The

2007 AFC Asian Cup The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its h ...

qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating. For the first time, the defending champions (

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

), did not earn an automatic berth in the finals and had to compete in the qualification tournament. Twelve teams from top two of each groups joined with four host nations (

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and

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

) qualify for the final tournament.

Teams that did not enter

16 national teams did not enter qualifying ( The team's FIFA World Ranking was considered for November 2005): * 16* 33* 41* 47* 57* 70* 75* 79* 88* 89* 90* 91* 92* 99* 04*

East Timor Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and ...

ot yet ranked

Team excluded

* 2were banned from qualifying after having been found guilty of improper conduct in the qualifying round for 2004. Thus, out of 46 national teams, 25 entered the qualifying.

Preliminary round

In December 2005,

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and

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

played off in a home and away series (with Bangladesh hosting the first leg), to determine which team would progress to the final qualifying round. This was originally scheduled in November but the earthquake in Pakistan forced it to be postponed. After a goalless first leg in

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, Bangladesh on 22 December 2005, Bangladesh won the second leg thanks to the goal from

Firoj Mahmud Titu Firoj Mahmud Hossain (; born 8 July 1974), known by his nickname Titu, is a Bangladeshi former professional footballer who played as a full-back. He played for the Bangladesh national team from 1999 to 2007. He is famous for his goal against F ...

at the 84-minute in People's Sports Complex,

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, Pakistan four days later. Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. However, Pakistan ended up also being qualified into the final qualifying round anyway, after Sri Lanka withdrew. ---- ---- ---- qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. also qualified after withdrew.

Seedings

The draw was held on 4 January 2006. The seeding was based on the 2004 competition, including results during qualifying. The teams in their respective pots also are listed with respect to their performance. Note that Jordan and Uzbekistan were placed higher than South Korea and Iraq. For the tie-breaker here served the fact that Jordan and Uzbekistan were eliminated on penalty shootout, while the other two teams were clearly defeated. Uzbekistan precedes Jordan as it won its group, while Jordan placed second. The same principle is applied to the rest of the teams on the list. The

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team which had just joined the

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on 1 January 2006 and had not participated in previous tournaments was given the lowest rank. :* = ''Replace

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams in a group are equal on points on completion of the group matches, their places shall be determined as follows: # Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned. # Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned. # Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (Away Goals do not apply in this stage of the competition). # Goal difference in all the group matches. # Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play. # Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

*Pakistan is added back into the final qualifying round after Sri Lanka withdrew at the last minute. *24 teams will be split into six groups of four, playing in a home and away format. The top two of each group will progress to the finals. Matches will start on 22 February 2006 and ends on 15 November 2006. *On 1 August 2006,

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

officially withdrew from the competition after having played only one match, due to their ongoing conflict with Israel.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

''Note: Bahrain is ranked higher than Kuwait by the two head-to-head game results (Bahrain 2 – 1 Kuwait).'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ¹ On 1 August 2006, it was announced that the AFC had accepted a withdrawal request from the Federation Libanaise de Football due to the

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. The results of the Lebanon-Kuwait game on 22 February 2006 have been declared null and void and do not count towards the group rankings. The following fixtures were also canceled: *against Bahrain, 16 August 2006 (in Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain) *against Australia, 31 August 2006 (in Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia) *against Bahrain, 6 September 2006 (in Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon) *against Kuwait, 11 October 2006 (in National Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait) *against Australia, 15 November 2006 (in Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon)

Group E

''Note: Iraq is ranked higher than China PR by the two head-to-head game results (Iraq 3 – 2 China PR).'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

¹ All Iraq's home matches played in Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates.

² All Palestine's home matches played in

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, Jordan.

Group F

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Qualified teams

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² ''Italic'' indicates host

³ Vietnam's debut since the unification of Vietnam at 1975

⁴ As

South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...

Goal scorers

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Yasser Al-Qahtani Yasser Saeed Mosleh Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani (; born 10 October 1982) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a forward for Al-Hilal FC in the Saudi Professional League. He was also captain of the Saudi Arabia national team. Club ca ...

;3 Goals * Kazuki Ganaha * Saleh Bashir * Essa Al Mahyani ;2 Goals *

Hisato Satō is a Japanese people, Japanese former Association football, football player. He played as a Forward (association football), forward for the Japan national football team, Japan national team. His brother Yuto Sato is also a footballer. Club care ...

* Ryūji Bando * Mohammad Al-Shalhoub * Al Suwaileh * Al Sawailh * Mohamed Amin Didi * Ali Al-Nono *

Mehrzad Madanchi Mehrzad Madanchi Ardekani (; born 12 October 1983) is an Iranian former football midfielder who last played for Fajr Sepasi. Club career The attacker started his playing career in Homa Shiraz club which plays in the lower Iranian divisions. Af ...

* Javad Nekounam * Ali Karimi ;1 Goal * Firaj Mahmud * Shinji Ono * Seiichiro Maki * Takashi Fukunishi * Tatsuhiko Kubo * Yuki Abe * Kengo Nakamura * Marcus Tulio Tanaka * N.S. Manju * Al Hagbani * Hassan Muath Fallatah * Saleem Abdullah * Fekri Al-Hubaishi * Al-Haggam * Andranik Teymourian *

Ali Daei Ali Daei ( ; born 21 March 1969) is an Iranian Association football, football manager and former professional footballer. A Striker (association football), striker, he was the captain (association football), captain of the Iran national footbal ...

* Vahid Hashemian * Mohammad Nosrati * Reza Enayati * Hossein Badamaki

References

External links

Qualifying Round Results

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