RIYADH: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed the centralized venues for the postponed Asian qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, with Arab nations hosting five of the eight groups to be completed.
All matches are now scheduled to take place from May 31 to June 15, 2021.
The AFC official website announced that ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ has been selected to hold the matches in Group D, which includes Uzbekistan, Singapore, Yemen and Palestine, while the UAE will host Group G, which consists of ASEAN challengers Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
Bahrain will stage the matches in Group C, which features table-toppers Iraq, Iran, Hong Kong and Cambodia, while Kuwait was confirmed as the host for Group B, which includes Australia, Jordan, Nepal and Chinese Taipei.
FIFA World Cup 2022 host Qatar will welcome Group E opponents Oman, Afghanistan, India and Bangladesh, with Japan hosting Group F matches comprising Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Myanmar and Mongolia.
Finally, China PR will host Group A, which comprises leaders Syria, Philippines, Maldives and Guam, while Korea Republic will stage the matches for Group H, which include leaders Turkmenistan, Lebanon, DPR Korea and Sri Lanka.
