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.

Asia's four automatic qualifying berths were taken by Australia, Japan and both North and South Korea.

The initial seeding (used in the draw for the first two rounds) was based on each team's performance during the qualification stage for the previous World Cup.

[2] The official draw took place on 6 August 2007 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The four seeding Pots used were: Australia South Korea Iran Japan Saudi Arabia Bahrain Uzbekistan Kuwait North Korea China Jordan Iraq Lebanon Oman United Arab Emirates Qatar Syria Thailand Turkmenistan Singapore The teams in each group played each other twice, once home and once away.

* Positions based on original final standings The 10 qualifiers were drawn into two groups of five teams at the draw in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27 June 2008.

The top 2 teams in each group qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa.

The third-placed teams met in a play-off to determine who would play the OFC winner, New Zealand, in a separate playoff for a spot in the Finals.

The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in Nassau, the Bahamas.

The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in Nassau, the Bahamas.