WORLD CUP 2010
ASIA
4.5 finals berths
1st stage
The 38 lowest-ranked countries of the 43 entrants were drawn in 19 two-leg ties:
Bahrain v Malaysia
4-1, 0-0 (agg 4-1)
Bangladesh v Tajikistan
1-1, 0-5 (agg 1-6)
*Bhutan v Kuwait
Cambodia v Turkmenistan
0-1, 1-4 (agg 1-5)
China v Myanmar
7-0, 4-0 (agg 11-0)
East Timor v Hong Kong
2-3, 1-8 (agg 3-11)
**Guam v Indonesia
Kyrgyzstan v Jordan
2-0, 0-2 (aet) (agg 2-2; Jordan 6-5 on pens)
Lebanon v India
4-1, 2-2 (agg 6-3)
Mongolia v North Korea
1-4, 1-5 (agg 2-9)
Oman v Nepal
2-0, 2-0 (agg 4-0)
Pakistan v Iraq
0-7, 0-0 (agg 0-7)
Palestine v Singapore
0-4, 0-3 (awarded) (agg 0-7)
Sri Lanka v Qatar
0-1, 0-5 (agg 0-6)
Syria v Afghanistan
3-0, 2-1 (agg 5-1)
Thailand v Macao
6-1, 7-1 (agg 13-2)
Uzbekistan v Taiwan
9-0, 2-0 (agg 11-0)
Vietnam v United Arab Emirates
0-1, 0-5 (agg 0-6)
Yemen v Maldives
3-0, 0-2 (agg 3-2)
1st legs - 08-22.10.07; 2nd legs - 15-30.10.07
*Bhutan withdrew; Kuwait were given a bye
**Guam withdrew; Indonesia were given a bye
The eight lowest-ranked winners entered the 2nd stage; the other 11 winners went straight into the 3rd stage, to which Asia’s top five seeds – Australia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Iran – received a bye.
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