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The 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification saw various countries take part to determine 10 spots to the final tournament in Qatar under the new qualification system set by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Dates9 April 2008 – 3 March 2010
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Matchesplayed56
Goals scored158 (2.82 per match)
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2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates9 April 2008 – 3 March 2010
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored158 (2.82 per match)
Top scorerJapan Shinji Okazaki (6 goals)
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Six other teams also qualified for the finals, even though they did not take part in the qualifiers:

Qualified teams

Final qualification status
  Team qualified for Asian Cup
  Team failed to qualify
More information Country, Qualified as ...
CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament1, 2
 QatarHosts29 July 20077 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Iraq2007 AFC Asian Cup winner25 July 20076 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Saudi Arabia2007 AFC Asian Cup runner-up25 July 20077 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 South Korea2007 AFC Asian Cup third place28 July 200711 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 India2008 AFC Challenge Cup winner13 August 20082 (1964, 1984)
 UzbekistanGroup C runner-up18 November 20094 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 SyriaGroup D winner18 November 20094 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
 IranGroup E winner6 January 201011 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 ChinaGroup D runner-up6 January 20109 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 JapanGroup A winner6 January 20106 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 BahrainGroup A runner-up6 January 20103 (1988, 2004, 2007)
 United Arab EmiratesGroup C winner6 January 20107 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2007)
 North Korea2010 AFC Challenge Cup winner27 February 20102 (1980, 1992)
 AustraliaGroup B winner3 March 20101 (2007)
 KuwaitGroup B runner-up3 March 20108 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 JordanGroup E runner-up3 March 20101 (2004)
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Notes:

1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host

Seedings

On 6 December 2007, the Asian Football Confederation announced the seeding for the preliminary round of the 2011 tournament:[1]

More information Automatic Qualifiers, Other Teams ...
Automatic Qualifiers Other Teams
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  • Teams marked '*' withdrew prior to the draw. All of them participated in the 2008 and 2010 AFC Challenge Cup, and therefore had a chance to qualify via those two tournaments.
  • India (marked '**') were drawn into Group C of the qualifiers, but withdrew from the qualifiers following their victory in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup which automatically qualified them for the final tournament.
  • Maldives (marked '***') were the only other team that entered the Asian Cup qualifiers who could also qualify via the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup, but they were eliminated from the Asian Cup qualifiers before the group stage.
  • The following teams did not enter main qualification, but could qualify via the AFC Challenge Cups if they chose to enter:

Preliminary round

The preliminary round reduced the number of non-automatic qualifiers to 20. Following the withdrawals of Korea DPR, Myanmar and Turkmenistan, only two teams were involved. The two lowest ranked AFC teams, Lebanon and Maldives, played home-and-away matches in April 2008. The away goals rule would be applied, and extra time and penalty shootout would be used to decide the winner if necessary. The winner of the preliminary round advanced to the qualifying round, where it was joined by the 19 teams seeded 4th to 22nd.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lebanon  6–1  Maldives 4–0 2–1
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More information Lebanon, 4–0 ...
Lebanon 4–0 Maldives
El Ali 5'
Yaacoub 11'
Atwi 13' (pen.)
Ghaddar 39'		 Report
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Attendance: 200
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
More information Maldives, 1–2 ...
Maldives 1–2 Lebanon
Shamweel Qasim 22' Report Korhani 9'
Al Jamal 75'
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Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rosdi Shahrul (Malaysia)

Lebanon won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Qualifying round

The 20 teams were divided into five groups of four. Teams played each other home and way in a round-robin format. The top two in each group advanced to the 2011 tournament where they were joined by the other qualifiers — Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, India and North Korea.

Seedings

The following teams were drawn at this round:

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
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Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:[2]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Japan Bahrain Yemen Hong Kong
 Japan 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 15 — 2–0 2–1 6–0
 Bahrain 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12 1–0 — 4–0 4–0
 Yemen 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 2–3 3–0 — 1–0
 Hong Kong 6 0 1 5 1 18 −17 1 0–4 1–3 0–0 —
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
More information Japan, 2–1 ...
Japan 2–1 Yemen
Okazaki 7'
Tatsuya Tanaka 66'		 Report Al-Fadhli 47'
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Attendance: 30,654
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
More information Hong Kong, 1–3 ...
Hong Kong 1–3 Bahrain
Cheng Siu Wai 90' Report Abdullatif 10'
Fatadi 37'
Salman Isa 87'
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Attendance: 6,013
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
More information Yemen, 1–0 ...
Yemen 1–0 Hong Kong
Al Selwi 52' Report
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Attendance: 10,000
More information Bahrain, 1–0 ...
Bahrain 1–0 Japan
Salman Isa 24' Report
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Attendance: 11,200
More information Japan, 6–0 ...
Japan 6–0 Hong Kong
Okazaki 17', 74', 76'
Nagatomo 28'
Nakazawa 50'
Túlio 67'		 Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 16,028
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
More information Hong Kong, 0–4 ...
Hong Kong 0–4 Japan
Report[link removed] Hasebe 32'
Satō 74'
S. Nakamura 84'
Okazaki 90+1' (pen.)
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Attendance: 13,254
More information Bahrain, 4–0 ...
Bahrain 4–0 Yemen
Abdullatif 20'
Fatadi 28'
Salman 64'
Al-Dali red-colored football 75' (o.g.)		 Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
More information Yemen, 2–3 ...
Yemen 2–3 Japan
Al-Fadhli 13'
Abbod 39'		 Report[link removed] Hirayama 42', 55', 79'
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Attendance: 10,000
More information Bahrain, 4–0 ...
Bahrain 4–0 Hong Kong
Abdullatif 35', 40', 44'
Adnan 79'		 Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 1,550
More information Yemen, 3–0 ...
Yemen 3–0 Bahrain
Al Nono 5', 25'
Al Abidi 86'		 Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
More information Japan, 2–0 ...
Japan 2–0 Bahrain
Okazaki 36'
Honda 90+2'		 Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 38,042
More information Hong Kong, 0–0 ...
Hong Kong 0–0 Yemen
Report
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Attendance: 1,212
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Group B

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Australia Kuwait Oman Indonesia
 Australia 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 — 0–1 1–0 1–0
 Kuwait 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 2–2 — 0–1 2–1
 Oman 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8 1–2 0–0 — 0–0
 Indonesia 6 0 3 3 3 6 −3 3 0–0 1–1 1–2 —
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
More information Oman, 0–0 ...
Oman 0–0 Indonesia
Report
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Attendance: 13,000
More information Indonesia, 0–0 ...
Indonesia 0–0 Australia
Report
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Attendance: 50,000
More information Kuwait, 0–1 ...
Kuwait 0–1 Oman
Report Rabia 64'
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Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
More information Australia, 0–1 ...
Australia 0–1 Kuwait
Report Neda 38'
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Attendance: 20,032
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
More information Australia, 1–0 ...
Australia 1–0 Oman
Cahill 74' Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 20,595
Referee: Maasaki Toma (Japan)
More information Oman, 1–2 ...
Oman 1–2 Australia
Ayil 15' (pen.) Report[link removed] Wilkshire 43'
Emerton 82'
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Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
More information Kuwait, 2–1 ...
Kuwait 2–1 Indonesia
Al-Mutawa 61' (pen.), 87' Report[link removed] Bambang 33'
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Attendance: 16,000
More information Indonesia, 1–1 ...
Indonesia 1–1 Kuwait
Budi 45+4' Report[link removed] Ajab 72'
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Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Minoru Toju (Japan)
More information Indonesia, 1–2 ...
Indonesia 1–2 Oman
Boaz 45' Report[link removed] Bashir 32'
Sulaiman 52'
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Attendance: 45,000
More information Kuwait, 2–2 ...
Kuwait 2–2 Australia
Bandar 40'
Naser 44'		 Report[link removed] Wilkshire 3'
Heffernan 5'
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Attendance: 20,000
More information Australia, 1–0 ...
Australia 1–0 Indonesia
Milligan 42' Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 20,422
Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan)
More information Oman, 0–0 ...
Oman 0–0 Kuwait
Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Group C

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Malaysia
 United Arab Emirates 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 9 — 0–1 1–0
 Uzbekistan 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9 0–1 — 3–1
 Malaysia 4 0 0 4 2 12 −10 0 0–5 1–3 —
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Following their victory in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup, India was given a bye to the final tournament and removed from this group prior to the first match. They were not replaced.[3]

More information Malaysia, 0–5 ...
Malaysia 0–5 United Arab Emirates
Report Omar 29', 45+1' (pen.)
Matar 62', 76'
A. Khalil 85'
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Attendance: 10,000
More information United Arab Emirates, 0–1 ...
United Arab Emirates 0–1 Uzbekistan
Report F. Tadjiyev 30'
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Attendance: 15,000
More information Uzbekistan, 3–1 ...
Uzbekistan 3–1 Malaysia
Djeparov 46'
Geynrikh 57', 65'		 Report[link removed] Zaquan Adha 68'
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Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
More information Malaysia, 1–3 ...
Malaysia 1–3 Uzbekistan
Baddrol 73' Report[link removed] Gafurov 33'
Nasimov 59'
Kapadze 74'
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Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
More information United Arab Emirates, 1–0 ...
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Malaysia
A. Khalil 90+3' Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
More information Uzbekistan, 0–1 ...
Uzbekistan 0–1 United Arab Emirates
Report[link removed] Al Manhali 90+2'
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Attendance: 20,000

Group D

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Syria China Vietnam Lebanon
 Syria 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 14 — 3–2 0–0 4–0
 China 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 0–0 — 6–1 1–0
 Vietnam 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5 0–1 1–2 — 3–1
 Lebanon 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 0–2 0–2 1–1 —
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
More information Vietnam, 3–1 ...
Vietnam 3–1 Lebanon
Nguyễn Minh Phương 12'
Lê Công Vinh 30'
Nguyễn Vũ Phong 70'		 Report Moghrabi 75'
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Attendance: 13,000
More information Syria, 3–2 ...
Syria 3–2 China
Al Sayed 8' (pen.), 24'
Al Khatib 39' (pen.)		 Report Qu Bo 51'
Liu Jian 90+4'
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Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
More information China, 6–1 ...
China 6–1 Vietnam
Gao Lin 2', 20', 84'
Du Wei 27'
Jiang Ning 37'
Hao Junmin 47'		 Report Nguyễn Vũ Phong 11'
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Attendance: 15,300
More information Lebanon, 0–2 ...
Lebanon 0–2 Syria
Report J. Al Hussain 37'
Al Khatib 78'
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Attendance: 300
More information Vietnam, 0–1 ...
Vietnam 0–1 Syria
Report[link removed] Rafe 90+4'
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Attendance: 30,000
More information Lebanon, 0–2 ...
Lebanon 0–2 China
Report[link removed] Yu Hai 44'
Qu Bo 73'
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Attendance: 2,000
More information Syria, 0–0 ...
Syria 0–0 Vietnam
Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 19,000
More information China, 1–0 ...
China 1–0 Lebanon
Du Wei 21' Report
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Attendance: 21,520
More information China, 0–0 ...
China 0–0 Syria
Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 29,570
Referee: Toma Maasaki (Japan)
More information Lebanon, 1–1 ...
Lebanon 1–1 Vietnam
El Ali 20' Report[link removed] Pham Thanh Luong 40'
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Attendance: 50
More information Vietnam, 1–2 ...
Vietnam 1–2 China
Lê Công Vinh 76' (pen.) Report[link removed] Yang Xu 35'
Zhang Linpeng 43'
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Attendance: 3,000
More information Syria, 4–0 ...
Syria 4–0 Lebanon
Al Zeno 4'
Al Ahga 10'
J. Al Hussain 47'
A. Al Hussain 60'		 Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 16,000

Group E

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Iran Jordan Thailand Singapore
 Iran 6 4 1 1 11 2 +9 13 — 1–0 1–0 6–0
 Jordan 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8 1–0 — 0–0 2–1
 Thailand 6 1 3 2 3 3 0 6 0–0 0–0 — 0–1
 Singapore 6 2 0 4 6 15 −9 6 1–3 2–1 1–3 —
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
More information Iran, 6–0 ...
Iran 6–0 Singapore
Gholamnejad 43'
Bagheri 52'
Rezaei 55'
Zare 80'
Nouri 82', 83'		 Report
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Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)
More information Jordan, 0–0 ...
Jordan 0–0 Thailand
Report
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Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdul-Rahman Rashu (Syria)
More information Singapore, 2–1 ...
Singapore 2–1 Jordan
Casmir 21'
Alam Shah 63'		 Report Aqel 41' (pen.)
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Attendance: 6,188
More information Thailand, 0–0 ...
Thailand 0–0 Iran
Report
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Attendance: 10,000
More information Singapore, 1–3 ...
Singapore 1–3 Thailand
Fahrudin 84' (pen.) Report[link removed] Suksomkit 12' (pen.), 81'
Chaiman 75'
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Attendance: 22,183
More information Iran, 1–0 ...
Iran 1–0 Jordan
Nekounam 72' Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 15,000
More information Thailand, 0–1 ...
Thailand 0–1 Singapore
Report[link removed] Đurić 38'
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Attendance: 30,000
More information Jordan, 1–0 ...
Jordan 1–0 Iran
Amer Deeb 78' Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 11,000
More information Singapore, 1–3 ...
Singapore 1–3 Iran
Alam Shah 32' Report[link removed] Aghili 11' (pen.)
Madanchi 12'
Rezaei 63'
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Attendance: 7,356
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
More information Thailand, 0–0 ...
Thailand 0–0 Jordan
Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 15,000
More information Iran, 1–0 ...
Iran 1–0 Thailand
Nekounam 90' Report[link removed]
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Attendance: 17,000
More information Jordan, 2–1 ...
Jordan 2–1 Singapore
Al-Saify 9'
Anas 60'		 Report[link removed] Alam Shah 48'
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Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Abdul-Rahman Mohammad (Qatar)

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

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