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3 best ranked losing teams advance to the third round of Asian Cup qualification. 6 worst ranked losing teams advance to the play-off round of Asian Cup qualification. [note 2] Second round: 36 teams (ranked 1–26 and 10 first-round winners) are divided into 9 groups of 4 teams to play home-and-away double round-robin matches.
The AFC Asian Cup qualification [a] is the process that a national association football team goes through to qualify for the final tournament of AFC Asian Cup.The qualification reduces the large field of eligible entrants from 47 to just 24 for the finals.
The second round of 2026 FIFA World Cup AFC qualification, which also served as the second round of 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification, began on 16 November 2023 and was completed on 11 June 2024. [1] [2]
The pandemic-delayed schedule of Asian qualifying games for the 2022 World Cup was set Wednesday by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC said the remaining games will be played in March and ...
The country has hosted various men's youth competitions, such as the 2008 and 2010 AFC U-16 Championships, the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup and the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup. On 23 February 2024, Uzbekistan also withdrew their bid. [7] The AFC ultimately awarded Uzbekistan the 2029 Women's Asian Cup hosting rights also on 15 May as the only bidder. [1]
Japan is within touching distance of an eighth straight World Cup appearance after a 3-1 win over China on Tuesday put the team nine points clear of second-place Australia, which drew 2-2 with ...
Group D of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup took place from 14 to 24 January 2024. [1] The group consisted of Japan, Indonesia, Iraq and Vietnam. [2] The top two teams, Iraq and Japan, along with third-placed Indonesia (as one of the four best third-placed teams), advanced to the round of 16.
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