AFC Qualifiers - Draw - Second round

A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–34 in the AFC entrant list and six first round winners) was divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up will advance to the third round.

Group A: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Timor-Leste and Malaysia

Group B: Australia, Jordan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh

Group C: China PR, Qatar, Maldives, Bhutan and Hong Kong

Group D: Iran, Oman, India, Turkmenistan and Guam

Group E: Japan, Syria, Afghanistan, Singapore and Cambodia

Group F: Iraq, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Chinese Taipei

Group G: Korea Republic, Kuwait, Lebanon, Myanmar and Laos

Group H: Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Philippines, Korea DPR and Yemen