Group A: Qatar 6 points, India 3 points, Kuwait 3 points and Afghanistan 0 points.
Group B: Japan (6 points), Syria (3 points), North Korea (3 points) and Myanmar (0 points).
Group C: South Korea (6 points), China (3 points), Thailand (3 points) and Singapore (0 points).
Group D: Malaysia (6 points), Oman (3 points), Kyrgyzstan (3 points) and China Taipei (0 points).
Group E: Iran (4 points), Uzbekistan (4 points), Turkmenistan (1 minute), China and Hongkong (1 minute).
Group F: Iraq (6 points), Vietnam (3 points), Philippines (1 minute) and Indonesia (1 minute).
Group G: Saudi Arabia (6 points), Tajikistan (4 points), Jordan (1 point) and Pakistan (0 point).
Group H: UAE 6 points, Bahrain 3 points, Yemen 3 points and Nepal 0 points.
Group 1: Australia (6 points), Lebanon (2 points), Palestine (1 minute) and Bangladesh (1 minute).
Rules for Asian regional qualifiers of the 23rd World Cup.
The first stage of the 2026 World Cup and 2027 Asian Cup joint qualifiers: 22 teams ranked 26th-47th in Asia played two rounds of home and away matches, and 1 1 the winning team advanced to the second stage.
The second stage of the 2026 World Cup and 2027 Asian Cup joint qualifiers: 36 teams (the top 25 in Asia and the 65,438+065,438+0 teams promoted in the first stage) are divided into 9 groups, with 4 teams in each group playing the home and away round robin. The top two teams in the group, 18, advanced to the AFC Asian qualifiers and the 2027 Asian Cup.
Asian play-offs: There are three groups of Asian AFC qualifiers. The six teams that won the third and fourth place in the group are divided into two groups, and three teams in each group play against each other in a single round. The first place in the two groups directly advanced to the 2026 World Cup, and the two second-place teams decided the winner through the play-offs. The winning team represented Asia in the intercontinental play-offs of the World Cup.