The two Asian groups to be decided tonight. Group winners and runner ups qualify whereas third places still have the chance to qualify via playoff.


Group A

Country	GD	Pts
1. South Korea	+7	14
2. Iran	+5	13
3. Uzbekistan	+1	11

Matches tonight:
South Korea - Iran
Uzbekistan - Qatar

South Korea and Iran qualify in most scenarios. More specifically

South Korea qualify if

• Win or draw against Iran
• They lose to Iran, and Uzbekistan fail to beat Qatar by 6 goals minus the number of goals Iran win by or more

Iran qualify if

• They win against South Korea
• The draw against South Korea and Uzbekistan fail to beat Qatar by 4 goals or more
• The lose against South Korea and Uzbekistan fail to beat Qatar

Uzbekistan qualify if they beat Qatar and any of following:

1. South Korea beat Iran
2. South Korea and Iran draw and Uzbekistan beat Qatar by 4 goals
3. South Korea lose against Iran and Uzbekistan beat Qatar by a combined goal difference of 7.

The matches start at the same time and most likely South Korea and Iran will initially be quite happy with a draw, since both team qualify with that result unless Uzbekistan starts scoring and get close to beat Qatar by 4 goals.



Group B

Country	GD	Pts
2. Australia	+4	10
3. Oman	-2	9
4. Jordan	-10	7

 Matches tonight:
Australia-Iraq
Jordan-Oman

Australia qualify if they

• beat Iraq
• draw Iraq and Oman fail to beat Jordan
• lose to Iraq and 
• Oman and Jordan draw and Australia lose with 5 goals or less
• Jordan beat Oman with combined goal difference 13 or less

Oman qualify if they

• Beat Jordan and Australia fail to beat Iraq
• Draw Jordan and Australia lose with more than 6 goals

Oman are out if they lose against Jordan

Jordan qualify if they beat Oman and Iraq beat Australia with a combined qoal difference of 15 or more

 Jordan are out if they fail to beat Oman