The AFC second round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, which also served as the second round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, was played from 5 September 2019 to 15 June 2021.

Format[]

A total of forty teams were drawn into eight groups of five to play home-and-away round-robin matches. They included the 34 teams (teams ranked 1–34 in the AFC entrant list) which received byes to this round, and the six winners from the first round.

Seven group winners (excluded Qatar, who had already qualified to the World Cup as tournament host) and the five best runners-up advanced to the third round.

Matches in this round were also part of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifying campaign. The twelve teams which advanced to the third round of the FIFA World Cup qualification and Qatar, as group winner, automatically qualified for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Twenty-four teams (22 which advanced directly and two which will advance from an additional play-off round) will play in the third round of the AFC Asian Cup qualification to decide the remaining eleven teams. In total, the 2023 AFC Asian Cup features 24 teams.

Seeding[]

The draw for the second round was held on 17 July 2019 at 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of June 2019 (shown in parentheses below).

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the Third round.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Iran (20) Japan (28) South Korea (37) Australia (43) Qatar (55) United Arab Emirates (67) Saudi Arabia (69) China (73)	Iraq (77) Uzbekistan (82) Syria (85) Oman (86) Lebanon (99) Kyrgyzstan (95) Vietnam (96) Jordan (98)	Palestine (100) India (101) Bahrain (110) Thailand (116) Tajikistan (120) North Korea (122)^W Chinese Taipei (125) Philippines (126)	Turkmenistan (135) Myanmar (138) Hong Kong (141) Yemen (144) Afghanistan (149) Maldives (151) Kuwait (156) Malaysia (159)^†	Indonesia (160) Singapore (162) Nepal (165) Cambodia (169)^† Bangladesh (183)^† Mongolia (187)^† Guam (190)^† Sri Lanka (201)^†

^† First round winners
^W Withdrew after five matches

Schedule[]

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

On 5 March 2020, FIFA announced that it would be monitoring the health situation in the region for possible rescheduling of matchdays 7 through 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later on 9 March, FIFA and AFC jointly announced that the matches on matchdays 7–10 due to take place in March and June 2020 were postponed, with the new dates to be confirmed. However, subject to approval by FIFA and AFC, and agreement of both member associations, the matches may be played as scheduled provided that the safety of all individuals involved meets the required standards. On 5 June, AFC confirmed that matchdays 7 and 8 were scheduled to take place on 8 and 13 October respectively while matchdays 9 and 10 were scheduled to kick off on 12 and 17 November. On 12 August, FIFA announced that the matches scheduled for October and November 2020 would be rescheduled to 2021.

On 11 November 2020, the AFC Competitions Committee agreed at its third meeting that all remaining second round matches should be completed by 15 June 2021 with matchdays 7 and 8 in March and matchdays 9 and 10 in June. On the same day, however, FIFA, along with the Bangladeshi and Qatari associations, gave approval to the only second round match originally scheduled for 2020, Qatar versus Bangladesh, which was played on 4 December.

On 19 February 2021, FIFA and AFC postponed the majority of the upcoming matches to June.

Note: The group spots of Qatar and Bangladesh were swapped due to Qatar's planned participation in the 2020 Copa América, which was later deferred (becoming the 2021 Copa América). Qatar eventually withdrew.

Matchday	Date(s)	Matches
Matchday 1	5 September 2019	3 v 2, 5 v 4
Matchday 2	10 September 2019	4 v 1, 5 v 3
Matchday 3	10 October 2019	1 v 5, 2 v 4
Matchday 4	15 October 2019	5 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 5	14 November 2019	4 v 3, 2 v 1
Matchday 6	19 November 2019	2 v 3, 4 v 5
Matchday 7	25 March, 28 May and 3 June 2021	1 v 4, 3 v 5
Matchday 8	4 December 2020, 30 March and 7 & 9 June 2021	5 v 1, 4 v 2
Matchday 9	30 March, 30 May and 11 June 2021	2 v 5, 1 v 3
Matchday 10	13 and 15 June 2021	3 v 4, 1 v 2

Original group stage schedule
Matchday	Date
Matchday 7	26 March 2020, later 8 October
Matchday 8	31 March 2020, later 13 October
Matchday 9	4 June 2020, later 12 November, then 7 June 2021
Matchday 10	9 June 2020, later 17 November

Centralised venues[]

On 12 March 2021, AFC confirmed the hosts for the group stage scheduled to take place from 31 May to 15 June. Group A: United Arab Emirates (China hosted Guam on 28 May.) Group B: Kuwait Group C: Bahrain Group D: Saudi Arabia Group E: Qatar Group F: Japan Group G: United Arab Emirates Group H: South Korea

In general, these hosts were the seeded (Pot 1) teams from each group. The exceptions were Group A (where United Arab Emirates took over hosting duties after China could not host due to COVID-19 restrictions), Group B (where Pot 4 team Kuwait hosted rather than Australia), and Group C (where Pot 3 team Bahrain hosted rather than Iran).

Groups[]

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
Tournament details
Dates	5 September 2019–15 June 2021
Teams	40 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	157
Goals scored	519 (3.31 per match)
Attendance	1,598,753 (10,183 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Mabkhout; (11 goals)
	← 2018 2026 →

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Syria	8	7	0	1	22	7	+15	21	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–0
2	China	8	6	1	1	30	3	+27	19	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	3–1	—	2–0	5–0	7–0
3	Philippines	8	3	2	3	12	11	+1	11	Asian Cup qualifying third round	2–5	0–0	—	1–1	3–0
4	Maldives	8	2	1	5	7	20	−13	7	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–4	0–5	1–2	—	3–1
5	Guam	8	0	0	8	2	32	−30	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–3	0–7	1–4	0–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 15:30 UTC+10	Guam	0–1	Maldives	Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo Attendance: 714 Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mahudhee 27'

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 19:30 UTC+8	Philippines	2–5	Syria	Panaad Stadium, Bacolod Attendance: 2,645 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
	Patiño 6' Mi. Ott 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al Somah 14', 55' Mobayed 30' Al-Khatib 48' (pen.) Al-Mawas 85'

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 15:30 UTC+10	Guam	1–4	Philippines	Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo Attendance: 1,096 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)
	Lopez 67' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Guirado 7' Reichelt 12' Schröck 71' Strauß 81'

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 20:00 UTC+5	Maldives	0–5	China	National Football Stadium, Malé Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Xi 34' Wu Lei 45' Yang Xu 64' (pen.) Elkeson 83' (pen.), 90+1'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 20:00 UTC+8	China	7–0	Guam	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou Attendance: 39,987 Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)
	Yang Xu 6', 19', 24', 31' Wu Lei 17' Wu Xi 45+1' Elkeson 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 18:00 UTC+4	Syria	2–1	Maldives	Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)
	Al Somah 26', 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ashfaq 70'

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 20:00 UTC+8	Philippines	0–0	China	Panaad Stadium, Bacolod Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 18:00 UTC+4	Syria	4–0	Guam	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
	Al Somah 3', 44', 83' Al-Mawas 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 16:00 UTC+5	Maldives	1–2	Philippines	National Football Stadium, Malé Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
	N. Hassan 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ramsay 52' Strauß 68'

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 18:00 UTC+4	Syria	2–1	China	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 6,950 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
	Omari 19' Zhang Linpeng 76' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Lei 30'

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 16:00 UTC+5	Maldives	3–1	Guam	National Football Stadium, Malé Attendance: 2,612 Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
	Samooh 23' T. Nicklaw 38' (o.g.) Ashfaq 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Matkin 49'

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 18:00 UTC+4	Syria	1–0	Philippines	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 2,445 Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)
	Al Salama 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

30 May 2021 (2021-05-30) 19:30 UTC+8	Guam	0–7	China	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou (China) Attendance: 29,222 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Lei 20' (pen.), 55' Jin Jingdao 39' Wu Xi 61' Elkeson 65' Alan 83', 87'

4 June 2021 (2021-06-04) 20:00 UTC+4	Maldives	0–4	Syria	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 0 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Mawas 29', 45+2' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Aosman 33' (pen.)

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 18:00 UTC+4	Guam	0–3	Syria	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 0 Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mardikian 6', 9' Al-Mawas 84'

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 21:00 UTC+4	China	2–0	Philippines	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)
	Wu Lei 56' (pen.) Wu Xinghan 65'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 18:00 UTC+4	Philippines	3–0	Guam	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 0 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)
	Guirado 12' Lopez 60' (o.g.) Hartmann 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 21:00 UTC+4	China	5–0	Maldives	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
	Liu Binbin 5' Wu Lei 30' Alan 68' Zhang Yuning 69' Tan Long 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 19:00 UTC+4	Philippines	1–1	Maldives	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 0 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
	Guirado 19'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Fasir 25'

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 22:00 UTC+4	China	3–1	Syria	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 0 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
	Zhang Xizhe 43' Wu Lei 69' (pen.) Zhang Yuning 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Aosman 50'

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	8	8	0	0	28	2	+26	24	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	3–0	1–0	5–0	5–1
2	Kuwait	8	4	2	2	19	7	+12	14	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–3	—	0–0	7–0	9–0
3	Jordan	8	4	2	2	13	3	+10	14		0–1	0–0	—	3–0	5–0
4	Nepal	8	2	0	6	4	22	−18	6		0–3	0–1	0–3	—	2–0
5	Chinese Taipei	8	0	0	8	4	34	−30	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	1–7	1–2	1–2	0–2	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 19:10 UTC+8	Chinese Taipei	1–2	Jordan	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei Attendance: 5,520 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
	Wen Chih-hao 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Faisal 19' Samir 37'

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 20:00 UTC+3	Kuwait	7–0	Nepal	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
	Nasser 6', 50' Al Hajeri 13' Mawei 59' Al-Mutawa 67' Abujabarah 90+4' Al-Musawi 90+7'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 19:10 UTC+8	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Nepal	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei Attendance: 4,780 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Bista 4', 62'

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 18:30 UTC+3	Kuwait	0–3	Australia	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 11,852 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Leckie 7', 30' Mooy 38'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 20:00 UTC+11	Australia	5–0	Nepal	Canberra Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 18,563 Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)
	Maclaren 6', 19', 90' Souttar 23', 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 19:00 UTC+3	Jordan	0–0	Kuwait	Amman International Stadium, Amman Attendance: 10,720 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 19:40 UTC+8	Chinese Taipei	1–7	Australia	National Stadium, Kaohsiung Attendance: 3,251 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
	Chen Yi-wei 21'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Taggart 12', 19' Irvine 34', 37' Souttar 73', 89' Maclaren 84'

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 19:00 UTC+3	Jordan	3–0	Nepal	Amman International Stadium, Amman Attendance: 4,863 Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)
	Shelbaieh 56' (pen.) Ersan 78' Faisal 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 19:00 UTC+3	Kuwait	9–0	Chinese Taipei	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)
	Nasser 22', 59' Al Ansari 42' Al-Faneeni 49' Al-Mutawa 55' Zayid 62' Al-Khaldi 73' Chen Wei-chuan 77' (o.g.) Ajab 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 18:00 UTC+2	Jordan	0–1	Australia	King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman Attendance: 9,712 Referee: Fu Ming (China)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Taggart 13'

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 15:00 UTC+6	Nepal	0–1	Kuwait	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu (Bhutan) Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Mutawa 28'

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 18:00 UTC+2	Jordan	5–0	Chinese Taipei	King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman Attendance: 2,260 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
	Faisal 4', 75' Ersan 25' Al-Ajalin 43' Al-Dardour 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) 19:00 UTC+3	Nepal	2–0	Chinese Taipei	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait) Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)
	An. Bista 3' (pen.) N. Shrestha 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) 22:00 UTC+3	Australia	3–0	Kuwait	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait) Attendance: 0 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
	Leckie 1' Irvine 24' Hrustic 66'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 19:00 UTC+3	Nepal	0–3	Jordan	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait) Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Faisal 23' (pen.), 48' Al-Arab 67'

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 22:00 UTC+3	Australia	5–1	Chinese Taipei	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait) Attendance: 0 Referee: Saoud Al-Adba (Qatar)
	Souttar 12' Maclaren 27' (pen.) Sainsbury 41' Duke 46', 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Gao Wei-jie 62'

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 19:00 UTC+3	Nepal	0–3	Australia	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait) Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Leckie 6' Karačić 38' Boyle 57'

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 22:00 UTC+3	Kuwait	0–0	Jordan	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 0 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 19:00 UTC+3	Australia	1–0	Jordan	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait) Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Woo-Sung (South Korea)
	Souttar 77'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 22:00 UTC+3	Chinese Taipei	1–2	Kuwait	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait) Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
	Wu Chun-ching 51'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nasser 14', 71'

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	8	6	0	2	34	4	+30	18	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	1–0	3–0	3–1	14–0
2	Iraq	8	5	2	1	14	4	+10	17	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	2–1	—	0–0	2–0	4–1
3	Bahrain	8	4	3	1	15	4	+11	15	Asian Cup qualifying third round	1–0	1–1	—	4–0	8–0
4	Hong Kong	8	1	2	5	4	13	−9	5	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–2	0–1	0–0	—	2–0
5	Cambodia	8	0	1	7	2	44	−42	1	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–10	0–4	0–1	1–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 18:30 UTC+7	Cambodia	1–1	Hong Kong	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
	Sokpheng 33'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Tan Chun Lok 16'

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 19:30 UTC+3	Bahrain	1–1	Iraq	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa Attendance: 6,049 Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
	Al Aswad 9'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	M. Ali 85'

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 18:30 UTC+7	Cambodia	0–1	Bahrain	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al Aswad 78'

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 20:00 UTC+8	Hong Kong	0–2	Iran	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 13,942 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Azmoun 23' Ansarifard 54'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 17:00 UTC+3:30	Iran	14–0	Cambodia	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 15,823 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)
	Nourollahi 5' Azmoun 11', 35', 44' Kanaanizadegan 18' Visal 22' (o.g.) Ansarifard 40', 48', 60', 88' Taremi 54' Mohebi 65', 67' Me. Mohammadi 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 19:00 UTC+3	Iraq	2–0	Hong Kong	Basra International Stadium, Basra Attendance: 32,340 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)
	M. Ali 37' Adnan 79' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 18:30 UTC+7	Cambodia	0–4	Iraq	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh Attendance: 48,258 Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Bayesh 22' M. Ali 41' Attwan 57' Ibrahim 62'

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 19:30 UTC+3	Bahrain	1–0	Iran	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa Attendance: 14,810 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
	Al-Hardan 65' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 20:00 UTC+8	Hong Kong	0–0	Bahrain	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 4,541 Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 16:00 UTC+2	Iraq	2–1	Iran	Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan) Attendance: 13,752 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
	M. Ali 11' Abbas 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nourollahi 25'

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 20:00 UTC+8	Hong Kong	2–0	Cambodia	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 6,497 Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
	Ha 20' Roberto 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 16:00 UTC+2	Iraq	0–0	Bahrain	Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan) Attendance: 10,366 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) 17:30 UTC+3	Iran	3–1	Hong Kong	Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain) Attendance: 0 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
	Gholizadeh 23' Amiri 61' Ansarifard 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Cheng Siu Kwan 85'

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) 19:30 UTC+3	Bahrain	8–0	Cambodia	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa Attendance: 0 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
	Al Aswad 8', 71' Al-Romaihi 45+2' Madan 46', 65' Al-Shaikh 51' Abdullatif 75', 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 17:30 UTC+3	Iraq	4–1	Cambodia	Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain) Attendance: 0 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
	M. Ali 1' Resan 23' Adnan 27' (pen.) Hadi 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Visal 55'

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 19:30 UTC+3	Iran	3–0	Bahrain	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa (Bahrain) Attendance: 0 Referee: Fu Ming (China)
	Azmoun 54', 61' Taremi 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 17:30 UTC+3	Cambodia	0–10	Iran	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa (Bahrain) Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Jahanbakhsh 16' (pen.) Khalilzadeh 22' Taremi 27' Rotana 32' (o.g.) Mohammadi 58' Pouraliganji 64' Ansarifard 77' (pen.) Rezaei 80', 87' Ghayedi 84'

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 19:30 UTC+3	Hong Kong	0–1	Iraq	Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain) Attendance: 0 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Fung Hing Wa 11' (o.g.)

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 19:30 UTC+3	Iran	1–0	Iraq	Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain) Attendance: 0 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
	Azmoun 35'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 19:30 UTC+3	Bahrain	4–0	Hong Kong	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa Attendance: 0 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
	Saeed 49' Isa 54' (pen.), 70' Abdullatif 90' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	8	6	2	0	22	4	+18	20	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	3–0	5–0	3–0	3–0
2	Uzbekistan	8	5	0	3	18	9	+9	15	Asian Cup qualifying third round	2–3	—	2–0	5–0	5–0
3	Palestine	8	3	1	4	10	10	0	10		0–0	2–0	—	4–0	3–0
4	Singapore	8	2	1	5	7	22	−15	7		0–3	1–3	2–1	—	2–2
5	Yemen	8	1	2	5	6	18	−12	5		2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 19:45 UTC+8	Singapore	2–2	Yemen	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 7,018 Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
	Ikhsan 27' Faris 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Matari 34' Qarawi 45'

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 17:00 UTC+3	Palestine	2–0	Uzbekistan	Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram Attendance: 6,740 Referee: Fu Ming (China)
	Dabbagh 60' Batran 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 19:45 UTC+8	Singapore	2–1	Palestine	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 6,011 Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
	Shakir 3' Safuwan 38'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hamed 13'

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 19:00 UTC+3	Yemen	2–2	Saudi Arabia	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa (Bahrain) Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
	Qarawi 8' Al-Dahi 37'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Bahebri 23' Al-Dawsari 48'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 17:00 UTC+5	Uzbekistan	5–0	Yemen	Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 28,571 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
	Kodirkulov 3' Shomurodov 33' Iskanderov 53' Tukhtakhujaev 72' Sergeev 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 20:00 UTC+3	Saudi Arabia	3–0	Singapore	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah Attendance: 14,560 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)
	Asiri 28', 67' Al-Hamdan 61'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 19:45 UTC+8	Singapore	1–3	Uzbekistan	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 12,547 Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)
	Ikhsan 45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ahmedov 15' Shomurodov 51', 90+2'

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 16:00 UTC+3	Palestine	0–0	Saudi Arabia	Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 17:00 UTC+5	Uzbekistan	2–3	Saudi Arabia	Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 31,524 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
	Shomurodov 16' Shukurov 56' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Faraj 23' (pen.), 85' Al-Dawsari 89'

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 18:00 UTC+3	Yemen	1–0	Palestine	Sheikh Ali Bin Mohamad Stadium, Muharraq (Bahrain) Attendance: 530 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
	Al-Dahi 54'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 17:00 UTC+5	Uzbekistan	2–0	Palestine	Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 19,143 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
	Shomurodov 18', 58'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 18:00 UTC+3	Yemen	1–2	Singapore	Sheikh Ali Bin Mohamad Stadium, Muharraq (Bahrain) Attendance: 650 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
	Al-Gahwashi 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ikhsan 19' Hafiz 52'

30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) 20:30 UTC+3	Saudi Arabia	5–0	Palestine	King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 1 Referee: Mohanad Qasim (Iraq)
	Al-Shahrani 37' Al-Muwallad 43' Al-Shehri 52', 58' S. Al-Dawsari 88' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) 21:00 UTC+3	Palestine	4–0	Singapore	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Attendance: 294 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
	Seyam 19' (pen.), 30' (pen.) Dabbagh 23' Hamed 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

5 June 2021 (2021-06-05) 21:00 UTC+3	Saudi Arabia	3–0	Yemen	King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 4,382 Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
	Al-Dawsari 4' Al-Muwallad 17', 32'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 21:00 UTC+3	Uzbekistan	5–0	Singapore	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Attendance: 75 Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)
	Masharipov 6', 34' Shomurodov 45+1' Ahmedov 50' Irfan 88' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 21:00 UTC+3	Yemen	0–1	Uzbekistan	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Attendance: 230 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Masharipov 19' (pen.)

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 21:00 UTC+3	Singapore	0–3	Saudi Arabia	King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Attendance: 4,879 Referee: Mohanad Qasim (Iraq)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Dawsari 84' Al-Muwallad 86' Al-Shehri 90+6'

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 21:00 UTC+3	Saudi Arabia	3–0	Uzbekistan	King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 6,339 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
	Al-Faraj 25', 33' Al-Hassan 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 21:00 UTC+3	Palestine	3–0	Yemen	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Attendance: 430 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
	Dabbagh 43', 84' Hamed 45+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	8	7	1	0	18	1	+17	22	Asian Cup	—	2–1	0–0	6–0	5–0
2	Oman	8	6	0	2	16	6	+10	18	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	0–1	—	1–0	3–0	4–1
3	India	8	1	4	3	6	7	−1	7	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	1–1
4	Afghanistan	8	1	3	4	5	15	−10	6		0–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–0
5	Bangladesh	8	0	2	6	3	19	−16	2		0–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

The group spots of Qatar and Bangladesh were swapped due to Qatar's planned participation in the 2020 Copa América. The tournament was later deferred (becoming the 2021 Copa América), and eventually Qatar withdrew from it.

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 19:30 UTC+5:30	India	1–2	Oman	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati Attendance: 22,798 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)
	Chhetri 24'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Alawi 82', 90'

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 19:30 UTC+3	Qatar	6–0	Afghanistan	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 10,950 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
	A. Ali 4', 10', 51' Al-Haydos 13' Hassan 34' Khoukhi 67'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 19:00 UTC+5	Afghanistan	1–0	Bangladesh	Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe (Tajikistan) Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Zhang Lei (China)
	Noor 27'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 19:30 UTC+3	Qatar	0–0	India	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 12,020 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 19:00 UTC+6	Bangladesh	0–2	Qatar	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Attendance: 24,570 Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Abdurisag 28' Boudiaf 90+2'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 19:00 UTC+4	Oman	3–0	Afghanistan	Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
	Al-Muqbali 27', 38' Al-Ghassani 61' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 19:30 UTC+5:30	India	1–1	Bangladesh	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 53,286 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
	Khan 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Saad 42'

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 19:30 UTC+3	Qatar	2–1	Oman	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Attendance: 26,731 Referee: Fu Ming (China)
	Ak. Afif 2' Ali 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	R. Al-Alawi 63'

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 19:00 UTC+5	Afghanistan	1–1	India	Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe (Tajikistan) Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
	Nazary 45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Doungel 90+3'

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 19:00 UTC+4	Oman	4–1	Bangladesh	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
	Al-Khaldi 48' R. Al-Alawi 68' A. Al-Alawi 78' Al-Hidi 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Biplu 81'

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 19:00 UTC+5	Afghanistan	0–1	Qatar	Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe (Tajikistan) Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Afif 76' (pen.)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 19:00 UTC+4	Oman	1–0	India	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat Attendance: 24,250 Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
	Al-Ghassani 33'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

4 December 2020 (2020-12-04) 19:00 UTC+3	Qatar	5–0	Bangladesh	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 1,044 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)
	Hatem 9' Afif 33', 90+2' Ali 72' (pen.), 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) 17:00 UTC+3	Bangladesh	1–1	Afghanistan	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) Attendance: 300 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)
	Barman 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Sharifi 47'

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) 20:00 UTC+3	India	0–1	Qatar	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) Attendance: 2,022 Referee: Ma Ning (China)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hatem 33'

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 17:00 UTC+3	Bangladesh	0–2	India	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) Attendance: 495 Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Chhetri 79', 90+2'

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 20:00 UTC+3	Oman	0–1	Qatar	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) Attendance: 1,559 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Haydos 39' (pen.)

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 20:10 UTC+3	Afghanistan	1–2	Oman	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) Attendance: 183 Referee: Ma Ning (China)
	Popalzay 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Fawaz 13', 51'

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 17:00 UTC+3	India	1–1	Afghanistan	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) Attendance: 603 Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)
	Azizi 75' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Zamani 81'

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 20:10 UTC+3	Bangladesh	0–3	Oman	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar) Attendance: 885 Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Ghafri 22' Al-Hajri 60', 80'

Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	8	8	0	0	46	2	+44	24	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	4–1	5–1	6–0	10–0
2	Tajikistan	8	4	1	3	14	12	+2	13	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–3	—	1–0	3–0	4–0
3	Kyrgyzstan	8	3	1	4	19	12	+7	10		0–2	1–1	—	0–1	7–0
4	Mongolia	8	2	0	6	3	27	−24	6		0–14	0–1	1–2	—	1–0
5	Myanmar	8	2	0	6	6	35	−29	6		0–2	4–3	1–8	1–0	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 17:00 UTC+8	Mongolia	1–0	Myanmar	MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar Attendance: 3,221 Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)
	Amaraa 17'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 19:00 UTC+5	Tajikistan	1–0	Kyrgyzstan	Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe Attendance: 17,800 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
	A. Dzhalilov 41'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 17:00 UTC+8	Mongolia	0–1	Tajikistan	MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar Attendance: 3,455 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	D. Ergashev 81'

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 18:50 UTC+6:30	Myanmar	0–2	Japan	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nakajima 16' Minamino 26'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 19:35 UTC+9	Japan	6–0	Mongolia	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Attendance: 43,122 Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)
	Minamino 22' Yoshida 29' Nagatomo 33' Nagai 40' Endō 57' Kamada 82'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 20:30 UTC+6	Kyrgyzstan	7–0	Myanmar	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)
	Bernhardt 5', 10', 87' (pen.) Shukurov 20', 71' Alykulov 26' Kichin 45'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 16:00 UTC+8	Mongolia	1–2	Kyrgyzstan	MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar Attendance: 2,182 Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
	Tsedenbal 57' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Alykulov 13' Murzaev 42'

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 17:15 UTC+5	Tajikistan	0–3	Japan	Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe Attendance: 19,100 Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Minamino 53', 55' Asano 82'

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 17:00 UTC+6:30	Myanmar	4–3	Tajikistan	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay Attendance: 7,365 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
	Suan Lam Mang 10', 41' Aung Thu 48' Maung Maung Lwin 63'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	M. Dzhalilov 36' (pen.), 76' Vosiyev 57'

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 17:18 UTC+6	Kyrgyzstan	0–2	Japan	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek Attendance: 17,543 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Minamino 41' (pen.) Haraguchi 54'

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 17:00 UTC+6:30	Myanmar	1–0	Mongolia	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay Attendance: 17,468 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)
	Hlaing Bo Bo 17'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 20:00 UTC+6	Kyrgyzstan	1–1	Tajikistan	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek Attendance: 15,873 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
	Kozubaev 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ergashev 17'

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) 18:00 UTC+5	Tajikistan	3–0	Mongolia	Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
	M. Dzhalilov 4' A. Dzhalilov 50' Samiev 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) 19:30 UTC+9	Mongolia	0–14	Japan	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba (Japan) Attendance: 0 Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Minamino 13' Osako 23', 55', 90+2' Kamada 26' Morita 33' Tuya 39' (o.g.) Inagaki 68', 90+3' Itō 73', 79' Furuhashi 78', 87' Asano 90+1'

28 May 2021 (2021-05-28) 19:20 UTC+9	Japan	10–0	Myanmar	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba Attendance: 0 Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)
	Minamino 8', 66' Osako 22', 30' (pen.), 36', 49', 88' Morita 57' Kamada 84' Itakura 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 16:00 UTC+9	Kyrgyzstan	0–1	Mongolia	Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka (Japan) Attendance: 0 Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mijiddorj 34'

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 19:30 UTC+9	Japan	4–1	Tajikistan	Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
	Furuhashi 6' Minamino 40' Hashimoto 51' Kawabe 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Panjshanbe 9'

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 16:00 UTC+9	Myanmar	1–8	Kyrgyzstan	Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka (Japan) Attendance: 0 Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
	Hlaing Bo Bo 69'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Rustamov 22' Alykulov 29' Musabekov 34' Shukurov 45' Murzaev 45+2', 61', 78' Bokoleyev 63'

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 19:25 UTC+9	Japan	5–1	Kyrgyzstan	Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita Attendance: 0 Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
	Onaiwu 27' (pen.), 31', 33' Sasaki 72' Asano 77'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Murzaev 45+2' (pen.)

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 19:25 UTC+9	Tajikistan	4–0	Myanmar	Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka (Japan) Attendance: 0 Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)
	Tursunov 34' Dzhalilov 53' Boboev 78' Samiev 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Group G[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	8	6	0	2	23	7	+16	18	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	3–2	4–0	3–1	5–0
2	Vietnam	8	5	2	1	13	5	+8	17	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	1–0	—	1–0	0–0	4–0
3	Malaysia	8	4	0	4	10	12	−2	12	Asian Cup qualifying third round	1–2	1–2	—	2–1	2–0
4	Thailand	8	2	3	3	9	9	0	9	Asian Cup qualifying third round	2–1	0–0	0–1	—	2–2
5	Indonesia	8	0	1	7	5	27	−22	1	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–3	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 19:00 UTC+7	Thailand	0–0	Vietnam	Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani Attendance: 19,011 Referee: Saoud Al-Adba (Qatar)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 19:30 UTC+7	Indonesia	2–3	Malaysia	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta Attendance: 54,659 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
	Beto 11', 38'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Sumareh 36', 90+6' Syafiq 65'

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 19:30 UTC+7	Indonesia	0–3	Thailand	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta Attendance: 11,619 Referee: Ma Ning (China)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Supachok 55', 71' Theerathon 65' (pen.)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 20:45 UTC+8	Malaysia	1–2	United Arab Emirates	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Attendance: 43,200 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
	Syafiq 1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mabkhout 43', 75'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 20:00 UTC+7	Vietnam	1–0	Malaysia	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 38,256 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)
	Nguyễn Quang Hải 40'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 20:00 UTC+4	United Arab Emirates	5–0	Indonesia	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 6,678 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
	Ibrahim 40' Mabkhout 51', 63' (pen.), 72' Ahmed 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 19:30 UTC+8	Indonesia	1–3	Vietnam	Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar Attendance: 8,237 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
	Bachdim 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Đỗ Duy Mạnh 26' Quế Ngọc Hải 55' (pen.) Nguyễn Tiến Linh 61'

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 19:00 UTC+7	Thailand	2–1	United Arab Emirates	Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani Attendance: 16,057 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
	Teerasil 26' Ekanit 51'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mabkhout 45+2'

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 20:45 UTC+8	Malaysia	2–1	Thailand	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Attendance: 39,363 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
	Gan 26' Sumareh 57'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Chanathip 7'

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 20:00 UTC+7	Vietnam	1–0	United Arab Emirates	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 37,879 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
	Nguyễn Tiến Linh 44'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 20:45 UTC+8	Malaysia	2–0	Indonesia	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Attendance: 75,044 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
	Safawi 30', 73'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 20:00 UTC+7	Vietnam	0–0	Thailand	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) 20:45 UTC+4	Thailand	2–2	Indonesia	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 0 Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
	Narubadin 5' Adisak 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Agung 39' Evan 60'

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) 20:45 UTC+4	United Arab Emirates	4–0	Malaysia	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 1,127 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
	Mabkhout 18', 90+1' Lima 83', 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 20:45 UTC+4	United Arab Emirates	3–1	Thailand	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 980 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
	Caio 14' Lima 33' Jumaa 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Suphanat 54'

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 20:45 UTC+4	Vietnam	4–0	Indonesia	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 225 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Kuwait)
	Nguyễn Tiến Linh 51' Nguyễn Quang Hải 62' Nguyễn Công Phượng 67' Vũ Văn Thanh 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 20:45 UTC+4	Indonesia	0–5	United Arab Emirates	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 963 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mabkhout 22', 49' (pen.) Lima 28', 55' Tagliabúe 86'

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 20:45 UTC+4	Malaysia	1–2	Vietnam	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 335 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
	Guilherme 72' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nguyễn Tiến Linh 27' Quế Ngọc Hải 82' (pen.)

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 20:45 UTC+4	United Arab Emirates	3–2	Vietnam	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 1,355 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
	Salmeen 32' Mabkhout 40' (pen.) Khamees 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nguyễn Tiến Linh 85' Trần Minh Vương 90+3'

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 20:45 UTC+4	Thailand	0–1	Malaysia	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Attendance: 142 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Safawi 52' (pen.)

Group H[]

North Korea withdrew due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore the results of their matches were excluded from the group standings.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	6	5	1	0	22	1	+21	16	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	2–1	5–0	8–0	~~Canc.~~
2	Lebanon	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	0–0	—	2–1	3–2	~~0–0~~
3	Turkmenistan	6	3	0	3	8	11	−3	9	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–2	3–2	—	2–0	~~3–1~~
4	Sri Lanka	6	0	0	6	2	23	−21	0	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–5	0–3	0–2	—	~~0–1~~
5	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew	~~0–0~~	~~2–0~~	~~Canc.~~	~~Canc.~~	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 17:30 UTC+9	North Korea	Voided (2–0)	Lebanon	Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)
	Jong Il-gwan 7', 56'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 19:30 UTC+5:30	Sri Lanka	0–2	Turkmenistan	Colombo Racecourse, Colombo Attendance: 1,120 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Orazsähedow 8' Amanow 53'

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 19:00 UTC+5	Turkmenistan	0–2	South Korea	Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Na Sang-ho 13' Jung Woo-young 82'

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 19:30 UTC+5:30	Sri Lanka	Voided (0–1)	North Korea	Colombo Racecourse, Colombo Attendance: 1,258 Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Jang Kuk-chol 67'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 20:00 UTC+9	South Korea	8–0	Sri Lanka	Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong Attendance: 23,522 Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)
	Son Heung-min 10', 45+5' (pen.) Kim Shin-wook 17', 30', 54', 64' Hwang Hee-chan 20' Kwon Chang-hoon 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 19:00 UTC+3	Lebanon	2–1	Turkmenistan	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 7,820 Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)
	El-Helwe 5' Matar 64'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Annadurdyýew 62'

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 17:30 UTC+9	North Korea	Voided (0–0)	South Korea	Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang Attendance: 100 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 19:30 UTC+5:30	Sri Lanka	0–3	Lebanon	Colombo Racecourse, Colombo Attendance: 1,052 Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Maatouk 15' (pen.) El-Helwe 38' (pen.), 81'

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 16:00 UTC+5	Turkmenistan	Voided (3–1)	North Korea	Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
	Titow 23' Amanow 73' Orazsähedow 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Han Kwang-song 90+3'

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 15:00 UTC+2	Lebanon	0–0	South Korea	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 170 Referee: Mohanad Qasim (Iraq)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 16:00 UTC+5	Turkmenistan	2–0	Sri Lanka	Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat Attendance: 26,304 Referee: Saoud Al-Adba (Qatar)
	Bäşimow 44' Annadurdyýew 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 19:00 UTC+2	Lebanon	Voided (0–0)	North Korea	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 0 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) 15:00 UTC+9	North Korea	Cancelled	Sri Lanka	Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea)
		Report (AFC)		Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea)

5 June 2021 (2021-06-05) 15:00 UTC+9	Lebanon	3–2	Sri Lanka	Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea) Attendance: 73 Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)
	Oumari 11', 44' Kdouh 17'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Razeek 10', 61' (pen.)

5 June 2021 (2021-06-05) 20:00 UTC+9	South Korea	5–0	Turkmenistan	Goyang Stadium, Goyang Attendance: 3,932 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
	Hwang Ui-jo 9', 72' Nam Tae-hee 45+2' Kim Young-gwon 56' Kwon Chang-hoon 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) 20:00 UTC+9	South Korea	Cancelled	North Korea	Goyang Stadium, Goyang
		Report (AFC)		Goyang Stadium, Goyang

9 June 2021 (2021-06-09) 15:00 UTC+9	Turkmenistan	3–2	Lebanon	Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea) Attendance: 52 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
	Babajanow 59' Annagulyýew 85' Annadurdyýew 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ataya 73' Saad 75'

9 June 2021 (2021-06-09) 20:00 UTC+9	Sri Lanka	0–5	South Korea	Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea) Attendance: 4,008 Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kim Shin-wook 14', 42' (pen.) Lee Dong-gyeong 22' Hwang Hee-chan 53' Jeong Sang-bin 77'

13 June 2021 (2021-06-13) 15:00 UTC+9	South Korea	2–1	Lebanon	Goyang Stadium, Goyang Attendance: 4,061 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
	Sabra 50' (o.g.) Son Heung-min 65' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Saad 12'

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) 15:00 UTC+9	North Korea	Cancelled	Turkmenistan	Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea)
		Report (AFC)		Goyang Stadium, Goyang (South Korea)

Ranking of runner-up teams[]

Group H contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups after North Korea withdrew. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	China	6	4	1	1	16	3	+13	13	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup
2	E	Oman	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12
3	C	Iraq	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11
4	G	Vietnam	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	11
5	H	Lebanon	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10
6	F	Tajikistan	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10	Asian Cup qualifying third round
7	D	Uzbekistan	6	3	0	3	12	9	+3	9
8	B	Kuwait	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	8

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Ranking of fifth-placed teams[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Myanmar	8	2	0	6	6	35	−29	6	Asian Cup qualifying third round
2	D	Yemen	8	1	2	5	6	18	−12	5
3	E	Bangladesh	8	0	2	6	3	19	−16	2
4	G	Indonesia	8	0	1	7	5	27	−22	1	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round
5	C	Cambodia	8	0	1	7	2	44	−42	1
6	B	Chinese Taipei	8	0	0	8	4	34	−30	0
7	A	Guam	8	0	0	8	2	32	−30	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

External links[]

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Preliminary Joint Qualification 2022, stats.the-AFC.com

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Format[]

Seeding[]

Schedule[]

Centralised venues[]

Groups[]

Group A[]

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Group C[]

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Group E[]

Group F[]

Group G[]

Group H[]

Ranking of runner-up teams[]

Ranking of fifth-placed teams[]

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