Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3
This page provides the summaries of the matches of the group stage of the Asian football qualifiers for 2012 Olympics.
Format[]
The 12 teams in this round were divided into three groups of four teams each and played on a home-and-away format. The group winner from each group advanced to the 2012 Summer Olympics Football tournament in London. Three second-placed teams from this round will play each other in a playoff at a centralised venue from 25 to 29 March 2012, and the winners of this group will meet the representatives of CAF for a berth in the Olympics.
Seeding[]
The group stage draw took place on 7 July 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1]
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D |
|---|---|---|---|
Groups[]
The matches were played between 21 September 2011 and 14 March 2012.[2]
| Legend |
|---|
| Team qualify for the 2012 Olympics |
| Team advance to the Play-off round |
Group A[]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Korea
|
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 |
 Oman
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
 Qatar
|
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| South Korea | 2 – 0 | Oman |
|---|---|---|
Yoon Bit-Garam  24' Kim Bo-Kyung 74' |
Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 – 1 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| Dagriri 12' |
Report | 89' |
| Oman | 2 – 0 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Hardan 15' 56' |
Report |
| Qatar | 1 – 1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Majid 43' (pen.) |
Report | Kim Hyun-Sung 68' |
| South Korea | 1 – 0 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Cho Young-Cheol 33' (pen.) |
Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 – 1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| 60' |
Report | Kim Bo-Kyung 90+1' |
| Oman | 0 – 3 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nam Tae-Hee 1' Kim Hyun-Sung 68' Baek Sung-Dong 72' |
| Qatar | 2 – 1 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Haidos 44' Nabeel 78' |
Report | 12' (pen.) |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 – 1 | Oman |
|---|---|---|
| 57' |
Report | Al-Hadhri 43' |
| South Korea | 0 – 0 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
- 1Qatar adjudged to have played Abdelaziz Hatem when he should have served a suspension. Original result was 1–1.[3]
Group B[]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Arab Emirates
|
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 14 |
 Uzbekistan
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 |
 Iraq
|
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 5 |
 Australia
|
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 – 0 | Iraq |
|---|---|---|
| Temurkhuja 71' Turaev 78' |
Report |
| Australia | 0 – 0 | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 – 0 (awarded1) | Iraq |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Abdul-Raheem 21' Sabah 77' |
| Iraq | 0 – 1 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ali 3' |
| Uzbekistan | 2 – 0 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Turaev 27' Zoteev 85' |
Report |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 – 0 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Abdulrahman 23' |
Report |
| Uzbekistan | 2 – 3 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Zoteev 34' Musaev 47' |
Report | Khalil 51', 55' 90+3' |
- 1Iraq adjudged to have played Faisal Jassim when he should have served a suspension. Original result was 2–0 to Iraq [4]
Group C[]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 15 |
 Syria
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 |
 Bahrain
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 9 |
 Malaysia
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |
| Syria | 3 – 1 | Bahrain |
|---|---|---|
| Fares 15' Mardigian 45', 54' |
Report | 85' (pen.) |
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)
Goalscorers[]
- 4 goals
Mardig Mardigian
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Keigo Higashi- Yuki Otsu
Kim Bo-Kyung- Kim Hyun-Sung
- Hassan Al Haidos
- Omar Al Soma
Kenja Turaev
Ahmad Khalil
- 1 goal
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- Saad Al Amer
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Mustafa Ahmad- Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
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- Nabeel Sabah
- Mizuki Hamada
- Genki Haraguchi
- Kensuke Nagai
- Yuya Osako
- Manabu Saito
- Hiroki Sakai
- Ryohei Yamazaki
- Takahiro Ogihara
- Hiroshi Kiyotake
- Baek Sung-Dong
- Cho Young-Cheol
- Nam Tae-Hee
- Yoon Bit-Garam
Ahmad Hazwan Bakri- Mahali Jasuli
- Nazmi Faiz
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- Qasim Said Sanjoor Hardan
- Hussain Al Hadhri
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- Ibrahim Majid
- Nasser Nabeel
Yahya Dagriri-
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- Ahmad Al Douni
- Ahmad Al Salih
- Mohamad Fares
- Nasouh Nakdali
- Solaiman Solaiman
- Omar Abdulrahman
- Ahmad Ali
- Fozil Musaev
- Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov
- Oleg Zoteev
- Own goals
- Yuya Osako (for Syria)
References[]
- ^ "Koreans must bridge Gulf to London". the-afc.com. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Olympic final round qualifying draw on Thursday". the-afc.com. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Iraq sanctioned for ineligible player[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bahrain arrive for Olympic qualifier". 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2011-00-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ "Bahrain-Japan tie on Nov 22". 2011-08-10. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
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