The second round of AFC matches for

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(and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification) was played from 24 May 2015 to 29 March 2016.

Format

A total of forty teams (teams ranked 1–34 in the AFC entrant list and six

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winners) were divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up advanced to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification as well as qualify for the

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finals. A total of 24 teams eliminated from World Cup qualification in the second round competed in the third round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification (which was separated from the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification), where they were divided into six groups of four teams and competed for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The 24 teams consisted of the sixteen highest ranked teams eliminated in the second round, and the eight teams that advanced from the play-off round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification which were contested by the remaining twelve teams eliminated in the second round.

Seeding

The draw for the second round was held on 14 April 2015, at 17:00 MST (

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), at the JW Marriott Hotel in

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, Malaysia. The seeding was based on the

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of April 2015 (shown in parentheses below). The 40 teams were seeded into five pots: *Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–8. *Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 9–16. *Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 17–24. *Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 25–32. *Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 33–40. Each group contained one team from each of the five pots. The fixtures of each group were automatically decided based on the respective pot of each team. As the seeding order was based on the most recent FIFA Rankings prior to the draw, it differed from the order in the AFC entrant list, which was based on the

of January 2015. Among the six

winners, three were seeded higher than pot 5 (India in pot 3, Timor-Leste and Bhutan in pot 4), on the basis of ranking points gained from the first round matches, while the other three (Yemen, Cambodia and Chinese Taipei) were seeded in pot 5. ;Notes *Bolded teams qualified for the

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. *(D): Disqualified after draw

Groups

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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was also drawn into this group, but on 30 May 2015 the country's football association was suspended due to governmental interference, and on 3 June 2015 the team was disqualified and all matches involving it were cancelled. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Group G

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Group H

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Ranking of runner-up teams

To determine the four best runner-up teams, the following criteria were used: #

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) #

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# Goals scored # Fair play points # Drawing of lots As a result of Indonesia being disqualified by FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

To determine the four best fourth-placed teams, the following criteria were used: #

(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) #

Goalscorers

There were 507 goals scored in 149 matches, for an average of goals per match. ;14 goals * Mohammad Al-SahlawiThis player's goal tally included one or more goals which the player scored in matches that were subsequently forfeited, but which FIFA still continued to count in its statistics. ;11 goals * Ahmed Khalil ;8 goals *

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* Yang Xu ;7 goals * Sardar Azmoun * Omar Khribin ;6 goals * Yu Dabao * Keisuke Honda *

Hamza Al-Dardour Hamza Ali Khaled Al-Dardour ( ar, حمزة علي خالد الدردور; born 12 May 1991) is a Jordanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Jordanian club Al-Ramtha and the Jordan national team. Club career In 2015, Al-Dardour ...

* Son Heung-min *

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;5 goals * Tom Rogic * Mehdi Taremi * Shinji Kagawa *

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* Ali Ashfaq * Hassan Al-Haydos * Taisir Al-Jassim *

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* Bader Al-Mutawa * Yousef Nasser * Anton Zemlianukhin * Ahmad Abu Nahyeh *

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* Mohammed Muntari * Mohammed Musa * Osama Omari * Igor Sergeev ;3 goals * Nathan Burns * Jiang Ning *

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* Khampheng Sayavutthi * Ri Hyok-chol * Jong Il-gwan *

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* Tamer Seyam * Misagh Bahadoran *

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* Mark Milligan * Aaron Mooy *

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* Abdulwahab Al-Malood * Sayed Mohamed Adnan *

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* Ashkan Dejagah * Ehsan Hajsafi *

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* Justin Meram *

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* Sameh Maraaba *

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* Khairul Amri * Jang Hyun-soo *

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* Koo Ja-cheol * Suk Hyun-jun * Abdelrazaq Al Hussain * Raja Rafe * Akhtam Nazarov *

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* Theerathon Bunmathan * Adisak Kraisorn * Mongkol Tossakrai *

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* Guwanç Abylow *

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* Jahid Hasan Ameli * Biren Basnet * Sos Suhana * Huang Bowen * Mei Fang * Zhang Linpeng * Zhang Xizhe * Hung Kai-chun * Wen Chih-hao * Yaki Yen * Brandon McDonald *

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* Robin Singh * Karim Ansarifard *

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* Alireza Jahanbakhsh *

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* Ramin Rezaeian *

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* Mehdi Torabi *

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* Yousef Al-Naber * Yousef Al-Rawashdeh *

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* Ahmed Samir * Ali Maqseed * Aziz Mashaan * Faisal Zayid * Ildar Amirov * Edgar Bernhardt * Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov *

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* Roda Antar * Abbas Ahmed Atwi * Hilal El-Helwe * Mohammed Ghaddar * Ali Hamam * Youssef Mohamad * Joan Oumari *

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* Mohd Amri Yahyah * Baddrol Bakhtiar * Mohd Safiq Rahim * Safee Sali * Asadhulla Abdulla * Ahmed Nashid *

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* Kyaw Ko Ko *

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* Qasim Said * Raed Ibrahim Saleh * Musab Al-Battat * Ahmed Awad *

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* Javier Patiño *

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* Akram Afif * Abdelkarim Hassan *

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* Kroekrit Thaweekarn * Serdaraly Ataýew * Artur Geworkýan * Ruslan Mingazow * Süleýman Muhadow *

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* Mohamed Ahmed * Ismail Al Hammadi *

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* Dawood Ali * Habib Fardan * Mohanad Salem *

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() * Ali Hamam () * Zaw Min Tun () *

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Notes

References

External links

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