No qualification was secured yesterday but we did see some good results.
Group 1: Australia ended their home campaign with a 2-0 win over play-off hopefuls Bahrain. But the Aussies had to work for the win. Australia got top by 2 points from Japan.
Japan hosted a Qatar side needing to win to have any chance of grabbing the play-off place but an own goal in the 2nd minute from Adbulaziz Ali meant Qatar were playing catch-up. Ali Yahya's penalty levelled thing up but Qatar couldn't find the winner and bow out.
Group 2: South Korea held Saudi Arabia to a 0-0 draw which in turn keeps arch-rivals North Korea in the hunt for the 2nd automatic place.
Iran, ironically can pipe both North Korea and Saudi Arabia to the automatic berth after they secured a 1-0 win over the UAE. Ali Karimi's goal meant Iran need to win on Saturday and hope both North Korea draw with Saudi Arabia.
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