2019 AFC Asian Cup - Third Round

Discussion in 'AFC: Tournaments' started by jonny63, Mar 29, 2016.

  1. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    Playoff round

    Round 1
    2 June and 7 June

    Round 2
    6 September
    11 October

    Third Round

    Matchday 1 28 March 2017
    Matchday 2 13 June 2017
    Matchday 3 5 September 2017
    Matchday 4 10 October 2017
    Matchday 5 14 November 2017
    Matchday 6 27 March 2018

    A total of 24 teams will compete in the third round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.

    Qualified :

    Afghanistan
    Bahrain
    Guam
    Jordan
    Hong Kong
    Kyrgyzstan
    Myanmar
    Oman
    Palestine
    Philippines
    Singapore
    Turkmenistan
    Vietnam


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup_qualification#Third_round
     
  2. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    Also qualified for Third round :

    North Korea
    Lebanon
    Kuwait (TBC)
     
  3. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    6 groups of 4 teams.

    8 teams from the playoffs will get slots to Third round.

    Playoff draw on April 7.
     
  4. edrees

    edrees Member

    Nov 28, 2005
    only 3 teams will be knocked out from the play-off.. interesting

    When is the draw for the third round?
     
  5. KiarashM

    KiarashM Member+

    Mar 2, 2014
    Club:
    Perspolis
    Nat'l Team:
    Iran
    Out of all these minnows, I want to see Philippines in the 2019 Asian Cup. They surprised us all by beating North Korea on the final match round. Plus their general campaign was impressive considering their history and player material. Same can be said about Kyrgyzstan, with only 2 losses in a group of Australia and Jordan.
     
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  6. Afghan-Juventus

    Afghan-Juventus Member+

    Oct 14, 2012
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Afghanistan
    There are 11 teams in the play off round. How is that going to work?
     
  7. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway

    Good question .

    This post from AFC been discussed : "At the bottom of the table, Chinese Taipei have finished their campaign with no points and will be one of 16 teams heading for the qualifying playoffs."

    http://www.the-afc.com/asian-cup-20...sia-2018uae-2019-qualifiers-md10-a-look-ahead

    Could be that 5 teams that were knocked out in First round will join the 11 teams ?
     
  8. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway

    Dont know the date of draw for Third round, could be after the playoff finished in October ?
     
  9. Parisian75

    Parisian75 Member

    Mar 13, 2015
    The draw of the groups will be held after october 2016, so maybe in december 2016. So the fifa rankings of april is not useful but it can give some indications:

    Pot 1: Jordan, Oman, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea, Philippines, Kuwait (or Turkmenistan)

    Pot 2: Turkmenistan (or Palestine), Bahrain, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Singapore

    Pot 3: Myanmar, Tajikistan, Guam, Lebanon

    + 8 teams of : india / laos / bangladesh / bhutan/timor leste / yemen / cambodia / pakistan / mongolia / sri lanka etc
     
  10. Md. Arefin Haider

    Jan 11, 2015
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Bangladesh
    20160330135333.jpg From where did they get this format? Screenshot_2016-03-30-14-53-59.png
     
  11. E_ViLL14

    E_ViLL14 Member

    Jul 6, 2010
    There were 6 teams knocked out in the first round.
     
  12. Afghan-Juventus

    Afghan-Juventus Member+

    Oct 14, 2012
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Afghanistan
    There are 6 teams eliminated in the 1st round so if they were added we would have an extra team. I'm guessing that since there are two rounds of the play offs the bottom 2 raked nations will play to even it out to 16.
     
  13. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    Yes, but Pakistan is not active now, and may not want to play in the playoffs ?

    Anyway draw is soon so AFC must inform about the playoffs within a week.
     
  14. Afghan-Juventus

    Afghan-Juventus Member+

    Oct 14, 2012
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Afghanistan
    And then Indonesia could also be added according to wiki.
     
  15. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    Each team will be drawn against an opponent from the second pot. They will then battle it out in a two legged play-off, home and away, to ensure five of the winning teams will qualify automatically for the Asian Cup.
    The five losing teams will them play in a second play-off round, this time featuring Bhutan to make it an affair of six teams, with the three winners gaining qualification.

    http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/2...tricky-play-off-for-qualification-to-?ICID=SP

    No entry for teams from First round.
     
  16. Md. Arefin Haider

    Jan 11, 2015
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Bangladesh
    Yes and they made a slight mistake here. As Laos is going to be awarded 3-0 win from the postponed match against Kuwait, India will be replaced by Laos in pot 1.
     
  17. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    FIFA has not made any final decision about Kuwait's two remaining matches. They have not awarded Laos a 3-0 win.
     
  18. E_ViLL14

    E_ViLL14 Member

    Jul 6, 2010
    #18 E_ViLL14, Mar 30, 2016
    Last edited: Mar 30, 2016
    Well, which do we believe, Goal.com or AFC as the AFC has mentioned there being 16 teams in the play-offs. There's obviously no other way to get 16 teams than to get teams from the first round. As poor as the AFC is in releasing info, I'm still inclined to believe the little info that they do release. We'll just have to wait and see though.
     
  19. JLSA

    JLSA Member

    Nov 11, 2003
    The goal.com description is backed up by the Maldives FA as well. BTW I would expect the change to see Laos seeded rather than India. It also does make sense in an AFC sort of way - remember the qualification scheme for the 2010 World Cup that saw the 11 best 1st round winners advance straight to the group stage, but the remaining 8 winners having to go through another play-off - these guys like to mix it up.

    The goal.com schema also involves 16 matches (which might be the cause of the confusion).

    J
     
  20. stimory

    stimory Member

    May 13, 2008
    Website of Tajikistan Football Federation also outlines the same process as Maldives has said. I believe AFC has shared the format with the MAs.
     
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  21. E_ViLL14

    E_ViLL14 Member

    Jul 6, 2010
    Well, there you go then. As I've said, the AFC are poor in releasing info. Now, the little info they do release, they f**k up! lol.
     
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  22. Md. Arefin Haider

    Jan 11, 2015
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Bangladesh
    I saw you sharing a Kuwaiti source. Not strong enough?
    Screenshot_2016-03-31-00-13-59.png
     
  23. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    Not good enough :)

    FIFA has not made any final decision about Kuwait's matches.

    http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/index.html#275171

    FIFA has informed the AFC, Kuwait Football Association, Laos Football Association and Korea Republic Football Association that, taking into account the suspension of the Kuwait FA, the Kuwait-Laos and Korea Republic-Kuwait 2018 FIFA World Cup™ qualifying matches, scheduled for 24 and 29 March 2016 respectively, cannot take place as things stand at the time of writing.
    They were also informed that these matters are to be referred to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for its consideration. Further information will follow in due time.

    http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=3/news=fifa-statement-on-kuwait-qualifiers-2770223.html
     
  24. JLSA

    JLSA Member

    Nov 11, 2003
  25. Parisian75

    Parisian75 Member

    Mar 13, 2015

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