2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round

This page provides the summaries of the AFC fourth round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

The fourth round saw the five group winners and five group runners-up from the third round split into two groups of five.^[1] The top two teams from each group advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil, while the two third-placed teams advanced to the fifth round.

Seeding

The draw for round four was held on 9 March 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,^[2] with the teams seeded according to their March 2012 FIFA Ranking.^[3] The FIFA rankings used were released on 7 March 2012 and included all matches from the third round of Asian Qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[4] The ten teams (shown below with their March 2012 FIFA Ranking in brackets, and their positions in the third round in small brackets)^[5] are split into five pots, with each group containing a team from each pot.^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Australia (20) (D1)  South Korea (30) (B1)	Japan (33) (C2)  Iran (51) (E1)	Uzbekistan (67) (C1)  Iraq (76) (A1)	Jordan (83) (A2)  Qatar (88) (E2)	Oman (92) (D2)  Lebanon (124) (B2)

Groups

The matches were played from 3 June 2012 to 18 June 2013.^[1]

As the last matchday overlaps with the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup (which commences on 15 June 2013), the fourth round draw was adjusted to ensure Japan (the representative of the AFC for the Confederations Cup) received a bye on 18 June 2013, by placing them on Position 5 (instead of Position 2 where Japan were supposed to be placed as of the date of draw) in their group in order not to play on the last matchday.^[7]

Lebanon defender Ramez Dayoub was convicted of match-fixing after his back pass led to the only goal of the match in a 1–0 defeat by Qatar.^[8] Dayoub was suspended for life by the Lebanese Football Association.

Further information: 2013 Lebanese match fixing scandal

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	8	5	1	2	8	2	+6	16	2014 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0	0–1	0–0	4–0
2	South Korea	8	4	2	2	13	7	+6	14			0–1	—	1–0	2–1	3–0
3	Uzbekistan	8	4	2	2	11	6	+5	14	Fifth round		0–1	2–2	—	5–1	1–0
4	Qatar	8	2	1	5	5	13	−8	7			0–1	1–4	0–1	—	1–0
5	Lebanon	8	1	2	5	3	12	−9	5			1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	—

Source: ^[9]

3 June 2012

19:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	0–1	Iran
	Report	Khalatbari 90+3'

JAR Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

3 June 2012

20:30 UTC+3

Lebanon	0–1	Qatar
	Report	Soria 64'

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

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8 June 2012

16:00 UTC+3

Lebanon	1–1	Uzbekistan
Al Saadi 34'	Report	Hasanov 12'

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

8 June 2012

19:15 UTC+3

Qatar	1–4	South Korea
Ahmed 22'	Report	Lee Keun-ho 26', 80' Kwak Tae-hwi 55' Kim Shin-wook 64'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 10,730

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

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12 June 2012

20:00 UTC+9

South Korea	3–0	Lebanon
Kim Bo-kyung 30', 48' Koo Ja-cheol 90'	Report

Goyang Stadium, Goyang

Attendance: 36,756

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

12 June 2012

20:00 UTC+4:30

Iran	0–0	Qatar
	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

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11 September 2012

18:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	2–2	South Korea
Ki Sung-yueng 13' (o.g.) Tursunov 59'	Report	Filiposyan 44' (o.g.) Lee Dong-gook 57'

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

11 September 2012

17:00 UTC+3

Lebanon	1–0	Iran
Antar 27'	Report

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

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16 October 2012

15:25 UTC+3

Qatar	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Tursunov 13'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 11,260

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

16 October 2012

20:00 UTC+3:30

Iran	1–0	South Korea
Nekounam 76'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 99,885

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

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14 November 2012

17:45 UTC+3

Qatar	1–0	Lebanon
Soria 75'	Report

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 12,870

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

14 November 2012

20:00 UTC+3:30

Iran	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Bakayev 71'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 43,700

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

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26 March 2013

20:00 UTC+9

South Korea	2–1	Qatar
Lee Keun-ho 60' Son Heung-min 90+6'	Report	Ibrahim 63'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 37,222

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

26 March 2013

18:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	1–0	Lebanon
Djeparov 63'	Report

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 31,197

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

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4 June 2013

19:15 UTC+3

Qatar	0–1	Iran
	Report	Ghoochannejhad 66'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 11,872

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

4 June 2013

20:30 UTC+3

Lebanon	1–1	South Korea
Maatouk 12'	Report	Kim Chi-woo 90+6'

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 8,430

Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

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11 June 2013

20:00 UTC+9

South Korea	1–0	Uzbekistan
Shorakhmedov 43' (o.g.)	Report

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 50,699

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

11 June 2013

20:00 UTC+4:30

Iran	4–0	Lebanon
Khalatbari 39' Nekounam 45+1', 86' Ghoochannejhad 46'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 91,300

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

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18 June 2013

21:00 UTC+9

South Korea	0–1	Iran
	Report	Ghoochannejhad 60'

Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 42,243

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

18 June 2013

17:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	5–1	Qatar
Nasimov 61', 74' Zoteev 72' Ahmedov 87' Bakayev 90+1'	Report	Ilyas 37'

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 34,000

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	8	5	2	1	16	5	+11	17	2014 FIFA World Cup		—	1–1	6–0	3–0	1–0
2	Australia	8	3	4	1	12	7	+5	13			1–1	—	4–0	2–2	1–0
3	Jordan	8	3	1	4	7	16	−9	10	Fifth round		2–1	2–1	—	1–0	1–1
4	Oman	8	2	3	3	7	10	−3	9			1–2	0–0	2–1	—	1–0
5	Iraq	8	1	2	5	4	8	−4	5			0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	—

Source: ^[9]

3 June 2012

19:31 UTC+9

Japan	3–0	Oman
Honda 11' Maeda 51' Okazaki 54'	Report

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 63,551

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

3 June 2012

19:00 UTC+3

Jordan	1–1	Iraq
Hayel 43'	Report	Akram 14'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

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8 June 2012

19:32 UTC+9

Japan	6–0	Jordan
Maeda 18' Honda 22', 31', 53' (pen.) Kagawa 35' Kurihara 89'	Report

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 60,874

Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

8 June 2012

17:00 UTC+4

Oman	0–0	Australia
	Report

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

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12 June 2012

20:00 UTC+10

Australia	1–1	Japan
Wilkshire 70' (pen.)	Report	Kurihara 65'

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 40,189

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

12 June 2012

17:45 UTC+3

Iraq	1–1	Oman
Mahmoud 37' (pen.)	Report	Al Balushi 8'

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 1,650

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

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11 September 2012

19:34 UTC+9

Japan	1–0	Iraq
Maeda 25'	Report

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 60,593

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

11 September 2012

19:00 UTC+3

Jordan	2–1	Australia
Abdel-Fattah 50' (pen.) Amer Deeb 73'	Report	Thompson 86'

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

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16 October 2012

17:00 UTC+4

Oman	2–1	Jordan
Al Mahaijri 62' Al-Mashri 87'	Report	Bawab 90'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

16 October 2012

17:15 UTC+3

Iraq	1–2	Australia
Abdul-Zahra 72'	Report	Cahill 80' Thompson 84'

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 2,183

Referee: Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic)

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14 November 2012

15:30 UTC+4

Oman	1–2	Japan
Al Mahaijri 77'	Report	Kiyotake 20' Okazaki 90'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 28,360

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

14 November 2012

16:00 UTC+3

Iraq	1–0	Jordan
Ahmed 86'	Report

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 1,755

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

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26 March 2013

19:30 UTC+11

Australia	2–2	Oman
Cahill 52' Holman 85'	Report	Al-Muqbali 7' Jedinak 49' (o.g.)

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 34,603

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

26 March 2013

17:00 UTC+3

Jordan	2–1	Japan
Bani Attiah 45+1' Hayel 60'	Report	Kagawa 69'

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

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4 June 2013

19:34 UTC+9

Japan	1–1	Australia
Honda 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Oar 81'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 62,172

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

4 June 2013

17:00 UTC+4

Oman	1–0	Iraq
Al Ajmi 45+4'	Report

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 18,300

Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

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11 June 2013

19:00 UTC+10

Australia	4–0	Jordan
Bresciano 15' Cahill 61' Kruse 76' Neill 84'	Report

Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 43,785

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

11 June 2013

17:30 UTC+3

Iraq	0–1	Japan
	Report	Okazaki 89'

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

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18 June 2013

19:30 UTC+10

Australia	1–0	Iraq
Kennedy 83'	Report

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 80,523

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

18 June 2013

19:00 UTC+3

Jordan	1–0	Oman
Hayel 58'	Report

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 2.15 goals per match.

5 goals

• Keisuke Honda

3 goals

• Tim Cahill
• Reza Ghoochannejhad
• Javad Nekounam
• Ryoichi Maeda
• Shinji Okazaki
• Ahmad Hayel
• Lee Keun-ho

2 goals

• Archie Thompson
• Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
• Shinji Kagawa
• Yuzo Kurihara
• Ahmed Mubarak Al Mahaijri
• Sebastián Soria
• Kim Bo-kyung
• Ulugbek Bakayev
• Bahodir Nasimov
• Sanzhar Tursunov

1 goal

• Mark Bresciano
• Brett Holman
• Joshua Kennedy
• Robbie Kruse
• Lucas Neill
• Tommy Oar
• Luke Wilkshire
• Alaa Abdul-Zahra
• Hammadi Ahmad
• Nashat Akram
• Younis Mahmoud
• Hiroshi Kiyotake
• Hassan Abdel-Fattah
• Khalil Bani Attiah
• Tha'er Bawab
• Amer Deeb
• Ali Al Saadi
• Roda Antar
• Hassan Maatouk
• Ismail Al Ajmi
• Mohammed Al Balushi
• Juma Darwish Al-Mashri
• Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
• Yusef Ahmed
• Khalfan Ibrahim
• Abdulgadir Ilyas Bakur
• Kim Chi-woo
• Kim Shin-wook
• Koo Ja-cheol
• Kwak Tae-hwi
• Lee Dong-gook
• Son Heung-min
• Odil Ahmedov
• Server Djeparov
• Jasur Hasanov
• Oleg Zoteev

1 own goal

• Mile Jedinak (against Oman)
• Akmal Shorakhmedov (against South Korea)
• Ki Sung-yueng (against Uzbekistan)
• Artyom Filiposyan (against South Korea)

Notes

1. Iraq had to play all four home games for the Fourth round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at a neutral venue following a ban by FIFA on playing in Iraq.^[10]

See also

• 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)