The second round of the third phase will take place on Tuesday (9/10), nine matches, with particular attention to the leaders of Group C: Bahrain x China
This Tuesday (9/10) will see the second full round of the third stage of the Asian qualifiers. There will be nine matches, with special attention to two matches in Group C, Death: Indonesia x Australia and Bahrain x Japan.
In the case of the Australians, the team goes to Indonesia and needs to win to recover. The team lost at home to Bahrain, 1-0. It was the big surprise of the group. This match will take place at 9:00 (Brasilia time). The leaders Bahrain and Japan will play at 13:00. The Japanese destroyed China, 7-0, in the biggest defeat of the round. Bahrain, as mentioned above, beat the Australians.
Asian Qualifiers Round 2 Matches
Group A
8:55 – North Korea x Qatar
11:00 – Kyrgyzstan x Uzbekistan
13:00 – United Arab Emirates x Iran
Group B
10:55 – Palestine x Jordan
11:00 – Oman x South Korea – ESPN4 & Disney+
3:00 PM – Kuwait x Iraq
Group C
9:00 – Indonesia x Australia – Disney+
9:00 – China x Saudi Arabia – Disney+
1:00 PM – Bahrain x Japan – ESPN4 & Disney+
Asian Qualifiers Rules
Understanding the rules of this Asian tie is not the easiest task. There are currently 18 contestants looking for eight vacancies. See below:
The third phase guarantees 6 places
This is the phase that will start this Thursday. There are 18 teams divided into three groups. The competitors play in their groups in turns. The best two of each group will qualify directly to the World Cup.
Repechage 1 guarantees 2 places
However, a repechage is planned with the third and fourth ranked teams of each group. The six teams will be divided into two groups of three. The two winners of the group will qualify directly for the World Cup.
Repechage 2
The runners-up from repechage 1 play a knockout game and whoever wins this duel goes to the global repechage, in the fight for the last two places in the World Cup.
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