This page provides the summaries of the AFC Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
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Format
In this round the eight winners from the first round joined the 22 AFC sides seeded 6–27 in the AFC World Cup rankings. The teams were drawn into 15 home-and-away ties. The draw took place on 30 March 2011 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, along with the draw for the first round.
The matches were held prior to the main draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, with first legs on 23 July 2011 and second legs on 28 July. The 15 winners joined the top five seeded AFC teams in the main draw for the third round of the Asian qualifiers.
Seeding
Teams were seeded into two pots – Pot 1 included teams ranked 6–20 and Pot 2 teams ranked 21–27 along with the 8 first round winners.
† First round winners whose identities were not known at the time of the draw
Thailand won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Lebanon won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
China PR won 13–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Indonesia won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Kuwait won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Oman won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Saudi Arabia won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Iran won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Tajikistan was awarded the tie (6–0 on aggregate) and advanced to the Third Round.
Qatar won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Iraq won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Singapore won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Uzbekistan won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
United Arab Emirates won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Jordan won 10–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.
Goalscorers
There were 109 goals scored in 30 games, for an average of 3.63 goals per game.