DOHA: Qatar weredrawn into Group A, along with Iran, South Korea, Uzbekistan, China and Syria as the draw for the third and final round of the 2018 World Cup Asian Zone qualification was conductedin Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia on Tuesday. Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq and Thailand form a tougher Group B. The third round will be played from September 1, 2016, to September 5, 2017. The winner and runner-up of each group (four teams in total) will qualify for the Russia finals while the two third-placed teams will advance to the Asian play-off round. The winner of itwill take on the side that finishes fourth in the fifth round of the CONCACAF qualifiers in a two-legged inter-confederation play-off. THE DRAW Group A:Iran, South Korea, Uzbekistan, China, Qatar and Syria. Group B: Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq and Thailand.

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 play-off.