In the standings below, 40 percent of the scheduled games have been played. A total of 43 Asian teams began the competition. All but the 10 below have been eliminated.
FIFA
Group A P W D L GF GA GD Pts rank
S. Korea 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7 27
Iran 3 1 1 1 1 1 +0 4 54
Qatar 3 1 1 1 2 4 – 2 4 92
Lebanon 4 1 1 2 2 5 – 3 4 124
Uzbekistan 3 0 2 1 3 4 – 1 2 70
Uzbekistan 0, IRAN 1
Lebanon 0, Qatar 1
Qatar 1, S. Korea 4
Lebanon 1, Uzbekistan 1 tie
S. Korea 3, Lebanon 0
IRAN 0, Qatar 0 tie
Uzbekistan 2, S, Korea 2 tie
Lebanon 1, IRAN 0
Qatar vs Uzbekistan, October 10
IRAN vs S. Korea, October 10
IRAN vs Uzbekistan, November 14
Qatar vs Lebanon, November 14
S. Korea vs Qatar, March 26
Uzbekistan vs Lebanon, March 26
Lebanon vs S. Korea, June 4
Qatar vs IRAN, June 4
IRAN vs Lebanon, June 11
S. Korea vs Uzbekistan, June 11
Uzbekistan vs Qatar, June 18
S. Korea vs Iran, June 18
FIFA
Group B P W D L GF GA GD Pts rank
Japan 4 3 1 0 11 1 +10 10 23
Jordan 3 1 1 1 3 8 – 5 4 87
Australia 3 0 2 1 2 3 – 1 2 25
Iraq 3 0 2 1 2 3 – 1 2 78
Oman 3 0 2 1 1 4 – 3 2 93
Japan 3. Oman 0
Jordan 1, Iraq 1 tie
Oman 0, Australia 0 tie
Japan 6, Jordan 0
Australia 1, Japan 1 tie
Iraq 1, Oman 1 tie
Japan 1, Iraq 0
Jordan 2, Australia 0
Oman vs Jordan, October 16
Iraq vs Australia, October 16
Iraq vs Jordan, November 14
Oman vs Japan, November 14
Australia vs Oman, March 26
Jordan vs Japan, March 26
Japan vs Australia, June 4
Oman vs Iraq, June 4
Iraq vs Japan, June 11
Australia vs Jordan, June 11
Jordan vs Oman, June 18
Australia vs Iraq, June 18
In the scores and schedule above, home team is listed first.
Round ends next June after each team has played eight games—home-and-away matches against each of the other four teams in its group.
The top two teams in each group go to the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
Third teams in each group play a home-and-away pair against each other. The winner plays a home-and-away pair against the fifth-placed team from Latin America. The winner of that matchup goes to the finals in Brazil. In other words, either four or five of the above Asian teams will go to the finals, in which 32 teams will appear.