AFC ASIAN QUALIFIERS™ - ROAD TO 26 ?
This is the final qualifying round to determine which countries will participate in the FIFA World Cup 26™ to be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Teams that pass the first and second qualifying rounds, which started in October 2023, are eligible to
participate.
To make watching the matches even more enjoyable, we will provide an easy-to-understand explanation of the
tournament outline.
AFC ASIAN QUALIFIERS™ - ROAD TO 26
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AFC ASIAN QUALIFIERS™
- ROAD TO 26
format and match progress
A record number of 48 countries will participate in FIFA World Cup 26™. Asia has been given a record eight FIFA World Cup berths. In addition, one team will participate in the FIFA Playoff Tournament, potentially bringing the number of teams from the AFC in the tournament to a maximum of nine. 46 teams from the AFC and FIFA will participate in the AFC Asian Qualifiers™.
The 18 teams that pass the round 2 of qualifying will be divided into three groups of six teams each and
play league matches in two round-robin home-and-away matches from September 2024 to June 2025. The top two
teams from each group (six teams in total) will qualify for the FIFA World Cup 26™.
The six teams that placed third and fourth in each group of the third qualifying round will be
divided into two groups that will compete in the fourth qualifying round in October 2025, and the winners of
each group will qualify for the FIFA World Cup 26™. The second-placed teams will play two matches, and the
winner will advance to the Inter-Confederation Play Off.
AFC Asian Qualifiers™ - Road to 26 is the final qualifying round to determine which countries will participate in the FIFA World Cup 26™ to be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Teams that pass the first and second qualifying rounds, which started in October 2023, are eligible to participate.
Preliminary Joint Qualification - Round 1 consist of the 20 lowest ranked FIFA teams in Asia.
The 10 teams that win the two home-and-away matches will advance to the Preliminary Joint Qualification - Round 2.
The round 2 of qualifying will feature 36 teams in total:
The 10 teams that made it through
the round 1 and the top 26 FIFA-ranked teams in Asia.
They will compete in nine groups of four teams each.
Each group will play a round-robin tournament with two home and away matches,and the top two teams from each
group (18 teams in total) will advance to the AFC Asian Qualifiers.
Six teams will participate in the Inter-Confederation Play Off to compete for the last two spots in the FIFA World Cup 26™ main tournament. Participating will be two teams from Concacaf and one team each from AFC, CAF, CONMEBOL, and OFC. The two teams with the highest rankings will be seeded countries and will start in the finals. The other four teams will play in the semifinals, with the winning team playing the seeded nation in the final for the right to play in the FIFA World Cup 26™.