2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third Round

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC third Round

The AFC third round of Asian teams for the Qatar FIFA World Cup will start from 2 September 2021 to 29 March 2022. The process will be involving 4 rounds from 6 June 2019 to mid-2021.

The qualifying competition consists of four rounds for the Qatar world cup tournament. Preliminary round, Qualifying group stage, and Play-offs round.

The 46 FIFA-affiliated nations football teams from Asia entered the qualification round. The matches in round third will start from 2 September. Here we are sharing the list of the qualification teams & the Schedule of matches.

All the qualified teams were divided into two different groups as per their FIFA rank.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC third Round

AFC third Round
AFC third Round

Third round Format

There are twelve teams that are entered for the second round and they were divided into two groups of six teams will play home-and-away matches.

The top winner from both groups will be qualified for the Qatar World Cup and the second and third place will go for the advanced fourth round. AFC Main article 

Qualified teams: AFC third Round

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Group (Second round)WinnerRunners-up
ASyriaChina PR
BAustralia       –
CIranIraq
DSaudi Arabia      –
EQatarOman
FJapan     –
GUnited Arab EmiratesVietnam
HSouth KoreaLebanon
See also  Saudi Arabia 2022 FIFA World Cup Squad

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Draw and seeding

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Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
JapanAustraliaSaudi ArabiaIraqOmanVietnam
IranSouth KoreaUnited Arab EmiratesChina PRSyriaLebanon

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Draw

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Team APositionTeam 2Position
IranA1JapanB1
South KoreaA1AustraliaB2
United Arab EmiratesA3Saudi ArabiaB3
IraqA4China PRB4
SyriaA5OmanB5
LebanonA6VietnamB6

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Schedule

The qualification matches were rescheduled from 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, On 12 August 2020 FIFA announced that upcoming matches will be postponed to September 2021 and be finished by March 2022.

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MatchdayDateOriginal date
Matchday 12 September 20213 September 2020
Matchday 27 September 20218 September 2020
Matchday 37 October 202113 October 2020
Matchday 412 October 202112 November 2020
Matchday 511 November 202117 November 2020
Matchday 616 November 202125 March 2021
Matchday 727 January 202230 March 2021
Matchday 81 February 20228 June 2021
Matchday 924 March 20227 September 2021
Matchday 1029 March 202212 October 2021

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Groups

AFC third Round

This is the third round and it consists of two groups with six teams those teams are in the first two-position they will be directly qualified for the world cup and other teams will be going for the 4th round.

Group A

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1Iran7610122+1019
2South Korea752092+717
3United Arab Emirates723265+19
4Lebanon712447-35
5Iraq7043310-74
6Syria7025513-82

Group B

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1Saudi Arabia7610103+719
2Japan750273+415
3Australia7421134+914
4Oman721468-27
5China PR7124713-65
6Vietnam7007416-120

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