Kuala Lumpur: Qatar head coach, Jose Carreno and Qatar Football Associationofficialrepresentative, Ahmed Hassan, have both left for Malaysia to attend the proceedings ofthe 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Asian Qualifiers Final Round at the Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur at 1630 hrs (Malaysia time) on Tuesday. On Tuesday, attention turns to the Mandarin Oriental hotelin the Malaysian capital when the eyes of the world will be on thedraw for the final round of 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia AsianQualifiers. In total, 12 teams will be involved in the proceedings,namely the eight group winners and the four best second-placed teamsfrom the currently on-going qualification process. Eight AFC Member Associations have qualified for 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Asian Qualifiers Final Round by virtue of finishing as group winners from Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 with another four also qualifying as the four best second-placed teams. They will be drawn into two groups of six teams to play home-and-away under the round-robin format. The winner and runner-up of each group (four teams in total) will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia finals while the third-placed teams of each group (two teams in total) will advance to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Asian Play-off Round. The winner of the Asian Play-off Round (one team in total) will take on the side that finishes fourth in the fifth round of the CONCACAF qualifiers in a two-legged inter-confederation playoff. The 12 nations, seeded based on the latest FIFA rankings which were released on April 7, will be drawn from six country pots as follows: Pot 1:Iran (42nd), Australia (50th) Pot 2:Korea Republic (56th), Japan (57th) Pot 3:Saudi Arabia (60th), Uzbekistan (66th) Pot 4:United Arab Emirates (68th), China PR (81st) Pot 5:Qatar (83rd), Iraq (105th) Pot 6:Syria (110th), Thailand (119th)