2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round

Format

In this round teams ranked 6–24 were randomly drawn against teams ranked 25–43, and the draw took place on 6 August 2007 in the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Teams ranked 1–5 received a bye to the third round.

The matches were held between 8 October 2007 and 30 October 2007. The 11 highest ranked teams (according to the first round seeding) among the 19 winners advanced to the third round of the Asian qualifiers, while the eight remaining teams advanced to the second round in November 2007.

Summary

^ For security reasons, Iraq played their home leg in Syria, Palestine played their home leg in Qatar and Afghanistan played their home leg in Tajikistan.

^ Bhutan withdrew.

^ Guam withdrew.

^ FIFA decided to move Myanmar home match to Malaysia.

^ Timor-Leste elected to play their home leg in Indonesia.

^ Palestine failed to appear; Singapore was awarded a 3–0 win. The Palestine Football Federation appealed to have the match rescheduled on the grounds that its players did not receive permits to leave the Gaza Strip, but FIFA dismissed the appeal.

Matches

Iraq won 7–0 on aggregate.

Uzbekistan won 11–0 on aggregate.

Thailand won 13–2 on aggregate.

Qatar won 6–0 on aggregate.

China PR won 11–0 on aggregate.

Bhutan withdrew.

2–2 on aggregate; Jordan won 6–5 on penalties.

United Arab Emirates won 6–0 on aggregate.

Bahrain won 4–1 on aggregate.

Hong Kong won 11–3 on aggregate.

Syria won 5–1 on aggregate.

Yemen won 3–2 on aggregate.

Tajikistan won 6–1 on aggregate.

Korea DPR won 9–2 on aggregate.

Oman won 4–0 on aggregate.

Singapore won 7–0 on aggregate.

Lebanon won 6–3 on aggregate.

Turkmenistan won 5–1 on aggregate.

Guam withdrew.

Qualified teams

Among the 19 winners, the top 11 winners advanced directly to the third round while the remaining 8 teams advanced to second round.

Goalscorers

There were 131 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 3.97 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal