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