The third round of
2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification is played from 25 March 2025 to 31 March 2026.
Format
A total of 24 teams (3 best ranked losing teams from the
first round
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
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+ 18 third and fourth-placed teams from the
second round
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+ 3 winners from the
play-off round) will participate in the third round to compete for the final six slots in the
2027 AFC Asian Cup
The 2027 AFC Asian Cup will be the 19th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's association football, football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament involves 24 nationa ...
.
The 24 teams will be divided into six groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. Only the group winners of each group will qualify for the
2027 AFC Asian Cup
The 2027 AFC Asian Cup will be the 19th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's association football, football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament involves 24 nationa ...
, where they will join the 18 teams which qualified directly from the
second round
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.
Qualified teams
Best-ranked losing teams from the
first round
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
* Far Infrared a ...
:
Teams finishing third or fourth in their respective
second round
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groups:
Play-off round winners:
Seeding
The draw was held on 9 December 2024 at the AFC House in
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...
, Malaysia, at 15:00 (
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
It is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time, mainly due to China's large population, with an estimated population ...
). The teams were drawn into six groups of four teams each, with the seeding based on the November 2024
FIFA World Rankings
The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, first introduced in December 1992. The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their gam ...
.
Schedule
The schedule of each matchday is as follows.
Rules
The winner of each group will qualify for the
final tournament, joining the 18 teams that qualified directly (including the host).
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Goalscorers
Notes
See also
*
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round
References
External links
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Qualification
Qualification may refer to:
Processes
* Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS), a competitive contract procurement process established by the United States Congress
* Process qualification, ensures that manufacturing and production processes can ...
2027
Predicted and scheduled events
* May – The 2027 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled; the location is typically determined by the previous year's winner.
* May 15– August 15 – Expo 2027 is scheduled to be held in Belgrade, Serbia.
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