2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round (Redirected from Malaysia v Saudi Arabia (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying))
The second round of AFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification) was played from 24 May 2015 to 29 March 2016.
Format
A total of forty teams (teams ranked 1–34 in the AFC entrant list and six first round winners) were 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 advanced to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification as well as qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals.
A total of 24 teams eliminated from World Cup qualification in the second round competed in the third round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification (which was separated from the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification), where they were divided into six groups of four teams and competed for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The 24 teams consisted of the sixteen highest ranked teams eliminated in the second round, and the eight teams that advanced from the play-off round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification which were contested by the remaining twelve teams eliminated in the second round.
Seeding
The draw for the second round was held on 14 April 2015, at 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2015 (shown in parentheses below). The 40 teams were seeded into five pots:
- Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–8.
- Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 9–16.
- Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 17–24.
- Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 25–32.
- Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 33–40.
Each group contained one team from each of the five pots. The fixtures of each group were automatically decided based on the respective pot of each team.
As the seeding order was based on the most recent FIFA Rankings prior to the draw, it differed from the order in the AFC entrant list, which was based on the FIFA World Rankings of January 2015. Among the six first round winners, three were seeded higher than pot 5 (India in pot 3, Timor-Leste and Bhutan in pot 4), on the basis of ranking points gained from the first round matches, while the other three (Yemen, Cambodia and Chinese Taipei) were seeded in pot 5.
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- Bolded teams qualified for the third round.
- (D): Disqualified after draw
Groups
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In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):
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Group A
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1 | Saudi Arabia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 20 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 7–0 | |
2 | United Arab Emirates | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 17 | Third round | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 10–0 | 8–0 | |
3 | Palestine | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 14 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 6–0 | 7–0 | |
4 | Malaysia | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 29 | −22 | 6 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–6 | — | 3–0 | |
5 | Timor-Leste | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 44 | −44 | 0 | 0–10 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — |
- ^ a b c d e f Timor-Leste forfeited five group matches due to fielding numerous ineligible players. The original results were: Malaysia 1–1 Timor-Leste; Timor-Leste 0–1 United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia 7–0 Timor-Leste; Timor-Leste 1–1 Palestine; Timor-Leste 0–1 Malaysia.
- ^ United Arab Emirates qualified for the Asian Cup as the host nation.
- ^ The Malaysia v Saudi Arabia match was awarded as 0–3, after being abandoned at 1–2 after a group of supporters threw objects onto the pitch.
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Timor-Leste | 0–3 Forfeited | Malaysia |
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Palestine | 6–0 | Malaysia |
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Palestine | 7–0 | Timor-Leste |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Australia | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 21 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 5–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 5–0 | |
2 | Jordan | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 16 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 8–0 | |
3 | Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 14 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Tajikistan | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 5 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 5–0 | |
5 | Bangladesh | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 32 | −30 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |
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Jordan | 8–0 | Bangladesh |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Qatar | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 21 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 15–0 | |
2 | China | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 | +26 | 17 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 12–0 | ||
3 | Hong Kong | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 14 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 7–0 | |
4 | Maldives | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 6 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 4–2 | |
5 | Bhutan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 52 | −47 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 3–4 | — |
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Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Iran | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | +23 | 20 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | Oman | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 14 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
3 | Turkmenistan | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 13 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
4 | Guam | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 7 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
5 | India | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |
- ^ FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh. The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.
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Oman | 1–0 | Guam |
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Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Japan | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +27 | 22 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 5–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | |
2 | Syria | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 18 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 5–2 | 6–0 | ||
3 | Singapore | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
4 | Afghanistan | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 9 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
5 | Cambodia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
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Group F
Indonesia was also drawn into this group, but on 30 May 2015 the country's football association was suspended due to governmental interference, and on 3 June 2015 the team was disqualified and all matches involving it were cancelled.
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1 | Thailand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 14 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | |
2 | Iraq | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 5–1 | ||
3 | Vietnam | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | |
4 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |
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Group G
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1 | South Korea | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +27 | 24 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 | |
2 | Lebanon | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | |
3 | Kuwait | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 | Disqualified | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 9–0 | 0–3 | |
4 | Myanmar | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 8 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | |
5 | Laos | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 4 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — |
- ^ a b c d During this stage the Kuwait Football Association was suspended after the country had failed to comply with a decision from FIFA that its sports law had to be changed. The three remaining matches involving Kuwait – away v Myanmar, home v Laos, and away v South Korea – were not played as scheduled, and were eventually awarded as 3–0 wins for Kuwait's opponents. Kuwait was also unable to compete in the Third Round of the Asian Cup qualifying, to which it would have advanced based on its ranking.
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Group H
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1 | Uzbekistan | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 21 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | North Korea | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 16 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 4–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
3 | Philippines | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 10 | 1–5 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | ||
4 | Bahrain | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
5 | Yemen | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 3 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | — |
- ^ FIFA awarded North Korea a 3–0 win as a result of Yemen fielding the ineligible player Mudir Al-Radaei, after North Korea had defeated Yemen 1–0. Al-Radaei failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the First Round of the competition.
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Ranking of runner-up teams
To determine the four best runner-up teams, the following criteria were used:
- Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Fair play points
- Drawing of lots
As a result of Indonesia being disqualified by FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.
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1 | F | Iraq | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Third round and Asian Cup |
2 | E | Syria | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 12 | |
3 | A | United Arab Emirates | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 11 | Third round |
4 | C | China | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 11 | Third round and Asian Cup |
5 | H | North Korea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Asian Cup qualifying third round |
6 | B | Jordan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | |
7 | D | Oman | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |
8 | G | Lebanon | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 |
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fourth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.
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- ^ United Arab Emirates already qualified for the Asian Cup as host nation.
Ranking of fourth-placed teams
To determine the four best fourth-placed teams, the following criteria were used:
- Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Fair play points
- Drawing of lots
As a result of Indonesia being disqualified by FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the fourth-placed teams.
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1 | D | Guam | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 4 | Asian Cup qualifying third round |
2 | G | Myanmar | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 4 | |
3 | H | Bahrain | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
4 | E | Afghanistan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 3 | |
5 | B | Tajikistan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 1 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round |
6 | F | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | |
7 | C | Maldives | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | |
8 | A | Malaysia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fourth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.
Goalscorers
There were 507 goals scored in 149 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match.
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- Nathan Burns
- Jiang Ning
- Maya Yoshida
- Khampheng Sayavutthi
- Ri Hyok-chol
- Jong Il-gwan
- Jonathan Cantillana
- Tamer Seyam
- Misagh Bahadoran
- Ali Assadalla
- Yahya Al-Shehri
- Safuwan Baharudin
- Fazrul Nawaz
- Kwon Chang-hoon
- Lee Jae-sung
- Mahmoud Al-Mawas
- Sanharib Malki
- Teerasil Dangda
- Arslanmyrat Amanow
- Omar Abdulrahman
- Odil Ahmedov
- Lê Công Vinh
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- Khaibar Amani
- Norlla Amiri
- Mustafa Zazai
- Massimo Luongo
- Mark Milligan
- Aaron Mooy
- Ismail Abdullatif
- Abdulwahab Al-Malood
- Sayed Mohamed Adnan
- Tshering Dorji
- Chencho Gyeltshen
- Wang Yongpo
- Wu Lei
- Yu Hanchao
- Wu Chun-ching
- Godfred Karikari
- Lam Ka Wai
- Jaimes McKee
- Sunil Chhetri
- Ashkan Dejagah
- Ehsan Hajsafi
- Ali Adnan
- Justin Meram
- Mu Kanazaki
- Vitalij Lux
- Hassan Chaito
- Hassan Maatouk
- Aung Thu
- Pak Kwang-ryong
- Amad Al-Hosni
- Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri
- Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
- Jaka Ihbeisheh
- Sameh Maraaba
- Yashir Pinto
- Iain Ramsay
- Karim Boudiaf
- Mohammed Kasola
- Fahad Al-Muwallad
- Khairul Amri
- Jang Hyun-soo
- Ki Sung-yueng
- Koo Ja-cheol
- Suk Hyun-jun
- Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
- Raja Rafe
- Akhtam Nazarov
- Pokklaw Anan
- Theerathon Bunmathan
- Adisak Kraisorn
- Mongkol Tossakrai
- Ramon Saro
- Guwanç Abylow
- Alexander Geynrikh
- Anzur Ismailov
- Nguyễn Văn Toàn
- Ahmed Al-Sarori
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- Faysal Shayesteh
- Josef Shirdel
- Mathew Leckie
- Tommy Oar
- Sami Al-Husaini
- Hussain Ali Baba
- Mohamed Al Romaihi
- Abdullah Omar
- Jahid Hasan Ameli
- Biren Basnet
- Sos Suhana
- Huang Bowen
- Mei Fang
- Zhang Linpeng
- Zhang Xizhe
- Hung Kai-chun
- Wen Chih-hao
- Yaki Yen
- Brandon McDonald
- Travis Nicklaw
- Christian Annan
- Bai He
- Chan Siu Ki
- Ju Yingzhi
- Lo Kwan Yee
- Paulinho
- Xu Deshuai
- Sandesh Jhingan
- Jeje Lalpekhlua
- Robin Singh
- Karim Ansarifard
- Saeid Ezatolahi
- Jalal Hosseini
- Alireza Jahanbakhsh
- Kamal Kamyabinia
- Morteza Pouraliganji
- Ramin Rezaeian
- Masoud Shojaei
- Andranik Teymourian
- Mehdi Torabi
- Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
- Ali Hosni
- Dhurgham Ismail
- Mahdi Kamel
- Ahmed Yasin
- Genki Haraguchi
- Hiroshi Kiyotake
- Masato Morishige
- Takashi Usami
- Munther Abu Amarah
- Yaseen Al-Bakhit
- Yousef Al-Naber
- Yousef Al-Rawashdeh
- Baha' Faisal
- Ahmed Samir
- Ali Maqseed
- Aziz Mashaan
- Faisal Zayid
- Ildar Amirov
- Edgar Bernhardt
- Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov
- Almazbek Mirzaliev
- Roda Antar
- Abbas Ahmed Atwi
- Hilal El-Helwe
- Mohammed Ghaddar
- Ali Hamam
- Youssef Mohamad
- Joan Oumari
- Feiz Shamsin
- Mohd Amri Yahyah
- Baddrol Bakhtiar
- Mohd Safiq Rahim
- Safee Sali
- Asadhulla Abdulla
- Ahmed Nashid
- Ahmed Niyaz
- Kyaw Ko Ko
- Kyaw Zayar Win
- Suan Lam Mang
- Zaw Min Tun
- Jang Kuk-chol
- Ro Hak-su
- So Hyon-uk
- So Kyong-jin
- Mohammed Al-Ghassani
- Saad Al-Mukhaini
- Qasim Said
- Raed Ibrahim Saleh
- Musab Al-Battat
- Ahmed Awad
- Abdelatif Bahdari
- Matías Jadue
- Pablo Tamburrini
- Khader Yousef
- Manuel Ott
- Javier Patiño
- Stephan Schröck
- Akram Afif
- Abdelkarim Hassan
- Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud
- Ismaeel Mohammad
- Sebastián Soria
- Salman Al-Faraj
- Osama Hawsawi
- Naif Hazazi
- Faris Ramli
- Lee Chung-yong
- Lee Jeong-hyeop
- Nam Tae-hee
- Moayad Ajan
- Oday Al-Jafal
- Ahmad Kallasi
- Omar Midani
- Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
- Tana Chanabut
- Kroekrit Thaweekarn
- Serdaraly Ataýew
- Artur Geworkýan
- Ruslan Mingazow
- Süleýman Muhadow
- Mekan Saparow
- Mohamed Ahmed
- Ismail Al Hammadi
- Ahmed Al Hashmi
- Dawood Ali
- Habib Fardan
- Mohanad Salem
- Stanislav Andreev
- Server Djeparov
- Azizbek Haydarov
- Eldor Shomurodov
- Đinh Tiến Thành
- Trần Phi Sơn
- 1 own goal
- Sharif Mukhammad (against Japan)
- Khoun Laboravy (against Japan)
- Leng Makara (against Syria)
- Ildar Amirov (against Australia)
- Valery Kichin (against Bangladesh)
- Ali Hamam (against South Korea)
- Zaw Min Tun (against Kuwait)
- Hamdi Al Masri (against Japan)
- Serdar Annaorazow (against Guam)
- Mekan Saparow (against Oman)
- Đinh Tiến Thành (against Thailand)