The date of the draw and the qualification system for the 2026 World Cup within the decisive spherical of the Asian qualifiers

Malaysia – The curtain got here down yesterday, Tuesday, on the ultimate sixth spherical of the second spherical of double qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 Asian Cup, because the contract for these qualifying for the decisive third spherical was accomplished.

18 groups reserved their qualification ticket to the decisive third spherical, together with 9 Arab groups, as follows: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Iran, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Australia, China and Kyrgyzstan.

These 18 groups have additionally reserved their locations within the 2027 Asian Cup within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

– The date of the decisive spherical draw

The Asian Soccer Confederation has set Thursday, June 27, 2024, because the date for the draw for the decisive third spherical of the World Cup qualifiers for the Asian continent.

The draw will happen within the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.

– Qualification system

In keeping with the qualifying system, the third stage through which the 18 groups qualifying from the second spherical are distributed into three teams, every group contains six groups. These groups face one another forwards and backwards from September 2024 till June 2025, with the primary two groups assured to qualify on to the 2026 World Cup, which can witness… 48 groups from completely different continents of the world participated as an alternative of 32.

The Asian continent loved a rise in its share of qualifying for the expanded World Cup, because it was allotted eight direct seats, with the potential of rising it to 9 seats in gentle of the presence of a spot within the playoff, which will increase the probabilities of qualifying for the historic first time for a lot of groups.

After the tip of the third stage (through which six groups certified), come the fourth stage qualifiers, which embrace six groups, which ranked third and fourth within the third spherical teams, the place they’re divided into two teams of three groups.

The group competitions of the fourth stage shall be held between October and November 2025, with the first-place finishers within the two teams qualifying on to the World Cup, whereas the second-place finishers in every group qualify for one elimination match, the winner of which can advance to the continental playoff qualifiers.

Supply: RT