2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

A total of twelve teams which advanced from the second round (the eight group winners and the four best group runners-up) were divided into two groups of six teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the two third-placed teams advanced to the fourth round.

The draw for the third round was held on 12 April 2016, at 16:30 MST (UTC+8), at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/2018-world-cup/2018-fifa-world-cup-asian-qualifying-round-3-line-up-complete|title=2018 FIFA World Cup: Asian Qualifying Round 3 line up complete|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=30 March 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/2018-world-cup/stage-set-for-russia-2018-asian-qualifiers-final-round-draw|title=Stage set for Russia 2018 Asian qualifiers Final Round draw|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=10 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412093837/http://www.the-afc.com/2018-world-cup/stage-set-for-russia-2018-asian-qualifiers-final-round-draw|archive-date=12 April 2016|df=dmy-all}}

The seeding were based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2016 (shown in parentheses below).{{cite web|title=FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – April 2016 (AFC) |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=261/afc.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419125811/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=261/afc.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2016 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=7 April 2016 |access-date=7 April 2016}} The twelve teams were seeded into six pots:{{cite web|title=Iran remain No. 1 in Asia, Australia the big movers |url=http://www.the-afc.com/2018-world-cup/iran-remain-no-1-in-asia-australia-the-big-movers |work=the-afc.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |date=7 April 2016 |access-date=7 April 2016}}

• Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–2.
• Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 3–4.
• Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 5–6.
• Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 7–8.
• Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 9–10.
• Pot 6 contained the teams ranked 11–12.

Each group contained one team from each of the six pots. The fixtures of each group were automatically decided based on the respective pot of each team.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup. Italicised teams qualified for the fourth round.

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• Wu Xi {{goal|75}}

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|attendance=4,737

|referee=Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

}}

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|goals1=

• Al-Haydos {{goal|25||75}}
• Afif {{goal|51}}

|goals2=

• Ki Sung-yueng {{goal|62}}
• Hwang Hee-chan {{goal|70}}

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|attendance=5,373

|referee=Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

}}

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|team1={{fb-rt|CHN}}

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|team2={{fb|UZB}}

|goals1=

• Gao Lin {{goal|84|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan

|attendance=51,666

|referee=Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

}}

{{Football box

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|time={{UTZ|21:00|9}}

|team1={{fb-rt|KOR}}

|score=0–0

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|team2={{fb|IRN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

|attendance=63,124

|referee=Peter Green (Australia)

}}

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|time={{UTZ|20:00|8}}

|team1={{fb-rt|SYR|1980}}

|score=3–1

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|team2={{fb|QAT}}

|goals1=

• Kharbin {{goal|7||54}}
• Al-Mawas {{goal|90+5}}

|goals2=

• Assadalla {{goal|35}}

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|attendance=300

|referee=Ali Sabah (Iraq)

}}

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{{Football box

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|date={{Start date|2017|9|5|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|18:00|3}}

|team1={{fb-rt|QAT}}

|score=1–2

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|team2={{fb|CHN}}

|goals1=

• Afif {{goal|47}}

|goals2=

• Xiao Zhi {{goal|74}}
• Wu Lei {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

|attendance=5,686

|referee=Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

}}

{{Football box

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|time={{UTZ|19:30|4:30}}

|team1={{fb-rt|IRN}}

|score=2–2

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|team2={{fb|SYR|1980}}

|goals1=

• Azmoun {{goal|45||64}}

|goals2=

• Haj Mohamad {{goal|13}}
• Al Somah {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium=Azadi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance=62,165

|referee=Ryuji Sato (Japan)

}}

{{Football box

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|date={{Start date|2017|9|5|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|20:00|5}}

|team1={{fb-rt|UZB}}

|score=0–0

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|team2={{fb|KOR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent

|attendance=34,000

|referee=Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

}}

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|section=Group B

|show_matches=yes

|class_rules=Qualification tiebreakers

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|name_AUS={{fb|AUS}} |short_AUS={{flagdeco|AUS}}

|name_JPN={{fb|JPN}} |short_JPN={{flagdeco|JPN}}

|name_KSA={{fb|KSA}} |short_KSA={{flagdeco|KSA}}

|name_UAE={{fb|UAE}} |short_UAE={{flagdeco|UAE}}

|name_IRQ={{fb|IRQ}} |short_IRQ={{flagdeco|IRQ}}

|name_THA={{fb|THA}} |short_THA={{flagdeco|THA}}

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|win_JPN=6 |draw_JPN=2 |loss_JPN=2 |gf_JPN=17|ga_JPN=7

|win_KSA=6 |draw_KSA=1 |loss_KSA=3 |gf_KSA=17|ga_KSA=10

|win_UAE=4 |draw_UAE=1 |loss_UAE=5 |gf_UAE=10|ga_UAE=13

|win_IRQ=3 |draw_IRQ=2 |loss_IRQ=5 |gf_IRQ=11|ga_IRQ=12

|win_THA=0 |draw_THA=2 |loss_THA=8 |gf_THA=6 |ga_THA=24

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|match_AUS_KSA=3–2

|match_AUS_UAE=2–0

|match_AUS_IRQ=2–0

|match_AUS_THA=2–1

|match_JPN_AUS=2–0

|match_JPN_KSA=2–1

|match_JPN_UAE=1–2

|match_JPN_IRQ=2–1

|match_JPN_THA=4–0

|match_KSA_AUS=2–2

|match_KSA_JPN=1–0

|match_KSA_UAE=3–0

|match_KSA_IRQ=1–0

|match_KSA_THA=1–0

|match_UAE_AUS=0–1

|match_UAE_JPN=0–2

|match_UAE_KSA=2–1

|match_UAE_IRQ=2–0

|match_UAE_THA=3–1

|match_IRQ_AUS=1–1

|match_IRQ_JPN=1–1

|match_IRQ_KSA=1–2

|match_IRQ_UAE=1–0

|match_IRQ_THA=4–0

|match_THA_AUS=2–2

|match_THA_JPN=0–2

|match_THA_KSA=0–3

|match_THA_UAE=1–1

|match_THA_IRQ=1–2

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=WC |result2=WC |result3=WCQR4

|col_WC=green1 |text_WC= 2018 FIFA World Cup

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{{Football box

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|date={{Start date|2016|9|1|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|18:30|8}}

|team1={{fb-rt|AUS}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|IRQ}}

|goals1=

• Luongo {{goal|58}}
• Juric {{goal|64}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Perth Oval, Perth

|attendance=18,923

|referee=Alireza Faghani (Iran)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Japan v United Arab Emirates

|date={{Start date|2016|9|1|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:35|9}}

|team1={{fb-rt|JPN}}

|score=1–2

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|team2={{fb|UAE}}

|goals1=

• Honda {{goal|11}}

|goals2=

• Khalil {{goal|20||54|pen.}}

|stadium=Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

|attendance=58,895

|referee=Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Saudi Arabia v Thailand

|date={{Start date|2016|9|1|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|20:30|3}}

|team1={{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418222138/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356043/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|THA}}

|goals1=

• Al-Abed {{goal|84|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance=40,983

|referee=Fu Ming (China)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Iraq v Saudi Arabia

|date={{Start date|2016|9|6|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:00|8}}

|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418222204/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356050/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|KSA}}

|goals1=

• Abdul-Raheem {{goal|18}}

|goals2=

• Al-Abed {{goal|81|pen.|88|pen.}}

|stadium=Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam (Malaysia){{refn|Iraq played their home matches in Iran due to security concerns from the Iraqi Civil War. However, due to Saudi Arabia's refusal to play in Iran after the attack on their diplomatic missions in Iran, the first match was played in Malaysia.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-ar/news/19612/saudi-arabia/2016/04/29/22928032/afc-deny-iraqs-demand-to-play-saudi-arabia-in-iran|title=AFC deny Iraq's demand to play Saudi Arabia in Iran|publisher=Goal.com|date=29 April 2016}} Also, due to United Arab Emirates' refusal to play in Iran after the diplomatic crisis in Qatar, the final match was played in Jordan.|group="note"|name="IRQ"}}

|attendance=3,400

|referee=Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Thailand v Japan

|date={{Start date|2016|9|6|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:15|7}}

|team1={{fb-rt|THA}}

|score=0–2

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|team2={{fb|JPN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Haraguchi {{goal|19}}
• Asano {{goal|75}}

|stadium=Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

|attendance=44,500

|referee=Mohsen Torky (Iran)

}}

{{Football box

|id=United Arab Emirates v Australia

|date={{Start date|2016|9|6|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:30|4}}

|team1={{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418221741/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356041/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|AUS}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Cahill {{goal|75}}

|stadium=Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance=40,893

|referee=Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Japan v Iraq

|date={{Start date|2016|10|6|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:35|9}}

|team1={{fb-rt|JPN}}

|score=2–1

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|team2={{fb|IRQ}}

|goals1=

• Haraguchi {{goal|26}}
• Yamaguchi {{goal|90+5}}

|goals2=

• Abdul-Amir {{goal|60}}

|stadium=Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

|attendance=57,768

|referee=Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

}}

{{Football box

|id=United Arab Emirates v Thailand

|date={{Start date|2016|10|6|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|20:00|4}}

|team1={{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418221720/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356033/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|THA}}

|goals1=

• Mabkhout {{goal|14||47}}
• Khalil {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2=

• Tana {{goal|65}}

|stadium=Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance=18,242

|referee=Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Saudi Arabia v Australia

|date={{Start date|2016|10|6|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|20:45|3}}

|team1={{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418222122/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356036/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|AUS}}

|goals1=

• Al-Jassim {{goal|5}}
• Al-Shamrani {{goal|79}}

|goals2=

• Sainsbury {{goal|45}}
• Juric {{goal|71}}

|stadium=King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

|attendance=51,616

|referee=Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Australia v Japan

|date={{Start date|2016|10|11|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|20:00|11}}

|team1={{fb-rt|AUS}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418221619/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356009/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|JPN}}

|goals1=

• Jedinak {{goal|52|pen.}}

|goals2=

• Haraguchi {{goal|5}}

|stadium=Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

|attendance=48,460

|referee=Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Iraq v Thailand

|date={{Start date|2016|10|11|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|16:00|3:30}}

|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418221736/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356038/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|THA}}

|goals1=

• Abdul-Raheem {{goal|7||25||87||90+4}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran (Iran)

|attendance=2,255

|referee=Ma Ning (China)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Saudi Arabia v United Arab Emirates

|date={{Start date|2016|10|11|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|20:45|3}}

|team1={{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418221655/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356023/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|UAE}}

|goals1=

• Al-Muwallad {{goal|73}}
• Al-Abed {{goal|79}}
• Al-Shehri {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2=

|stadium=King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

|attendance=60,102

|referee=Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Japan v Saudi Arabia

|date={{Start date|2016|11|15|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:35|9}}

|team1={{fb-rt|JPN}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160416055205/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356015/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|KSA}}

|goals1=

• Kiyotake {{goal|45|pen.}}
• Haraguchi {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

• Om. Hawsawi {{goal|90}}

|stadium=Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

|attendance=58,420

|referee=Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Thailand v Australia

|date={{Start date|2016|11|15|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:00|7}}

|team1={{fb-rt|THA}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418222026/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356010/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|AUS}}

|goals1=

• Teerasil {{goal|20||57|pen.}}

|goals2=

• Jedinak {{goal|9|pen.|65|pen.}}

|stadium=Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

|attendance=36,534

|referee=Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

}}

{{Football box

|id=United Arab Emirates v Iraq

|date={{Start date|2016|11|15|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:20|4}}

|team1={{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418222016/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356004/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|IRQ}}

|goals1=

• Khalil {{goal|26}}
• Matar {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance=14,583

|referee=Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Iraq v Australia

|date={{Start date|2017|3|23|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|16:30|4:30}}

|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160816012549/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356039/report.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|AUS}}

|goals1=

• Yasin {{goal|76}}

|goals2=

• Leckie {{goal|40}}

|stadium=Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran (Iran)

|attendance=3,270

|referee=Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Thailand v Saudi Arabia

|date={{Start date|2017|3|23|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:00|7}}

|team1={{fb-rt|THA}}

|score=0–3

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160816033517/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356029/report.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|KSA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Al-Sahlawi {{goal|26}}
• Tanaboon {{goal|84|o.g.}}
• Al-Moasher {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium=Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

|attendance=41,613

|referee=Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=United Arab Emirates v Japan

|date={{Start date|2017|3|23|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:30|4}}

|team1={{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160816031444/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356035/report.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|JPN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Kubo {{goal|14}}
• Konno {{goal|52}}

|stadium=Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

|attendance=23,725

|referee=Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

}}

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|id=Australia v United Arab Emirates

|date={{Start date|2017|3|28|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|20:00|11}}

|team1={{fb-rt|AUS}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|UAE}}

|goals1=

• Irvine {{goal|7}}
• Leckie {{goal|78}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

|attendance=27,328

|referee=Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Japan v Thailand

|date={{Start date|2017|3|28|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:35|9}}

|team1={{fb-rt|JPN}}

|score=4–0

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|team2={{fb|THA}}

|goals1=

• Kagawa {{goal|8}}
• Okazaki {{goal|19}}
• Kubo {{goal|57}}
• Yoshida {{goal|83}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

|attendance=59,003

|referee=Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Saudi Arabia v Iraq

|date={{Start date|2017|3|28|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|20:30|3}}

|team1={{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score=1–0

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|team2={{fb|IRQ}}

|goals1=

• Al-Shehri {{goal|53}}

|goals2=

|stadium=King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

|attendance=60,153

|referee=Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Australia v Saudi Arabia

|date={{Start date|2017|6|8|df=y}}{{refn|The Australia v Saudi Arabia match was brought forward from 13 June 2017 due to Australia's participation in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=4/news=australia-and-japan-go-head-to-head-in-asian-draw-2780621.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413132623/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=4/news=australia-and-japan-go-head-to-head-in-asian-draw-2780621.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2016|title=Australia, Japan to go head-to-head following Asian draw|publisher=FIFA.com|date=12 April 2016}}|group="note"|name="AUS"}}

|time={{UTZ|19:30|9:30}}

|team1={{fb-rt|AUS}}

|score=3–2

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|team2={{fb|KSA}}

|goals1=

• Juric {{goal|7||36}}
• Rogic {{goal|64}}

|goals2=

• Al-Dawsari {{goal|23}}
• Al-Sahlawi {{goal|45+2}}

|stadium=Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

|attendance=29,785

|referee=Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Thailand v United Arab Emirates

|date={{Start date|2017|6|13|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:00|7}}

|team1={{fb-rt|THA}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418221751/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356047/index.html Report (FIFA)]
[http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10247&stageid=404&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report (AFC)]

|team2={{fb|UAE}}

|goals1=

• Mongkol {{goal|69}}

|goals2=

• Mabkhout {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium=Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

|attendance=24,417

|referee=Muhammad Taqi (Singapore){{cite web|title=Football: FIFA replaces Qatari referee for UAE World Cup qualifier; Singaporean steps in|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/football-fifa-replaces-qatari-referee-for-uae-world-cup-8939030|access-date=12 June 2017|archive-date=5 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022903/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/football-fifa-replaces-qatari-referee-for-uae-world-cup-8939030|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Football box

|id=Iraq v Japan

|date={{Start date|2017|6|13|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|16:55|4:30}}

|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ}}

|score=1–1

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[http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10248&stageid=404&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report (AFC)]

|team2={{fb|JPN}}

|goals1=

• Kamel {{goal|73}}

|goals2=

• Osako {{goal|8}}

|stadium=Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran (Iran)

|attendance=983

|referee=Fu Ming (China)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=United Arab Emirates v Saudi Arabia

|date={{Start date|2017|8|29|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|20:30|4}}

|team1={{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418221715/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356031/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|KSA}}

|goals1=*Mabkhout {{goal|21}}

• Khalil {{goal|60}}

|goals2= Al-Abed {{goal|20|pen.}}

|stadium=Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

|attendance=10,221

|referee=Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Japan v Australia

|date={{Start date|2017|8|31|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:35|9}}

|team1={{fb-rt|JPN}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|AUS}}

|goals1=*Asano {{goal|41}}

• Ideguchi {{goal|82}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

|attendance=59,492

|referee=Alireza Faghani (Iran)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Thailand v Iraq

|date={{Start date|2017|8|31|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|19:00|7}}

|team1={{fb-rt|THA}}

|score=1–2

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|team2={{fb|IRQ}}

|goals1=

• Ibrahim {{goal|63|o.g.}}

|goals2=

• Meram {{goal|34}}
  Abdul-Amir {{goal|85|pen.}}

|stadium=Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

|attendance=22,604

|referee=Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Australia v Thailand

|date={{Start date|2017|9|5|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|20:00|10}}

|team1={{fb-rt|AUS}}

|score= 2–1

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|team2={{fb|THA}}

|goals1=

• Juric {{goal|69}}
• Leckie {{goal|86}}

|goals2=

• Pokklaw {{goal|82}}

|stadium=Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne

|attendance=26,393

|referee=Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Iraq v United Arab Emirates

|date={{Start date|2017|9|5|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|17:00|3}}

|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418222133/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275175/match=300356042/index.html Report (FIFA)]
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|team2={{fb|UAE}}

|goals1=

• Hussein {{goal|29}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan)

|attendance=2,185

|referee=Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Saudi Arabia v Japan

|date={{Start date|2017|9|5|df=y}}

|time={{UTZ|20:30|3}}

|team1={{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score=1–0

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[http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10254&stageid=404&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report (AFC)]

|team2={{fb|JPN}}

|goals1=

• Al-Muwallad {{goal|63}}

|goals2=

|stadium=King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

|attendance=62,165

|referee=Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

}}

{{Goalscorers

|goals=129 |matches=60

|5 goals=

• {{fbicon|AUS}} Tomi Juric
• {{fbicon|IRQ}} Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
• {{fbicon|KSA}} Nawaf Al-Abed
• {{fbicon|UAE}} Ahmed Khalil

|4 goals=

• {{fbicon|IRN}} Sardar Azmoun
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Genki Haraguchi
• {{fbicon|QAT}} Hassan Al-Haydos
• {{fbicon|UAE}} Ali Mabkhout

|3 goals=

• {{fbicon|AUS}} Mile Jedinak
• {{fbicon|AUS}} Mathew Leckie
• {{fbicon|IRN}} Mehdi Taremi
• {{fbicon|SYR|1980}} Mahmoud Al-Mawas
• {{fbicon|SYR|1980}} Omar Kharbin

|2 goals=

• {{fbicon|VIE}} Nguyen Xuan Son
• {{fbicon|IRQ}} Saad Abdul-Amir
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Takuma Asano
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Yuya Kubo
• {{fbicon|QAT}} Akram Afif
• {{fbicon|KSA}} Fahad Al-Muwallad
• {{fbicon|KSA}} Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
• {{fbicon|KSA}} Yahya Al-Shehri
• {{fbicon|KOR}} Ki Sung-yueng
• {{fbicon|KOR}} Koo Ja-cheol
• {{fbicon|THA}} Teerasil Dangda
• {{fbicon|UZB}} Marat Bikmaev

|1 goal=

• {{fbicon|AUS}} Tim Cahill
• {{fbicon|AUS}} Jackson Irvine
• {{fbicon|AUS}} Massimo Luongo
• {{fbicon|AUS}} Tom Rogic
• {{fbicon|AUS}} Trent Sainsbury
• {{fbicon|CHN}} Hao Junmin
• {{fbicon|CHN}} Wu Lei
• {{fbicon|CHN}} Wu Xi
• {{fbicon|CHN}} Xiao Zhi
• {{fbicon|CHN}} Yu Dabao
• {{fbicon|CHN}} Yu Hai
• {{fbicon|IRN}} Reza Ghoochannejhad
• {{fbicon|IRN}} Jalal Hosseini
• {{fbicon|IRN}} Alireza Jahanbakhsh
• {{fbicon|IRQ}} Ayman Hussein
• {{fbicon|IRQ}} Mahdi Kamil
• {{fbicon|IRQ}} Justin Meram
• {{fbicon|IRQ}} Ahmed Yasin
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Keisuke Honda
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Yosuke Ideguchi
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Shinji Kagawa
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Hiroshi Kiyotake
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Yasuyuki Konno
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Shinji Okazaki
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Yuya Osako
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Hotaru Yamaguchi
• {{fbicon|JPN}} Maya Yoshida
• {{fbicon|QAT}} Ali Assadalla
• {{fbicon|QAT}} Sebastián Soria
• {{fbicon|KSA}} Salem Al-Dawsari
• {{fbicon|KSA}} Taisir Al-Jassim
• {{fbicon|KSA}} Salman Al-Moasher
• {{fbicon|KSA}} Nasser Al-Shamrani
• {{fbicon|KSA}} Omar Hawsawi
• {{fbicon|KOR}} Hong Jeong-ho
• {{fbicon|KOR}} Hwang Hee-chan
• {{fbicon|KOR}} Ji Dong-won
• {{fbicon|KOR}} Lee Chung-yong
• {{fbicon|KOR}} Nam Tae-hee
• {{fbicon|KOR}} Son Heung-min
• {{fbicon|SYR|1980}} Ahmad Al Salih
• {{fbicon|SYR|1980}} Omar Al Somah
• {{fbicon|SYR|1980}} Tamer Haj Mohamad
• {{fbicon|THA}} Pokklaw Anan
• {{fbicon|THA}} Tana Chanabut
• {{fbicon|THA}} Mongkol Tossakrai
• {{fbicon|UAE}} Ismail Matar
• {{fbicon|UZB}} Odil Ahmedov
• {{fbicon|UZB}} Alexander Geynrikh
• {{fbicon|UZB}} Egor Krimets
• {{fbicon|UZB}} Otabek Shukurov

|1 own goal=

• {{fbicon|CHN}} Zheng Zhi (against South Korea)
• {{fbicon|IRQ}} Ahmad Ibrahim (against Thailand)
• {{fbicon|THA}} Tanaboon Kesarat (against Saudi Arabia)

}}

{{Reflist|group=note}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website|https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html|Official FIFA World Cup website}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071118141111/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/index.html#275175 Qualifiers – Asia: Round 3], FIFA.com
• [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/fifa-world-cup/ FIFA World Cup], the-AFC.com
• [http://stats.the-afc.com/tournaments/186 FIFA World Cup 2018], stats.the-AFC.com

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