# 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

This page provides the summaries of the AFC first round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

## Format

In this round teams ranked 6–24 were randomly drawn against teams ranked 25–43, and the draw took place on 6 August 2007 in the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Teams ranked 1–5 received a bye to the third round.
The matches were held between 8 October 2007 and 30 October 2007. The 11 highest ranked teams (according to the first round seeding) among the 19 winners advanced to the third round of the Asian qualifiers, while the eight remaining teams advanced to the second round in November 2007.

## Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Pakistan | 0–7 | Iraq | 0–7 | 0–0 |
| Uzbekistan | 11–0 | Chinese Taipei | 9–0 | 2–0 |
| Thailand | 13–2 | Macau | 6–1 | 7–1 |
| Sri Lanka | 0–6 | Qatar | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| China | 11–0 | Myanmar | 7–0 | 4–0 |
| Bhutan | w/o | Kuwait | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2–2 (5–6 p.) | Jordan | 2–0 | 0–2 (aet) |
| Vietnam | 0–6 | United Arab Emirates | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Bahrain | 4–1 | Malaysia | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| East Timor | 3–11 | Hong Kong | 2–3 | 1–8 |
| Syria | 5–1 | Afghanistan | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Yemen | 3–2 | Maldives | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Bangladesh | 1–6 | Tajikistan | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Mongolia | 2–9 | North Korea | 1–4 | 1–5 |
| Oman | 4–0 | Nepal | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Palestine | 0–7 | Singapore | 0–4 | 0–3 (awd.) |
| Lebanon | 6–3 | India | 4–1 | 2–2 |
| Cambodia | 1–5 | Turkmenistan | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Guam | w/o | Indonesia | | |
* ^ For security reasons, Iraq played their home leg in Syria, Palestine played their home leg in Qatar and Afghanistan played their home leg in Tajikistan.
* ^ Bhutan withdrew.
* ^ Guam withdrew.
* ^ FIFA decided to move Myanmar home match to Malaysia.
* ^ Timor-Leste elected to play their home leg in Indonesia.
* ^ Palestine failed to appear; Singapore was awarded a 3–0 win. The Palestine Football Federation appealed to have the match rescheduled on the grounds that its players did not receive permits to leave the Gaza Strip, but FIFA dismissed the appeal.

## Matches

Iraq won 7–0 on aggregate.
Uzbekistan won 11–0 on aggregate.
Thailand won 13–2 on aggregate.
Qatar won 6–0 on aggregate.
China PR won 11–0 on aggregate.
Bhutan withdrew.
2–2 on aggregate; Jordan won 6–5 on penalties.
United Arab Emirates won 6–0 on aggregate.
Bahrain won 4–1 on aggregate.
Hong Kong won 11–3 on aggregate.
Syria won 5–1 on aggregate.
Yemen won 3–2 on aggregate.
Tajikistan won 6–1 on aggregate.
Korea DPR won 9–2 on aggregate.
Oman won 4–0 on aggregate.
Singapore won 7–0 on aggregate.
Lebanon won 6–3 on aggregate.
Turkmenistan won 5–1 on aggregate.
Guam withdrew.

## Qualified teams

Among the 19 winners, the top 11 winners advanced directly to the third round while the remaining 8 teams advanced to second round.
| Advanced to third round | Advanced to second round |
| Iraq  Uzbekistan  Qatar  China  Kuwait  Jordan  United Arab Emirates  Bahrain  North Korea  Oman  Lebanon | Thailand  Hong Kong  Syria  Yemen  Tajikistan  Singapore  Turkmenistan  Indonesia |

## Goalscorers

There were 131 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 3.97 goals per match.
5 goals
* Sarayoot Chaikamdee
* Maksim Shatskikh
4 goals
* Cheng Siu Wai
* Mahdi Karim
* Mohammed Ghaddar
* Jong Chol-Min
* Numondzhon Khakimov
3 goals
* Chan Siu Ki
* Pak Chol-Min
* Sebastián Soria
* Ary
2 goals
* Liu Jian
* Qu Bo
* Sunil Chhetri
* Kin Seng Chan
* Sayed Ali Bechir
* Shi Jiayi
* Mohamed Al Zeno
* Teerasil Dangda
* Datsakorn Thonglao
* Artur Gevorkyan
* Mamedaly Karadanov
1 goal
* Obaidullah Karimi
* Mahmood Abdulrahman
* Abdulla Baba Fatadi
* A'ala Hubail
* Jaycee John Okwunwanne
* Zumratul Hossain Mithu
* Samel Nasa
* Du Zhenyu
* Li Jinyu
* Wu Wei'an
* Li Weifang
* Yang Lin
* Zhang Yaokun
* Zheng Bin
* Cheung Sai Ho
* Lam Ka Wai
* Lo Kwan Yee
* Steven Dias
* Nashat Akram
* Jassim Mohammed Ghulam
* Emad Mohammed
* Hatem Aqel
* Mahmoud Shelbaieh
* Aibek Bokoyev
* Cholponbek Esenku Uulu
* Roda Antar
* Mahmoud El Ali
* Mohd Bunyamin Omar
* Ali Ashfaq
* Shamveel Qasim
* Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav
* Odkhuu Selenge
* Jon Kwang-Ik
* Kim Kuk-Jin
* Mohamed Al Hinai
* Fawzi Bashir
* Hassan Mudhafar
* Hashim Saleh
* Saad Al-Shammari
* Mohd Noh Alam Shah
* John Wilkinson
* Maher Al Sayed
* Feras Esmaeel
* Aatef Jenyat
* Dzhomikhon Mukhiddinov
* Dilshod Vasiev
* Patiparn Phetphun
* Suree Sukha
* Nirut Surasiang
* Teeratep Winothai
* Mekan Nasyrov
* Nawaf Al-Darmaki
* Saeed Al-Kas
* Ahmed Mohammed Al-Mahri
* Mohamed Al-Shehhi
* Ismail Matar
* Basheer Saeed
* Ulugbek Bakayev
* Islom Inomov
* Timur Kapadze
* Victor Karpenko
* Shavkat Salomov
* Ilhomjon Suyunov
* Fekri Al-Hubaishi
* Mohammed Salem
* Haitham Thabit
1 own goal
* Alfredo Esteves (against Hong Kong)