2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers-Asian region third round

2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers-Asian region third round

The 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers have entered the third round. The 12 teams that advance in the second round are divided into Group A and Group B. The top two teams in each group will get tickets to the Qatar World Cup. And the two groups of A,B will score the third-ranked team will play a PK match, and the winning team will get the last ticket for the Qatar World Cup.

Format

The twelve teams that advanced from the second round (the seven group winners excluding Qatar and the five best group runners-up) were divided into two groups of six teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group will qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the two third-placed teams will advance to the fourth round. World Cup hosts Qatar won Group E in the second round (which meant they advanced to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup finals) but were not required to qualify for the World Cup.

Group A	Group B

3rd Round Match Schedule

2 September 2021

• 20:00 UTC+9 South Korea vs Iraq

• 20:30 UTC+4.5 Iran vs Syria

• 20:45 UTC+4 United Arab Emirates vs Lebanon

7 September 2021

• 20:00 UTC+9 South Korea vs Lebanon

• 19:00 UTC+3 Syria vs United Arab Emirates

• 21:00 UTC+3 Iraq vs Iran

7 October 2021

• South Korea vs Syria

• United Arab Emirates vs Iran

• Iraq vs Lebanon

12 October 2021

• Iran vs South Korea

• United Arab Emirates vs Iraq

• Syria vs Lebanon

11 November 2021

• South Korea vs United Arab Emirates

• Iraq vs Syria

• Lebanon vs Iran