NB: all countries which reached the third stage of the Asian section of the
2018 World Cup qualifying tournament are automatically qualified for the
final tournament of the 2019 Asian Nations Cup: Saudi Arabia, Australia,
Qatar, Iran, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Syria and
China (the UA Emirates were already qualified as hosts).
Playoff Round - First Stage
NB: the four worst fourth placed teams (Malaysia, Tajikistan, Maldives, Taiwan) and the
fifth placed teams (East Timor, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Cambodia, Laos, Yemen)
of the second stage of the Asian section of the 2018 World Cup qualifying tournament
enter, to determine eight entrants for the group stage (so three teams to be eliminated).
2- 6-16 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2-2 Cambodia
7- 6-16 Phnom Penh Cambodia 2-0 Taiwan
2- 6-16 Vientiane Laos 0-1 India
7- 6-16 Guwahati India 6-1 Laos
2- 6-16 Johor Bahru Malaysia 3-0 East Timor
6- 6-16 Johor Bahru East Timor 0-3 Malaysia
NB: both matches in Malaysia
2- 6-16 Dushanbe Tajikistan 5-0 Bangladesh
7- 6-16 Dhaka Bangladesh 0-1 Tajikistan
2- 6-16 Malé Maldives 0-2 Yemen
7- 6-16 Doha (Qatar) Yemen 2-0 Maldives
Bhutan bye
NB: winners qualified for group stage qualifying tournament; losers to second stage.
Playoff Round - Second Stage
6- 9-16 Dhaka Bangladesh 0-0 Bhutan
10-10-16 Thimphu Bhutan 3-1 Bangladesh
6- 9-16 Malé Maldives 4-0 Laos
11-10-16 Vientiane Laos 1-1 Maldives
8-10-16 Kaohsiung East Timor 1-2 Taiwan
11-10-16 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2-1 East Timor
NB: both matches in Taiwan
NB: winners qualified for group stage qualifying tournament; losers eliminated (but
qualified for the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup).
Group Stage
NB: the four worst second placed teams (Jordan, Oman, Lebanon, North Korea), the third
placed teams (Palestine, Kyrgyzstan, Hongkong, Turkmenistan, Singapore, Vietnam,
Kuwait, Philippines) and the four best fourth placed teams (Guam, Afghanistan,
Myanmar, Bahrain) of the second stage of the Asian section of the 2018 World Cup
qualifying tournament enter, together with the eight winners of the above playoff
round;
note that Kuwait were disqualified because of being under a FIFA suspension at the
time of the draw of the group stage; Guam withdrew from the group stage; Indonesia
did not enter the tournament at all due to a FIFA suspension; the free places
were given to Nepal and Macao as the finalists of the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup.
Group A
1.INDIA 6 4 1 1 11- 5 13 [2 1 0 1 2-2; 1 ag]
2.KYRGYZSTAN 6 4 1 1 14- 8 13 [2 1 0 1 2-1; 0 ag]
3.Myanmar 6 2 2 2 10-10 8
4.Macao 6 0 0 6 4-16 0
28- 3-17 Yangon Myanmar 0-1 India
[Chhetri 90+1]
28- 3-17 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 1-0 Macao
[Baymatov 70]
13- 6-17 Macao Macao 0-4 Myanmar
[Sithu Aung 4, 62, Kyaw Ko Ko 30, Min Min Thu 74]
13- 6-17 Bangalore India 1-0 Kyrgyzstan
[Chhetri 69]
5- 9-17 Macao Macao 0-2 India
[B. Singh 57, 82]
10-10-17 Yangon Myanmar 2-2 Kyrgyzstan
[Aung Thu 52, Kyaw Ko Ko 90+2; Zemlianukhin 9pen, Maier 49]
11-10-17 Bangalore India 4-1 Macao
[Borges 28, Chhetri 60, Lam Ka Seng 70og, Lalpekhlua 90+2; Torrao 37]
14-11-17 Macao Macao 3-4 Kyrgyzstan
[Chan Pak Chun 72, Torrao 79pen, Leonel 87; Zemlianukhin 25pen, 55,
Lux 36, Murzaev 84]
14-11-17 Margao India 2-2 Myanmar
[Chhetri 13pen, Lalpekhlua 69; Yan Naing Oo 1, Kyaw Ko Ko 19]
22- 3-18 Incheon Kyrgyzstan 5-1 Myanmar
[Shamshiev 2, Zemlianukhin 5, 63, Lux 74, Sagynbaev 87; Kyaw Ko Ko 83]
27- 3-18 Yangon Myanmar 1-0 Macao
[Kyi Lin 74]
27- 3-18 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 2-1 India
[Zemlianukhin 2, Murzaev 72; Lalpekhlua 88]
Group B
1.LEBANON 6 5 1 0 14- 4 16
2.NORTH KOREA 6 3 2 1 13-10 11
3.Hongkong 6 1 2 3 4- 7 5
4.Malaysia 6 0 1 5 5-15 1
28- 3-17 Beirut Lebanon 2-0 Hongkong
[Ghaddar 27, Maatouk 34]
13- 6-17 Hongkong Hongkong 1-1 North Korea
[Tan Chun Lok 45+1; Kim Yu-song 46]
13- 6-17 Johor Bahru Malaysia 1-2 Lebanon
[Mahali 43; Ataya 79, 90+4]
5- 9-17 Pyongyang North Korea 2-2 Lebanon
[Kim Yu-song 23, Ri Yong-jik 87; Mansour 47, Maatouk 90+4]
5- 9-17 Malacca City Malaysia 1-1 Hongkong
[Syazwan 56; Sandro 53]
10-10-17 Hongkong Hongkong 2-0 Malaysia
[Jordi 44, McKee 49]
10-10-17 Beirut Lebanon 5-0 North Korea
[El-Helwe 21, Maatouk 25, Ayass 50, Hamam 80, Ataya 90+1]
10-11-17 Buriram North Korea 4-1 Malaysia
[Pak Kwang-ryong 12pen, Kim Yu-song 42, Kim Yong-il 48, Jong Il-gwan 59;
Safawi 67]
13-11-17 Buriram Malaysia 1-4 North Korea
[Safawi 85; Kim Yu-song 15, 20, 44, Pak Kwang-ryong 79]
14-11-17 Hongkong Hongkong 0-1 Lebanon
[Maatouk 43pen]
27- 3-18 Pyongyang North Korea 2-0 Hongkong
[Jong Il-gwan 19, Pak Kwang-ryong 25]
27- 3-18 Beirut Lebanon 2-1 Malaysia
[Maatouk 19pen, El-Helwe 90+4; Syafiq 72]
Group C
1.JORDAN 6 3 3 0 16- 5 12
2.VIETNAM 6 2 4 0 9- 3 10
3.Afghanistan 6 1 3 2 7-10 6
4.Cambodia 6 1 0 5 3-17 3
28- 3-17 Dushanbe Afghanistan 1-1 Vietnam
[Amin 69; Nguyen Van Toan 64]
28- 3-17 Amman Jordan 7-0 Cambodia
[Al-Dardour 12, 21, 87, Al-Bakhit 47, Al-Saify 61, Samir 62, Al-Taamari 90]
13- 6-17 Phnom Penh Cambodia 1-0 Afghanistan
[Mony Udom 59]
13- 6-17 TP Ho Chi Minh Vietnam 0-0 Jordan
5- 9-17 Phnom Penh Cambodia 1-2 Vietnam
[Vathanaka 10; Nguyen Van Quyet 4, Nguyen Quang Hai 81]
5- 9-17 Amman Jordan 4-1 Afghanistan
[Murjan 24, Al-Saify 33, Al-Bakhit 45pen, Al-Dardour 89; Amiri 73pen]
10-10-17 Dushanbe Afghanistan 3-3 Jordan
[Al-Souliman 15og, Islam Amiri 64, Amani 81; Abu Amarah 40, Al-Saify 43pen,
Al-Souliman 86]
10-10-17 Hanoi Vietnam 5-0 Cambodia
[Dinh Thanh Trung 13, Nguyen Van Quyet 56, Nguyen Anh Duc 60,
Nguyen Cong Phuong 76, Mac Hong Quan 90+2]
14-11-17 Phnom Penh Cambodia 0-1 Jordan
[Abu Amarah 17]
14-11-17 Hanoi Vietnam 0-0 Afghanistan
27- 3-18 Dushanbe Afghanistan 2-1 Cambodia
[Sharza 26, 45; Laboravy 70]
27- 3-18 Amman Jordan 1-1 Vietnam
[Abu Amarah 71; Nguyen Anh Duc 24]
Group D
1.OMAN 6 5 0 1 28- 5 15 [2 1 0 1 2-2; 1 ag]
2.PALESTINE 6 5 0 1 25- 3 15 [2 1 0 1 2-2; 0 ag]
3.Maldives 6 2 0 4 11-19 6
4.Bhutan 6 0 0 6 2-39 0
28- 3-17 Muscat Oman 14-0 Bhutan
[Al-Muqbali 2, 35, 40, 43, 68, 85, Al-Mahaijri 25, Al-Khaldi 30,
Mabrook 44, Basnet 54og, Al-Hajri 70, 74, 90+1pen, 90+2]
28- 3-17 Malé Maldives 0-3 Palestine
[Maher 62, 65, Abu Nahyeh 90+2]
13- 6-17 Thimphu Bhutan 0-2 Maldives
[Fasir 42pen, Ah. Abdulla 75]
13- 6-17 Al-Ram Palestine 2-1 Oman
[Cantillana 13, Pinto 21; Al-Mahaijri 45]
5- 9-17 Thimphu Bhutan 0-2 Palestine
[Pinto 51, Bahdari 90+5]
5- 9-17 Muscat Oman 5-0 Maldives
[Al-Khaldi 5, Al-Hajri 58, Al-Yahyaei 69, Al-Yahmadi 86, Al-Hasani 88]
10-10-17 Hebron Palestine 10-0 Bhutan
[Bahdari 4, 40, 44, Jaber 6, Seyam 22, Maraaba 29, Salem 48pen, Natour 60,
Cantillana 62, 69]
10-10-17 Malé Maldives 1-3 Oman
[Fasir 24; Al-Hajri 15, Ali 19og, Al-Mahaijri 57]
14-11-17 Thimphu Bhutan 2-4 Oman
[Tshering 59, Gyeltshen 90+3; Al-Hasani 48, Ibrahim 76, Al-Hajri 86,
Al-Ruzaiqi 89]
14-11-17 Jenin Palestine 8-1 Maldives
[Yousef 6, 33, Faisal 16og, Maraaba 30, 53, 54, 59, Cantillana 56;
N. Hassan 52]
27- 3-18 Muscat Oman 1-0 Palestine
[Al-Hajri 87]
27- 3-18 Malé Maldives 7-0 Bhutan
[H. Mohamed 35, N. Hassan 66, 77, 80, 82, I. Hassan 69, Yoosuf 90+3]
Group E
1.BAHRAIN 6 4 1 1 15- 3 13
2.TURKMENISTAN 6 3 1 2 9-10 10
3.Taiwan 6 3 0 3 7-12 9
4.Singapore 6 0 2 4 3- 9 2
26- 3-17 Taipei Taiwan 1-3 Turkmenistan
[Chen Po-liang 45+2pen; Annadurdyyew 23, Mingazow 24, Chen Chia-chun 83og]
28- 3-17 Riffa Bahrain 0-0 Singapore
10- 6-17 Singapore Singapore 1-2 Taiwan
[Hariss 6; Xavier Chen 31, Chen Chao-an 60]
13- 6-17 Dasoguz Turkmenistan 1-2 Bahrain
[Yagsyyew 86; Al Romaihi 55, Yaser 80]
5- 9-17 Singapore Singapore 1-1 Turkmenistan
[Shakir 63; Annadurdyyew 82]
5- 9-17 Riffa Bahrain 5-0 Taiwan
[Al-Aswad 11, Madan 45+4, Abduljabbar 56, 89, Helal 74]
10-10-17 Taipei Taiwan 2-1 Bahrain
[Chen Po-liang 90, Chu En-le 90+2; Abdullatif 17pen]
10-10-17 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 2-1 Singapore
[Orazsahedow 18, 90+3; Irfan 27]
14-11-17 Balkanabat Turkmenistan 2-1 Taiwan
[Yagsyyew 22, Annadurdyyew 40; Chen Po-liang 88pen]
14-11-17 Singapore Singapore 0-3 Bahrain
[Abduljabbar 65, 84, Rashid 81]
27- 3-18 Taipei Taiwan 1-0 Singapore
[Chen Po-liang 37]
27- 3-18 Riffa Bahrain 4-0 Turkmenistan
[Helal 12, 24, Issa 64, Yaser 67]
Group F
1.PHILIPPINES 6 3 3 0 13- 8 12
2.YEMEN 6 2 4 0 7- 5 10
3.Tajikistan 6 2 1 3 10- 9 7
4.Nepal 6 0 2 4 3-11 2
28- 3-17 Manila Philippines 4-1 Nepal
[P. Younghusband 21pen, 23, Ramsay 27, Patino 73; Rai 45+1]
28- 3-17 Doha Yemen 2-1 Tajikistan
[D. Ergashev 41og, Al-Sasi 63; Umarbayev 9]
13- 6-17 Kathmandu Nepal 0-0 Yemen
13- 6-17 Dushanbe Tajikistan 3-4 Philippines
[Umarbayev 57pen, Vasiev 61, Dzhalilov 90; P. Younghusband 28, Patino 41, 48,
Sato 79]
5- 9-17 Lalitpur Nepal 1-2 Tajikistan
[Magar 61; Dzhalilov 25, Vasiev 29]
5- 9-17 Bacolod Philippines 2-2 Yemen
[P. Younghusband 30, J. Younghusband 71; Al-Radaei 27, Al-Matari 55]
10-10-17 Hisor Tajikistan 3-0 Nepal
[Davronov 20pen, Umarbayev 60pen, Dzhalilov 87pen]
10-10-17 Al-Wakrah Yemen 1-1 Philippines
[Mansour 63; Mi. Ott 89]
14-11-17 Lalitpur Nepal 0-0 Philippines
14-11-17 Hisor Tajikistan 0-0 Yemen
27- 3-18 Manila Philippines 2-1 Tajikistan
[Ingreso 74, P. Younghusband 90+1pen; Nazarov 64pen]
27- 3-18 Doha Yemen 2-1 Nepal
[Al-Matari 24, 84pen; N. Shrestha 45+1]
NB: in the United Arab Emirates
Qualified: UA Emirates (as hosts)
Saudi Arabia, Australia, Qatar, Iran, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Uzbekistan,
Iraq, Syria and China (all by reaching third stage of the Asian section of the
2018 World Cup qualifying tournament;
12 other countries (top-2 of six qualifying groups above) qualified as well.
Stadiums: Abu Dhabi [1] (Zayed Sports City Stadium, 45.000)
Abu Dhabi [2] (Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, 42.000)
Abu Dhabi [3] (Al Nahyan Stadium, 12.200)
Dubai [1] (Rashid Stadium, 12.000)
Dubai [2] (Al Maktoum Stadium, 15.000)
Al-Ain [1] (Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, 26.000)
Al-Ain [2] (Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, 16.000)
Sharjah (Sharjah Stadium, 11,000)
First Round (Group Stage)
Group A
1.UA EMIRATES 3 1 2 0 4- 2 5
2.THAILAND 3 1 1 1 3- 5 4 [1-0]
3.BAHRAIN 3 1 1 1 2- 2 4 [0-1]
4.India 3 1 0 2 4- 4 3
5- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [1] UAE 1-1 Bahrain
[Khalil 88pen; Al Romaihi 78]
6- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [3] Thailand 1-4 India
[Teerasil 33; Chhetri 27pen, 46, Thapa 68, Lalpekhlua 80]
10- 1-19 Dubai [2] Bahrain 0-1 Thailand
[Chanathip 58]
10- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [1] India 0-2 UAE
[Khalf. Mubarak 41, Mabkhout 88]
14- 1-19 Al-Ain [1] UAE 1-1 Thailand
[Mabkhout 7; Thitipan 41]
14- 1-19 Sharjah India 0-1 Bahrain
[Rashid 90+1pen]
Group B
1.JORDAN 3 2 1 0 3- 0 7
2.AUSTRALIA 3 2 0 1 6- 3 6
3.Palestine 3 0 2 1 0- 3 2
4.Syria 3 0 1 2 2- 5 1
6- 1-19 Al-Ain [1] Australia 0-1 Jordan
[Bani Yaseen 26]
6- 1-19 Sharjah Syria 0-0 Palestine
10- 1-19 Al-Ain [2] Jordan 2-0 Syria
[Al-Taamari 26, Khattab 43]
11- 1-19 Dubai [1] Palestine 0-3 Australia
[Maclaren 18, Mabil 20, Giannou 90]
15- 1-19 Al-Ain [2] Australia 3-2 Syria
[Mabil 41, Ikonomidis 54, Rogic 90+3; Kharbin 43, Al Somah 80pen]
15- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [2] Palestine 0-0 Jordan
Group C
1.SOUTH KOREA 3 3 0 0 4- 0 9
2.CHINA 3 2 0 1 5- 3 6
3.KYRGYZSTAN 3 1 0 2 4- 4 3
4.Philippines 3 0 0 3 1- 7 0
7- 1-19 Al-Ain [2] China 2-1 Kyrgyzstan
[Matyash 50og, Yu Dabao 78; Israilov 42]
7- 1-19 Dubai [2] South Korea 1-0 Philippines
[Hwang Ui-jo 67]
11- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [2] Philippines 0-3 China
[Wu Lei 40, 66, Yu Dabao 80]
11- 1-19 Al-Ain [1] Kyrgyzstan 0-1 South Korea
[Kim Min-jae 41]
16- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [3] South Korea 2-0 China
[Hwang Ui-jo 14pen, Kim Min-jae 51]
16- 1-19 Dubai [1] Kyrgyzstan 3-1 Philippines
[Lux 24, 51, 77; Schrock 80]
Group D
1.IRAN 3 2 1 0 7- 0 7 [0-0]
2.IRAQ 3 2 1 0 6- 2 7 [0-0]
3.VIETNAM 3 1 0 2 4- 5 3
4.Yemen 3 0 0 3 0-10 0
7- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [2] Iran 5-0 Yemen
[Taremi 12, 25, Dejagah 23, Azmoun 53, Ghoddos 78]
8- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [1] Iraq 3-2 Vietnam
[M. Ali 35, Tariq 60, Adnan 90; Faez 24og, Nguyen Cong Phuong 42]
12- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [3] Vietnam 0-2 Iran
[Azmoun 38, 69]
12- 1-19 Sharjah Yemen 0-3 Iraq
[M. Ali 11, Resan 19, Abbas 90+1]
16- 1-19 Al-Ain [1] Vietnam 2-0 Yemen
[Nguyen Quang Hai 38, Que Ngoc Hai 64pen]
16- 1-19 Dubai [2] Iran 0-0 Iraq
Group E
1.QATAR 3 3 0 0 10- 0 9
2.SAUDI ARABIA 3 2 0 1 6- 2 6
3.Lebanon 3 1 0 2 4- 5 3
4.North Korea 3 0 0 3 1-14 0
8- 1-19 Dubai [1] Saudi Arabia 4-0 North Korea
[Bahebri 28, Al-Fatil 37, Al-Dawsari 70, Al-Muwallad 87]
9- 1-19 Al-Ain [1] Qatar 2-0 Lebanon
[Al-Rawi 65, Ali 79]
12- 1-19 Dubai [2] Lebanon 0-2 Saudi Arabia
[Al-Muwallad 12, Al-Mogahwi 67]
13- 1-19 Al-Ain [2] North Korea 0-6 Qatar
[Ali 9, 11, 55, 60, Khoukhi 43, Hassan 68]
17- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [1] Saudi Arabia 0-2 Qatar
[Ali 45+1, 80]
17- 1-19 Sharjah Lebanon 4-1 North Korea
[F. Michel Melki 27, El-Helwe 65, 90+8, Maatouk 80pen; Pak Kwang-ryong 9]
Group F
1.JAPAN 3 3 0 0 6- 3 9
2.UZBEKISTAN 3 2 0 1 7- 3 6
3.OMAN 3 1 0 2 4- 4 3
4.Turkmenistan 3 0 0 3 3-10 0
9- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [3] Japan 3-2 Turkmenistan
[Osako 56, 60, Doan 71; Amanow 26, Atayew 79pen]
9- 1-19 Sharjah Uzbekistan 2-1 Oman
[Ahmedov 34, Shomurodov 85; Mu. Al-Ghassani 72]
13- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [1] Oman 0-1 Japan
[Haraguchi 28pen]
13- 1-19 Dubai [1] Turkmenistan 0-4 Uzbekistan
[Sidikov 17, Shomurodov 24, 42, Masharipov 40]
17- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [2] Oman 3-1 Turkmenistan
[Kano 20, Mu. Al-Ghassani 84, Al-Musalami 90+3; Annadurdyyew 41]
17- 1-19 Al Ain [2] Japan 2-1 Uzbekistan
[Muto 43, Shiotani 58; Shomurodov 40]
NB: Vietnam and Lebanon had identical records as third placed teams; Vietnam qualified
for the second round because of a better disciplinary record
Second Round
20- 1-19 Dubai [2] Jordan 1-1 Vietnam [aet, 2-4 pen]
[Abdel-Rahman 39; Nguyen Cong Phuong 51]
20- 1-19 Al-Ain [1] Thailand 1-2 China
[Supachai 31; Xiao Zhi 67, Gao Lin 71pen]
20- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [2] Iran 2-0 Oman
[Jahanbakhsh 32, Dejagah 41pen]
21- 1-19 Sharjah Japan 1-0 Saudi Arabia
[Tomiyasu 20]
21- 1-19 Al-Ain [2] Australia 0-0 Uzbekistan [aet, 4-2 pen]
21- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [1] UA Emirates 3-2 Kyrgyzstan [aet]
[Esmaeel 14, Mabkhout 64, Khalil 103pen; Murzaev 26, Rustamov 90+1]
22- 1-19 Dubai [1] South Korea 2-1 Bahrain [aet]
[Hwang Hee-chan 43, Kim Jin-su 105+2; Al Romaihi 77]
22- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [3] Qatar 1-0 Iraq
[Al-Rawi 62]
Quarterfinals
24- 1-19 Dubai [2] Vietnam 0-1 Japan
[Doan 57pen]
24- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [2] China 0-3 Iran
[Taremi 18, Azmoun 31, Ansarifard 90+1]
25- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [1] South Korea 0-1 Qatar
[Hatem 78]
25- 1-19 Al-Ain [1] UA Emirates 1-0 Australia
[Mabkhout 68]
Semifinals
28- 1-19 Al-Ain [1] Iran 0-3 Japan
[Osako 56, 67pen, Haraguchi 90+1]
29- 1-19 Abu Dhabi [2] UA Emirates 0-4 Qatar
[Khoukhi 22, Ali 37, Al-Haydos 80, Ismeil 90+3]
Final
1- 2-19 Abu Dhabi [1] Japan 1-3 Qatar
[Minamino 69; Ali 12, Hatem 27, Ak. Afif 83pen]
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