China has all but clinched its first berth in the World Cup with a 1-0 win over the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi. Qi Hong's goal in the 42th minute gave Bora Milutinovic's team the three
points to open up a five-point lead on third-place Qatar with three games to play in Group B.
Group A RESULTS Sept. 22 in Bangkok Thailand 1 (Suksomkit 38) Iraq 1
(Ridha 63).
Sept. 21 in Manama Bahrain 0 Saudi Arabia 4 (O. Al-Dossari 26, Al-Shaihan 28, Al-Waked 40, Al-Jaber 89).
Sept. 15 in Bangkok Thailand 1 (Senamuang 30) Saudi
Arabia 3 (Al Jaber 47, 70, Bin Shahon 55).
Sept. 14 in Tehran Iran 0 Bahrain 0.
Sept. 7 in Baghdad Iraq 1 (I.Mohamed 20) Iran 2 (Karimi 30, Ali Daei 84).
Sept. 6 in
Manama Bahrain 1 (Al-Dousari 17) Thailand 1 (Senamuang 64).
Sept. 1 in Bangkok Thailand 0 Iran 0.
Aug. 31 in Manama Saudi Arabia 1 (O. Al-Dossary 45) Iraq 0.
Aug.
24 in Manama Iran 2 (Daei pen. 54, 64) Saudi Arabia 0.
Aug. 23 in Manama Bahrain 2 (Yosuf 58, Al-Kawari 81) Iraq 0.
Aug. 17 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1 (O. Al-Dossari 82)
Bahrain 1 (Salmeen 18).
Aug. 17 in Baghdad Iraq 4 (H.Mohammed 23, 76, L.Mohammed 70, Hussien 84) Thailand 0.
STANDINGS | TEAM
| GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| Saudi Arabia | 5
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
| Iran | 4 | 2 | 2
| 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Bahrain | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4
| 6 | 6 |
| Iraq | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4
|
| Thailand | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
SCHEDULE
Sept. 28 Iraq-Bahrain Saudi Arabia-Iran Oct. 5 Iran-Thailand Iraq-Saudi Arabia Oct. 12 Iran-Iraq Oct. 13 Thailand-Bahrain Oct. 19 Bahrain-Iran Saudi Arabia-Thailand
Group B RESULTS Sept. 27 in Abu Dhabi UAE 0 China 1 (Qi Hong 42).
Sept. 22 in Tashkent Uzbekistan 0 United Arab Emirates 1 (Omar 5).
Sept. 21 in
Muscat Oman 0 Qatar 3 (Rasoul 26, Mustafa 33, Al-Enazi 76).
Sept. 15 in Shenyang China 2 (Li Weifeng 63, Fan Zhiyi 76) Uzbekistan 0.
Sept. 14 in Muscat Oman 1 (Salim
52) UAE 1 (Ahmed 13).
Sept. 8 in Tashkent Uzbekistan 5 (Irismetov 17, 73, Shatskikh pen. 38, Kasymov 50, 67) Oman 0.
Sept. 7 in Doha Qatar 1 (Al Noobi 31) China 1 (Li Wei Seng
90).
Aug. 31 in Muscat Oman 0 China 2 (Qi Hong 26, Fan Zhiyi pen. 40).
Aug. 31 in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 0 Qatar 2 (Khalifa 65, Nasser Ali 71
Aug. 26 in
Tashkent Uzbekistan 2 (Irismetov 36, Kasymov 50) Qatar 1 (Al-Tamimi 88).
Aug. 25 in Beijing China 3 (Li Xiaopeng 4, Qi Hong 20, Hao Haidong 34) UAE 0.
Aug. 17 in Abu
Dhabi UAE 4 (Salem 21, Hareb pen. 33, Ali 44, Bakhit 85) Uzbekistan 1 (Shirshov 37).
Aug. 16 in Doha Qatar 0 Oman 0.
STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| China
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| Qatar | 5 | 2
| 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| UAE | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3
| 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8
| 6 |
| Oman | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2
|
SCHEDULE Sept. 28 Qatar-Uzbekistan Oct. 4 Qatar-UAE Oct. 7 China-Oman Oct. 13 Oman-Uzbekistan China-Qatar Oct. 19 UAE-Oman
Uzbekistan-China
