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2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification – AFC Fourth Round
The fourth round of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC), AFC matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will be played in October 2025. Format The third-place and fourth-place teams from the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round, third round will be divided into two groups of three teams. Each group will play a round-robin tournament at a centralized venue. The winners of each group will qualify directly for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, while the runners-up will advance to the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fifth round, fifth round. On 13 June 2025, AFC confirmed Qatar and Saudi Arabia as the host countries. The hosts were selected following a bidding process involving prospective teams during the third round. The decision to hold the centralised playoff format in Qatar and Saudi Arabia was met with criticism from Indonesia, Iraq, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates over concerns of competitive advantage. Qualified teams The following teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification – AFC Fourth Round
The fourth round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC), AFC matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification consisted of a one-game playoff, single match that determined the Asian Football Confederation, AFC representative in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs), intercontinental play-offs against the CONMEBOL representative. This round was originally scheduled as a two-legged tie for 11 and 16 November 2021, but the dates and format were changed in November 2020 in response to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia. The match featured the United Arab Emirates national football team, United Arab Emirates and Australia men's national soccer team, Australia. It was played at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar (one of the host cities of the World Cup) on 7 June 2022. Background Since the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC), 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, the last round of the Asian qualifiers (in this case, the fourth round) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
