FIFA World Cup 2022 Asian qualifiers draw released

Draw for Round 2 of Asian qualifiers for Qatar 2022 completes. The eyes of the Asian footballing turned to Kuala Lumpur, today, as the draw for the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 took place at the AFC House in Malaysia’s capital.

Round 2 draw results

Group A: China PR, Syria, Philippines, Maldives, Guam

Group B: Australia, Jordan, Chinese Taipei, Kuwait, Nepal

Group C: IR Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Cambodia

Group D: Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Palestine, Yemen, Singapore

Group E: Bangladesh, Oman, India, Afghanistan, Qatar

Group F: Japan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Myanmar, Mongolia

Group G: UAE, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

Group H: Korea Republic, Lebanon, Korea DPR, Turkmenistan, Sri Lanka

The matches in Round 2 will be played from 5 September 2019 through 9 June 2020.

The group winners and four best runners-up (12 teams in total) will advance to the third round of Asian World Cup qualifying.

Those 12 sides will also automatically qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup, with the next best 24 teams competing in a separate qualifying competition to determine the remaining sides that will take part at China 2023.


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