The 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating.
For the first time, the defending champions (Japan), did not earn an automatic berth in the finals and had to compete in the qualification tournament. Twelve teams from top two of each groups joined with four host nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) qualify for the final tournament.
16 national teams did not enter qualifying (The team's FIFA World Ranking was considered for November 2005):
Turkmenistan [116]
Maldives [133]
Tajikistan [141].svg/1280px-Flag_of_Myanmar_(1974%E2%80%932010).svg.png){kind=small}
Myanmar [147]
Kyrgyzstan [157]
Laos [170]
Nepal [175].svg/1280px-Flag_of_Mongolia_(1992%E2%80%932011).svg.png){kind=small}
Mongolia [179]
Cambodia [188].svg/1280px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_(2004%E2%80%932021,_variant).svg.png){kind=small}
Afghanistan [189]
Bhutan [190]
Philippines [191]
Macau [192]
Brunei [199]
Guam [204]
East Timor [Not yet ranked]
North Korea [82] were banned from qualifying after having been found guilty of improper conduct in the qualifying round for 2004.Thus, out of 46 national teams, 25 entered the qualifying.
In December 2005, Bangladesh and Pakistan played off in a home and away series (with Bangladesh hosting the first leg), to determine which team would progress to the final qualifying round. This was originally scheduled in November but the earthquake in Pakistan forced it to be postponed.
After a goalless first leg in Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 December 2005, Bangladesh won the second leg thanks to the goal from Firoz Mahmud Titu at the 84-minute in People's Sports Complex, Karachi, Pakistan four days later. Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. However, Pakistan ended up also being qualified into the final qualifying round anyway, after Sri Lanka withdrew.
Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. 
Pakistan also qualified after 
Sri Lanka withdrew.
The draw was held on 4 January 2006.
The seeding was based on the 2004 competition, including results during qualifying. The teams in their respective pots also are listed with respect to their performance. Note that Jordan and Uzbekistan were placed higher than South Korea and Iraq. For the tie-breaker here served the fact that Jordan and Uzbekistan were eliminated on penalty shootout, while the other two teams were clearly defeated. Uzbekistan precedes Jordan as it won its group, while Jordan placed second. The same principle is applied to the rest of the teams on the list. The Australian team which had just joined the Asian Football Confederation on 1 January 2006 and had not participated in previous tournaments was given the lowest rank.[1]
If two or more teams in a group are equal on points on completion of the group matches, their places shall be determined as follows:
Note: Bahrain is ranked higher than Kuwait by the two head-to-head game results (Bahrain 2 – 1 Kuwait).
1 On 1 August 2006, it was announced that the AFC had accepted a withdrawal request from the Federation Libanaise de Football due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.[3]The results of the Lebanon-Kuwait game on 22 February 2006 have been declared null and void and do not count towards the group rankings.[4]
The following fixtures were also canceled:
Note: Iraq is ranked higher than China PR by the two head-to-head game results (Iraq 3 – 2 China PR).
1 All Iraq's home matches played in Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates.
2 All Palestine's home matches played in Amman, Jordan.
Kazuki Ganaha
Saleh Bashir Essa Al Mahyani Hisato Satō Ryūji Bando Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Al Suwaileh Al Sawailh Mohamed Amin Didi
Ali Al-Nono
Mehrzad Madanchi Javad Nekounam Ali Karimi Firaj Mahmud Shinji Ono Seiichiro Maki Takashi Fukunishi Tatsuhiko Kubo Yuki Abe Kengo Nakamura Marcus Tulio Tanaka
N.S. Manju Al Hagbani Hassan Muath Fallatah Saleem Abdullah Fekri Al-Hubaishi Al-Haggam Andranik Teymourian Ali Daei Vahid Hashemian Mohammad Nosrati Reza Enayati Hossein Badamaki