How close is your team to clinching a certain World Cup qualifing spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of games a team must win to guarantee winning a given qualifing spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team page.
| Record | Qualifing Group Finish | Elimination | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | GDi Goal Differential |
Gi Goals |
GPi Games Played 10 game season |
Pts | 1* World Cup Qualifier |
2* World Cup Qualifier |
3** Advancement to a playoff against the other AFC group third place finisher then to a playoff against another confederation team |
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| Iran | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 0 | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| South Korea | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 23 | X | 0 | ^ | ^ |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 12 | X | X | 0 | ^ |
| Iraq | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | X | X | X | 0 |
| Syria | 1 | 6 | 3 | -7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | X | X | X | 0 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 6 | 3 | -8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | X | X | X | 0 |