2026 World Cup Asian Qualifiers Draw: UAE Nationwide Staff in Group A with Iran and Qatar

Moataz Al Shami (Abu Dhabi)

The draw for the third spherical of Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup positioned our nationwide group in Group A with Iran and Qatar, holders of the primary and second tiers, in addition to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and North Korea .
The 18 groups that certified for the third stage have been divided into 3 teams, every together with 6 groups, taking part in amongst themselves in a house and away system, and the primary and the second group in every group qualifies immediately for the World Cup, by receiving 6 qualification playing cards to the World Cup, whereas each groups transfer on The 6 groups that end in third and fourth place are on the divided into two teams to take part within the fourth stage, the “Asian Playoff”, with the primary place second. every group that qualifies for the World Cup, whereas the 2 groups that end second within the fourth stage advance to a round-robin conflict, to find out which group qualifies for the “World Playoff”.
The second group sees the presence of 5 groups from West Asia together with South Korea, particularly Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Palestine and Kuwait, thus making certain the Arab group’s qualification to the finals, as the primary and second of every group are eligible. World Cup, whereas the third group was very robust, and could be described as “Weapons”, after together with Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, China and Indonesia.
The draw was held within the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, within the presence of the coaches and managers of the 18 groups that may enter the upcoming qualifiers, which is able to run from subsequent September to June 2025.
Our nationwide group begins its qualification marketing campaign with essentially the most tough matches, as they meet their Qatari brother in Doha subsequent September 5, then host Iran on the tenth of the identical month, and in October our group will meet North Korea and Uzbekistan of their stadium in Tashkent, and in November the “White” group will play at their house stadium in -against Kyrgyzstan and Qatar In March, that is essentially the most tough stage, with two video games performed away from house, the primary towards Iran in Tehran, then North Korea for him. soil, and our group will full the third stage tour in June 2025 by assembly Uzbekistan within the Emirates, and Kyrgyzstan in its stadium. The Asian continent has 8 straight seats within the finals of the 2026 World Cup, which might be held in Canada, Mexico, and the US, with the potential of acquiring the ninth seat via the​​​​”World Complement”.