The Asian part of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification is the qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It is for the national teams who are members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Besides from Qatar (who qualified automatically as hosts), there a total of 4 or 5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 possible inter-confederation play-off slot) to the World Cup.[1]
The tournament has four rounds ; the first two rounds also being qualification for the 2023 AFC Asian đăng nhập ae888
( which is why Qatar plays in the first two rounds ). The first trận would have also been qualifiers for the 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup but it was cancelled. [ 2 ]The qualification định dạng is as follows : [ tam ]
All 46 FIFA associations from AFC entered qualification. The FIFA World Rankings from April 2019 was used phệ determine who would play in the first màn. The second và third rounds used the FIFA World Rankings at the phút giây of the draw .Because the qualification định dạng was for both the World Cup và Asian Cup qualifiers, both Qatar ( automatically qualifying béo the World Cup as hosts ) & Trung Quốc quảng cáo ( automatically qualifying Khủng the Asian Cup as hosts ) entered the second ải. Qatar played for qualification béo the Asian Cup, & Nước Trung Hoa phệ the World Cup. [ 5 ]Timor-Leste was banned from playing in the Asian Cup qualifiers after they fielded 12 players they weren’t able lớn play in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification. [ 6 ] FIFA did not ban them from the World Cup qualifiers though, so sánh Timor-Leste was allowed lớn enter the competition. They are not able lớn qualify bự the Asian Cup but they can qualify Khủng the World Cup. [ 7 ]The schedule of the competition according lớn the FIFA International Match Calendar. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ]
Original qualifying schedule
Stage
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Matchday
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Date
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Second round
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Matchday 7
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26 March 2020, later 8 October
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Matchday 8
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31 March 2020, later 13 October
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Matchday 9
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4 June 2020, later 12 November, then 7 June 2021
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Matchday 10
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9 June 2020, later 17 November
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Third round
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Matchday 1
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3 September 2020
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Matchday 2
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8 September 2020
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Matchday 3
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13 October 2020
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Matchday 4
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12 November 2020
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Matchday 5
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17 November 2020
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Matchday 6
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25 March 2021
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Matchday 7
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30 March 2021
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Matchday 8
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8 June 2021
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Matchday 9
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7 September 2021
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Matchday 10
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12 October 2021
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Fourth round
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First leg
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11 November 2021
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Second leg
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16 November 2021
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Inter-confederation play-offs
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First leg
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March 2022
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Second leg
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March 2022
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