| Tourney Name: | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| Num Teams: | 46[1] |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the 17th edition of the international men's football championship of Asia. For the first time, the Asian Cup final tournament was contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format that was used from 2004 to 2015.[2]
The qualification process involved four rounds, where the first two doubled as the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification for Asian teams.
The qualification structure was as follows:[3]
The play-off round represented a change from the initially announced qualification format – which saw the remaining fourth-placed teams and the four best group fifth-placed teams also advance to the third round.
46 FIFA-affiliated nations from the AFC entered qualification.[6] In order to determine which nations would compete in the first round and which nations would receive a bye through to the second round, the FIFA World Rankings of January 2015 were used (shown in parentheses).[7]
Due to the joint format of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers and AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, the hosts of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the United Arab Emirates also entered the second round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers despite having qualified automatically.
Northern Mariana Islands, which is not a FIFA member, were not eligible to enter.
The schedule of the qualification competition was as follows.[8] [9] [10] [11]
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See main article: article and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round.
The draw for the first round was held on 10 February 2015, 15:30 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[12]
The six teams eliminated from this stage progressed to the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup.[13]
See main article: article and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round.
The draw for the second round was held on 14 April 2015, 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[14] [15]
Indonesia was also drawn into this group, but on 30 May 2015 the country's football association was suspended due to governmental interference,[16] and on 3 June 2015 the team was disqualified and all matches involving it were cancelled.[17]
To determine the four best runner-up teams, the following criteria are used:
As a result of Indonesia being disqualified due to FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.[18]
To determine the four best fourth-placed teams, the following criteria were used:
As a result of Indonesia being disqualified due to FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the fourth-placed teams.[18]
See main article: article and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round. At an AFC Competition Committee meeting in November 2014, it was decided that two rounds of play-off matches would be introduced into the qualification procedure to determine the final eight teams for the main qualifying round.[5] [19]
A total of eight slots for the third round were available from this round (five from round 1, three from round 2). The three teams eliminated from this stage progressed to the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup.[13]
The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 April 2016, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[20]
The lowest seeded team, Bhutan, received a bye, and the remaining ten teams were drawn into five pairs. Each pair played two home-and-away matches, with the winners qualifying for the third round.
The five losers from round 1 joined Bhutan in this round. The six teams were drawn into three pairs. Each pair played two home-and-away matches, with the winners qualifying for the third round.
See main article: article and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round. A total of 24 teams competed in the third round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Since the 2019 hosts United Arab Emirates advanced to the third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the automatic slot for the hosts was no longer necessary, and a total of 12 slots for the AFC Asian Cup were available from this round.
Due to the withdrawal of Guam and the suspension of Kuwait, the AFC decided to invite both Nepal and Macau, the top two teams of the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup, to re-enter 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification as replacements in order to maintain 24 teams in the third round of the competition.[21]
The draw for the third round was held on 23 January 2017, 16:00 GST, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[21] The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four.[22]
The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in AFC Asian Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 9 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 3 (2007, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 9 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 13 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 8 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 6 (1972, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007) | ||||
| 13 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 6 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 8 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 5 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011) | ||||
| 11 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 3 (1964, 1984, 2011) | ||||
| 0 (debut) | ||||
| 1 (2000) | ||||
| 4 (1980, 1992, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 3 (2004, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 3 (19562, 19602, 2007) | ||||
| 1 (2015) | ||||
| 3 (2004, 2007, 2015) | ||||
| 5 (1988, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015) | ||||
| 1 (2004) | ||||
| 0 (debut) | ||||
| 0 (debut) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
2 As South Vietnam
Jeje Lalpekhlua
Sardar Azmoun
Ali Ashfaq
Omar Khribin
Tom Rogic Mehdi Taremi
Shinji Kagawa
Hassan Abdel-Fattah
Jong Il-gwan Pak Kwang-ryong
Hassan Al-Haidos
Sardor Rashidov
Abdulwasea Al-Matari Mile Jedinak
Mahdi Abduljabbar
Younis Mahmoud Shinji Okazaki Munther Abu Amarah Abdallah Deeb
Vitalij Lux Boualem Khoukhi Mohammed Muntari Mohammed Musa Osama Omari
Akhtam Nazarov Parvizdzhon Umarbayev Igor Sergeev
Khaibar Amani Nathan Burns Ismail Abdullatif Abdulla Yusuf Helal
Jiang Ning
Jaimes McKee Maya Yoshida Yaseen Al-Bakhit Odai Al-Saify
Khampheng Sayavutthi Ali Fasir Ri Hyok-chol Ali Assadalla
Kwon Chang-hoon Lee Jae-sung Sanharib Malki Mahmoud Maowas
Teerasil Dangda
Arslanmyrat Amanow Altymyrat Annadurdyýew Odil Ahmedov Norlla Amiri Jabar Sharza Mustafa Zazai Massimo Luongo Mark Milligan Aaron Mooy Abdulwahab Al-Malood Mohamed Al Romaihi Sayed Mohamed Adnan Abdulla Yaser Wang Yongpo Wu Lei Yu Hanchao Godfred Karikari Lam Ka Wai Sandesh Jhingan Balwant Singh Ashkan Dejagah Ehsan Hajsafi Ali Adnan Justin Meram Mu Kanazaki Ahmed Samir Mirlan Murzaev Khonesavanh Sihavong
Niki Torrão Ahmed Nashid Karim Boudiaf Mohammed Kasola Jang Hyun-soo Ki Sung-yueng Koo Ja-cheol Suk Hyun-jun Abdelrazaq Al Hussain Raja Rafe Jahongir Ergashev Dilshod Vasiev Pokklaw Anan Theerathon Bunmathan Adisak Kraisorn Mongkol Tossakrai
Chiquito do Carmo Ramon Saro Guwanç Abylow Ruslan Mingazow Wahyt Orazsähedow Myrat Ýagşyýew Alexander Geynrikh Anzur Ismailov Ahmed Al-Sarori Ala Al-Sasi Hassan Amin Zohib Islam Amiri Zubayr Amiri Faysal Shayesteh Josef Shirdel Mathew Leckie Tommy Oar Komail Al-Aswad Sami Al-Husaini Hussain Ali Baba Sayed Reda Issa Ali Jaafar Mohamed Madan Abdullah Omar Jamal Rashid Huang Bowen Mei Fang Zhang Linpeng Zhang Xizhe
Brandon McDonald Travis Nicklaw Christian Annan Bai He Chan Siu Ki Ju Yingzhi Lo Kwan Yee Paulinho Sandro Tan Chun Lok Jordi Tarrés Xu Deshuai Fulganco Cardozo Sumit Passi Mohammed Rafique Robin Singh Rowllin Borges Karim Ansarifard Saeid Ezatolahi Jalal Hosseini Alireza Jahanbakhsh Kamal Kamyabinia Morteza Pouraliganji Ramin Rezaeian Masoud Shojaei Andranik Teymourian Mehdi Torabi Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Ali Hosni Dhurgham Ismail Mahdi Kamel Ahmed Yasin Genki Haraguchi Hiroshi Kiyotake Masato Morishige Takashi Usami Yousef Al-Naber Yousef Al-Rawashdeh Mohannad Al-Souliman Musa Al-Taamari Baha' Faisal Saeed Murjan Ildar Amirov Azamat Baymatov Edgar Bernhardt Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov Viktor Maier Almazbek Mirzaliev Bekzhan Sagynbaev Islam Shamshiev Chan Pak Chun Carlos Leonel Leong Ka Hang Ahmed Abdulla Asadhulla Abdulla Ibrahim Waheed Hassan Hamza Mohamed Hussain Niyaz Mohamed Hussain Sifaau Yoosuf Jang Kuk-chol Kim Yong-il Ri Yong-jik Ro Hak-su So Hyon-uk So Kyong-jin
Hassan Bashir Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud Akram Afif Abdelkarim Hassan Ismaeel Mohammad Sebastián Soria Lee Chung-yong Lee Jeong-hyeop Nam Tae-hee Moayad Ajan Oday Al-Jafal Ahmad Kallasi Omar Midani Nuriddin Davronov Davron Ergashev Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev Umedzhon Sharipov Tana Chanabut Kroekrit Thaweekarn Patrick Fabiano Rufino Gama Jairo Neto José Oliveira Rodrigo Silva Serdaraly Ataýew Artur Geworkýan Süleýman Muhadow Mekan Saparow Stanislav Andreev Server Djeparov Azizbek Haydarov Eldor Shomurodov Ayman Al-Hagri Mudir Al-Radaei Akram Al-Worafi Mohammed Boqshan Tawfiq Ali Mansour Sharif Mukhammad Mohannad Al-Souliman Ildar Amirov Valery Kichin Lam Ka Seng Amdhan Ali Mohamed Faisal Ali Samooh Hamdi Al Masri Davron Ergashev Serdar Annaorazow Mekan Saparow