WC Qualifications (Asia)

Tournament format

This is the total ranking based on all of the 8 qualification groups. Countries are sorted first on position in the group and then on points and goal difference. 7 countries qualify for the world championships. The best 3 countries in the group qualify directly and 8 countries will play in a home-and-away confrontation for the remaining places. The world cup host is automatically qualified.

Qualification standings round 1

		Country	Position	Points	MP	GS	GA
1		China	1	22	8	16	3
2		Hong Kong	1	20	8	15	2
3		Japan	1	20	8	13	4
4		Macau	1	19	8	17	9
5		Saudi Arabia	1	16	8	13	7
6		Kyrgyzstan	1	15	8	14	5
7		Chinese Taipei	1	15	8	11	4
8		India	1	15	8	10	5
9		Laos	2	17	8	10	2
10		East Timor	2	14	8	13	9
11		Lebanon	2	14	8	10	6
12		Guam	2	14	8	9	8
13		Bangladesh	2	13	8	9	9
14		Iraq	2	12	8	11	9
15		Afghanistan	2	10	8	7	6
16		Nepal	2	10	8	6	6
17		Sri Lanka	3	15	8	9	5
18		Korea DPR	3	12	8	11	9
19		Vietnam	3	12	8	8	6
20		Tajikistan	3	12	8	9	8
21		Turkmenistan	3	10	8	4	4
22		Pakistan	3	10	8	8	11
23		Korea Republic	3	10	8	2	5
24		Australia	3	10	8	7	11
25		Qatar	4	10	8	7	13
26		Bhutan	4	9	8	10	12
27		Maldives	4	8	8	11	12
28		Bahrain	4	8	8	8	9
29		Philippines	4	8	8	7	10
30		Syria	4	8	8	7	12
31		Indonesia	4	8	8	6	12
32		Thailand	4	4	8	3	10
33		Brunei Darussalam	5	8	8	5	9
34		Cambodia	5	7	8	6	11
35		Oman	5	5	8	5	10
36		Jordan	5	5	8	6	12
37		Yemen	5	4	8	6	13
38		Kuwait	5	4	8	2	14
39		Mongolia	5	3	8	3	14
40		Palestine	5	2	8	5	13
41		Iran	6	0	0	0	0
42		Malaysia	6	0	0	0	0
43		Myanmar	6	0	0	0	0
44		Singapore	6	0	0	0	0
45		United Arab Emirates	6	0	0	0	0
46		Uzbekistan	6	0	0	0	0

Not all groups have the same number of teams so the results against the lowest team in the larger groups don't count for the order of teams in this list.