Iran and South Korea paired for 2014 World Cup Asian qualifiers

TEHRAN,March 10(MNA)-- Iran has been grouped with South Korea in the final stage of Asian qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. Iran was picked to face the far-east Asian giant in Group A along with Uzbekistan, Lebanon and Qatar, in a draw held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday, A total of 10 teams were divided into two groups of five in the draw. In Group B, Australia is pitted against Japan, Iraq, Oman and Jordan. Asia has 4.5 tickets for the FIFA World Cup. The top-two teams of the two groups will automatically qualify to play in the 2014 World Cup, while the two third-place teams are to take part in a play-off with the winner taking on a team from South America for a final ticket to Brazil. Iran and South Korea, as giants of west and east Asia, have played together 25 times, with each showing nine wins and seven draws.