# 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

The AFC second round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, which also served as the second round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, was played from 5 September 2019 to 15 June 2021.

## Format

A total of forty teams were drawn into eight groups of five to play home-and-away round-robin matches. They included the 34 teams (teams ranked 1–34 in the AFC entrant list) which received byes to this round, and the six winners from the first round.
Seven group winners (excluding Qatar, who had already qualified to the World Cup as tournament hosts) and the five best runners-up advanced to the third round.
Matches in this round were also part of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifying campaign. The twelve teams which advanced to the third round of the FIFA World Cup qualification and Qatar, as group winners, automatically qualified for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Twenty-four teams (22 of which advanced directly and two which advanced from an additional play-off round) played in the third round of the AFC Asian Cup qualification to decide the remaining eleven teams. In total, the 2023 AFC Asian Cup featured 24 teams.

## Seeding

The draw for the second round was held on 17 July 2019 at 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of June 2019 (shown in parentheses below).
Note: Bolded teams qualified for the third round.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| Iran (20) Japan (28) South Korea (37) Australia (43) Qatar (55) United Arab Emirates (67) Saudi Arabia (69) China (73) | Iraq (77) Uzbekistan (82) Syria (85) Oman (86) Lebanon (99) Kyrgyzstan (95) Vietnam (96) Jordan (98) | Palestine (100) India (101) Bahrain (110) Thailand (116) Tajikistan (120) North Korea (122)$^W$ Chinese Taipei (125) Philippines (126) | Turkmenistan (135) Myanmar (138) Hong Kong (141) Yemen (144) Afghanistan (149) Maldives (151) Kuwait (156) Malaysia (159)$^†$ | Indonesia (160) Singapore (162) Nepal (165) Cambodia (169)$^†$ Bangladesh (183)$^†$ Mongolia (187)$^†$ Guam (190)$^†$ Sri Lanka (201)$^†$ |
$^†$ First round winners $^W$ Withdrew after five matches

## Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.
On 5 March 2020, FIFA announced that it would be monitoring the health situation in the region for possible rescheduling of matchdays 7 through 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later on 9 March, FIFA and AFC jointly announced that the matches on matchdays 7–10 due to take place in March and June 2020 were postponed, with the new dates to be confirmed. However, subject to approval by FIFA and AFC, and agreement of both member associations, the matches may be played as scheduled provided that all individuals' safety meets the required standards. On 5 June, AFC confirmed that matchdays 7 and 8 were scheduled to take place on 8 and 13 October respectively while matchdays 9 and 10 were scheduled to kick off on 12 and 17 November. On 12 August, FIFA announced that the matches scheduled for October and November 2020 would be rescheduled to 2021.
On 11 November 2020, the AFC Competitions Committee agreed at its third meeting that all second-round matches should be completed by 15 June 2021 with matchdays 7 and 8 in March and 9 and 10 in June. On the same day, however, FIFA, along with the Bangladeshi and Qatari associations, approved the only second-round match originally scheduled for 2020, Qatar versus Bangladesh, which was played on 4 December.
On 19 February 2021, FIFA and AFC postponed most of the upcoming matches to June.
Note: The group spots of Qatar and Bangladesh were swapped due to Qatar's planned participation in the 2020 Copa América, which was later deferred (becoming the 2021 Copa América). Qatar eventually withdrew.
| Matchday | Date(s) |
| Matchday 1 | 5 September 2019 |
| Matchday 2 | 10 September 2019 |
| Matchday 3 | 10 October 2019 |
| Matchday 4 | 15 October 2019 |
| Matchday 5 | 14 November 2019 |
| Matchday 6 | 19 November 2019 |
| Matchday 7 | 25 March, 28 May and 3 June 2021 |
| Matchday 8 | 4 December 2020, 30 March and 7 & 9 June 2021 |
| Matchday 9 | 30 March, 30 May and 11 June 2021 |
| Matchday 10 | 13 and 15 June 2021 |
Original group stage schedule :
| Matchday | Date |
| Matchday 7 | 26 March 2020, later 8 October |
| Matchday 8 | 31 March 2020, later 13 October |
| Matchday 9 | 4 June 2020, later 12 November, then 7 June 2021 |
| Matchday 10 | 9 June 2020, later 17 November |

### Centralised venues

On 12 March 2021, AFC confirmed the hosts for the group stage scheduled to take place from 31 May to 15 June.
* Group A: United Arab Emirates (China hosted Guam on 28 May.)
* Group B: Kuwait
* Group C: Bahrain
* Group D: Saudi Arabia
* Group E: Qatar
* Group F: Japan
* Group G: United Arab Emirates
* Group H: South Korea
In general, these hosts were the seeded (Pot 1) teams from each group. The exceptions were Group A (where United Arab Emirates took over hosting duties after China could not host due to COVID-19 restrictions), Group B (where Pot 4 team Kuwait hosted rather than Australia), and Group C (where Pot 3 team Bahrain hosted rather than Iran).

## Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Syria | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 21 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | China | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 3 | +27 | 19 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 7–0 |
| 3 | Philippines | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 11 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 2–5 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Maldives | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 7 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–4 | 0–5 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 5 | Guam | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 32 | −30 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–3 | 0–7 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — |
* ↑ China qualified for the Asian Cup as the host nation. They withdrew as the host in May 2022.
Goalscorers
There were 73 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.65 goals per match.
8 goals
* Wu Lei
7 goals
* Omar Al Somah
6 goals
* Mahmoud Al-Mawas
5 goals
* Yang Xu
4 goals
* Elkeson
3 goals
* Alan
* Wu Xi
* Ángel Guirado
2 goals
* Zhang Yuning
* Ali Ashfaq
* John-Patrick Strauß
* Aias Aosman
* Mardik Mardikian
1 goal
* Jin Jingdao
* Liu Binbin
* Tan Long
* Wu Xinghan
* Zhang Xizhe
* Marcus Lopez
* John Matkin
* Ali Fasir
* Naiz Hassan
* Ibrahim Mahudhee
* Ali Samooh
* Mark Hartmann
* Mike Ott
* Javier Patiño
* Iain Ramsay
* Patrick Reichelt
* Stephan Schröck
* Firas Al-Khatib
* Ward Al Salama
* Khaled Mobayed
* Osama Omari
1 own goal
* Zhang Linpeng (against Syria)
* Marcus Lopez (against Philippines)
* Travis Nicklaw (against Maldives)

## Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Australia | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | +26 | 24 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 14 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 7–0 | 9–0 |
| 3 | Jordan | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 14 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Nepal | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 6 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 34 | −30 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 1–7 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
Goalscorers
There were 68 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match.
6 goals
* Harry Souttar
* Baha' Faisal
* Yousef Nasser
5 goals
* Jamie Maclaren
4 goals
* Mathew Leckie
3 goals
* Jackson Irvine
* Adam Taggart
* Bader Al-Mutawa
* Anjan Bista
2 goals
* Mitchell Duke
* Ahmad Ersan
1 goal
* Martin Boyle
* Ajdin Hrustic
* Fran Karacic
* Aaron Mooy
* Trent Sainsbury
* Chen Yi-wei
* Gao Wei-jie
* Wen Chih-hao
* Wu Chun-ching
* Salem Al-Ajalin
* Yazan Al-Arab
* Hamza Al-Dardour
* Ahmed Samir
* Feras Shelbaieh
* Redha Abujabarah
* Faisal Ajab Al-Azemi
* Mobarak Al-Faneeni
* Shabib Al-Khaldi
* Hussain Al-Musawi
* Fahad Al Ansari
* Fahad Al Hajeri
* Abdullah Mawei
* Faisal Zayid
* Nawayug Shrestha
1 own goal
* Chen Wei-chuan (against Kuwait)

## Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Iran | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 4 | +30 | 18 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 14–0 |
| 2 | Iraq | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 17 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 15 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 8–0 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 5 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Cambodia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 44 | −42 | 1 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–10 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Goalscorers
There were 69 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.
7 goals
* Karim Ansarifard
* Sardar Azmoun
5 goals
* Mohanad Ali
4 goals
* Kamil Al-Aswad
3 goals
* Ismail Abdullatif
* Mehdi Taremi
2 goals
* Hashim Sayed Isa
* Ali Madan
* Mohammad Mohebi
* Ahmad Nourollahi
* Kaveh Rezaei
* Ali Adnan Kadhim
1 goal
* Mohammed Al-Hardan
* Mohamed Al-Romaihi
* Jasim Al-Shaikh
* Sayed Dhiya Saeed
* Keo Sokpheng
* Soeuy Visal
* Cheng Siu Kwan
* James Ha
* Roberto
* Tan Chun Lok
* Vahid Amiri
* Mehdi Ghayedi
* Ali Gholizadeh
* Alireza Jahanbakhsh
* Hossein Kanaanizadegan
* Shojae Khalilzadeh
* Mehrdad Mohammadi
* Milad Mohammadi
* Morteza Pouraliganji
* Alaa Abbas
* Amjad Attwan
* Ibrahim Bayesh
* Safaa Hadi
* Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf
* Bashar Resan
1 own goal
* Soeuy Visal (against Iran)
* Sor Rotana (against Iran)
* Fung Hing Wa (against Iraq)

## Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 20 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 15 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Palestine | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Singapore | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 7 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 5 | Yemen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 5 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — |
Goalscorers
There were 62 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.
7 goals
* Eldor Shomurodov
5 goals
* Salem Al-Dawsari
4 goals
* Oday Dabbagh
* Salman Al-Faraj
* Fahad Al-Muwallad
3 goals
* Yaser Hamed
* Saleh Al-Shehri
* Ikhsan Fandi
* Jaloliddin Masharipov
2 goals
* Tamer Seyam
* Abdulfattah Asiri
* Odil Ahmedov
* Omar Al-Dahi
* Mohsen Qarawi
1 goal
* Islam Batran
* Abdullah Al-Hamdan
* Ali Al-Hassan
* Yasser Al-Shahrani
* Hattan Bahebri
* Faris Ramli
* Hafiz Nor
* Safuwan Baharudin
* Shakir Hamzah
* Jamshid Iskanderov
* Sanjar Kodirkulov
* Igor Sergeev
* Otabek Shukurov
* Islom Tukhtakhujaev
* Nasser Al-Gahwashi
* Abdulwasea Al-Matari

## Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Qatar | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 22 | Asian Cup | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Oman | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 18 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | India | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 6 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 2 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
* ↑ Qatar has already qualified for the World Cup as the host nation. They are later selected as host replacement within the qualified teams of the Asian Cup.
The group spots of Qatar and Bangladesh were swapped due to Qatar's planned participation in the 2020 Copa América. The tournament was later deferred (becoming the 2021 Copa América), and eventually Qatar withdrew from it.
Goalscorers
There were 48 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.
6 goals
* Almoez Ali
4 goals
* Rabia Al-Alawi
* Akram Afif
3 goals
* Sunil Chhetri
2 goals
* Muhsen Al-Ghassani
* Khalid Al-Hajri
* Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali
* Abdullah Fawaz
* Hassan Al-Haydos
* Abdulaziz Hatem
1 goal
* Zelfy Nazary
* Farshad Noor
* Omid Popalzay
* Amredin Sharifi
* Hossein Zamani
* Biplu Ahmed
* Topu Barman
* Saad Uddin
* Seiminlen Doungel
* Adil Khan
* Arshad Al-Alawi
* Mohammed Al-Ghafri
* Amran Al-Hidi
* Mohsin Al-Khaldi
* Yusuf Abdurisag
* Karim Boudiaf
* Abdelkarim Hassan
* Boualem Khoukhi
1 own goal
* Ovays Azizi (against India)

## Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Japan | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | +44 | 24 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 4–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Tajikistan | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 13 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 10 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 7–0 |
| 4 | Mongolia | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 27 | −24 | 6 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–14 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | Myanmar | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 35 | −29 | 6 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–8 | 1–0 | — |
Goalscorers
There were 88 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.4 goals per match.
9 goals
* Takumi Minamino
8 goals
* Yuya Osako
5 goals
* Mirlan Murzaev
4 goals
* Manuchekhr Dzhalilov
3 goals
* Takuma Asano
* Kyogo Furuhashi
* Daichi Kamada
* Ado Onaiwu
* Gulzhigit Alykulov
* Edgar Bernhardt
* Alimardon Shukurov
2 goals
* Sho Inagaki
* Junya Itō
* Hidemasa Morita
* Hlaing Bo Bo
* Suan Lam Mang
* Alisher Dzhalilov
* Shahrom Samiev
1 goal
* Wataru Endo
* Genki Haraguchi
* Kento Hashimoto
* Ko Itakura
* Hayao Kawabe
* Kensuke Nagai
* Yuto Nagatomo
* Shoya Nakajima
* Sho Sasaki
* Maya Yoshida
* Abay Bokoleyev
* Valery Kichin
* Tamirlan Kozubaev
* Farhat Musabekov
* Tursunali Rustamov
* Dölgöön Amaraa
* Oyunbaataryn Mijiddorj
* Norjmoogiin Tsedenbal
* Aung Thu
* Maung Maung Lwin
* Sheriddin Boboev
* Davronjon Ergashev
* Jahongir Ergashev
* Ehson Panjshanbe
* Komron Tursunov
* Farkhod Vosiyev
1 own goal
* Khash-Erdene Tuya (against Japan)

## Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 18 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 17 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 12 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Thailand | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 1 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | — |
Goalscorers
There were 60 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
11 goals
* Ali Mabkhout
5 goals
* Fábio Virginio de Lima
* Nguyễn Tiến Linh
3 goals
* Safawi Rasid
* Mohamadou Sumareh
2 goals
* Beto Gonçalves
* Syafiq Ahmad
* Supachok Sarachat
* Nguyễn Quang Hải
* Quế Ngọc Hải
1 goal
* Kadek Agung
* Evan Dimas
* Irfan Bachdim
* Brendan Gan
* Guilherme
* Theerathon Bunmathan
* Teerasil Dangda
* Adisak Kraisorn
* Suphanat Mueanta
* Ekanit Panya
* Chanathip Songkrasin
* Narubadin Weerawatnodom
* Tareq Ahmed
* Caio Canedo
* Khalil Ibrahim
* Mohammed Jumaa
* Mahmoud Khamees
* Ali Salmeen
* Sebastián Tagliabúe
* Đỗ Duy Mạnh
* Nguyễn Công Phượng
* Trần Minh Vương
* Vũ Văn Thanh

## Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | South Korea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 16 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | 8–0 | Canc. |
| 2 | Lebanon | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 9 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 |
| 5 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 0–0 | 2–0 | Canc. | Canc. | — |
* ↑ North Korea withdrew due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore the results of their matches were excluded from the group standings.
Goalscorers
There were 50 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.
6 goals
* Kim Shin-wook
3 goals
* Hilal El-Helwe
* Son Heung-min
* Altymyrat Annadurdyýew
2 goals
* Joan Oumari
* Soony Saad
* Jong Il-gwan
* Hwang Hee-chan
* Hwang Ui-jo
* Kwon Chang-hoon
* Ahmed Waseem Razeek
* Arslanmyrat Amanow
* Wahyt Orazsähedow
1 goal
* Rabih Ataya
* Mohamad Kdouh
* Hassan Maatouk
* Nader Matar
* Han Kwang-song
* Jang Kuk-chol
* Jeong Sang-bin
* Jung Woo-young
* Kim Young-gwon
* Lee Dong-gyeong
* Na Sang-ho
* Nam Tae-hee
* Song Min-kyu
* Güýçmyrat Annagulyýew
* Zafar Babajanow
* Abdy Bäşimow
* Mihail Titow

## Ranking of runner-up teams

Group H contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups after North Korea withdrew. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A | China | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 13 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup |
| 2 | E | Oman | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup |
| 3 | C | Iraq | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup |
| 4 | G | Vietnam | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 11 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup |
| 5 | H | Lebanon | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup |
| 6 | F | Tajikistan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 | Asian Cup qualifying third round |
| 7 | D | Uzbekistan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 9 | Asian Cup qualifying third round |
| 8 | B | Kuwait | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | Asian Cup qualifying third round |
* ↑ China already qualified for the Asian Cup as host nation. They withdrew their hosting right in May 2022.

## Ranking of fifth-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | F | Myanmar | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 35 | −29 | 6 | Asian Cup qualifying third round |
| 2 | D | Yemen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 5 | Asian Cup qualifying third round |
| 3 | E | Bangladesh | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 2 | Asian Cup qualifying third round |
| 4 | G | Indonesia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 1 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round |
| 5 | C | Cambodia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 44 | −42 | 1 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round |
| 6 | B | Chinese Taipei | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 34 | −30 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round |
| 7 | A | Guam | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 32 | −30 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round |