Group 1 Iran Qatar Jordan Laos Group 2 Uzbekistan Iraq Palestine Chinese Taipei Group 3 Japan Oman India Singapore Group 4 China Kuwait Malaysia Hong Kong Group 5 UAE Thailand Yemen North Korea Group 6 Bahrain Syria Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Group 7 South Korea Lebanon Vietnam Maldives Group 8 Saudi Arabia Indonesia Turkmenistan Sri Lanka
In terms of competition, yes, as Yemen were coming on in the second round of the last comp, and North Korea was seeded far too low. My prediction for the first group upset- a resurgent Vietnam nips an overly-confident South Korea on either goal difference or away goals....you heard it here first!
Japan should be careful with Oman they beat Korea and topped their group. Group 5 is probably the group of death as all the teams are on the same level. Im not happy with Iran's group it's probably the 2nd toughest. Korea and KSA have the easiest groups. My prediction for the teams to advance Iran(qatar and jordan might cause problems),Iraq(uzbekistan is a real threat),Japan(Oman might pull another upset),China(Kuwait is surrounded by east asian teams therefore china has the upperhand),Thailand(I dunno why but i have a feeling UAE will fail again at this stage),Bahrain(I want them to qualify for revenge but they should be careful about syria and kryz.)S.K(leobnan is ok vitnam might try to humilate them again?), Saudi(duh easiest group possible)