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2007 World Cup Qualifying


China (Hosts), Australia, North Korea Qualify for 2007 World Cup
Japan advances to playoff with third place country from CONCACAF Gold Cup
First Stage

GROUP A
COUNTRY
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
Vietnam
2
2
0
0
7
1
+6
6
Myanmar
2
1
0
1
4
2
+2
3
Philippines
2
0
0
2
2
10
-8
0
June 12 2005
Vietnam 6 - Philippines 1
June 14 2005
Philippines 1 - Myanmar 4
June 16 2005
Myanmar 0 - Vietnam 1
GROUP B
COUNTRY
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
Chinese Taipei
2
2
0
0
13
1
12
6
India
2
1
0
1
11
2
9
3
Guam
2
0
0
2
0
21
-21
0
June 12 2005
Guam 0 - India 10
June 14 2005
India 1 - Chinese Taipei 2
June 16 2005
Chinese Taipei 11 - Guam 0
GROUP C
COUNTRY
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
Uzbekistan
2
2
0
0
9
0
+9
6
Hong Kong
2
1
0
1
4
3
+1
3
Maldives
2
0
0
2
0
10
-10
0
June 13 2005
Maldives 0 - Uzbekistan 6
June 15 2005
Uzbekistan 3 - Hong Kong 0
June 17 2005
Hong Kong 4 - Maldives 0
GROUP D
COUNTRY
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
Thailand
2
2
0
0
9
1
+8
6
Singapore
2
0
1
1
1
5
-4
1
Indonesia
2
0
1
1
0
4
-4
1
June 13 2005
Indonesia 0 - Singapore 0
June 15 2005
Singapore 1 - Thailand 5
June 17 2005
Thailand 4 - Indonesia 0
Second Stage
DATE
HOME
SCORE
ROAD
SCORE
June 19, 2005
Chinese Taipei
3
Singapore
0
June 19, 2005
Vietnam
4
Hong Kong
1
June 20, 2005
India
2
Thailand
3
June 20, 2005
Myanmar
2
Uzbekistan
1

Final Stage
GROUP A
COUNTRY
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
Japan
3
3
0
0
17
1
+16
9
China
3
2
0
1
4
1
+3
6
Vietnam
3
1
0
2
1
7
-6
3
Chinese Taipei
3
0
0
3
1
14
-13
0
July 19 2006
Japan 5 - Vietnam 0
China 2 - Chinese Taipei 0
July 21 2006
Vietnam 0 - China 2
Chinese Taipei 1 - Japan 11
July 23 2006
Chinese Taipei 0 - Vietnam 1
China 0 - Japan 1
GROUP B
COUNTRY
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PTS
North Korea
4
3
1
0
13
0
+13
10
Australia
4
3
1
0
11
0
+11
10
South Korea
4
2
0
2
14
6
+8
6
Thailand
4
1
0
3
2
26
-24
3
Myanmar
4
0
0
4
2
10
-8
0
July 16 2006
Myanmar 1 - Thailand 2
Australia 4 - South Korea 0
July 18 2006
Myanmar 0 - Australia 2
Thailand 0 - North Korea 9
July 20 2006
South Korea 11 - Thailand 0
North Korea 3 - Myanmar 0
July 22 2006
Australia 0 - North Korea 0
South Korea 3 - Myanmar 1
July 24 2006
North Korea 1 - South Korea 0
Thailand 0 - Australia 5
Semifinals
July 27 Japan 0 - Australia 2
July 27 North Korea 0 - China 1
Third Place Match
July 30 Japan 2 - North Korea 3
Final
July 30 Australia 2 - China 2 (2-4PK)
AFC-CONCACAF Playoff
March 10 2007 Japan 2 - Mexico 0
March 17 2007 Mexico 2 - Japan 1