2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
Tournament details
Dates	5 September 2019 – 15 June 2021
Teams	40 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	157
Goals scored	519 (3.31 per match)
Attendance	1,598,753 (10,183 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Mabkhout; (11 goals)
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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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5] Twenty-four teams (22 of which advanced directly and two which advanced from an additional play-off round)^[6] 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.^[7]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of June 2019 (shown in parentheses below).^[8]

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)^{[note 1]} United Arab Emirates (67) Saudi Arabia (69) China (73)^{[note 2]}	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.^[9] 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.^[10]^[11] 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.^[12] On 12 August, FIFA announced that the matches scheduled for October and November 2020 would be rescheduled to 2021.^[13]^[14]

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.^[3] 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.^[15]

On 19 February 2021, FIFA and AFC postponed most of the upcoming matches to June.^[16]

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.^[17]

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^[a]	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	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ China qualified for the Asian Cup as the host nation. They withdrew as the host in May 2022.

5 September 2019

15:30 UTC+10

Guam	0–1	Maldives
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mahudhee 27'

Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo

Attendance: 714

Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

5 September 2019

19:30 UTC+8

Philippines	2–5	Syria
Patiño 6' Mi. Ott 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al Somah 14', 55' Mobayed 30' Al-Khatib 48' (pen.) Al-Mawas 85'

Panaad Stadium, Bacolod

Attendance: 2,645

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

10 September 2019

15:30 UTC+10

Guam	1–4	Philippines
Lopez 67' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Guirado 7' Reichelt 12' Schröck 71' Strauß 81'

Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo

Attendance: 1,096

Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

10 September 2019

20:00 UTC+5

Maldives	0–5	China
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Xi 34' Wu Lei 45' Yang Xu 64' (pen.) Elkeson 83' (pen.), 90+1'

National Football Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 3,700

Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

10 October 2019

20:00 UTC+8

China	7–0	Guam
Yang Xu 6', 19', 24', 31' Wu Lei 17' Wu Xi 45+1' Elkeson 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 39,987

Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

10 October 2019

18:00 UTC+4

Syria	2–1	Maldives
Al Somah 26', 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ashfaq 70'

Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

15 October 2019

20:00 UTC+8

Philippines	0–0	China
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Panaad Stadium, Bacolod

Attendance: 2,982

Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

15 October 2019^{[note 4]}

18:00 UTC+4

Syria	4–0	Guam
Al Somah 3', 44', 83' Al-Mawas 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 2,050

Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

14 November 2019

16:00 UTC+5

Maldives	1–2	Philippines
N. Hassan 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ramsay 52' Strauß 68'

National Football Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 2,700

Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

14 November 2019

18:00 UTC+4

Syria	2–1	China
Omari 19' Zhang Linpeng 76' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Lei 30'

Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 6,950

Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

19 November 2019

16:00 UTC+5

Maldives	3–1	Guam
Samooh 23' T. Nicklaw 38' (o.g.) Ashfaq 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Matkin 49'

National Football Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 2,612

Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

19 November 2019

18:00 UTC+4

Syria	1–0	Philippines
Al Salama 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 2,445

Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)

30 May 2021^{[note 5]}

19:30 UTC+8

Guam	0–7	China
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Lei 20' (pen.), 55' Jin Jingdao 39' Wu Xi 61' Elkeson 65' Alan 83', 87'

Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou (China)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 29,222

Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

4 June 2021^{[note 5]}

20:00 UTC+4

Maldives	0–4	Syria
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Mawas 29', 45+2' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Aosman 33' (pen.)

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

7 June 2021^{[note 4]}^{[note 7]}

18:00 UTC+4

Guam	0–3	Syria
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mardikian 6', 9' Al-Mawas 84'

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

21:00 UTC+4

China	2–0	Philippines
Wu Lei 56' (pen.) Wu Xinghan 65'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

11 June 2021^{[note 8]}

18:00 UTC+4

Philippines	3–0	Guam
Guirado 12' Lopez 60' (o.g.) Hartmann 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

11 June 2021^{[note 8]}

21:00 UTC+4

China	5–0	Maldives
Liu Binbin 5' Wu Lei 30' Alan 68' Zhang Yuning 69' Tan Long 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

19:00 UTC+4

Philippines	1–1	Maldives
Guirado 19'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Fasir 25'

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

22:00 UTC+4

China	3–1	Syria
Zhang Xizhe 43' Wu Lei 69' (pen.) Zhang Yuning 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Aosman 50'

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

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

2 goals

1 goal

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		0–1	0–0	—	3–0	5–0
4	Nepal	8	2	0	6	4	22	−18	6		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	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019

19:10 UTC+8

Chinese Taipei	1–2	Jordan
Wen Chih-hao 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Faisal 19' Samir 37'

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 5,520

Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

5 September 2019^{[note 10]}

20:00 UTC+3

Kuwait	7–0	Nepal
Nasser 6', 50' Al Hajeri 13' Mawei 59' Al-Mutawa 67' Abujabarah 90+4' Al-Musawi 90+7'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

10 September 2019^{[note 10]}

19:10 UTC+8

Chinese Taipei	0–2	Nepal
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Bista 4', 62'

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 4,780

Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

10 September 2019

18:30 UTC+3

Kuwait	0–3	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Leckie 7', 30' Mooy 38'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 11,852

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

10 October 2019

20:00 UTC+11

Australia	5–0	Nepal
Maclaren 6', 19', 90' Souttar 23', 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 18,563

Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

10 October 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Jordan	0–0	Kuwait
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 10,720

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

15 October 2019

19:40 UTC+8

Chinese Taipei	1–7	Australia
Chen Yi-wei 21'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Taggart 12', 19' Irvine 34', 37' Souttar 73', 89' Maclaren 84'

National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 3,251

Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

15 October 2019^{[note 10]}

19:00 UTC+3

Jordan	3–0	Nepal
Shelbaieh 56' (pen.) Ersan 78' Faisal 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 4,863

Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)

14 November 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Kuwait	9–0	Chinese Taipei
Nasser 22', 59' Al Ansari 42' Al-Faneeni 49' Al-Mutawa 55' Zayid 62' Al-Khaldi 73' Chen Wei-chuan 77' (o.g.) Ajab 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 8,400

Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

14 November 2019

18:00 UTC+2

Jordan	0–1	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Taggart 13'

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 9,712

Referee: Fu Ming (China)

19 November 2019^{[note 10]}

15:00 UTC+6

Nepal	0–1	Kuwait
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Mutawa 28'

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu (Bhutan)^{[note 11]}

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

19 November 2019

18:00 UTC+2

Jordan	5–0	Chinese Taipei
Faisal 4', 75' Ersan 25' Al-Ajalin 43' Al-Dardour 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 2,260

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

3 June 2021^{[note 10]}^{[note 8]}

19:00 UTC+3

Nepal	2–0	Chinese Taipei
An. Bista 3' (pen.) N. Shrestha 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

22:00 UTC+3

Australia	3–0	Kuwait
Leckie 1' Irvine 24' Hrustic 66'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

7 June 2021^{[note 10]}^{[note 7]}

19:00 UTC+3

Nepal	0–3	Jordan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Faisal 23' (pen.), 48' Al-Arab 67'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

22:00 UTC+3

Australia	5–1	Chinese Taipei
Souttar 12' Maclaren 27' (pen.) Sainsbury 41' Duke 46', 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Gao Wei-jie 62'

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Saoud Al-Adba (Qatar)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

19:00 UTC+3

Nepal	0–3	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Leckie 6' Karačić 38' Boyle 57'

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

22:00 UTC+3

Kuwait	0–0	Jordan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

19:00 UTC+3

Australia	1–0	Jordan
Souttar 77'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kim Woo-Sung (South Korea)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

22:00 UTC+3

Chinese Taipei	1–2	Kuwait
Wu Chun-ching 51'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nasser 14', 71'

Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Goalscorers

There were 68 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

Jamie Maclaren

4 goals

Mathew Leckie

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019

18:30 UTC+7

Cambodia	1–1	Hong Kong
Sokpheng 33'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Tan Chun Lok 16'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

5 September 2019

19:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	1–1	Iraq
Al Aswad 9'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	M. Ali 85'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 6,049

Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

10 September 2019

18:30 UTC+7

Cambodia	0–1	Bahrain
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al Aswad 78'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

10 September 2019

20:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	0–2	Iran
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Azmoun 23' Ansarifard 54'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 13,942

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

10 October 2019

17:00 UTC+3:30

Iran	14–0	Cambodia
Nourollahi 5' Azmoun 11', 35', 44' Kanaanizadegan 18' Visal 22' (o.g.) Ansarifard 40', 48', 60', 88' Taremi 54' Mohebi 65', 67' Me. Mohammadi 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 15,823

Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)

10 October 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Iraq	2–0	Hong Kong
M. Ali 37' Adnan 79' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Basra International Stadium, Basra

Attendance: 32,340

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

15 October 2019

18:30 UTC+7

Cambodia	0–4	Iraq
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Bayesh 22' M. Ali 41' Attwan 57' Ibrahim 62'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 48,258

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

15 October 2019

19:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	1–0	Iran
Al-Hardan 65' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 14,810

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

14 November 2019

20:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	0–0	Bahrain
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,541

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

14 November 2019

16:00 UTC+2

Iraq	2–1	Iran
M. Ali 11' Abbas 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nourollahi 25'

Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan)^{[note 12]}

Attendance: 13,752

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

19 November 2019

20:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	2–0	Cambodia
Ha 20' Roberto 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,497

Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

19 November 2019

16:00 UTC+2

Iraq	0–0	Bahrain
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan)^{[note 12]}

Attendance: 10,366

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

17:30 UTC+3

Iran	3–1	Hong Kong
Gholizadeh 23' Amiri 61' Ansarifard 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Cheng Siu Kwan 85'

Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

3 June 2021^{[note 8]}

19:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	8–0	Cambodia
Al Aswad 8', 71' Al-Romaihi 45+2' Madan 46', 65' Al-Shaikh 51' Abdullatif 75', 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

17:30 UTC+3

Iraq	4–1	Cambodia
M. Ali 1' Resan 23' Adnan 27' (pen.) Hadi 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Visal 55'

Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

7 June 2021^{[note 7]}

19:30 UTC+3

Iran	3–0	Bahrain
Azmoun 54', 61' Taremi 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Fu Ming (China)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

17:30 UTC+3

Cambodia	0–10	Iran
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Jahanbakhsh 16' (pen.) Khalilzadeh 22' Taremi 27' Rotana 32' (o.g.) Mohammadi 58' Pouraliganji 64' Ansarifard 77' (pen.) Rezaei 80', 87' Ghayedi 84'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

11 June 2021^{[note 5]}

19:30 UTC+3

Hong Kong	0–1	Iraq
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Fung Hing Wa 11' (o.g.)

Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

19:30 UTC+3

Iran	1–0	Iraq
Azmoun 35'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad (Bahrain)^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

15 June 2021^{[note 9]}

19:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	4–0	Hong Kong
Saeed 49' Isa 54' (pen.), 70' Abdullatif 90' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

Mohanad Ali

4 goals

Kamil Al-Aswad

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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		0–0	2–0	—	4–0	3–0
4	Singapore	8	2	1	5	7	22	−15	7		0–3	1–3	2–1	—	2–2
5	Yemen	8	1	2	5	6	18	−12	5		2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	—