Indonesia direct to Round 2 World Cup 2014

Indonesia is included in the team that was seeded second at the World Cup 2014 qualification. The national team of Red and White are just starting the struggle towards Brazil in the second round.

From the Asian Zone qualifying format, which was launched Asian Football Federation (AFC) on their official website, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, Indonesia joined together with 22 team that is seeded second. The five seeded teams in the first position, while 16 teams are seeded third.

The struggle to win four automatic tickets in the World Cup 2014 and a playoff tickets will begin on June 29 and July 3, 2011. In this first round, 16 teams in the top-seeded will meet each other home and away.

Eight teams in the first round winners will join 22 seeded teams in the second, including Indonesia, to fight in the second round. The 30 teams meet in home and away games on July 23 and July 28, 2011.

Then, 15 winning teams will join five top-seeded team. The 20 teams will be divided into five groups containing four teams in the third round. The match in the third round will take place from 2 September 2011 until February 9, 2012.

Two top teams from group stage in the third round will advance to the fourth round. 10 teams will be re-divided into two groups containing five teams. Two top teams in each group are entitled to four tickets at the World Cup 2014.

If Japan advanced to the fourth round, they will be placed in fifth position in his group for not playing on June 18, 2013 to facilitate the participation of Blue Samurai teams in Konfederesi Cup in Brazil in the 16 to 30 June 2013.

Two teams in the third position in the fourth round will meet each other in the fifth round in order to get a ticket through the inter-continental playoff.

Drawing for the first round will be conducted March 30, 2011. Ranking seeded itself taken on the basis of the ranking of participation in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and the 2011 Asian Cup.


Featured in the World Cup 2014 qualification Asia Zone

Superior First :

    1. Japan
    2. South Korea
    3. Australia
    4. North Korea
    5. Bahrain

Superior Second :

    6. Saudi Arabia
    7. Iran
    8. Qatar
    9. Uzbekistan
   10. United Arab Emirates
   11. Syria
   12. Oman
   13. Jordan
   14. Iraq
   15. Singapore
   16. China
   17. Kuwait
   18. Thailand
   19. Turkmenistan
   20. Lebanon
   21. Yemen
   22. Tajikistan
   23. Hong Kong
   24. Indonesia
   25. Kyrgyzstan
   26. Maldives
   27. India

Superior Third :

   28. Malaya
   29. Afghanistan
   29. Cambodia
   31. Nepal
   32. Bangladesh
   33. Sri Lanka
   33. Vietnam
   35. Mongolia
   36. Pakistan
   37. Palestine
   38. Timor-Leste
   39. Macau
   40. Taiwan
   40. Myanmar
   42. Philippines
   42. Laos

Schedule :

Round 1 : June 29 and July 3, 2011
Round 2 : July 23 and July 28, 2011
Round 3 : 2 September, 6 September, 11 October, 11 November, 15 November 2011 and February 29, 2012.
Round 4 : June 3, 8 June, 12 June, 11 September, 16 October, 14 November 2012, March 26, June 4, June 11, June 18, 2013.
Round 5 : 6 September and 10 September 2013.
Round 6 : (inter-continental playoff): 15 October and 19 November 2013.