2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Second Round

This page provides the summaries of the AFC Second Round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

Among the 19 winners of the first round, the 11 highest ranked teams (according to the first round seeding) received a bye and advanced to the third round of the Asian qualifiers (along with the 5 teams directly seeded to the third round). The eight remaining first round winners played in this round. Those ranked 16–19 were randomly drawn against teams ranked from 12–15, and the draw (which allocated positions in the draw by seeding only) took place on 6 August 2007 in the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.

Matches

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date = 2007-11-10
time = 14:00 UTC+8
team1 = fb-rt|HKG
score = 0 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=250427/match=300034637/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|TKM
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
attendance = 2,823
referee = Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

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date = 2007-11-18
time = 18:00 UTC+5
team1 = fb-rt|TKM
score = 3 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=250427/match=300034633/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|HKG
goals1 = Nasyrov goal|42
Bayramov goal|53
Mirzoyev goal|80
goals2 =
stadium = Olympic Stadium (Saparmurat), Ashgabat
attendance = 30,000
referee = Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Turkmenistan won 3 – 0 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.----

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date = 2007-11-09
time = 19:30 UTC+7
team1 = fb-rt|IDN
score = 1 – 4
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=250427/match=300034636/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|SYR
goals1 = Sudarsono goal|39
goals2 = Issmael goal|17
Al Zeno goal|34
Chaabo goal|43
Rafe goal|90+3
stadium = Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
attendance = 35,000
referee = Mohsen Torky (Iran)

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date = 2007-11-18
time = 14:00 UTC+2
team1 = fb-rt|SYR
score = 7 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=250427/match=300034632/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|IDN
goals1 = Chaabo goal|40 goal|44 goal|87
Rafe goal|60 goal|72 goal|90
Al Hussein goal|81|pen.
goals2 =
stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
attendance = 5,000
referee = Sun Baojie (China PR)

Syria won 11 – 1 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.----

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date = 2007-11-09
time = 19:30 UTC+8
team1 = fb-rt|SIN
score = 2 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=250427/match=300034635/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|TJK
goals1 = Duric goal|23 goal|44
goals2 =
stadium = National Stadium, Singapore
attendance = 6,606
referee = Kwon Jong Chul (South Korea)

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date = 2007-11-18
time = 13:00 UTC+5
team1 = fb-rt|TJK
score = 1 – 1
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=250427/match=300034631/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|SIN
goals1 = Ismailov goal|2
goals2 = Shah goal|25
stadium = Central Stadium, Dushanbe
attendance = 21,500
referee = Mark Shield (Australia)

Singapore won 3 – 1 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.----

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date = 2007-11-09
time = 16:15 UTC+3
team1 = fb-rt|YEM
score = 1 – 1
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=250427/match=300034634/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|THA
goals1 = Al Nono goal|43
goals2 = Chaikamdee goal|35
stadium = Ali Muhsin Al-Muriasi Stadium, Sana'a
attendance = 12,000
referee = Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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date = 2007-11-18
time = 17:00 UTC+7
team1 = fb-rt|THA
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=250427/match=300034630/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|YEM
goals1 = Chaikamdee goal|16
goals2 =
stadium = Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
attendance = 29,000
referee = Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)

Thailand won 2 – 1 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

Notes

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