2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 February 2013 – 5 March 2014 |
| Teams | 20 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Goals scored | 161 (2.68 per match) |
| Attendance | 672,607 (11,210 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Reza Ghoochannejhad Ali Mabkhout(5 goals each) |
The 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification was a qualification process organized by the AFC to determine the participating teams for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. The 2015 AFC Asian Cup, hosted by Australia, featured 16 teams.
In the initial scheme, ten places were determined by qualification matches, while six places were reserved for the following:
As the host nation Australia also finished as runners-up in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, the initial 6 automatic qualification spots were reduced to 5, with a total of 11 spots eventually determined by the qualification matches, in which 20 AFC members compete.
The preliminary draw was held in Melbourne on 9 October 2012, 18:00 UTC+11. The twenty teams involved in the qualifiers were drawn into five groups of four teams each, with each group containing one team from each of the following seeding pots. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team from among all the groups qualified for the finals.
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