2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers - AFC

Kuwait’s matches against Laos and Korea Republic forfeited.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y...aos-and-korea-republic-forfeited-2780047.html

Seems that, Korea will get ranking points for two matches in "one day".
Kuwait (29.03 fortfeited) and Thailand (29.03 Friendly) matches.

 

I got the schedule of next round for first pot teams Iran and Australia. I do not know the schedule for the teams of other pots yet.

Here is the schedule for Iran in next round and Australians can understand their schedule in next round now:

Iran vs Qatar or Iraq
China or UAE vs Iran
Saudi Arabia or Uzbekistan vs Iran
Iran vs Korea or Japan
Syria or Thailand vs Iran
Qatar or Iraq vs Iran
Iran vs UAE or China
Iran vs Saudi Arabia or Uzbekistan
Korea or Japan vs Iran
Iran vs Syria or Thailand

I put the host team first and the guest team second.

 

Does that mean that Australia would play away first?

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No the first game for both Australia and Iran is a home game. I put the host team first.

 

No. First game will be a home game for Australia against Qatar or Iraq.

 

Ok, thanks

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According to a Japanese sports paper, Pot2(Korea and Japan) is

Sep.01 2016 Japan vs (UAE or China)
Sep.05 2016 (Syria or Thailand) vs Japan
Oct.06 2016 Japan vs (Iraq or Qatar)
Oct 11 2016 (Iran or Australia) vs Japan
Nov.15 2016 Japan vs (Saudi Arabia or Uzbekistan)

Not mentioned about 2nd half schedule.

 

When is the draw tomorrow?

 

cant both be right for the 4th Matchday

 

Both of them are same. For 4th match-day,

Iran or Australia vs Korea or Japan

For 9th match-day:

Korea or Japan vs Iran or Australia

 

Hey friend! How are you doing? We are back at it again.. Final round for the World Cup

 

Hey my friend, fine. Thanks. Hope you are doing fine too. Yes. It is exciting and can be stressful sometimes.

 

Iraq FA announced that UAE will be the first choice for Iraq's home games, unless we get drawn with them. Qatar is second choice.

 

So, based on the notes above the schedule should be:
MD01+06 [01.09.16 - 23.03.17 reversed] 1v5, 2v4, [3v6]
MD02+07 [06.09.16 - 28.03.17 reversed] 4v1, 6v2, [5v3]
MD03+08 [06.10.16 - 08+13.06.17 reversed*] 3v1, 2v5, [4v6]
MD04+09 [11.10.16 - 31.08.17 reversed] 1v2, [3v4], [5v6]
MD05+10 [15.11.16 - 05.09.17 reversed] 6v1, 2v3, [4v5]

Notes - the matchups in brackets (eg [3v6]) could be either order, although I think the first two are probably right)
I think Australia (as Asian Champions) will play away against Saudi Arbia or Uzbekistan on 08.06.17 before heading off to the Confederations Cup and all the other games will be on the 13th.

J

 

Good news. No hard feeling, but now our NT can have a decent pitch to practice other than Azadi. Iraq national team used to pay 370 million rial (10.5k $) cash for each session in Pas Stadium while the price was 50 million (1390$) for Iranian NT but it was given to Iraqi NT. Takhti Stadium was also under contract with Afghanistan NT. Our NT's camp was under construction so our team was practicing in Azadi all the times. Now, they have a good pitch to practice close to Azadi with less hassle.

 

Correct order without brackets. Confirmed from another Japanese sports news.

 

While it was an educated guess for MD1+2 the fact that the rest if correct is just a complete fluke.

There is also a video that confirms the match day lists (apart from the Australia 8 June 2017 point). It also notes that the 3rd placed team from Group A will host the first leg of the play-offs in October 2017. the video itself is, umm, "thorough".

See https:\\www.youtube.com\watch?v=QnSSyfzpAGw

J