ghotbi also confirmed that it was a rumour and Iranian FA "has not taken any official stand on this issue."[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Match played in Shanghai, China, as was the corresponding fixture in the Third Round, as North Korea refused to play the anthem and fly the flag of South Korea.
  2. ^ "Iranian football team shows support for Mousavi with green arm bands at Seoul World Cup qualifier". The Daily Telegraph. London. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  3. ^ Tiat, Robert (25 June 2009). "Iranian players receive life bans for gestures". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Iran denies punishing players for wearing green wristbands". London: The Daily Telegraph. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  5. ^ Bell, Jack (26 June 2009). "Iran Did Not Suspend Players, Coach Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
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