How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain World Cup qualifing spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing 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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| Saudi Arabia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 23 | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Japan | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 22 | X | MW | ^ | ^ |
| Australia | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 15 | X | X | MW | ^ |
| Oman | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 14 | X | X | X | MW |
| China | 1 | 6 | 3 | -10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | X | X | X | MW |
| Vietnam | 1 | 8 | 1 | -11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | X | X | X | MW |