2022 World Cup : Asian Qualifying Tournament To Resume Soon

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) officials have resolved to resume the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifying tournament in October. In March, FIFA and the AFC agreed to postpone the Asian World Cup qualifying matches in March and June due to the COVID- 19 outbreak. The Asian qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 are in its second round, played by 40 teams drawn into eight groups of five to play home-and-away round-robin matches from September 5, 2019. The Asian football governing body confirmed that in consul- tation with FIFA, the remaining matches of Round Two in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will take place in October and November. Match- day seven and Eight qualifiers matches are scheduled for October 7 and 13, 2022, while the next two rounds of the qualifiers are slated for November 12 and 17, 2020. The AFC becomes the first continental body to schedule qualifiers since the out- break of the Coronavirus glo- bal pandemic. The third...