2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round

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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round
Tournament details
Dates6 June – 11 June 2019
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored32 (2.91 per match)
Attendance87,632 (7,967 per match)
Top scorer(s)Malaysia Shahrel Fikri
(4 goals)
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The AFC first round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was also the first round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification. It was played from 6 to 11 June 2019.[1]

Format[change | change source]

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

The six losers would have qualified to the 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup, but it was cancelled.

Timor-Leste were banned from qualifying to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, so this only acts as FIFA World Cup qualification for them.[2][3]

Seeding[change | change source]

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.[5] Pot A teams hosted the first leg and Pot B teams hosted the second leg.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round. Note: FIFA World Rankings at the time of the draw is shown in (parenthesis).

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.  Timor-Leste (195)
  5.  Pakistan (200)
  6.  Sri Lanka (202)

Summary[change | change source]

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Mongolia  3–2  Brunei 2–0 1–2
Macau  1–3[note 1]  Sri Lanka 1–0 0–3 (awd.)
Laos  0–1  Bangladesh 0–1 0–0
Malaysia  12–2  Timor-Leste 7–1 5–1
Cambodia  4–1  Pakistan 2–0 2–1
Bhutan  1–5  Guam 1–0 0–5

Matches[change | change source]

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 Timor-Leste
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 4,244
Timor-Leste 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
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Macau did not go to Sri Lanka for the second leg due to safety concerns from the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings.[6] FIFA announced on 27 June 2019, that this match would be a 3–0 forfeit win to Sri Lanka.[7][8]
  2. ↑ Macau played their home game against Sri Lanka in Zhuhai, China, because their stadium, Estádio Campo Desportivo was under construction.[9]
  3. ↑ Malaysia's home game against Timor-Leste was originally planned to be played on 6 June 2019. The game was postponed a day later after FIFA accepted the Football Association of Malaysia's request because Malaysia was celebrating Eid Al-fitr.[10]
  4. ↑ Timor-Leste played their home game against Malaysia in Malaysia because there weren't any stadiums good enough in Timor-Leste.[11]
  5. ↑ Pakistan played their home game against Cambodia in Qatar.[12]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". Asian Football Confederation. 21 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ↑ AFC (20 January 2017). "Federacao Futebol Timor-Leste expelled from AFC Asian Cup 2023". LawInSport (Press release). Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  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. ↑ "Football - Macau not sending team to Sri Lanka due to security concerns". Reuters. 8 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "AFC Statement". Asian Football Confederation. 10 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctions Macau Football Association". FIFA. 27 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "RAEM recorre a estádio de Zhuhai para receber Sri Lanka". Tribuna de Macau. 24 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Venue for Malaysia-Timor Leste second leg confirmed". Goal. 10 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "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 10 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Pakistan name preliminary squad for Qatar 2022 Qualifiers". Ghana Soccernet. 28 April 2019.

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