2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying - First Round

The first round consisted of eight matches, with home and away legs in each match, featuring the 15 lowest ranked teams in Asia. The winners of each match proceeded to the second round of qualifying, with the teams split into two pots – Pot 1 (teams ranked 28-35) and Pot 2 (teams ranked 36-43.

The results of the first leg matches were as follows:

POT 1	POT 2
Malaysia	Pakistan
Afghanistan	Palestine
Cambodia	Timor Leste
Nepal	Macau
Bangladesh	Chinese Taipei
Sri Lanka	Myanmar
Vietnam	Philippines
Mongolia	Laos

Games were played across two legs with the first leg held on 29 June 2011 and the return leg on 2 and 3 July 2011.

TEAM 1	AGG.	TEAM 2	LEG 1	LEG 2
Malaysia	4-4 (a)	Chinese Taipei	2-1	2-3
Bangladesh	3-0	Pakistan	3-0	0-0
Cambodia	6-8	Laos	4-2	2-6 (aet)
Sri Lanka	1-5	Philippines	1-1	0-4
Afghanistan	1-3	Palestine	0-2	1-1
Vietnam	13-1	Macau	6-0	7-1
Nepal	7-1	Timor Leste	2-1	5-0
Mongolia	1-2	Myanmar	1-0	0-2

(a) - Away Goals Rule