Qualification Groups Asia FIFA World Cup 2010

2010 Qualification Groups Asia (AFC)

All the necessary information about the Asian Soccer Teams in the Qualification Groups for the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa

The qualification process for the national teams of the Asian Zone (AFC) for the 2010 Soccer World Cup took 4 preliminary rounds.

There were 4.5 slots available for the 43 participating national teams from the Asian Zone to qualify for the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa.

The first two rounds were played in a play-off format, whereas rounds 3 and 4 of the qualification for the 2010 World Cup were played in a group format. At present the qualification process is complete.

In round three the teams that finished first and second in their qualifying groups qualified for the fourth round which consisted of 10 national teams drawn into 2 groups of 5 national teams.

The teams ranked first and second in the 4th round automatically qualified for the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa. The team ranked fifth played in a home-and-away play-off against the winner of the Oceania (OFC) Qualification.

Round 3 of the Qualification for 2010 consisted of the following groups:

AFC Qualification Group 1: Australia, Qatar, China PR, Iraq

AFC Qualification Group 2: Bahrain, Japan, Oman, Thailand

AFC Qualification Group 3: Korea Republic, Korea DPR, Jordan, Turkmenistan

AFC Qualification Group 4: Uzbekistan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon

AFC Qualification Group 5: United Arab Emirates, Iran, Syria, Kuwait

More information on FIFA 2010 Qualification:

For a complete overview of soccer teams playing in the 2010 Soccer World Cup read our feature on countries and national teams qualified for 2010.

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