Qatar grouped with Iran & Korea in World Cup qualifiers
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.
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