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2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates12 March 2015 – 27 March 2018
Teams46 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored24 (2 per match)
Attendance89,973 (7,498 per match)
Top scorer(s)Cambodia Chan Vathanaka
India Sunil Chhetri
East Timor Quito
Bhutan Chencho Gyeltshen
(2 goals each)
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The 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification is the qualification process organized by the AFC to determine the participating teams for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. For the first time, the Asian Cup final tournament will be contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format that had been used since 2004.[1]

The qualification process will involve four rounds, where the first two will double as the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification for Asian teams.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 United Arab Emirates Hosts 9 March 2015 9 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Format

The proposal to merge the preliminary qualification rounds for FIFA World Cup qualifiers with those for the Asian Cup was ratified by the AFC Competitions Committee.[1]

The qualification structure is as follows:[1]

  • First round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 35–46) will play home-and-away over two legs. The six winners will advance to the second round.
  • Second round: A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–34 and six first round winners) will be divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches.
    • The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up will advance to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification as well as qualify for the AFC Asian Cup finals.
    • The next 16 highest ranked teams will advance to the third round of Asian Cup qualification.
    • The remaining 12 teams enter the play-off round to contest the remaining eight spots in the third round of Asian Cup qualification.[2]
  • Play-off round: At a Competition Committee meeting in November 2014, it was decided that a play-off round of qualifying would be introduced into the qualification procedure.[3] According to the calendar published by the AFC, there will be two rounds of home-and-away two-legged play-off matches for teams ranked 29–40 in the second round.[4]
  • Third round: The 24 teams will be divided into six groups of four to play home-and-away round-robin matches, and compete for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Entrants

All 46 FIFA-affiliated nations from the AFC entered qualification.[5] In order to determine which nations would compete in the first round and which nations would receive a bye through to the second round, the FIFA World Rankings of January 2015 were used (shown in parentheses).[6]

Bye to second round
(Ranked 1st to 34th) 		Competing in first round
(Ranked 35th to 46th)
  1.  Iran (51)
  2.  Japan (54)
  3.  South Korea (69)
  4.  Uzbekistan (71)
  5.  United Arab Emirates (80)
  6.  Qatar (92)
  7.  Oman (93)
  8.  Jordan (93)
  9.  China (96)
  10.  Australia (100)
  11.  Saudi Arabia (102)
  12.  Bahrain (110)
  13.  Iraq (114)
  14.  Palestine (115)
  15.  Lebanon (122)
  16.  Kuwait (125)
  17.  Philippines (129)
  2.  Maldives (131)
  3.  Vietnam (133)
  4.  Tajikistan (136)
  5.  Myanmar (141)
  6.  Afghanistan (142)
  7.  Thailand (144)
  8.  Turkmenistan (147)
  9.  North Korea (150)
  10.  Syria (151)
  11.  Kyrgyzstan (152)
  12.  Malaysia (154)
  13.  Hong Kong (156)
  14.  Singapore (157)
  15.  Indonesia (159)
  16.  Laos (160)
  17.  Guam (161)
  18.  Bangladesh (165)
  2.  India (171)
  3.  Sri Lanka (172)
  4.  Yemen (176)
  5.  Cambodia (179)
  6.  Chinese Taipei (182)
  7.  East Timor (185)
  8.    Nepal (186)
  9.  Macau (186)
  10.  Pakistan (188)
  11.  Mongolia (194)
  12.  Brunei (198)
  13.  Bhutan (209)

Due to the joint format of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers and AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, the hosts of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup (United Arab Emirates) will also enter the second round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualification competition is as follows.[7][4]

Round Matchday Date
First round First leg 12 March 2015
Second leg 17 March 2015
Second round Matchday 1 11 June 2015
Matchday 2 16 June 2015
Matchday 3 3 September 2015
Matchday 4 8 September 2015
Matchday 5 8 October 2015
Matchday 6 13 October 2015
Matchday 7 12 November 2015
Matchday 8 17 November 2015
Matchday 9 24 March 2016
Matchday 10 29 March 2016
Round Matchday Date
Play-off round Round 1 First leg 2 June 2016
Round 1 Second leg 7 June 2016
Round 2 First leg 6 September 2016
Round 2 Second leg 11 October 2016
Third round Matchday 1 28 March 2017
Matchday 2 13 June 2017
Matchday 3 5 September 2017
Matchday 4 10 October 2017
Matchday 5 14 November 2017
Matchday 6 27 March 2018

First round

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round

The draw for the first round was held on 10 February 2015, 15:30 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
India  2–0    Nepal 2–0 0–0
Yemen  3–1  Pakistan 3–1 0–0
East Timor  0–6[N 1]  Mongolia 0–3[N 1] 0–3[N 1]
Cambodia  4–1  Macau 3–0 1–1
Chinese Taipei  2–1  Brunei 0–1 2–0
Sri Lanka  1–3  Bhutan 0–1 1–2
Notes
  1. ^ a b c Timor-Leste won the first leg 4–1 and the second leg 1–0, thus winning 5–1 on aggregate and advancing to the Second round. On 12 December 2017 FIFA awarded both matches 3–0 to Mongolia due to Timor-Leste fielding numerous ineligible players. However, this was long after the Second round had been played, so Timor-Leste advanced and Mongolia were not reinstated.

Second round

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round

The draw for the second round was held on 14 April 2015, 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[9][10]

Groups

Group A

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round Group A

Group B

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round Group B

Group C

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round Group C

Group D

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round Group D

Group E

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round Group E

Group F

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round Group F

Group G

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round Group G

Group H

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round Group H

Ranking of runner-up teams

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round Ranking of runner-up teams

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round Ranking of fourth-placed teams

Play-off round

At a Competition Committee meeting in November 2014, it was decided that a play-off round of qualifying would be introduced into the qualification procedure.[3] According to the calendar published by the AFC, there will be two rounds of play-off matches for teams ranked 29–40 in the second round.[4]

Six eliminated teams from Round One in 2018 World Cup Qualification, four fourth-placed and eight fifth-placed teams in Round 2, and  Northern Mariana Islands, who is not a member of FIFA, will competed in this Play-off Round.

Round One

Date: June 2 and 7, 2016. Teams:To be determined.

Round Two

Date: September 6 and October 11, 2016. Teams:To be determined.

Third round

A total of 24 teams will compete in the third round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.

The number of remaining AFC Asian Cup final slots available for the third round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers will differ according to the following:[8] If the United Arab Emirates (as 2019 AFC Asian Cup hosts) have advanced to the third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, a total of 12 slots will be available. However if they do not advance, a total of 11 slots will be available (as the hosts qualify automatically for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals).

Seeding

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  • Winner 3 in the Play-off Round
  • Winner 4 in the Play-off Round
  • Winner 5 in the Play-off Round
  • Winner 6 in the Play-off Round
  • Winner 7 in the Play-off Round
  • Winner 8 in the Play-off Round

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". AFC. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ^ "World Cup draw looms large in Asia". FIFA.com. 13 April 2015. Completing the tournament's qualifying contenders will be the next 16 highest ranked teams, with the remaining 12 sides battling it out in play-off matches to claim the last eight spots.
  3. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Committee meeting". Asian Football Confederation. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  4. ^ a b c "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016 - 2018" (PDF). AFC.
  5. ^ "Road to Russia with new milestone". FIFA.com. 15 January 2015.
  6. ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – January 2015 (AFC)". FIFA.com. 8 January 2015.
  7. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  8. ^ a b "India v Nepal headlines 2018 World Cup, 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers draw". AFC. 23 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Draw date set for Round 2 of 2018 World Cup, 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers". AFC. 5 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Draw: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Preliminary Qualification Round 2". AFC. 15 April 2015.

External links

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