WC2022 NATIONS

QATAR - Host
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AFC QUALIFIERS

46 nations are participating in AFC Qualifiers
4 nations will qualify directly and a fifth nation will play PO matches with a nation from CONMEBOL to qualify

SECOND ROUND

Top 34 nations join the 6 nations - 40 teams play in 8 groups - Group winners and 4 best runners-ups proceed

GROUP A

	P	G		F	A	max
Syria	15	5		14	4	24		Guam	Maldives	0	1		Philippines	Syria	2	5
China PR	7	4		13	2	19		Guam	Philippines	1	4		Maldives	China PR	0	5
Philippines	7	5		8	8	16		China PR	Guam	7	0		Syria	Maldives	2	1
Maldives	6	5		6	10	15		Philippines	China PR	0	0		Syria	Guam	4	0
Guam	0	5		2	19	9		Maldives	Philippines	1	2		Syria	China PR	2	1
								Maldives	Guam	3	1		Syria	Philippines	1	0
								Philippines	Guam				China PR	Maldives
								Guam	China PR				Maldives	Syria
								China PR	Philippines				Guam	Syria
								Philippines	Maldives				China PR	Syria

GROUP B

	P	G		F	A	max
Australia	12	4		16	1	24		Chinese Taipei	Jordan	1	2		Kuwait	Nepal	7	0
Kuwait	10	5		17	3	19		Chinese Taipei	Nepal	0	2		Kuwait	Australia	0	3
Jordan	10	5		10	2	19		Australia	Nepal	5	0		Jordan	Kuwait	0	0
Nepal	3	5		2	16	12		Chinese Taipei	Australia	1	7		Jordan	Nepal	3	0
Chinese Taipei	0	5		2	25	9		Kuwait	Chinese Taipei	9	0		Jordan	Australia	0	1
								Jordan	Chinese Taipei	5	0		Nepal	Kuwait	0	1
								Nepal	Chinese Taipei				Australia	Kuwait
								Nepal	Australia				Kuwait	Jordan
								Australia	Chinese Taipei				Nepal	Jordan
								Chinese Taipei	Kuwait				Australia	Jordan

GROUP C

	P	G		F	A	max
Iraq	11	5		9	2	20		Cambodia	Hong Kong	1	1		Bahrain	Iraq	1	1
Bahrain	9	5		3	1	18		Cambodia	Bahrain	0	1		Hong Kong	Iran	0	2
Iran	6	4		17	3	18		Iran	Cambodia	14	0		Iraq	Hong Kong	2	0
Hong Kong	5	5		3	5	14		Cambodia	Iraq	0	4		Bahrain	Iran	1	0
Cambodia	1	5		1	22	10		Hong Kong	Bahrain	0	0		Iraq	Iran	2	1
								Hong Kong	Cambodia	2	0		Iraq	Bahrain	0	0
								Bahrain	Cambodia				Iran	Hong Kong
								Cambodia	Iran				Hong Kong	Iraq
								Iraq	Cambodia				Iran	Bahrain
								Bahrain	Hong Kong				Iran	Iraq

GROUP D

	P	G		F	A	max
Uzbekistan	9	5		12	6	18		Singapore	Yemen	2	2		Palestine	Uzbekistan	2	0
Saudi Arabia	8	4		8	4	20		Singapore	Palestine	2	1		Yemen	Saudi Arabia	2	2
Singapore	7	5		7	10	16		Uzbekistan	Yemen	5	0		Saudi Arabia	Singapore	3	0
Yemen	5	5		6	11	14		Singapore	Uzbekistan	1	3		Palestine	Saudi Arabia	0	0
Palestine	4	5		3	5	13		Uzbekistan	Saudi Arabia	2	3		Yemen	Palestine	1	0
								Yemen	Singapore	1	2		Uzbekistan	Palestine	2	0
								Palestine	Singapore				Saudi Arabia	Yemen
								Yemen	Uzbekistan				Singapore	Saudi Arabia
								Uzbekistan	Singapore				Saudi Arabia	Palestine
								Saudi Arabia	Uzbekistan				Palestine	Yemen

GROUP E

	P	G		F	A	max
Qatar	13	5		11	1	22		India	Oman	1	2		Qatar	Afghanistan	6	0
Oman	12	5		11	4	21		Afghanistan	Bangladesh	1	0		Qatar	India	0	0
Afghanistan	4	5		2	11	13		Bangladesh	Qatar	0	2		Oman	Afghanistan	3	0
India	3	5		3	5	12		India	Bangladesh	1	1		Qatar	Oman	2	1
Bangladesh	1	4		2	8	13		Afghanistan	India	1	1		Oman	Bangladesh	4	1
								Oman	India	1	0		Afghanistan	Qatar	0	1
								Bangladesh	Afghanistan				India	Qatar
								Qatar	Bangladesh				Afghanistan	Oman
								Bangladesh	India				Oman	Qatar
								India	Afghanistan				Bangladesh	Oman

GROUP F

	P	G		F	A	max
Japan	12	4		13	0	18		Mongolia	Myanmar	1	0		Tajikistan	Kyrgyzstan	1	0
Kyrgyzstan	7	5		10	5	10		Mongolia	Tajikistan	0	1		Myanmar	Japan	0	2
Tajikistan	7	5		6	8	10		Japan	Mongolia	6	0		Kyrgyzstan	Myanmar	7	0
Myanmar	6	5		5	13	9		Mongolia	Kyrgyzstan	1	2		Tajikistan	Japan	0	3
Mongolia	3	5		2	10	6		Myanmar	Tajikistan	4	3		Kyrgyzstan	Japan	0	2
								Myanmar	Mongolia	1	0		Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan	1	1
								Tajikistan	Mongolia				Japan	Myanmar
								Mongolia	Japan				Myanmar	Kyrgyzstan
								Kyrgyzstan	Mongolia				Japan	Tajikistan
								Tajikistan	Myanmar				Japan	Kyrgyzstan

GROUP G

	P	G		F	A	max
Vietnam	11	5		5	1	20		Thailand	Vietnam	0	0		Indonesia	Malaysia	2	3
Malaysia	9	5		8	6	18		Indonesia	Thailand	0	3		Malaysia	UAE	1	2
Thailand	8	5		6	3	17		Vietnam	Malaysia	1	0		UAE	Indonesia	0	5
UAE	6	4		8	4	18		Indonesia	Vietnam	1	3		Thailand	UAE	2	1
Indonesia	0	5		3	16	9		Malaysia	Thailand	2	1		Vietnam	UAE	1	0
								Vietnam	Thailand	0	0		Malaysia	Indonesia	2	0
								Thailand	Indonesia				UAE	Malaysia
								Malaysia	Vietnam				Indonesia	UAE
								Vietnam	Indonesia				UAE	Thailand
								Thailand	Malaysia				UAE	Vietnam

GROUP H

	P	G		F	A	max
Turkmenistan	9	5		8	5	18		North Korea	Lebanon	2	0		Sri Lanka	Turkmenistan	0	2
South Korea	8	4		10	0	20		Turkmenistan	South Korea	0	2		Sri Lanka	North Korea	0	1
Lebanon	8	5		5	3	17		South Korea	Sri Lanka	8	0		Lebanon	Turkmenistan	2	1
North Korea	8	5		4	3	17		North Korea	South Korea	0	0		Sri Lanka	Lebanon	0	3
Sri Lanka	0	5		0	16	9		Turkmenistan	North Korea	3	1		Lebanon	South Korea	0	0
								Lebanon	North Korea	0	0		Turkmenistan	Sri Lanka	2	0
								South Korea	Turkmenistan				North Korea	Sri Lanka
								Sri Lanka	South Korea				Turkmenistan	Lebanon
								South Korea	North Korea				Lebanon	Sri Lanka
								North Korea	Turkmenistan				South Korea	Lebanon

FOUR BEST SECONDS

	P	G		F	A	max
Oman	12	5		11	4	21
Kuwait	10	5		17	3	19
Malaysia	9	5		8	6	18
Bahrain	9	5		3	1	18
South Korea	8	4		10	0	20
Saudi Arabia	8	4		8	4	20
China PR	7	4		13	2	19
Kyrgyzstan	7	5		10	5	16

THIRD ROUND

12 nations will play in 2 groups - Top 2 in the groups qualify to 2022 World Cup Finals and two third placed teams proceed to Fourth Round

GROUP A

GROUP B

FOURTH ROUND - PLAY-OFFS

2 teams play-off - the winner proceeds

INTER-CONFEDERATION PLAY-OFFS

AFC - CONMEBOL play-off - the winner proceeds to 2022 World Cup Finals

FIRST ROUND

12 nations (ranked 35-46) play in the two-legged elimination style - 6 nations will proceed

								P	K						ROUND 2
Mongolia	Brunei	2	0		1	2									Mongolia
Macau	Sri Lanka	1	0		0	3									Sri Lanka
Laos	Bangladesh	0	1		0	0									Bangladesh
Malaysia	Timor-Leste	7	1		5	1									Malaysia
Cambodia	Pakistan	2	0		2	1									Cambodia
Bhutan	Guam	1	0		0	5									Guam