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This page provides the summaries of the AFC first round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

In this round the sixteen lowest seeded teams were drawn into 8 home-and-away ties. The draw took place on 30 March 2011 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The matches were held prior to the main draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, with first legs on 29 June 2011 and second legs on 2 and 3 July. The 8 winners advanced to the second round of the Asian qualifiers.

Seeding

Teams were seeded into two pots – Pot 1 included teams ranked 28–35 and Pot 2 teams ranked 36–43.

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malaysia	4–4 (a)	Chinese Taipei	2–1	2–3
Bangladesh	3–0	Pakistan	3–0	0–0
Cambodia	6–8	Laos	4–2	2–6 (a.e.t.)
Sri Lanka	1–5	Philippines	1–1	0–4
Afghanistan	1–3	Palestine	0–2	1–1
Vietnam	13–1	Macau	6–0	7–1
Nepal	7–1	East Timor	2–1	5–0
Mongolia	1–2	Myanmar	1–0	0–2

Malaysia	2–1	Chinese Taipei
Safiq 28' Aidil 54'	Report	Chen Po-liang 76'

Chinese Taipei	3–2	Malaysia
Chang Han 31' Chen Po-liang 44' (pen.) X. Chen 75' (pen.)	Report	Aidil 8' Safiq 40'

4–4 on aggregate. Malaysia won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round against Singapore.

Bangladesh	3–0	Pakistan
Ameli 1' Hossain 22' Karim 56'	Report

Pakistan	0–0	Bangladesh
	Report

Bangladesh won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Lebanon.

Cambodia	4–2	Laos
Laboravy 52' El Nasa 58', 89' Sokumpheak 68'	Report	Phomsouvanh 10', 61'

Laos	6–2 (a.e.t.)	Cambodia
Singto 19', 55' Sayavutthi 34' Syphasay 46' Phaphouvanin 94' Sysomvang 112' (pen.)	Report	Chhoeun 45' Sokumpheak 75'

Laos won 8–6 on aggregate after extra time and advanced to the second round against China.

Sri Lanka	1–1	Philippines
Gunaratne 43'	Report	Burkey 50'

Philippines	4–0	Sri Lanka
Caligdong 20' P. Younghusband 43', 57' (pen.) Guirado 50'	Report

Philippines won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Kuwait.

Afghanistan	0–2	Palestine
	Report	Alyan 22' Amour 88'

Palestine	1–1	Afghanistan
Wadi 12'	Report	Arezou 63'

Palestine won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Thailand.

Vietnam	6–0	Macau
Lê Công Vinh 20', 36', 42' (pen.) Phạm Thành Lương 62' Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh 67' Nguyễn Văn Quyết 89'	Report

Macau	1–7	Vietnam
Leong Ka Hang 59'	Report	Huỳnh Quang Thanh 2', 86' Nguyễn Quang Hải 23' Lê Công Vinh 29', 42', 74', 82'

Vietnam won 13–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Qatar.

Nepal	2–1	East Timor
A. Gurung 15' (pen.) J. M. Rai 70'	Report	Kik 47'

East Timor	0–5	Nepal
	Report	A. Gurung 4' (pen.) Silwal 56' J. M. Rai 59' J. Shrestha 89' S. Shrestha 90'

Nepal won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Jordan.

Mongolia	1–0	Myanmar
Tsend-Ayuush 48'	Report

Myanmar	2–0	Mongolia
Pai Soe 62' Mai Aih Naing 88'	Report

Myanmar won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Oman.

Goalscorers

There were 60 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.75 goals per match.

7 goals

• Lê Công Vinh

2 goals

• Sam El Nasa
• Kouch Sokumpheak
• Chen Po-liang
• Manolom Phomsouvanh
• Lamnao Singto
• Aidil Zafuan
• Safiq Rahim
• Anil Gurung
• Ju Manu Rai
• Phil Younghusband
• Huỳnh Quang Thanh

1 goal

• Balal Arezou
• Jahid Hasan Ameli
• Mohamed Zahid Hossain
• Rezaul Karim
• Chhin Chhoeun
• Khoun Laboravy
• Chang Han
• Xavier Chen
• Visay Phaphouvanin
• Khampheng Sayavutthi
• Souliya Syphasay
• Kanlaya Sysomvang
• Leong Ka Hang
• Khürelbaataryn Tsend-Ayuush
• Mai Aih Naing
• Pai Soe
• Jagajeet Shrestha
• Sujal Shrestha
• Bhola Silwal
• Murad Alyan
• Ismail Al-Amour
• Houssam Wadi
• Nate Burkey
• Emelio Caligdong
• Ángel Guirado
• Chathura Gunaratne
• João Kik
• Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh
• Nguyễn Quang Hải
• Nguyễn Văn Quyết
• Phạm Thành Lương

Notes

1. Due to the unstable situation in Afghanistan, the first leg was played in Tajikistan.
2. Due to a lack of technical infrastructure in Timor-Leste, both legs were played in Nepal.

References

1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – Asian Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2011.
2. "43 in the fray for 2014 FWC qualifiers". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 23 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
3. "The battle for Brazil berth begins". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
4. Afghanistan and Palestine Play in Metallurg Stadium Archived 25 May 2012 at archive.today FootballAfghanistan.blogspot.com; 15 May 2011
5. "Nepal Vs Timor Leste Home & Away Matches In Kathmandu". Goal Nepal. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

External links

• Results and schedule (FIFA.com version)
• Results and schedule (the-AFC.com version)

• 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
• 2011 in Asian football