Back تصفيات آسيا لكأس العالم 2010 Arabic 2010 FİFA Dünya Kubokunun Asiya seçmə mərhələsi Azerbaijani Kvalifikacije za Svjetsko prvenstvo u nogometu 2010 - Azija BS Classificació de la Copa del Món de futbol 2010-AFC Catalan Kvalifikace na Mistrovství světa ve fotbale 2010 (AFC) Czech Kvalifikation til VM i fodbold 2010, AFC Danish Προκριματικά Παγκοσμίου Κυπέλλου Ποδοσφαίρου 2010 (ΑΦΚ) Greek Clasificación de AFC para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2010 Spanish مرحله مقدماتی جام جهانی فوتبال ۲۰۱۰ (آسیا) Persian AFC:n karsinnat jalkapallon maailmanmestaruuskilpailuihin 2010 Finnish
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 8 October 2007 – 14 November 2009 |
| Teams | 43 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 143 |
| Goals scored | 374 (2.62 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,267,023 (22,846 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Sarayoot Chaikamdee Maksim Shatskikh(8 goals each) |
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) section of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification was allocated four assured qualifying berths for the final tournament in South Africa and one place in a play-off. 43 teams were in the running for these spots, while Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not enter qualification. This was the first time Timor-Leste competed in World Cup qualification and the first time Australia attempted to qualify for the World Cup as a member of the AFC, having moved from the Oceania Football Confederation at the start of 2006. Note that this edition saw the first effective participation of Myanmar. The country, called "Burma" until 1989, was registered three times (1950, 1994, 2002) but withdrew each time before playing.
Asia's four automatic qualifying berths were taken by Australia, Japan and both North and South Korea. Bahrain failed to become a fifth Asian representative in the World Cup after losing the play-off match against Oceanian representatives New Zealand.