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The AFC Fourth Round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification was decided by a random draw conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27 June 2008. The round commenced on 6 September 2008, and finished on 17 June 2009.

The top two countries in each group at the end of the stage qualified directly to the World Cup Finals in South Africa, with the two third-placed countries advancing to the AFC play-off.

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Format

The 10 teams (2 teams from each group in the third round) were divided into four pots for the draw, three containing two teams and one containing four. The seeding for the fourth round was based on that used in the third round draw, but Saudi Arabia and Japan (seeded equal 4th in that draw) were separated by a random selection held at the start of the fourth round draw.[1] The pots were as follows:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Australia
 Korea Republic

 Iran
 Japan

 Saudi Arabia
 Bahrain

 Uzbekistan
 Korea DPR
 United Arab Emirates
 Qatar

The 10 teams were split into two groups of five teams each - each containing one team from each of Pots 1, 2 and 3, as well as 2 teams from Pot 4.

The top two teams in each group will qualify for the World Cup Finals, with the two third-placed sides advancing to a playoff. All teams play home and away against each of the other four teams in the group.

Group A

Team
v • d • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 8 6 2 0 12 1 +11 20
 Japan 8 4 3 1 11 6 +5 15
 Bahrain 8 3 1 4 6 8 −2 10
 Qatar 8 1 3 4 5 14 −9 6
 Uzbekistan 8 1 1 6 5 10 −5 4
  Australia Bahrain Japan Qatar Uzbekistan
Australia  – 2 – 0 2 – 1 4 – 0 2 – 0
Bahrain  0 – 1 – 2 – 3 1 – 0 1 – 0
Japan  0 – 0 1 – 0 – 1 – 1 1 – 1
Qatar  0 – 0 1 – 1 0 – 3 – 3 – 0
Uzbekistan  0 – 1 0 – 1 0 – 1 4 – 0 –
6 September 2008
21:30 UTC+3
 Bahrain  2 – 3  Japan Bahrain National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
Isa Goal 87'
Tulio Goal 88' (o.g.)		 Report S. Nakamura Goal 18'
Endō Goal 44' (pen.)
K. Nakamura Goal 85'
6 September 2008
22:00 UTC+3
 Qatar  3 – 0  Uzbekistan Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Siddiq Goal 37'
Magid Mohamed Goal 73'
Al-Bloushi Goal 86'		 Report
10 September 2008
20:30 UTC+5
 Uzbekistan  0 – 1  Australia Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
Report Chipperfield Goal 26'
10 September 2008
22:00 UTC+3
 Qatar  1 – 1  Bahrain Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)
Soria Goal 6' Report Fatadi Goal 67'
15 October 2008
20:00 UTC+10
 Australia  4 – 0  Qatar Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 34,320
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Cahill Goal 8'
Emerton Goal 17' (pen.), 58'
Kennedy Goal 76'		 Report
15 October 2008
19:30 UTC+9
 Japan  1 – 1  Uzbekistan Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 55,142
Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
Tamada Goal 40' Report Shatskikh Goal 27'
19 November 2008
18:00 UTC+3
 Bahrain  0 – 1  Australia Bahrain National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Report Bresciano Goal 90+3'
19 November 2008
19:30 UTC+3
 Qatar  0 – 3  Japan Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Report Tanaka Goal 19'
Tamada Goal 47'
Tulio Goal 68'
11 February 2009
19:20 UTC+9
 Japan  0 – 0  Australia International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Report
11 February 2009
16:00 UTC+5
 Uzbekistan  0 – 1  Bahrain Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Report Abdulrahman Goal 90+4'
28 March 2009
19:20 UTC+9
 Japan  1 – 0  Bahrain Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 57,276
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
S. Nakamura Goal 47' Report
28 March 2009
17:00 UTC+5
 Uzbekistan  4 – 0  Qatar Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Tadjiyev Goal 34', 45+2', 53'
Soliev Goal 62'		 Report
1 April 2009
20:00 UTC+11
 Australia  2 – 0  Uzbekistan Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 57,292
Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
Kennedy Goal 66'
Kewell Goal 73' (pen.)		 Report
1 April 2009
17:15 UTC+3
 Bahrain  1 – 0  Qatar Bahrain National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Aaish Goal 52' Report
6 June 2009
19:00 UTC+5
 Uzbekistan  0 – 1  Japan Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Report Okazaki Goal 9'
6 June 2009
19:00 UTC+3
 Qatar  0 – 0  Australia Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
Report
10 June 2009
20:00 UTC+10
 Australia  2 – 0  Bahrain Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 39,540
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
Sterjovski Goal 55'
Carney Goal 88'		 Report
10 June 2009
19:20 UTC+9
 Japan  1 – 1  Qatar International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 60,256
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Al Binali Goal 3' (o.g.) Report Afif Goal 53' (pen.)
17 June 2009
20:20 UTC+10
 Australia  2 – 1  Japan Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 69,238
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Cahill Goal 59', 77' Report Tulio Goal 39'
17 June 2009
19:30 UTC+3
 Bahrain  1 – 0  Uzbekistan Bahrain National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa
Attendance: 14,100
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Abdulrahman Goal 73' Report

Group B

Team
v • d • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Korea Republic 8 4 4 0 12 4 +8 16
 Korea DPR 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 12
 Saudi Arabia 8 3 3 2 8 8 0 12
 Iran 8 2 5 1 8 7 +1 11
 United Arab Emirates 8 0 1 7 6 17 −11 1
  Iran North Korea South Korea Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates
Iran  – 2 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 0
Korea DPR  0 – 0 – 1 – 1 1 – 0 2 – 0
Korea Republic  1 – 1 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 4 – 1
Saudi Arabia  1 – 1 0 – 0 0 – 2 – 3 – 2
United Arab Emirates  1 – 1 1 – 2 0 – 2 1 – 2 –
6 September 2008
22:15 UTC+4
 United Arab Emirates  1 – 2  Korea DPR Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Saeed Goal 86' Report Choe Kum-Chol Goal 72'
An Chol-Hyok Goal 81'
6 September 2008
22:15 UTC+3
 Saudi Arabia  1 – 1  Iran King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Al-Harthi Goal 29' Report Nekounam Goal 81'
10 September 2008
20:00 UTC+8
 Korea DPR  1 – 1  Korea Republic Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai (China)[note 1]
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Hong Yong-Jo Goal 64' (pen.) Report Ki Sung-Yong Goal 69'
10 September 2008
22:15 UTC+4
 United Arab Emirates  1 – 2  Saudi Arabia Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Khater Goal 23' Report Otaif Goal 69'
Al-Fraidi Goal 73'
15 October 2008
20:00 UTC+9
 Korea Republic  4 – 1  United Arab Emirates Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Lee Keun-Ho Goal 20', 80'
Park Ji-Sung Goal 26'
Kwak Tae-Hwi Goal 89'		 Report Al Hammadi Goal 72'
15 October 2008
17:00 UTC+3:30
 Iran  2 – 1  Korea DPR Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
Mahdavikia Goal 9'
Nekounam Goal 63'		 Report Jong Tae-Se Goal 72'
19 November 2008
19:15 UTC+4
 United Arab Emirates  1 – 1  Iran Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Juma'a Goal 19' Report Bagheri Goal 81'
19 November 2008
19:35 UTC+3
 Saudi Arabia  0 – 2  Korea Republic King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
Report Lee Keun-Ho Goal 76'
Park Chu-Young Goal 90+2'
11 February 2009
15:00 UTC+9
 Korea DPR  1 – 0  Saudi Arabia Kim Il-Sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Mun In-Guk Goal 28' Report
11 February 2009
15:00 UTC+3:30
 Iran  1 – 1  Korea Republic Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
Nekounam Goal 58' Report Park Ji-Sung Goal 81'
28 March 2009
15:30 UTC+9
 Korea DPR  2 – 0  United Arab Emirates Kim Il-Sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Pak Nam-Chol Goal 51'
Mun In-Guk Goal 90+3'		 Report
28 March 2009
19:00 UTC+4:30
 Iran  1 – 2  Saudi Arabia Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Shojaei Goal 57' Report Hazazi Goal 79'
Al-Muwallad Goal 87'
1 April 2009
20:00 UTC+9
 Korea Republic  1 – 0  Korea DPR Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
　Kim Chi-Woo Goal 86' Report
1 April 2009
20:30 UTC+3
 Saudi Arabia  3 – 2  United Arab Emirates King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Abdoh Otaif Goal 4' (pen.)
Juma Goal 70' (o.g.)
Hazazi Goal 85'		 Report Al Shehhi Goal 38'
Matar Goal 45+1'
6 June 2009
17:00 UTC+9
 Korea DPR  0 – 0  Iran Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Report
6 June 2009
20:15 UTC+4
 United Arab Emirates  0 – 2  Korea Republic Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
Report Park Chu-Young Goal 9'
Ki Sung-Yong Goal 37'
10 June 2009
20:00 UTC+9
 Korea Republic  0 – 0  Saudi Arabia Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 32,510
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
Report
10 June 2009
19:00 UTC+4:30
 Iran  1 – 0  United Arab Emirates Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Karimi Goal 53' Report
17 June 2009
20:00 UTC+9
 Korea Republic  1 – 1  Iran Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Park Ji-Sung Goal 82' Report Shojaei Goal 52'

Several Iranian players started the match wearing green armbands or wristbands, a symbol of protest at the outcome of the Iranian presidential election.[3] Most removed them at half-time. The newspaper Iran reported that Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hosein Kaebi, and Vahid Hashemian had received life bans from the Iranian FA for the gesture.[4] However, the Iranian FA denied this claim in a response to FIFA's inquiry saying that "the comments in foreign media are nothing but lies and a mischievous act."[5] The Iran national team head coach Afshin Ghotbi also confirmed that it was a rumour and Iranian FA "has not taken any official stand on this issue."[6]

17 June 2009
21:00 UTC+3
 Saudi Arabia  0 – 0  Korea DPR King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Report

Goalscorers

As of 17 June, there have been 81 goals scored in 40 games, for an average of 2.03 goals per game.

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
  • United Arab Emirates Fares Juma (for Saudi Arabia)
  • Qatar Ahmed Ali Al Binali (for Japan)

Notes

  1. ^ Match played in Shanghai, China, as was the corresponding fixture in the Third Round, as North Korea refused to play the anthem and fly the flag of South Korea.[2]

References

  1. ^ "FWCQ fourth round draw mechanics". The-AFC.com. 2008-06-12. http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_167182448.html. Retrieved 2008-06-13. 
  2. ^ "Korea DPR-Korea Republic to take place in Shanghai". FIFA.com. 2008-08-20. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=857040.html#korea+dpr+republic+take+place+shanghai. Retrieved 2008-08-21. 
  3. ^ "Iranian football team shows support for Mousavi with green arm bands at Seoul World Cup qualifier". The Daily Telegraph. 17 Jun 2009. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5559871/Iranian-football-team-shows-support-for-Mousavi-with-green-arm-bands-at-Seoul-World-Cup-qualifier.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17. 
  4. ^ Tiat, Robert (25 June 2009). "Iranian players receive life bans for gestures". The Guardian. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0625/1224249508070.html. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
  5. ^ "Iran denies punishing players for wearing green wristbands". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-06-25. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/5634682/Iran-denies-punishing-players-for-wearing-green-wristbands.html. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
  6. ^ "Iran Did Not Suspend Players, Coach Says". The New York Times. 2009-06-26. http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/iran-did-not-suspend-players-coach-says/. Retrieved 2009-06-27. 

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