2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

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

Format

In this round the sixteen lowest seeded teams were drawn into 8 home-and-away ties.^[1][2] The draw took place on 30 March 2011 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[3]

The matches were held prior to the main draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, with first legs on 29 June 2011 and second legs on 2 and 3 July. The 8 winners advanced to the second round of the Asian qualifiers.

Seeding

Teams were seeded into two pots – Pot 1 included teams ranked 28–35 and Pot 2 teams ranked 36–43.

Pot 1	Pot 2
Malaysia  Afghanistan  Cambodia    Nepal  Bangladesh  Sri Lanka  Vietnam  Mongolia	Pakistan  Palestine  Timor-Leste  Macau  Chinese Taipei  Myanmar  Philippines  Laos

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malaysia	4–4 (a)	Chinese Taipei	2–1	2–3
Bangladesh	3–0	Pakistan	3–0	0–0
Cambodia	6–8	Laos	4–2	2–6 (a.e.t.)
Sri Lanka	1–5	Philippines	1–1	0–4
Afghanistan	1–3	Palestine	0–2	1–1
Vietnam	13–1	Macau	6–0	7–1
Nepal	7–1	Timor-Leste	2–1	5–0
Mongolia	1–2	Myanmar	1–0	0–2

29 June 2011

20:45 UTC+8

Malaysia	2–1	Chinese Taipei
Safiq 28' Aidil 54'	Report	Chen Po-liang 76'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)

3 July 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Chinese Taipei	3–2	Malaysia
Chang Han 31' Chen Po-liang 44' (pen.) Xavier Chen 75' (pen.)	Report	Aidil 8' Safiq 40'

Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 16,768

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

4–4 on aggregate. Malaysia won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round against Singapore.

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29 June 2011

18:00 UTC+6

Bangladesh	3–0	Pakistan
Ameli 1' Zahid 22' Reza 56'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 5,326

Referee: Mohammad Abu Loum (Jordan)

3 July 2011

20:30 UTC+5

Pakistan	0–0	Bangladesh
	Report

Punjab Stadium, Lahore

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

Bangladesh won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Lebanon.

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29 June 2011

15:00 UTC+7

Cambodia	4–2	Laos
Laboravy 52' El Nasa 58', 89' Sokumpheak 68'	Report	Phomsouvanh 10', 61'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi (Iran)

3 July 2011

18:00 UTC+7

Laos	6–2 (a.e.t.)	Cambodia
Singto 19', 55' Sayavutthi 34' Syphasay 46' Phaphouvanin 94' Sysomvang 112' (pen.)	Report	Chhoeun 45' Sokumpheak 75'

New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Laos won 8–6 on aggregate after extra time and advanced to the second round against China.

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29 June 2011

16:00 UTC+5:30

Sri Lanka	1–1	Philippines
Gunaratne 43'	Report	Burkey 50'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

3 July 2011

15:30 UTC+8

Philippines	4–0	Sri Lanka
Caligdong 20' P. Younghusband 43', 57' (pen.) Guirado 50'	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (Korea Republic)

Philippines won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Kuwait.

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29 June 2011

16:00 UTC+5

Afghanistan	0–2	Palestine
	Report	Alyan 22' Amour 88'

Metallurg Stadium, Tursunzoda (Tajikistan)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Nasser Darwish (Jordan)

3 July 2011

17:00 UTC+3

Palestine	1–1	Afghanistan
Wadi 12'	Report	Arezou 63'

Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

Palestine won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Thailand.

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29 June 2011

19:15 UTC+7

Vietnam	6–0	Macau
Lê Công Vinh 20', 36', 42' (pen.) Phạm Thành Lương 62' Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh 67' Nguyễn Văn Quyết 89'	Report

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

3 July 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Macau	1–7	Vietnam
Leong Ka Hang 59'	Report	Huỳnh Quang Thanh 2', 86' Nguyễn Quang Hải 23' Lê Công Vinh 29', 42', 74', 82'

Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

Vietnam won 13–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Qatar.

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29 June 2011

15:30 UTC+5:45

Nepal	2–1	Timor-Leste
A. Gurung 15' (pen.) J. M. Rai 70'	Report	Kik 47'

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

2 July 2011

15:30 UTC+5:45

Timor-Leste	0–5	Nepal
	Report	A. Gurung 4' (pen.) Silwal 56' J. M. Rai 59' J. Shrestha 89' S. Shrestha 90'

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu (Nepal)^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Lee Min-hu (Korea Republic)

Nepal won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Jordan.

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29 June 2011

18:30 UTC+8

Mongolia	1–0	Myanmar
Tsend-Ayuush 48'	Report

MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (Korea Republic)

3 July 2011

15:30 UTC+6:30

Myanmar	2–0	Mongolia
Pai Soe 62' Mai Aih Naing 88'	Report

Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Myanmar won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Oman.

Goalscorers

There were 60 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.75 goals per match.

7 goals

• Lê Công Vinh

2 goals

• Sam El Nasa
• Kouch Sokumpheak
• Chen Po-liang
• Manolom Phomsouvanh
• Lamnao Singto
• Aidil Zafuan
• Safiq Rahim
• Anil Gurung
• Ju Manu Rai
• Phil Younghusband
• Huỳnh Quang Thanh

1 goal

• Balal Arezou
• Jahid Hasan Ameli
• Mohamed Zahid Hossain
• Rezaul Karim
• Chhin Chhoeun
• Khoun Laboravy
• Chang Han
• Xavier Chen
• Visay Phaphouvanin
• Khampheng Sayavutthi
• Souliya Syphasay
• Kanlaya Sysomvang
• Leong Ka Hang
• Khürelbaataryn Tsend-Ayuush
• Mai Aih Naing
• Pai Soe
• Jagajeet Shrestha
• Sujal Shrestha
• Bhola Silwal
• Murad Alyan
• Ismail Al-Amour
• Houssam Wadi
• Nate Burkey
• Emelio Caligdong
• Ángel Guirado
• Chathura Gunaratne
• João Kik
• Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh
• Nguyễn Quang Hải
• Nguyễn Văn Quyết
• Phạm Thành Lương

Notes

1. Due to the unstable situation in Afghanistan, the first leg was played in Tajikistan.^[4]
2. Due to a lack of technical infrastructure in Timor-Leste, both legs were played in Nepal.^[5]