That is, those that can't miss out even mathematically. Those hosting people. Indonesia - Malaysia - Thailand - Vietnam Australia. And now... Speaking of Koreans (which I didn't in the original version of this post, because that would have been wrong, and I'm never wrong, so it didn't happen, and you can't prove it) I saw heaps of them on the flight back from Amsterdam to Hong Kong after the WC group stage. Why did so many Koreans fly via Amsterdam? J
Countries in the next Asia Cup... Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, U.A.E, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. 3 Arab (playing) and 4 East-Asian countries (hosts). --- Countries out... India, Taiwan, Pakistan, Lebanon (withdrew) and Bangladesh. 1 East-Asian, 1 Arab and 3 Central-Asian countries.