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Qatar and Saudi Arabia will hold Asian qualifying playoffs for the 2026 World Cup, confirmed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Six teams, third and fourth in the recent third qualifying round, will be divided into two three teams.
They will compete in a centralized format from October 8 to October 14, 2025, according to AFC in a statement on Friday.
The winners of the group will provide two remaining automatic berths in the World Cup.
Young players in each group will play two matches on November 13 and 18, and the winners qualify for the cross -rules, with which they were able to win a place in the World Cup.
When is the AFC World Cup qualifying round?
The lottery for the next and last qualifying round in Asia is scheduled for July 17.
The venues of each game will be approved.
What happened in the final round of AFC World Cup qualifiers?
The third qualifying round consisted of three six groups, and the best teams in each group automatically qualified for the World Cup, filling six of the eight slits of AFC in the 2026 World Football Exhibition Event.
The third and fourth place team teams switched to the final round of AFC qualifiers, hoping to win one of the fast -reduction places in the World Cup finals.
The two lower teams from each of these groups were excluded – Palestine was the last half who saw their hopes of progress when they were beaten by a late penalty for Oman, which led to fourth place in Group B.
It was the farthest in Palestine, which had achieved their attempts to qualify for the World Cup.
Which six AFC teams have already qualified for the World Cup?
Japan was the first team to secure their place in the tournament to be welcomed in the US, Canada and Mexico, when they flowed through Group C in Australia in the same group, claimed their place in second place with the last day’s victory over Saudi Arabia, who could jump over Socceroos with victory.
Jordan and Uzbekistan both finished second in their groups, respectively behind South Korea and Iraq, sealing their first performance in the World Cup.
Which AFC teams can still qualify for the 2026 World Cup?
Indonesia, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are six teams that still have the opportunity to reach the World Cup final.
AFC Asian Cup champions and 2022 World Cup owners, Qatar had a mixed campaign to finish in fourth A group, and the UAE claimed third place.
Indonesia, hoping for only the second appearance in the World Cup finals, secured fourth place in Group C, seeing a late charges from China, who released qualifications for the next round alongside Bahrain. Saudi Arabia finished third in this group.
Iraq and Oman finished in third and fourth place in Group B respectively.
When and where is the next AFC Asian Cup?
The next Asian Cup edition will be played in 2027. Saudi Arabia, which will also host the FIFA World Cup 2034, is named the host country.
How are you qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup?
The first round of AFC, which qualified for the tournament, began in October 2023, and saw that 20 teams (27 to 46) played home and away playoffs, with 10 winners.
In the second round, the teams were 1-26, joining the qualification process, and 36 teams split into nine groups. The round was played in 2023 and 2024.
Nine group winners and new players progressed not only by the 2027 Asian Cup, but also to the AFC World Cup qualifying group.
The third qualifying round is currently underway to find out who ranks in the AFC Asian Cup with 18 teams that have just finished the AFC qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
