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2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
FieldValue
tourney_name2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
dates6 February 2013 – 5 March 2014
num_teams20
confederations1
matches60
goals161
attendance
top_scorerIRN Reza Ghoochannejhad
UAE Ali Mabkhout
(5 goals each)
prevseason[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup-qualification)
nextseason[2019](2019-afc-asian-cup-qualification)

UAE Ali Mabkhout (5 goals each)

The 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification was a qualification process organized by the AFC to determine the participating teams for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. The 2015 AFC Asian Cup, hosted by Australia, featured 16 teams.

In the initial scheme, ten places were determined by qualification matches, while six places were reserved for the following:

  • Hosts (Australia)
  • Top three finishers in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup (Japan, Australia, and South Korea)
  • Winners of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup (North Korea)
  • Winners of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup (Palestine) As the host nation Australia also finished as runners-up in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, the initial 6 automatic qualification spots were reduced to 5, with a total of 11 spots eventually determined by the qualification matches, in which 20 AFC members compete.

Qualified teams

Country failed to qualify}}
TeamMethod of
qualificationDate of
qualificationFinals
appearanceLast
appearancePrevious best
performance
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)Runners-up ([2011](2011-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)**Winners** ([1992](1992-afc-asian-cup), [2000](2000-afc-asian-cup), [2004](2004-afc-asian-cup), [2011](2011-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)**Winners** ([1956](1956-afc-asian-cup), [1960](1960-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)Fourth place ([1980](1980-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)Fourth place ([2004](2004-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)Runners-up ([1996](1996-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)**Winners** ([1984](1984-afc-asian-cup), [1988](1988-afc-asian-cup), [1996](1996-afc-asian-cup))
[2007](2007-afc-asian-cup)Group Stage ([2004](2004-afc-asian-cup), [2007](2007-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)Fourth place ([2011](2011-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)Quarter-finals ([2000](2000-afc-asian-cup), [2011](2011-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)**Winners** ([1968](1968-afc-asian-cup), [1972](1972-afc-asian-cup), [1976](1976-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)**Winners** ([1980](1980-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)Quarter-finals ([2004](2004-afc-asian-cup), [2011](2011-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)**Winners** ([2007](2007-afc-asian-cup))
[2011](2011-afc-asian-cup)Runners-up ([1984](1984-afc-asian-cup), [2004](2004-afc-asian-cup))
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Qualification process

The preliminary draw was held in Melbourne on 9 October 2012, 18:00 UTC+11. The twenty teams involved in the qualifiers were drawn into five groups of four teams each, with each group containing one team from each of the following seeding pots. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team from among all the groups qualified for the finals.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

The following teams did not enter the main qualifying draw, as categorized as "emerging countries" they compete separately. The teams were eligible to qualify for the 2015 Asian Cup by winning either the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup or the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.

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† Entrants to 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

‡ Entrants to 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Schedule

The following matchdays were assigned by the AFC for 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification. As 15 and 19 November 2013 were also the dates of the inter-confederation playoffs for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, a number of alternative matchdays were allocated.

YearMatchdayDate20132014
Matchday 16 February
Matchday 222 March
Matchday 315 October
Matchday 415 November
Matchday 519 November
Alternative11, 18, 25, 31 January
4 February
Matchday 65 March

Groups

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, runners-up, and best third-placed team qualified for the [finals](2015-afc-asian-cup)

;Tiebreakers In each group, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers were in the following order:

  1. Greater number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from group matches between the teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in group matches between the teams concerned (away goals not applicable)
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were involved and they were both on the field of play
  7. Drawing of lots

Group A

  • Al-Muqbali
  • Abdallah Deeb
  • Bani Attiah
  • Hayel
  • Said
  • Al-Farsi
  • Sahyouni
  • Al-Laham
  • Khairul
  • Gabriel
  • Rafe
  • Malki
  • Al Douni
  • Jafal
  • Al Agha
  • Al-Farsi
  • Khairul
  • Bawab
  • Hayel
  • Al-Rawashdeh
  • Al Hosni
  • Said
  • Al-Hasani
  • Shahril
  • Bawab
  • Khribin

Group B

  • Ghoochannejhad
  • Nekounam
  • Chanathip
  • Theeraton
  • Fadel
  • Aman
  • Chaito
  • Haidar
  • Maatouk
  • Onika
  • Thitipan
  • Awadh
  • Shojaei
  • Ghaddar
  • Nasser
  • Hosseini
  • Ghoochannejhad
  • Teerasil
  • Dejagah
  • Ghoochannejhad
  • Jahanbakhsh
  • Haidar
  • Sadeghi
  • Dejagah
  • Nekounam
  • Ghoochannejhad
  • Nasser
  • Awadh
  • Mongkol
  • Karimi
  • Fadel
  • Ansarifard
  • Ali
  • Al-Rashidi
  • Teeratep
  • Adisak
  • Ghaddar
  • Maatouk
  • Saad
  • Antar

Group C

  • Mahmoud
  • Al-Muwallad
  • Hazazi
  • Zhao Xuri
  • Yu Dabao
  • Boaz
  • Al-Salem
  • Boaz
  • Wu Xi
  • Hawsawi
  • Al-Shamrani
  • Wu Lei
  • Al-Jassim
  • Al-Shamrani
  • Mahmoud
  • Ahmed
  • Jassim
  • Mahmoud
  • Adnan
  • Zhang Xizhe
  • Al-Muwallad

Group D

  • Aaish
  • Al Amer
  • Ibrahim
  • Ahmed
  • Azamuddin
  • Khyril
  • Al-Hagri
  • Aaish
  • Ibrahim
  • Al-Haydos
  • Soria
  • Afif
  • Norshahrul
  • Saleh
  • Al-Sasi
  • Soria
  • Hassan
  • Kasola
  • Jeddo
  • Abdul-Latif
  • Al-Ali
  • Salmeen
  • Aaish
  • Al-Sarori
  • Amri
  • Fakri

Group E

  • Huỳnh Quốc Anh
  • Khalil
  • Fardan
  • Chan Wai Ho
  • Khalil
  • Mabkhout
  • Gadoev
  • Mabkhout
  • Abbas
  • Rashidov
  • Âu Văn Hoàn
  • Sergeev
  • Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
  • Shodiev
  • Sergeev
  • Rashidov
  • Saleh
  • Abbas
  • Abdulrahman
  • Al Hammadi
  • Shodiev
  • Ahmedov
  • Abbas
  • Matar
  • Mabkhout
  • Fardan
  • Khalil
  • Sergeev
  • Al Hammadi
  • Huỳnh Quốc Anh
  • Nguyễn Anh Đức
  • Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
  • Lo Kwan Yee

Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team, the following criteria were used:

  1. Number of points obtained in the group matches
  2. Goal difference in the group matches
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches
  4. Fewer points calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  5. Drawing of lots

Goalscorers

;5 goals

  • IRN Reza Ghoochannejhad
  • UAE Ali Mabkhout

;4 goals

  • IRN Javad Nekounam
  • IRQ Younis Mahmoud
  • QAT Khalfan Ibrahim

;3 goals

  • BHR Faouzi Aaish
  • JOR Tha'er Bawab
  • JOR Ahmad Hayel
  • KUW Yousef Nasser
  • LIB Hassan Maatouk
  • UAE Walid Abbas
  • UAE Ahmed Khalil
  • UZB Igor Sergeev

;2 goals

  • IDN Boaz Solossa
  • IRN Ashkan Dejagah
  • KUW Fahad Awadh
  • LIB Hassan Chaito
  • LIB Mohammed Ghaddar
  • LIB Mohamad Haidar
  • OMA Eid Al-Farsi
  • OMA Qasim Said
  • QAT Sebastián Soria
  • KSA Fahad Al-Muwallad
  • KSA Yousef Al-Salem
  • KSA Nasser Al-Shamrani
  • SIN Khairul Amri
  • THA Thitipan Puangchan
  • UAE Ismail Al Hammadi
  • UAE Habib Fardan
  • UZB Sardor Rashidov
  • UZB Vokhid Shodiev
  • VIE Huỳnh Quốc Anh
  • VIE Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng

;1 goal

  • BHR Ismail Abdul-Latif
  • BHR Saad Al Amer
  • BHR Abdulla Saleh
  • BHR Mohamed Salmeen
  • CHN Wu Lei
  • CHN Wu Xi
  • CHN Yu Dabao
  • CHN Zhang Xizhe
  • CHN Zhao Xuri
  • HKG Chan Wai Ho
  • HKG Lo Kwan Yee
  • IRN Karim Ansarifard
  • IRN Jalal Hosseini
  • IRN Alireza Jahanbakhsh
  • IRN Yaghoub Karimi
  • IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghi
  • IRN Masoud Shojaei
  • IRQ Ali Adnan
  • IRQ Hammadi Ahmad
  • IRQ Karrar Jassim
  • JOR Mossab Al-Laham
  • JOR Yusuf Al-Rawashdeh
  • JOR Khalil Bani Attiah
  • JOR Abdallah Deeb
  • KUW Fahad Al-Rashidi
  • KUW Waleed Ali
  • KUW Hamad Aman
  • KUW Hussain Fadel
  • LIB Abbas Ali Atwi
  • LIB Roda Antar
  • LIB Soony Saad
  • MAS Azamuddin Akil
  • MAS Mohd Amri Yahyah
  • MAS Ahmad Fakri Saarani
  • MAS Khyril Muhymeen
  • MAS Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
  • OMA Sami Al-Hasani
  • OMA Amad Al Hosni
  • OMA Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
  • QAT Ali Afif
  • QAT Yusef Ahmed
  • QAT Abdulkarim Al-Ali
  • QAT Hassan Al-Haydos
  • QAT Abdelkarim Hassan
  • QAT Jeddo
  • QAT Mohammed Kasola
  • KSA Taisir Al-Jassim
  • KSA Osama Hawsawi
  • KSA Naif Hazazi
  • SIN Shahril Ishak
  • SIN Gabriel Quak
  • SYR Ahmad Al Douni
  • SYR Abdul Fattah Al Agha
  • SYR Oday Jafal
  • SYR Omar Khribin
  • SYR Sanharib Malki
  • SYR Raja Rafe
  • SYR Burhan Sahyouni
  • THA Adisak Kraisorn
  • THA Chanathip Songkrasin
  • THA Mongkol Tossakrai
  • THA Teerasil Dangda
  • THA Teeratep Winothai
  • UAE Omar Abdulrahman
  • UAE Ismail Matar
  • UAE Salem Saleh
  • UZB Odil Ahmedov
  • UZB Shohruh Gadoev
  • VIE Nguyễn Anh Đức
  • YEM Ayman Al-Hagri
  • YEM Mohammed Al-Sarori
  • YEM Ala'a Al-Sasi

;Own goals

  • KUW Hussain Fadel (playing against Iran)
  • THA Theeraton Bunmathan (playing against Kuwait)
  • VIE Âu Văn Hoàn (playing against Uzbekistan)

Notes

References

References

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  2. (8 October 2012). "Giants to know foes on Tuesday". the-afc.com.
  3. (9 October 2012). "AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 preliminary draw results". the-afc.com.
  4. (13 August 2010). "2014 FWC Asian qualifiers format". Asian Football Confederation.
  5. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014". AFC.
  6. "AFC Asian Cup 2015 Qualifiers Regulations". AFC.com.
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