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The third round of AFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification is being played from 1 September 2016 to 5 September 2017.[1]

Format

A total of 12 teams which advanced from the second round (the eight group winners and the four 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 will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the two third-placed teams will advance to the fourth round.

Qualified teams

Group
(2nd round) 		Winners Runners-up (Best 4)
A  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates
B  Australia —
C  Qatar  China
D  Iran —
E  Japan  Syria
F  Thailand  Iraq
G  South Korea —
H  Uzbekistan —

Seeding

The draw for the third round was held on 12 April 2016, at 16:30 MST (UTC+8), at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2][3]

The seeding are based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2016 (shown in parentheses below).[4] The 12 teams are seeded into six pots:[5]

  • Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–2.
  • Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 3–4.
  • Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 5–6.
  • Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 7–8.
  • Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 9–10.
  • Pot 6 contained the teams ranked 11–12.

Each group contained one team from each of the six pots. The fixtures of each group were automatically decided based on the respective pot of each team.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.  Iran (42)
  2.  Australia (50)
  1.  South Korea (56)
  2.  Japan (57)
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
  1.  Qatar (83)
  2.  Iraq (105)
  1.  Syria (110)
  2.  Thailand (119)

Groups

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[6]
  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored
  4. Points in matches between tied teams
  5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
  6. Goals scored in matches between tied teams
  7. Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
  8. Fair play points
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
    • direct red card: minus 4 points
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
  9. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Group A

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

South Korea 3–2 China
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 51,238
Uzbekistan 1–0 Syria
Geynrikh 73' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 29,100
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Iran 2–0 Qatar
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 78,000
China 0–0 Iran
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 35,776
Syria 0–0 South Korea
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 4,350
Qatar 0–1 Uzbekistan
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Krimets 86'
Attendance: 7,898
South Korea 3–2 Qatar
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 32,550
China 0–1 Syria
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Al-Mawas 54'
Attendance: 37,368
Uzbekistan 0–1 Iran
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Hosseini 27'
Attendance: 34,000
Uzbekistan 2–0 China
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 21,503
Iran 1–0 South Korea
Azmoun 25' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 75,800
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Qatar 1–0 Syria
Al-Haidos 37' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 9,940
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
South Korea 2–1 Uzbekistan
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Bikmaev 25'
Attendance: 30,526
China 0–0 Qatar
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 32,763
Syria 0–0 Iran
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 4,560
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
China 1–0 South Korea
Yu Dabao 35' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 30,950
Qatar 0–1 Iran
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Taremi 52'
Attendance: 10,237
South Korea 1–0 Syria
Hong Jeong-ho 4' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 30,352
Iran 1–0 China
Taremi 46' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 78,115
Uzbekistan 1–0 Qatar
Ahmedov 65' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 19,000
Iran 2–0 Uzbekistan
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 59,730
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Syria 2–2 China
Al-Mawas 12' (pen.)
Al Salih 90+3'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Gao Lin 68' (pen.)
Wu Xi 75'
Attendance: 4,737
Qatar 3–2 South Korea
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 5,373
Qatar v China
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Iran v Syria
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)

Group B

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

Australia 2–0 Iraq
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 18,923
Japan 1–2 United Arab Emirates
Honda 11' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Khalil 20', 54' (pen.)
Attendance: 58,895
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Thailand
Al Abed 84' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 40,983
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Iraq 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Abdul-Raheem 18' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Al Abed 81' (pen.), 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,400
Thailand 0–2 Japan
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 44,500
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
United Arab Emirates 0–1 Australia
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Cahill 75'
Attendance: 40,893
Japan 2–1 Iraq
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Abdul-Amir 60'
Attendance: 57,768
United Arab Emirates 3–1 Thailand
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Tana 65'
Attendance: 18,242
Saudi Arabia 2–2 Australia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 51,616
Australia 1–1 Japan
Jedinak 52' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Haraguchi 5'
Attendance: 48,460
Iraq 4–0 Thailand
Abdul-Raheem 7', 25', 87', 90+4' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 2,255
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Saudi Arabia 3–0 United Arab Emirates
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 60,102
Japan 2–1 Saudi Arabia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Om. Hawsawi 90'
Attendance: 58,420
Thailand 2–2 Australia
Teerasil 20', 57' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Jedinak 9' (pen.), 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,534
United Arab Emirates 2–0 Iraq
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 14,583
Iraq 1–1 Australia
Yasin 76' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Leckie 40'
Attendance: 3,270
Thailand 0–3 Saudi Arabia
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 41,613
United Arab Emirates 0–2 Japan
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 23,725
Australia 2–0 United Arab Emirates
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 27,328
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Japan 4–0 Thailand
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 59,003
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Iraq
Al-Shehri 53' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 60,153
Australia 3–2 Saudi Arabia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 29,785
Thailand 1–1 United Arab Emirates
Mongkol 69' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Mabkhout 90+3'
Attendance: 24,417
Iraq 1–1 Japan
Kamel 73' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Osako 8'
Attendance: 983
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Goalscorers

There have been 104 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.17 goals per match.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Syria play their home matches outside Syria due to security concerns from the Syrian Civil War.
  2. ^ The kickoff of the Syria v Iran match was originally at 20:00 local time but was delayed by 45 minutes due to heavy rain.[7]
  3. ^ a b c d e Iraq play their home matches in Iran due to security concerns from the Iraqi Civil War. However, due to Saudi Arabia's refusal to play in Iran after the attack on their diplomatic missions in Iran, the first match was played in Malaysia.[8]
  4. ^ The Australia v Saudi Arabia match was brought forward from 13 June 2017 due to Australia's participation in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.[9]

References

  1. ^ "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". AFC. 16 April 2014.
  2. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup: Asian Qualifying Round 3 line up complete". Asian Football Confederation. 30 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Stage set for Russia 2018 Asian Qualifiers Final Round draw". Asian Football Confederation. 10 April 2016.
  4. ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – April 2016 (AFC)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Iran remain No. 1 in Asia, Australia the big movers". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Iran hold by Syria in FIFA World Cup qualifier". Tehran Times. 15 November 2016.
  8. ^ "AFC deny Iraq's demand to play Saudi Arabia in Iran". Goal.com. 29 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Australia, Japan to go head-to-head following Asian draw". FIFA.com. 12 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Football: FIFA replaces Qatari referee for UAE World Cup qualifier; Singaporean steps in".
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