# 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round

The third round of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification was played from 26 March 2017 to 27 March 2018.

## Format

A total of 24 teams (16 teams which advanced from the second round and eight teams which advanced from the play-off round) compete in the third round to compete for the final 12 slots in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Since the hosts United Arab Emirates advanced to the third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, the automatic slot for the hosts is no longer necessary.
The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, where they were joined by the 12 teams which qualified directly from the second round.

## Qualified teams
### Teams qualified from second round

| Group | Runners-up (Worst 4) | Third place | Fourth place (Best 4) |
| A | — | Palestine | — |
| B | Jordan | Kyrgyzstan | — |
| C | — | Hong Kong | — |
| D | Oman | Turkmenistan | Guam |
| E | — | Singapore | Afghanistan |
| F | — | Vietnam | — |
| G | Lebanon | Kuwait | Myanmar |
| H | North Korea | Philippines | Bahrain |

### Notes

* ↑ Guam withdrew from the tournament due to financial constraints. The All Nepal Football Association announced on 27 December 2016 that they accepted an offer from the AFC to replace Guam.
* ↑ The Kuwait Football Association was suspended by FIFA. Kuwait had a deadline of 11 January 2017 for lifting of the suspension, but they were unable to do so and were replaced by Macau.

### Teams qualified from play-off round

* Round 1 winners
* Cambodia
* Yemen
* Tajikistan
* Malaysia
* India
* Round 2 winners
* Maldives
* Bhutan
* Chinese Taipei

### Teams qualified from Solidarity Cup

Due to the withdrawal of Guam and the suspension of Kuwait, the AFC invited both Nepal and Macau, the top two teams of the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup, to re-enter 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification as replacements in order to maintain 24 teams in the third round of the competition.
* Finalists
* Nepal (replaced Guam)
* Macau (replaced Kuwait)

## Draw

The draw for the third round was held on 23 January 2017, 16:00 GST (UTC+4), in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was initially scheduled for 18 January 2017, but was delayed.
The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four. They were seeded using the January 2017 FIFA World Rankings (indicated in parentheses below).
The national teams which eventually qualified are presented in bold.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Jordan (107) Oman (118) Philippines (122) Bahrain (123) Kyrgyzstan (124) North Korea (125) | India (129) Palestine (131) Tajikistan (132) Vietnam (136) Hong Kong (140) Turkmenistan (143) | Maldives (145) Lebanon (148) Yemen (149) Afghanistan (151) Chinese Taipei (157) Myanmar (159) | Malaysia (161) Singapore (165) Cambodia (172) Nepal (175) Bhutan (176) Macau (184) |

## Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
| Matchday 1 | 28 March 2017 | 1 v 4, 3 v 2 |
| Matchday 2 | 13 June 2017 | 4 v 3, 2 v 1 |
| Matchday 3 | 5 September 2017 | 4 v 2, 1 v 3 |
| Matchday 4 | 10 October 2017 | 2 v 4, 3 v 1 |
| Matchday 5 | 14 November 2017 | 4 v 1, 2 v 3 |
| Matchday 6 | 27 March 2018 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |

## Groups
### Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 9.3):
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* If more than two teams were tied, and after applying criteria 1 to 4, a subset of teams were still tied, criteria 1 to 4 were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
* Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
* Drawing of lots.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | India | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 13 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Myanmar | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Macau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 | | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–4 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: India 1–0 Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan 2–1 India (India are ahead of Kyrgyzstan on head to head away goals).

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Lebanon | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 16 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | North Korea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 11 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 1 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Jordan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 12 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Cambodia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 3 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Oman | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 15 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 14–0 |
| 2 | Palestine | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | +22 | 15 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | 2–1 | — | 8–1 | 10–0 |
| 3 | Maldives | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 6 | | 1–3 | 0–3 | — | 7–0 |
| 4 | Bhutan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 39 | −37 | 0 | | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Palestine 2–1 Oman, Oman 1–0 Palestine (Oman are ahead of Palestine on away goals).

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Bahrain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 13 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | — | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 10 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 9 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Singapore | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Philippines | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Yemen | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Tajikistan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | | 3–4 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Nepal | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 243 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match.
8 goals
* Khalid Al-Hajri
6 goals
* Anton Zemlianukhin
* Kim Yu-song
* Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali
5 goals
* Hassan Maatouk
* Naiz Hassan
* Sameh Maraaba
* Phil Younghusband
4 goals
* Mahdi Abduljabbar
* Chen Po-liang
* Hamza Al-Dardour
* Kyaw Ko Ko
* Abdelatif Bahdari
* Jonathan Cantillana
* Sunil Chhetri
3 goals
* Abdulla Yusuf Helal
* Jeje Lalpekhlua
* Munther Abu Amarah
* Odai Al-Saify
* Rabih Ataya
* Pak Kwang-ryong
* Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri
* Javier Patiño
* Manuchekhr Dzhalilov
* Parvizdzhon Umarbayev
* Altymyrat Annadurdyýew
* Abdulwasea Al-Matari
2 goals
* Jabar Sharza
* Abdulla Yaser
* Hilal El-Helwe
* Balwant Singh
* Yaseen Al-Bakhit
* Mirlan Murzaev
* Vitalij Lux
* Niki Torrão
* Safawi Rasid
* Ali Fasir
* Sithu Aung
* Jong Il-gwan
* Sami Al-Hasani
* Mohsin Al-Khaldi
* Ahmad Maher Wridat
* Yashir Pinto
* Mahmoud Yousef
* Dilshod Vasiev
* Myrat Ýagşyýew
* Wahyt Orazsähedow
* Nguyễn Anh Đức
* Nguyễn Văn Quyết
1 goal
* Hassan Amin
* Khaibar Amani
* Zohib Islam Amiri
* Zubayr Amiri
* Ali Jaafar Mohamed Madan
* Ismail Abdullatif
* Komail Al-Aswad
* Mohamed Al Romaihi
* Sayed Reda Issa
* Jamal Rashid
* Chencho Gyeltshen
* Karma Shedrup Tshering
* Prak Mony Udom
* Chan Vathanaka
* Khoun Laboravy
* Chen Chao-an
* Chu En-le
* Xavier Chen
* Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo
* Jaimes McKee
* Tan Chun Lok
* Jordi Tarrés
* Rowllin Borges
* Mohannad Khairullah
* Musa Al-Taamari
* Saeed Murjan
* Ahmed Samir
* Azamat Baymatov
* Viktor Maier
* Bekzhan Sagynbaev
* Islam Shamshiev
* Ali Hamam
* Mohammed Ghaddar
* Nour Mansour
* Samir Ayass
* Chan Pak Chun
* Carlos Fernandes
* Mahali Jasuli
* Syafiq Ahmad
* Syazwan Zainon
* Ahmed Abdulla
* Hamza Mohamed
* Hussain Sifaau Yoosuf
* Ibrahim Waheed Hassan
* Aung Thu
* Min Min Thu
* Kyi Lin
* Yan Naing Oo
* Bimal Gharti Magar
* Bishal Rai
* Nawayug Shrestha
* Kim Yong-il
* Ri Yong-jik
* Said Al-Ruzaiqi
* Jameel Al-Yahmadi
* Salaah Al-Yahyaei
* Raed Ibrahim Saleh
* Nadir Mabrook
* Ahmad Abu Nahyeh
* Abdullah Jaber
* Mohammad Natour
* Khaled Salem
* Tamer Seyam
* Kevin Ingreso
* Mike Ott
* Iain Ramsay
* Daisuke Sato
* James Younghusband
* Irfan Fandi
* Shakir Hamzah
* Hariss Harun
* Nuriddin Davronov
* Akhtam Nazarov
* Ruslan Mingazow
* Đinh Thanh Trung
* Mạc Hồng Quân
* Nguyễn Công Phượng
* Nguyễn Quang Hải
* Nguyễn Văn Toàn
* Ala Al-Sasi
* Mudir Al-Radaei
* Tawfiq Ali Mansour
1 own goal
* Biren Basnet (playing against Oman)
* Chen Chia-chun (playing against Turkmenistan)
* Mohannad Khairullah (playing against Afghanistan)
* Lam Ka Seng (playing against India)
* Amdhan Ali (playing against Oman)
* Mohamed Faisal (playing against Palestine)
* Davron Ergashev (playing against Yemen)