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Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian qualifiers preliminary round 3

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

This page provides the summaries of the matches of the group stage of the Asian football qualifiers for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Format edit

The 12 teams in this round were divided into three groups of four teams each and played on a home-and-away format. The group winners from each group will advance to the main tournament in London. Three second-placed teams from this round will play each other in a playoff at a centralised venue from 25 to 29 March 2012 and the winners of this group will meet the representatives of Africa for a berth in the Olympics.

Seeding edit

The group stage draw took place on 7 July 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1]

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D

  South Korea
  Australia
  Japan

  Iraq
  Bahrain
  Qatar

  Saudi Arabia
  Syria
  Uzbekistan

  Oman
  United Arab Emirates
  Malaysia

Groups edit

The matches were played between 21 September 2011 and 14 March 2012.[2]

Legend
Team qualify for the 2012 Olympics
Team advance to the Play-off round

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 6 3 3 0 8 2 +6 12
  Oman 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
  Qatar 6 1 4 1 6 8 −2 7
  Saudi Arabia 6 0 3 3 4 8 −4 3
South Korea  2 – 0  Oman
Yoon Bit-Garam   24'
Kim Bo-Kyung   74'		 Report
Attendance: 13,704
Saudi Arabia  1 – 1  Qatar
Dagriri   12' Report Al Nahoyi   89'
Attendance: 1,315
Oman  2 – 0  Saudi Arabia
Hardan   15'
Al Shamli   56'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Qatar  1 – 1  South Korea
Majid   43' (pen.) Report Kim Hyun-Sung   68'
Attendance: 5,051
South Korea  1 – 0  Saudi Arabia
Cho Young-Cheol   33' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 27,224
Oman  3 – 0
(awarded1)		  Qatar
Al-Maqbali   11' Report Khalfan   88'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
Qatar  2 – 2  Oman
Khalfan   26'
Al-Haidos   86'		 Report Al-Maqbali   34'
Farah   76'
Attendance: 2,707
Saudi Arabia  1 – 1  South Korea
Khudari   60' Report Kim Bo-Kyung   90+1'
Attendance: 1,315
Oman  0 – 3  South Korea
Report Nam Tae-Hee   1'
Kim Hyun-Sung   68'
Baek Sung-Dong   72'
Attendance: 10,000
Qatar  2 – 1  Saudi Arabia
Al-Haidos   44'
Nabeel   78'		 Report Walibi   12' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,270
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Saudi Arabia  1 – 1  Oman
Al-Muwallad   57' Report Al-Hadhri   43'
Attendance: 150
South Korea  0 – 0  Qatar
Report
Attendance: 23,327
  • 1 Qatar adjudged to have played Abdelaziz Hatem when he should have served a suspension. Original result was 1–1.[3]

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United Arab Emirates 6 4 2 0 8 2 +6 14
  Uzbekistan 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8
  Iraq 6 1 2 3 2 7 −5 5
  Australia 6 0 4 2 0 3 −3 4
Uzbekistan  2 – 0  Iraq
Temurkhuja   71'
Turaev   78'		 Report
Attendance: 7,223
Australia  0 – 0  United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 2,390
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Iraq  0 – 0  Australia
Report
Attendance: 200
Australia  0 – 0  Uzbekistan
Report
Attendance: 2,604
United Arab Emirates  3 – 0
(awarded1)		  Iraq
Report Abdul-Raheem   21'
Sabah   77'
Attendance: 6,432
Iraq  0 – 1  United Arab Emirates
Report Ali   3'
Attendance: 420
Uzbekistan  2 – 0  Australia
Turaev   27'
Zoteev   85'		 Report
Attendance: 4,527
Iraq  2 – 1  Uzbekistan
M. Abdullah   45+2' (pen.)
Ahmad   88'		 Report Musaev   23'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
United Arab Emirates  1 – 0  Australia
Abdulrahman   23' Report
Attendance: 28,734
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (South Korea)
Uzbekistan  2 – 3  United Arab Emirates
Zoteev   34'
Musaev   47'		 Report Khalil   51', 55'
Saleh   90+3'
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Australia  0 – 0  Iraq
Report
Attendance: 2,071
  • 1 Iraq adjudged to have played Jasim Faisal when he should have served a suspension. Original result was 2–0 to Iraq.[4]

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Japan 6 5 0 1 13 3 +10 15
  Syria 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12
  Bahrain 6 3 0 3 8 11 −3 9
  Malaysia 6 0 0 6 3 16 −13 0
Japan  2 – 0  Malaysia
Higashi   10'
Yamazaki   76'		 Report
Attendance: 22,504
Syria  3 – 1  Bahrain
Fares   15'
Mardigian   45', 54'		 Report Shubbar   85' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Bahrain  0 – 2  Japan
Report Otsu   44'
Higashi   66'
Attendance: 2,000
Malaysia  0 – 2  Syria
Report Solaiman   50'
Nasouh   88'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (South Korea)
Japan  2 – 1  Syria
Hamada   45'
Otsu   86'		 Report Al Soma   75'
Attendance: 25,482
Malaysia  2 – 3  Bahrain
Nazmi   28'
Mahali   69'		 Report Al Amer   80'
Ahmed   84', 86'
Attendance: 30,000
Syria  2 – 1  Japan
Osako   19' (o.g.)
Al Salih   90'		 Report Nagai   45'
Attendance: 500
Bahrain  2 – 1  Malaysia
Al Alawi   25'
Farhan   88'		 Report Hazwan   76'
Attendance: 2,000
Malaysia  0 – 4  Japan
Report Sakai   35'
Osako   44'
Haraguchi   55'
Saito   60'
Attendance: 14,205
Bahrain  2 – 1  Syria
Al Alawi   12', 89' Report Al Douni   86'
Attendance: 600
Syria  3 – 0  Malaysia
Mardigian   48', 68'
Al Soma   80'		 Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Japan  2 – 0  Bahrain
Ogihara   54'
Kiyotake   59'		 Report
Attendance: 36,233

Goalscorers edit

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

References edit

  1. ^ "Koreans must bridge Gulf to London". the-afc.com. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Olympic final round qualifying draw on Thursday". the-afc.com. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "QFA | Qatar Football Association - QFA Press Release". Archived from the original on 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  4. ^ "UAE Olympic team awarded win after Fifa find Iraq guilty". The National. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Bahrain arrive for Olympic qualifier". 2011-09-19. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  6. ^ "Bahrain-Japan tie on Nov 22". 2011-08-10. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
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