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The Asian section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar for national teams who are members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Apart from Qatar (who qualified automatically as hosts), a total of 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final ...
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was the qualifying process which decided the 31 teams that would join hosts Qatar, who received an automatic spot, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Parallel tournaments were organised by FIFA 's six confederations .
The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the two third-placed teams advanced to the fourth round. World Cup hosts Qatar won Group E in the second round (which meant they advanced to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup finals) but were not required to qualify for the World Cup.
The qualification format was announced on 1 August 2022, having been revamped to fit the increased finals allocation of eight direct qualifiers and one play-off qualifier: [4] [5] First round: 20 teams (ranked 27–46) played home-and-away over two legs. The ten winners advanced to the second round.
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round; Tournament details; Dates: 5 September 2019 – 15 June 2021: Teams: 40 (from 1 confederation) Tournament statistics; Matches played: 157: Goals scored: 519 (3.31 per match) Attendance: 1,598,753 (10,183 per match) Top scorer(s) Ali Mabkhout (11 goals)
Indonesia qualified for the AFC Asian Cup on five occasions, and advanced to the knockout stage for the first time in the 2023 tournament, exiting in the round of 16. [10] Indonesia achieved the bronze medal at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo. [9] The team appeared in the ASEAN Championship final six times. They finished runners-up on all six ...
The draw for the second round was held on 27 July 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [5]The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2023 (shown in parentheses below).
17 years 9 months 5 days – Marselino Ferdinan (vs. Nepal, 14 June 2022) [3] Youngest player to score a hat-trick 21 years 11 months – Zaenal Arief (vs. Philippines , 23 December 2002)