This page provides the summaries of the AFC First Round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
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Format
In this round teams ranked from 6–24 were randomly drawn against teams ranked from 25–43, and the draw took place on 6 August 2007 in the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Teams ranked from 1–5 received a bye to the third round.
The matches were held between 8 October 2007 and 30 October 2007. The 11 highest ranked teams (according to the first round seeding) among the 19 winners advanced to the third round of the Asian qualifiers, while the eight remaining teams advanced to the second round in November 2007.
Summary
- ^ For security reasons, Iraq played their home leg in Syria, Palestine played their home leg in Qatar and Afghanistan played their home leg in Tajikistan.
- ^ Bhutan withdrew.
- ^ Guam withdrew.
- ^ FIFA decided to move Myanmar home match to Malaysia.
- ^ Timor-Leste elected to play their home leg in Indonesia.
- ^ Palestine failed to appear; Singapore was awarded a 3–0 win. The Palestine Football Federation appealed to have the match rescheduled on the grounds that its players did not receive permits to leave the Gaza Strip, but FIFA dismissed the appeal.
References
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA