# 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round

The AFC fourth round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification was decided by a random draw conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27 June 2008. The round commenced on 6 September 2008, and finished on 17 June 2009.
The top two countries in each group at the end of the stage qualified directly to the World Cup Finals in South Africa, with the two third-placed countries advancing to the AFC play-off.

## Format

The 10 teams (2 teams from each group in the third round) were divided into four pots for the draw, three containing two teams and one containing four. The seeding for the fourth round was based on that used in the third round draw, but Saudi Arabia and Japan (seeded equal 4th in that draw) were separated by a random selection held at the start of the fourth round draw. The pots were as follows:
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Australia  South Korea | Iran  Japan | Saudi Arabia  Bahrain | Uzbekistan  North Korea  United Arab Emirates  Qatar |
The 10 teams were split into two groups of five teams each – each containing one team from each of Pots 1, 2 and 3, as well as 2 teams from Pot 4.
The top two teams in each group qualified for the World Cup Finals, with the two third-placed sides advancing to a playoff. All teams played home and away against each of the other four teams in the group.

## Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Australia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 20 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Japan | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 15 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 10 | Fifth round | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Qatar | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 6 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — |

## Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | South Korea | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 16 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | North Korea | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 12 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 | Fifth round | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| 4 | Iran | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 11 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 80 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.
3 goals
* Tim Cahill
* Javad Nekounam
* Lee Keun-ho
* Park Ji-sung
* Farhod Tadjiyev
2 goals
* Brett Emerton
* Joshua Kennedy
* Mahmood Abdulrahman
* Masoud Shojaei
* Shunsuke Nakamura
* Keiji Tamada
* Marcus Tulio Tanaka
* Mun In-Guk
* Naif Hazazi
* Abdoh Otaif
* Ki Sung-yueng
* Park Chu-young
1 goal
* Mark Bresciano
* David Carney
* Scott Chipperfield
* Harry Kewell
* Mile Sterjovski
* Faouzi Mubarak Aaish
* Abdulla Baba Fatadi
* Salman Isa
* Karim Bagheri
* Ali Karimi
* Mehdi Mahdavikia
* Yasuhito Endō
* Kengo Nakamura
* Shinji Okazaki
* Tatsuya Tanaka
* An Chol-Hyok
* Choe Kum-Chol
* Hong Yong-Jo
* Jong Tae-Se
* Pak Nam-Chol
* Ali Afif
* Talal Al-Bloushi
* Magid Mohamed
* Majdi Siddiq
* Sebastián Soria
* Ahmed Al-Fraidi
* Saad Al-Harthi
* Osama Al-Muwallad
* Kim Chi-woo
* Kwak Tae-hwi
* Ismail Al Hammadi
* Mohammed Al Shehhi
* Abdulrahim Jumaa
* Subait Khater
* Ismail Matar
* Bashir Saeed
* Maksim Shatskikh
* Anvarjon Soliev
1 own goal
* Marcus Tulio Tanaka (against Bahrain)
* Ahmed Faris Al-Binali (against Japan)
* Fares Juma (against Saudi Arabia)