The teams which qualified for the second round were United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Syria, Bahrain, South Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Japan.
India entered the world cup qualifiers for the first time after 35 year wait.
The last time they entered, they had directly qualified for the 1950 edition of the world cup.
Lebanon played 4 matches before withdrawing, their results were annulled.
Iran disqualified for refusing to play matches on neutral ground