Soccer-World Cup Asia qualifying results and standings

Sept 11 (Reuters) - Results and standings from Tuesday's

World Cup qualifying matches in Asia.

Group A

Uzbekistan 2 South Korea 2

Lebanon 1 Iran 0

P W D L F A PTS

1. South Korea 3 2 1 0 9 3 7

2. Iran 3 1 1 1 1 1 4

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

3. Qatar 3 1 1 1 2 4 4

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

4. Lebanon 4 1 1 2 2 5 4

5. Uzbekistan 3 0 2 1 3 4 2

* Top two teams qualify for World Cup

Two third-place team face each other in a two legged playoff

with the winner advancing to the intercontinetal playoff against

the fifth placed team in South America.

Playing on Oct. 16

Qatar v Uzbekistan

Iran v South Korea

Previous results

Played on June 12.

South Korea 3 Lebanon 0

Iran 0 Qatar 0

June 8.

Lebanon 1 Uzbekistan 1

Qatar 1 South Korea 4

June 3

Uzbekistan 0 Iran 1

Lebanon 0 Qatar 1

- -

Group B

Jordan 2 Australia 1

Japan 1 Iraq 0

P W D L F A PTS

1. Japan 4 3 1 0 11 1 10

2. Jordan 3 1 1 1 3 8 4

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

3. Australia 3 0 2 1 2 3 2

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

4. Iraq 3 0 2 1 2 3 2

5. Oman 3 0 2 1 1 4 2

Playing on Oct. 16

Iraq v Australia

Oman v Jordan

Previous results

Played on June 12.

Australia 1 Japan 1

Iraq 1 Oman 1

June 8

Japan 6 Jordan 0

Oman 0 Australia 0

June 3

Japan 3 Oman 0

Jordan 1 Iraq 1