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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Second Round


This page provides the summaries of the AFC Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

In this round the eight winners from the first round joined the 22 AFC sides seeded 6–27 in the AFC World Cup rankings. The teams were drawn into 15 home-and-away ties. The draw took place on 30 March 2011 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, along with the draw for the first round.

The matches were held prior to the main draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, with first legs on 23 July 2011 and second legs on 28 July. The 15 winners joined the top five seeded AFC teams in the main draw for the third round of the Asian qualifiers.

Teams were seeded into two pots – Pot 1 included teams ranked 6–20 and Pot 2 teams ranked 21–27 along with the 8 first round winners.

 Saudi Arabia
 Iran
 Qatar
 Uzbekistan
 United Arab Emirates
 Syria
 Oman
 Jordan
 Iraq
 Singapore
 China PR
 Kuwait
 Thailand
 Turkmenistan
 Lebanon


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