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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round

The AFC first round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was also the first round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification. It was played from 6 to 11 June 2019.[1]

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round
Tournament details
Dates6 June – 11 June 2019
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored32 (2.91 per match)
Attendance87,632 (7,967 per match)
Top scorer(s)Malaysia Shahrel Fikri
(4 goals)
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Format

A total of twelve teams (teams ranked 35–46 in the FIFA World Rankings) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round.

The six losers would have qualified to the 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup, but it was cancelled.

Timor-Leste were banned from qualifying to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, so this only acts as FIFA World Cup qualification for them.[2][3]

Seeding

The draw for the first round was held on 17 April 2019 at 11:00 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2019.[5] Pot A teams hosted the first leg and Pot B teams hosted the second leg.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round. Note: FIFA World Rankings at the time of the draw is shown in (parenthesis).

Pot A Pot B
  1.  Malaysia (168)
  2.  Cambodia (173)
  3.  Macau (183)
  4.  Laos (184)
  5.  Bhutan (186)
  6.  Mongolia (187)
  1.  Bangladesh (188)
  2.  Guam (193)
  3.  Brunei (194)
  4.  Timor-Leste (195)
  5.  Pakistan (200)
  6.  Sri Lanka (202)

Summary

The first legs were played on 6–7 June, and the second legs on 11 June 2019.

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Mongolia  3–2  Brunei 2–0 1–2
Macau  1–3[note 1]  Sri Lanka 1–0 0–3 (awd.)
Laos  0–1  Bangladesh 0–1 0–0
Malaysia  12–2  Timor-Leste 7–1 5–1
Cambodia  4–1  Pakistan 2–0 2–1
Bhutan  1–5  Guam 1–0 0–5


Matches

6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)
17:00 UTC+8
 Mongolia  2–0  Brunei MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 1,685
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)
20:15 UTC+8
 Brunei  2–1  Mongolia Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan
Attendance: 17,210
Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)

Mongolia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)
19:30 UTC+8
 Macau  1–0  Sri Lanka Zhuhai Sports Center Stadium, Zhuhai (China)[note 2]
Attendance: 901
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)
15:30 UTC+5:30
 Sri Lanka  3–0
Awarded[note 1]		  Macau Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)

Sri Lanka won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)
18:30 UTC+7
 Laos  0–1  Bangladesh New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane
Attendance: 4,572
Referee: Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)
19:00 UTC+6
 Bangladesh  0–0  Laos Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 7,453
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)

Bangladesh won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)[note 3]
20:45 UTC+8
 Malaysia  7–1  Timor-Leste Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 4,244
Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)
20:45 UTC+8
 Timor-Leste  1–5  Malaysia Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)[note 4]
Attendance: 12,776
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)

Malaysia won 12–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)
18:30 UTC+7
 Cambodia  2–0  Pakistan Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 33,706
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)
19:00 UTC+3
 Pakistan  1–2  Cambodia Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha (Qatar)[note 5]
Attendance: 300
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)

Cambodia won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)
18:00 UTC+6
 Bhutan  1–0  Guam Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)
15:15 UTC+10
 Guam  5–0  Bhutan Guam F.A. National Training Center, Dededo
Attendance: 1,029
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)

Guam won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Goalscorers

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Macau did not go to Sri Lanka for the second leg due to safety concerns from the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings.[6] FIFA announced on 27 June 2019, that this match would be a 3–0 forfeit win to Sri Lanka.[7][8]
  2. ↑ Macau played their home game against Sri Lanka in Zhuhai, China, because their stadium, Estádio Campo Desportivo was under construction.[9]
  3. ↑ Malaysia's home game against Timor-Leste was originally planned to be played on 6 June 2019. The game was postponed a day later after FIFA accepted the Football Association of Malaysia's request because Malaysia was celebrating Eid Al-fitr.[10]
  4. ↑ Timor-Leste played their home game against Malaysia in Malaysia because there weren't any stadiums good enough in Timor-Leste.[11]
  5. ↑ Pakistan played their home game against Cambodia in Qatar.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". Asian Football Confederation. 21 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Federacao Futebol Timor-Leste expelled from AFC Asian Cup 2023". Press release. 20 January 2017. https://www.lawinsport.com/news/item/federacao-futebol-timor-leste-expelled-from-afc-asian-cup-2023. 
  3. ↑ "Road to Qatar 2022: Asian teams discover Round 1 opponents". Asian Football Confederation. 17 April 2019. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Draw sets out path for Asian aspirants". FIFA. 17 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "FIFA Men's Ranking – April 2019 (AFC)". FIFA. 4 April 2019. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Football - Macau not sending team to Sri Lanka due to security concerns". Reuters. 8 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "AFC Statement". Asian Football Confederation. 10 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctions Macau Football Association". FIFA. 27 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "RAEM recorre a estádio de Zhuhai para receber Sri Lanka". Tribuna de Macau. 24 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Venue for Malaysia-Timor Leste second leg confirmed". Goal. 10 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "Timor-Leste yet to confirm venue for 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers game against Malaysia – AFC". Fox Sports Asia. 3 May 2019. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Pakistan name preliminary squad for Qatar 2022 Qualifiers". Ghana Soccernet. 28 April 2019.

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