2011 AFC Asian Cup Qualification - Seedings

Seedings

On 6 December 2007 the Asian Football Confederation announced the seeding for the preliminary round of the 2011 tournament:

Automatic Qualifiers Other Teams
  1. Iraq
  2. Saudi Arabia
  3. South Korea
  1. Japan
  2. Australia
  3. Iran
  4. Uzbekistan
  5. Vietnam
  6. China PR
  1. Thailand
  2. Indonesia
  3. United Arab Emirates
  4. Bahrain
  5. Oman
  6. Malaysia
  1. Jordan
  2. Syria
  3. Hong Kong
  4. Yemen
  5. Kuwait
  6. Singapore
  1. India**
  2. Lebanon
  3. North Korea*
  4. Myanmar*
  5. Maldives***
  6. Turkmenistan*
  • Teams marked '*' withdrew prior to the draw. All of them participated in the 2008 and 2010 AFC Challenge Cup, and therefore had a chance to qualify via those two tournaments.
  • India (marked '**') were drawn into Group C of the qualifiers, but withdrew from the qualifiers following their victory in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup which automatically qualified them for the final tournament.
  • Maldives (marked '***') were the only other team that entered the Asian Cup qualifiers who could also qualify via the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup, but they were eliminated from the Asian Cup qualifiers before the group stage.
  • The following teams did not enter main qualification, but could qualify via the AFC Challenge Cups if they chose to enter:
  • Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • Brunei
  • Cambodia
  • Chinese Taipei
  • Guam
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Macau
  • Mongolia
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Palestine
  • Philippines
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Timor-Leste

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