20 10 The ranking of the seed teams in the Asian regional qualifiers of the World Cup in South Africa is based on the results of the 2006 World Cup in Germany and its previous qualifiers. The rankings of the 43 member associations of AFC are: Australia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Iran, Bahrain, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, North Korea, China, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Syria. Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Yemen, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, China, Taipei, Bangladesh, Macau, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Guam, Nepal, Cambodia, Bhutan, Myanmar and East Timor.
The grouping rules of qualifiers are as follows:
The first stage: the member associations ranked 6-43 will be eliminated in the first round of home and away games, the member associations ranked 6-24 will be placed in Cup A, and the member associations ranked 25-43 will be placed in Cup B for group drawing. The eight teams with the lowest ranking who won in the first round will play in the second round, and the top teams 1 1 will advance directly to the third round.
The first competition day: June 8, 2007+65438; Second competition day: 20071October 28th +65438.
The second stage: The eight teams advanced in the first stage will play home and away games again, and the four winning teams will advance to the third stage.
The first competition day: 165438+20071October 9th; The second competition day: 2007 165438+ 10/8.
At this stage, the eight teams can also decide their own home and away games according to their own needs, but all the games must end on June 165438+ 10/8, 2007.
The third stage: 1 1 teams shortlisted in the first stage and four teams shortlisted in the second stage, plus the top five seed teams, will compete in the third stage. The 20 teams will be divided into five groups, and the top two in each group will enter the fourth stage.
The first competition day: February 6, 2008; The second competition day: March 26th, 2008; The third match day: June 7, 2008 (non-FIFA match day); The fourth match day: June 2008 14 (non-FIFA match day); The fifth competition day: September 6, 2008; Sixth Competition Day: September 2008 10
Stage 4: 10 teams shortlisted from stage 3 will be divided into two groups for home and away games, and the top two in each group will automatically advance to the 20 10 World Cup in South Africa.
The first competition day: June 65438+1October 65438+May 2008; The second competition day: 165438+2008 10/9; The third competition day: February 200911; The fourth competition day: March 28th, 2009; The fifth competition day: April 20091; The sixth competition day: June 6, 2008; Seventh competition day: June 200910; Eighth match day: June 2009 17 (non-FIFA match day); The ninth competition day: September 5, 2009; Tenth Match Day: September 9, 2009
AFC Champions League knockout: In the fourth stage, the two teams ranked third in the two groups will play home and away knockout matches.
The first competition day: June 200910; The second competition day: June 65438+1October 65438+April 2009.
AFC and Oceania Football Association knockout: The team that wins the AFC final knockout will play the last home and away game with the winner of Oceania qualifiers.
The first competition day: June165438+1October 65438+April 2009; The second match day: 2009165438+12 October1(non-FIFA match day)