This page provides the summaries of the AFC first round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
In this round teams ranked 6–24 were randomly drawn against teams ranked 25–43, and the draw took place on 6 August 2007 in the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Teams ranked 1–5 received a bye to the third round.
United Arab Emirates won 6–0 on aggregate.
[8][3] Among the 19 winners, the top 11 winners advanced directly to the third round while the remaining 8 teams advanced to second round.