Group A

1 – Uzbekistan win or draw, Qatar win

Uzbekistan and Qatar qualify

2 – Uzbekistan and China draw, Qatar draw

Uzbekistan advance and Qatar and China finish with four points. Qatar qualifies courtesy of a better head-to-head record against China.

3 – Uzbekistan win, Kuwait win

Uzbekistan advance while the second qualifiers will be determined by goal difference with China, Qatar and Kuwait all finishing with three points.

4 – China win, Qatar win

China, Uzbekistan, Qatar all finish with six points and the two quarter-final qualifiers will be determined by goal difference.

5 – China win, Qatar draw or lose

China and Uzbekistan qualify.

Group B

1. Japan qualify if:

They draw or beat Saudi Arabia

2. Syria qualify if:

They beat Jordan

3. Jordan qualify if:

They beat or draw with Syria.

4. Jordan and Syria qualify if:

Both will qualify together, depending on the margin of Syria’s win against Jordan, and also the margin of Japan’s defeat to Saudi Arabia. (For example, Syria win 1-0, but Japan lose 2-0)

Group C

1. Korea Republic qualify if:

They beat or draw with India OR Bahrain lose or draw with Australia

2. Bahrain qualify if:

They beat Australia.

3. Australia qualify if:

They beat or draw with Bahrain.

4. India have no chance of qualifying.

Group D

1. Iran have already qualified to the quarter-finals on top of the group.

2. Iraq qualify if:

They beat or draw with DPR Korea

3. DPR Korea qualify if:

They beat Iraq

4. UAE qualify if:

They beat Iran and DPR Korea defeat Iraq. But UAE’s margin of win has to be higher than DPR Korea’s.

Note: Overall goal difference will be taken in consideration in case of equal goal difference between the teams concerned.