WC Qualifications (Asia)

Tournament format

lv Latvia is qualified directly as host of the final tournament. 6 teams from this tournament also qualify for the final tournament.

Round 1 (Group stage)

  • 46 teams enter the tournament in this round.
  • The teams in this round are divided over 12 groups.
  • playoffs 24 teams advance to the next round.

Round 2 (Group stage)

  • The teams in this round are divided over 6 groups.
  • qualified 6 teams in this round qualify for the final tournament.

Qualification standings round 2

CountryPositionPointsMPGSGA
1qualifiedcn China1186213
2qualifiedtm Turkmenistan1186143
3qualifiedmo Macau1166183
4qualifiedsa Saudi Arabia1156208
5qualifiedlk Sri Lanka1116107
6qualifiedmn Mongolia1106139
7jp Japan2136157
8tw Chinese Taipei21261813
9np Nepal2106149
10th Thailand2106149
11ph Philippines21061313
12kp Korea DPR28644
13au Australia39665
14iq Iraq3861416
15bt Bhutan3761014
16tl East Timor3661314
17uz Uzbekistan366714
18vn Vietnam35637
19mm Myanmar456512
20id Indonesia436817
21my Malaysia42629
22hk Hong Kong426917
23gu Guam406319
24ye Yemen406325

Qualification standings round 1

CountryPositionPointsMPGSGA
1playoffscn China1124190
2playoffssa Saudi Arabia1124195
3playoffstm Turkmenistan1124132
4playoffsjp Japan1124122
5playoffsau Australia1124101
6playoffsnp Nepal112490
7playoffsuz Uzbekistan1124115
8playoffsmo Macau112493
9playoffskp Korea DPR112460
10playoffslk Sri Lanka110483
11playoffsmn Mongolia18494
12playoffshk Hong Kong18474
13playoffstw Chinese Taipei284125
14playoffsth Thailand274124
15playoffsvn Vietnam27476
16playoffsmm Myanmar264105
17playoffsph Philippines26495
18playoffsye Yemen264107
19playoffsmy Malaysia26453
20playoffsiq Iraq2641312
21playoffstl East Timor244107
22playoffsbt Bhutan24435
23playoffsid Indonesia24469
24playoffsgu Guam234311
25tj Tajikistan334314
26kw Kuwait31426
27ir Iran31429
28ae United Arab Emirates31419
29mv Maldives314215
30kr Korea Republic30419
31qa Qatar304514
32in India304213
33sg Singapore304517
34pk Pakistan304215
35om Oman304215
36kg Kyrgyzstan304419
37af Afghanistan40000
38bh Bahrain40000
39bd Bangladesh40000
40bn Brunei Darussalam40000
41kh Cambodia40000
42jo Jordan40000
43la Laos40000
44lb Lebanon40000
45pal Palestine40000
46sy Syria40000

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.