Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 2011 – March 2012
Teams35 (from 1 confederation)

The Asian Football Confederation's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the qualifying tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics Football tournament in London. Thirty-five teams entered the qualification, where AFC have three spots for automatic qualifiers and a spot for inter-continental play-off against the fourth representative of the Pre-Olympic Tournament in African zone. The competition commenced in February 2011 and was completed in March 2012.

Seeding

35 teams entered for the tournament. The top 13 teams based on the qualifiers and final round of the previous Olympics were given byes to the first round.

Top 13 seeds

Bottom 22 seeds


Teams did not enter

Preliminary round 1

The 22 lowest ranked teams competed in the preliminary round. Two-legged knock-out ties were played on 23 February and 9 March 2011.[1] The draw was held on 20 October 2010.[2]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Thailand  0–4  Palestine 0–31 0–1
Jordan  3–0  Chinese Taipei 1–0 2–0
Yemen  3–0  Singapore 2–0 1–0
Kuwait  5–0  Bangladesh 2–0 3–0
Malaysia  2–0  Pakistan 2–0 0–0
United Arab Emirates  10–1  Sri Lanka 7–1 3–0
India  3–2  Myanmar 2–1 1–1
Oman  7–2  Tajikistan 4–1 3–1
Indonesia  1–4  Turkmenistan 1–3 0–1
Iran  1–0  Kyrgyzstan 1–0 0–0
Hong Kong  7–0  Maldives 4–0 3–0

Note 1: Palestine awarded 3 – 0 victory in the first leg after Thailand fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 0 – 1.[3]

Preliminary round 2

The 11 winners from the preliminary round joined the 13 highest ranked teams into the second round. Two-legged knock-out ties were played on 19 and 23 June 2011. The draw was held on 30 March 2011.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Qatar  4–2  India 3–1 1–1
Iraq  5–0  Iran 3–01 2–0
Bahrain  2–2 (a)  Palestine 0–1 2–1
Australia Australia 7–0  Yemen 3–0 4–0
Japan  4–3  Kuwait 3–1 1–2
Syria  6–2  Turkmenistan 2–2 4–0
North Korea  1–2  United Arab Emirates 0–1 1–1
South Korea  4–2  Jordan 3–1 1–1
Uzbekistan  3–0  Hong Kong 1–0 2–0
Saudi Arabia  6–1  Vietnam 2–0 4–1
China  1–4 (a.e.t.)  Oman 0–1 1–3
Lebanon  1–2  Malaysia 0–0 1–2

Note 1: Iraq awarded 3 – 0 victory in the first leg after Iran fielded a suspended player. The original result was a 1–0 win for Iran.[5]

Preliminary round 3

The 12 winners from the second round were divided into 3 groups of 4. The winner of each group advanced to the Olympic Games while each runner-up advanced to the play-off round. The draw was held on July 7, 2011, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[6]

Matches were played on 21 September 2011, 23 and 27 November 2011, 5 and 22 February 2012 and 14 March 2012.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 633082+612
 Oman 62228808
 Qatar 614168−27
 Saudi Arabia 603348−43
  Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea
Oman  – 3–0 2–0 0–3
Qatar  2–2 – 2–1 1–1
Saudi Arabia  1–1 1–1 – 1–1
South Korea  2–0 0–0 1–0 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 642082+614
 Uzbekistan 622275+28
 Iraq 612327−55
 Australia 604203−34
  Australia Iraq United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
Australia  – 0–0 0–0 0–0
Iraq  0–0 – 0–1 2–1
United Arab Emirates  1–0 3–0 – 0–0
Uzbekistan  2–0 2–0 2–3 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 6501133+1015
 Syria 6402126+612
 Bahrain 6303811−39
 Malaysia 6006316−130
  Bahrain Japan Malaysia Syria
Bahrain  – 0–2 2–1 2–1
Japan  2–0 – 2–0 2–1
Malaysia  2–3 0–4 – 0–2
Syria  3–1 2–1 3–0 –

Play-off round

The three runners-up from the third round groups played each other at a neutral venue on 25, 27 and 29 March 2012. Malaysia had originally been chosen but renovations to the proposed stadium as well as the unavailability of other venues due to the scheduling of domestic fixtures meant that a new destination for the three-team playoffs was required. Vietnam was later chosen by the AFC Competitions Committee as the neutral venue,[7] with games played at Hanoi's Mỹ Đình National Stadium[8]

Oman was the winner of this group advanced to play Senegal in a play-off for a spot at the Olympic Games.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Oman 211031+24
 Uzbekistan 210123−13
 Syria 201123−11
  Oman Syria Uzbekistan
Oman  – 1–1 2–0
Syria  – – 1–2
Uzbekistan  – – –

Qualified teams for Olympics

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 South Korea22 February 20128 (1948, 1964, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
 Japan14 March 20128 (1936, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
 United Arab Emirates14 March 20120 (None)
1 Italic indicates host for that year. Statistics include all Olympic format (current Olympic under-23 format started in 1992).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Yemen vs Singapore Olympic qualifier postponed". the-afc.com. 2011-02-19. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  2. ↑ "2012 Olympics qualifying draw results". the-afc.com. 2010-10-20. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  3. ↑ "Soccer-Thailand's Olympic ban stands, says AFC". Reuters. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "U16, U19, Olym, WC q'fiers draw on Mar 30". the-afc.com. 2011-03-02. Archived from the original on 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  5. ↑ "Iran fires football officials for dereliction of duty". MehrNews. June 26, 2011. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  6. ↑ Olympics R3 draw on July 7
  7. ↑ Vietnam to host London 2012 playoffs
  8. ↑ My Dinh Stadium named playoff venue
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