Karena Australia juga merupakan juara kedua Piala Asia AFC 2011, satu dari tempat kualifikasi otomatis tidak digunakan.[1] Maka, ada total 11 tempat yang akan ditentukan oleh pertandingan kualifikasi.
AFC mengajukan 20 tim yang terlibat dalam kualifikasi dibagi ke dalam lima kelompok dengan masing-masing berisi 4 tim. Dua tim teratas dari setiap kelompok dan satu tim posisi ketiga terbaik dari semua kelompok akan lolos ke putaran final.[2]
Undian penyisihan dilakukan di Melbourne pada 9 Oktober 2012, 18:00 UTC+11:00.[3] Dua puluh tim dibagi ke dalam empat pot:
Tim-tim berikut ini tidak masuk dalam undian kualifikasi utama, tetapi sebagai peserta kualifikasi untuk Piala Tantangan AFC2012 atau 2014, mereka berhak untuk masuk ke Piala Asia AFC 2015 dengan memenangkan salah satu dari dua turnamen tersebut:
Timor Leste were the only eligible AFC national team to enter neither the 2012 nor 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.
Kepulauan Mariana Utara were also an entrant to 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification; however, as an associate member of AFC, it was not clear if they were eligible to qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
The following matchdays have been assigned by the AFC for 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification. As 15 October and 19 November 2013 are also the dates of the inter-confederation playoffs for 2014 FIFA World Cup,[4] a number of alternative matchdays have been allocated.
In each group, the teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:[7]
Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (Away goals do not apply)
Goal difference in all the group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
^ abPertandingan Singapura v Oman dan Suriah v Yordania pada hari pertandingan ke-2 dijadwal ulang dari rencana pada 22 Maret 2013 berdasarkan permohonan asosiasi sepak bola Oman dan Yordania agar tim nasionalnya dapat mempersiapkan diri untuk Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2014 Babak Keempat AFC pada 26 Maret 2013.[8][9]
^ abcSyria played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns.[10]
^ abThe Oman v Jordan match on Matchday 4 and Singapore v Jordan match on Matchday 5 were rescheduled from the original dates of 15 and 19 November 2013 due to Jordan's qualification to the Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2014 inter-confederation play-off pada 14 and 20 November 2013.[11]
^ abcIrak memainkan pertandingan kandang di luar negaranya atas alasan keamanan.
^ abcYemen played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns.[12]
^ایران میزبان بازیهای سوریه شد (dalam bahasa Persian). روزنامه شرق. June 30, 2013. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2017-10-24. Diakses tanggal 2014-06-07. Pemeliharaan CS1: Bahasa yang tidak diketahui (link)
Australia;
Jepang
Korea Selatan;
Korea Utara;
Palestina.
Australia
Jepang
Korea Selatan
Korea Utara
Bahrain
Uni Emirat Arab
Arab Saudi
Oman
Uzbekistan
Qatar
Iran
Kuwait
Yordania
Irak
Tiongkok
Palestina
Timor Leste were the only eligible AFC national team to enter neither the 2012 nor 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.
Kepulauan Mariana Utara were also an entrant to 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification; however, as an associate member of AFC, it was not clear if they were eligible to qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
