2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

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The AFC first round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, which also served as the first round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, was played from 6 to 11 June 2019.[1]

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round
Tournament details
Dates6-11 June 2019
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored32 (2.67 per match)
Attendance91,876 (7,656 per match)
Top scorer(s)Malaysia Shahrel Fikri
(4 goals)
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Format[edit]

A total of twelve teams (teams ranked 35–46 in the AFC entrant list) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round.

The six losers were eligible to enter the 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup, which was subsequently cancelled.

Timor-Leste were barred from participating in the qualification tournament after being found to have fielded a total of twelve ineligible players in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches, among other competitions.[2] However, as FIFA did not bar Timor-Leste from the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, they were still allowed to enter the competition, but were ineligible to qualify for the Asian Cup.[3]

Seeding[edit]

The draw for the first round was held on 17 April 2019 at 11:00 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2019 (shown in parentheses below).[5] Teams from Pot A hosted the first leg, while teams from Pot B hosted the second leg.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round.

Pot A Pot B
  1.  Malaysia (168)
  2.  Cambodia (173)
  3.  Macau (183)
  4.  Laos (184)
  5.  Bhutan (186)
  6.  Mongolia (187)
  1.  Bangladesh (188)
  2.  Guam (193)
  3.  Brunei (194)
  4.  East Timor (195)[note 1]
  5.  Pakistan (200)
  6.  Sri Lanka (202)

Summary[edit]

The first legs were played on 6–7 June, and the second legs on 11 June 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mongolia  3–2  Brunei 2–0 1–2
Macau  1–3  Sri Lanka 1–0 0–3[note 2]
Laos  0–1  Bangladesh 0–1 0–0
Malaysia  12–2  East Timor 7–1 5–1
Cambodia  4–1  Pakistan 2–0 2–1
Bhutan  1–5  Guam 1–0 0–5

Matches[edit]

Mongolia 2–0 Brunei
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 1,685
Brunei 2–1 Mongolia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 17,210

Mongolia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Macau 1–0 Sri Lanka
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 901

Sri Lanka won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Laos 0–1 Bangladesh
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 4,572
Bangladesh 0–0 Laos
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 7,453
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Bangladesh won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Malaysia 7–1 East Timor
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 4,244
East Timor 1–5 Malaysia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 12,776
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Malaysia won 12–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Cambodia 2–0 Pakistan
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 33,706
Pakistan 1–2 Cambodia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

Cambodia won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Bhutan 1–0 Guam
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 8,000
Guam 5–0 Bhutan
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 1,029

Guam won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 32 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Timor-Leste already barred for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup but were competing to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
  2. ^ a b The match was awarded as a 3–0 victory to Sri Lanka,[6] after Macau did not send their team for the match due to safety reasons following the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings.[7]
  3. ^ Macau played their home match in Zhuhai, China, due to ongoing maintenance of Estádio Campo Desportivo.[8]
  4. ^ The Malaysia v Timor-Leste match, originally to be played on 6 June 2019, was postponed due to Eid al-Fitr celebrations following a request from the Football Association of Malaysia.[9]
  5. ^ Timor-Leste played their home match in Malaysia due to a lack of a suitable venue in their country.[10]
  6. ^ Pakistan played their home match in Qatar.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". Asian Football Confederation. 21 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ AFC (20 January 2017). "Federacao Futebol Timor-Leste expelled from AFC Asian Cup 2023". LawInSport (Press release).
  3. ^ "Road to Qatar 2022: Asian teams discover Round 1 opponents". Asian Football Confederation. 17 April 2019. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Draw sets out path for Asian aspirants". FIFA. 17 April 2019.
  5. ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – April 2019 (AFC)". FIFA. 4 April 2019. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019.
  6. ^ "FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctions Macau Football Association". FIFA. 27 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Football - Macau not sending team to Sri Lanka due to security concerns". Reuters. 8 June 2019.
  8. ^ "RAEM recorre a estádio de Zhuhai para receber Sri Lanka". Tribuna de Macau. 24 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Venue for Malaysia-Timor Leste second leg confirmed". Goal. 10 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Timor-Leste yet to confirm venue for 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers game against Malaysia – AFC". Fox Sports Asia. 3 May 2019. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Pakistan name preliminary squad for Qatar 2022 Qualifiers". Ghana Soccernet. 28 April 2019.

External links[edit]

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