Draw for Round 2 of Asian qualifiers for Qatar 2022 completed

Qualifiers drawn in Kuala Lumpur, was streamed live

Asia's top 40 teams learn their fate The eyes of the Asian footballing turned to Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday as the draw for the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ took place at the AFC House in Malaysia's capital. Round 2 draw results Group A: China PR, Syria, Philippines, Maldives, Guam Group B: Australia, Jordan, Chinese Taipei, Kuwait, Nepal Group C: IR Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Cambodia Group D: Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Palestine, Yemen, Singapore Group E: Bangladesh, Oman, India, Afghanistan, Qatar Group F: Japan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Myanmar, Mongolia Group G: United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia Group H: Korea Republic, Lebanon, Korea DPR, Turkmenistan, Sri Lanka

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How did the draw work? The 34 top-ranked sides in Asia - according to the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for June - are joined in Round 2 by the six winners of the Round 1 ties (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Guam, Malaysia, Mongolia and Sri Lanka). The competing nations were drawn into eight groups of five teams, with a side from each of the pots (also determined by June's FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking) making up the five-team pools.