2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

The third round^{[note 1]} of AFC matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 2 September 2021 to 29 March 2022.^[1][2][3]

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

Tournament details
Dates	2 September 2021 – 29 March 2022
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	122 (2.03 per match)
Attendance	639,277 (10,655 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Wu Lei Alireza Jahanbakhsh Mehdi Taremi Junya Itō Saleh Al-Shehri Son Heung-min (4 goals each)
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Format

The twelve teams that advanced from the second round (the seven group winners excluding Qatar and the five best group runners-up) 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 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the two third-placed teams advanced to the fourth round. World Cup hosts Qatar won Group E in the second round (which meant they advanced to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup finals) but were not required to qualify for the World Cup.

Qualified teams

Group (Second round)	Winners	Best 5 Runners-up[note 2]
A	Syria	China
B	Australia	—
C	Iran	Iraq
D	Saudi Arabia	—
E	Qatar [note 3]	Oman
F	Japan	—
G	United Arab Emirates	Vietnam
H	South Korea	Lebanon

Draw and seeding

The draw for the third round was held on 1 July 2021 at 15:00 MST (UTC+8), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[5]

The seeding for the draw was based on a special release of the FIFA Men's World Rankings for Asian teams on 18 June 2021 (shown in parentheses below).^[6]

Each group contained one team from each of the six pots.

Note: Bolded teams qualified directly for the World Cup. Italicised teams qualified for the fourth round.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Japan (24)  Iran (26)	Australia (35)  South Korea (36)	Saudi Arabia (61)  United Arab Emirates (68)
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Iraq (70)  China (71)	Oman (79)  Syria (80)	Vietnam (92)  Lebanon (98)

Schedule

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, FIFA announced on 12 August 2020 that the upcoming qualifying matches originally scheduled for 2020 were moved to 2021,^[7] and on 11 November, the AFC Competitions Committee also announced that the final round of the Asian qualifiers would begin in September 2021 and be finished by March 2022.^[8]

Matchday	Date	Original date
Matchday 1	2 September 2021	3 September 2020
Matchday 2	7 September 2021	8 September 2020
Matchday 3	7 October 2021	13 October 2020
Matchday 4	12 October 2021	12 November 2020
Matchday 5	11 November 2021	17 November 2020
Matchday 6	16 November 2021	25 March 2021
Matchday 7	27 January 2022	30 March 2021
Matchday 8	1 February 2022	8 June 2021
Matchday 9	24 March 2022	7 September 2021
Matchday 10	29 March 2022	12 October 2021

Groups

Group A

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

South Korea	0–0	Iraq
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)

20:00 UTC+9

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Iran	1–0	Syria
Jahanbakhsh 56'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)

20:30 UTC+4:30

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

United Arab Emirates	0–0	Lebanon
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)

20:45 UTC+4

Zabeel Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 1,513

Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)

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South Korea	1–0	Lebanon
Kwon Chang-hoon 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)

20:00 UTC+9

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Syria	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Al Baher 64'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mabkhout 12'

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)

19:00 UTC+3

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman (Jordan)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 2,370

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Iraq	0–3	Iran
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Jahanbakhsh 3' Taremi 69' Gholizadeh 90'

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)

21:00 UTC+3

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 7]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)

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South Korea	2–1	Syria
Hwang In-beom 47' Son Heung-min 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Khribin 83'

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)

20:00 UTC+9

Ansan Wa~ Stadium, Ansan

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Iraq	0–0	Lebanon
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)

17:30 UTC+3

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 7]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Iran
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Taremi 70'

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)

20:45 UTC+4

Zabeel Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 3,034

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

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Iran	1–1	South Korea
Jahanbakhsh 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Son Heung-min 48'

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)

17:00 UTC+3:30

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

United Arab Emirates	2–2	Iraq
Caio 34' Mabkhout 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Attas 74' (o.g.) Hussein 89'

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)

20:45 UTC+4

Zabeel Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 2,820

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Syria	2–3	Lebanon
Khribin 20' Al Somah 64'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kdouh 45+1', 45+3' Saad 53'

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)

19:00 UTC+3

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman (Jordan)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 2,377

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

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South Korea	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Hwang Hee-chan 36' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)

20:00 UTC+9

Goyang Stadium, Goyang

Attendance: 30,152

Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)

Lebanon	1–2	Iran
Saad 37'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Azmoun 90+1' Nourollahi 90+5'

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)

14:00 UTC+2

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Iraq	1–1	Syria
Al-Ammari 86' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al Somah 79'

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)

20:00 UTC+3

Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 7]}

Attendance: 50

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

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Iraq	0–3	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lee Jae-sung 33' Son Heung-min 74' (pen.) Jeong Woo-yeong 80'

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

18:00 UTC+3

Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 7]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Syria	0–3	Iran
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Azmoun 33' Hajsafi 42' (pen.) Gholizadeh 89'

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

18:00 UTC+2

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman (Jordan)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 907

Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)

Lebanon	0–1	United Arab Emirates
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mabkhout 85' (pen.)

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

14:00 UTC+2

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 0

Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

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Lebanon	0–1	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Cho Gue-sung 45+1'

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

14:00 UTC+2

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 5,400

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Iran	1–0	Iraq
Taremi 48'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

18:00 UTC+3:30

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 9,354

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

United Arab Emirates	2–0	Syria
Caio 43' Al Ghassani 70'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

19:00 UTC+4

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 2,450

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

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Lebanon	1–1	Iraq
Sabra 45+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hussein 39'

1 February 2022 (2022-02-01)

14:00 UTC+2

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 6,341

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Syria	0–2	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kim Jin-su 53' Kwon Chang-hoon 71'

1 February 2022 (2022-02-01)

18:00 UTC+4

Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 310

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Iran	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Taremi 44'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

1 February 2022 (2022-02-01)

18:00 UTC+3:30

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

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South Korea	2–0	Iran
Son Heung-min 45+2' Kim Young-gwon 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

20:00 UTC+9

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 64,375

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

Lebanon	0–3	Syria
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al Dali 14' Mardikian 38' (pen.) Al Marmour 44'

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

14:00 UTC+2

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 5,422

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Iraq	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Al-Saedi 53'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

20:00 UTC+3

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)^{[note 7]}

Attendance: 1,320

Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)

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Iran	2–0	Lebanon
Azmoun 35' Jahanbakhsh 72'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29)

16:00 UTC+4:30

Imam Reza Stadium, Mashhad

Attendance: 22,453

Referee: Fu Ming (China PR)

United Arab Emirates	1–0	South Korea
Al-Maazmi 54'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29)

17:45 UTC+4

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 4,223

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Syria	1–1	Iraq
Al Dali 3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hussein 31'

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29)

17:45 UTC+4

Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 3,710

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Group B

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

Japan	0–1	Oman
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Sabhi 88'

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)

19:14 UTC+9

Suita City Football Stadium, Suita

Attendance: 4,853

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Australia	3–0	China
Mabil 24' Boyle 26' Duke 70'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)

21:00 UTC+3

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 8][10]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Saudi Arabia	3–1	Vietnam
Al-Dawsari 55' (pen.) Al-Shahrani 67' Al-Shehri 80' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nguyễn Quang Hải 3'

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)

21:00 UTC+3

Mrsool Park, Riyadh

Attendance: 8,331

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

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Vietnam	0–1	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Grant 43'

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)

19:00 UTC+7

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

China	0–1	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Osako 40'

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)

18:00 UTC+3

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 9][11]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Oman	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Shehri 42'

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)

20:00 UTC+4

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 8,150

Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

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Saudi Arabia	1–0	Japan
Al-Buraikan 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)

20:00 UTC+3

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 51,218

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

China	3–2	Vietnam
Zhang Yuning 53' Wu Lei 75', 90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hồ Tấn Tài 80' Nguyễn Tiến Linh 90'

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)

21:00 UTC+4

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 9]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Australia	3–1	Oman
Mabil 9' Boyle 49' Duke 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	R. Al-Alawi 28'

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)

21:30 UTC+3

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 8][12]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 4]}

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

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Japan	2–1	Australia
Tanaka 8' Behich 85' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hrustic 70'

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)

19:14 UTC+9

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 14,437

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Oman	3–1	Vietnam
Al Sabhi 45+1' Al-Khaldi 49' Al-Yahyaei 63' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nguyễn Tiến Linh 39'

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)

20:00 UTC+4

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 9,123

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Saudi Arabia	3–2	China
Al-Najei 15', 38' Al-Buraikan 72'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Aloísio 46' Wu Xi 87'

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)

20:00 UTC+3

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 54,124

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

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Australia	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)

20:10 UTC+11

Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 23,314

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Vietnam	0–1	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Itō 17'

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)

19:00 UTC+7

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 11,022

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

China	1–1	Oman
Wu Lei 21'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Harthi 75'

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)

19:00 UTC+4

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 9]}

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

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China	1–1	Australia
Wu Lei 71' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Duke 38'

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

19:00 UTC+4

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 9]}

Attendance: 1,050

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Oman	0–1	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Itō 81'

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

20:00 UTC+4

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 14,123

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Vietnam	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Shehri 31'

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

19:00 UTC+7

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 9,669

Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

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Australia	4–0	Vietnam
Maclaren 30' Rogic 45+2' Goodwin 72' McGree 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

20:10 UTC+11

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 27,740

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Japan	2–0	China
Osako 13' (pen.) Itō 61'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

19:00 UTC+9

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 11,753

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Oman
Al-Buraikan 48'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

20:15 UTC+3

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 47,364

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

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Japan	2–0	Saudi Arabia
Minamino 32' Itō 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

1 February 2022 (2022-02-01)

19:14 UTC+9

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 19,118

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Vietnam	3–1	China
Hồ Tấn Tài 9' Nguyễn Tiến Linh 16' Phan Văn Đức 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Xu Xin 90+7'

1 February 2022 (2022-02-01)

19:00 UTC+7

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 6,099

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Oman	2–2	Australia
Fawaz 54', 89' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Maclaren 15' (pen.) Mooy 79'

1 February 2022 (2022-02-01)

20:00 UTC+4

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 0

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

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Australia	0–2	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mitoma 89', 90+4'

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

20:10 UTC+11

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 41,852

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Vietnam	0–1	Oman
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Hajri 65'

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

19:00 UTC+7

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 6,923

Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

China	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Zhu Chenjie 82' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Shehri 45+1'

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

19:00 UTC+4

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 9]}

Attendance: 200

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

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Japan	1–1	Vietnam
Yoshida 55'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nguyễn Thanh Bình 19'

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29)

19:35 UTC+9

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 44,600

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Oman	2–0	China
Al-Alawi 12' Fawaz 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29)

20:00 UTC+4

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Australia
Al-Dawsari 65' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29)

21:00 UTC+3

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 51,433

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Goalscorers

There were 122 goals scored in 60 matches, for an average of 2.03 goals per match.

4 goals

• Wu Lei
• Alireza Jahanbakhsh
• Mehdi Taremi
• Junya Itō
• Saleh Al-Shehri
• Son Heung-min

3 goals

• Mitchell Duke
• Sardar Azmoun
• Aymen Hussein
• Abdullah Fawaz
• Firas Al-Buraikan
• Ali Mabkhout
• Nguyễn Tiến Linh

2 goals

• Martin Boyle
• Awer Mabil
• Jamie Maclaren
• Ali Gholizadeh
• Kaoru Mitoma
• Yuya Osako
• Mohamad Kdouh
• Soony Saad
• Issam Al Sabhi
• Salem Al-Dawsari
• Sami Al-Najei
• Kwon Chang-hoon
• Alaa Al Dali
• Omar Al Somah
• Omar Khribin
• Caio Canedo
• Hồ Tấn Tài

1 goal

• Craig Goodwin
• Rhyan Grant
• Ajdin Hrustic
• Riley McGree
• Aaron Mooy
• Tom Rogic
• Aloísio
• Wu Xi
• Xu Xin
• Zhang Yuning
• Zhu Chenjie
• Ehsan Hajsafi
• Ahmad Nourollahi
• Amir Al-Ammari
• Hussein Ali Al-Saedi
• Takumi Minamino
• Ao Tanaka
• Maya Yoshida
• Maher Sabra
• Arshad Al-Alawi
• Rabia Al-Alawi
• Khalid Al-Hajri
• Amjad Al-Harthi
• Mohsin Al-Khaldi
• Salaah Al-Yahyaei
• Yasser Al-Shahrani
• Cho Gue-sung
• Hwang Hee-chan
• Hwang In-beom
• Jeong Woo-yeong
• Kim Jin-su
• Kim Young-gwon
• Lee Jae-sung
• Mahmoud Al Baher
• Mohammad Al Marmour
• Mardik Mardikian
• Harib Al-Maazmi
• Yahya Al Ghassani
• Nguyễn Quang Hải
• Nguyễn Thanh Bình
• Phan Văn Đức

1 own goal

• Aziz Behich (against Japan)
• Mohammed Al-Attas (against Iraq)

See also

• 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round

Notes

1. On the AFC's official YouTube page, "The AFC Hub," it is referred to as the Final Round.
2. This would usually be a "Best 4", but because the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar won their group (their participation in the second round was to secure a spot in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup), the draw for the third round of the FIFA World Cup's qualification included 5 runners-up instead.^[4]
3. Qatar had already qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup as the tournament hosts, but competed in the second round as part of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification.
4. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, the match was played behind closed doors.
5. The Korean FA (South Korea) and Lebanese FA (Lebanon) agreed to switch the order of their home-and-away matches.^[9]
6. Due to the Syrian civil war, Syria played its home matches at neutral venues.
7. Due to the security concerns, Iraq played its home matches at neutral venues.
8. Due to the border closures in Australia because of COVID-19 pandemic, Australia played two of their home matches at neutral venues.
9. Due to the quarantine restrictions in China because of COVID-19 pandemic, China played its home matches at neutral venues.