July 17 - DRAW - FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifier & AFC A2023 Asian Cup Qualifier

[Futbaldoost]

I don't think it's going to work like that. if Qatar wins the group, the 5th runner-up will qualify instead.

I couldn't find the rules and regulations on the-afc.com or on fifa.com. I was thinking that if Qatar wins the group, the second and third teams will be bumped up and in the likely scenario that Oman and Afghanistan end up in 2nd and third place, Oman will qualify as the first team and Afghanistan will be in the pool for the four group runner-ups with the best records. We shall find out when they post the rules and regulations for the Asian qualifiers.

[Iran_19]

Tougher group compare to our other rivals but this shouldn't and will not cause us any issue. Iran will top the group.

[Azeem98]

Wikipedia says if Qatar tops their group than it will be up to Fifa will they allow Qatar to play in the second round and if Qatar is willing to play

[Azeem98]

Does anyone also think that Group H is the surprise package ? Turkmenistan looked good in the Asian Cup, North vs South Korea might give some surprising result because of off the field stuff and Lebanon thrashed N Korea a few years ago.

[Azeem98]

If you guys remember France was placed in the Group I of Euro 2016 qualifying which had five teams Portugal, Albania, Armenia etc. All those teams played friendlies against France on spare dates.



So don't be surprised if Qatar plays in the next round

[Paradigm]

Need to arrange good friendly matches for specific FIFA calendar days. If Iran gets along with more countries, teams could travel to Tehran for the game, or ask their federation to help line up visas.

[Nokhodi]

Wikipedia says if Qatar tops their group than it will be up to Fifa will they allow Qatar to play in the second round and if Qatar is willing to play

That's very dangerous.
I hope they don't allow that.

[Futbaldoost]

Wikipedia says if Qatar tops their group than it will be up to Fifa will they allow Qatar to play in the second round and if Qatar is willing to play

Wikipedia is not a reliable source since anyone can edit the page. What makes sense is for Qatar to exit after this (second) round if it wins group E (the most probable scenario) and the second and third teams in the group to be bumped up to first and second places respectively. If Qatar ends up in second place in group E and qualifies for the next round as one of the four group runner-ups then it should again exit and the third team in the group should be bumped to second. If Qatar doesn't qualify for the next round, the qualification rules and regulations will apply to the first and possibly second teams in the group. In the scenarios where teams are bumped up, the same qualification rules should apply to them. It doesn't make any sense for Qatar to participate in the third round since third and fourth rounds are designated for WC 2022 qualification only and Qatar is already qualified as the host. Why should Qatar take the place of another team who could have a chance (no matter how big or small). This is purely my opinion.

[IRANHKG]

Friendly play China 5/9 in Guangzhou is good idea

[Firooz]

Does anyone also think that Group H is the surprise package ? Turkmenistan looked good in the Asian Cup, North vs South Korea might give some surprising result because of off the field stuff and Lebanon thrashed N Korea a few years ago.

South Korea has been always very lucky and their record of qualifying for every world cup going back to '86 is really not indicative of how strong they are.

[shahabGAOL]

Need to arrange good friendly matches for specific FIFA calendar days. If Iran gets along with more countries, teams could travel to Tehran for the game, or ask their federation to help line up visas.

against whom a practice match? Zaria Somalia or Guatemala. We need real teams like Spain or Germany Holland France, Belgium

Believe me most friendly's will be canceled at the last moment

[teammelli91]

Let’s play a friendly vs Croatia. Since our TM Omid will play 2 matches with their Omid team, why not?


Dear President Taj,

Please arrange a friendly match with Croatia! It’s not in the realms of impossibility! They are the 2nd place team from the last World Cup and their coaches/trainers have a very good relationship with Iranian football.

[sarbaz]

Iran will play a friendly with Japan in Tehran on November 19 th

[saeed_noro]

Iran will play a friendly with Japan in Tehran on November 19 th

hered about this and good idea. europe teams and other will have their own matches anyway in the fifa matchdays. but a friendly with china on 5 september would be very good.

[ehsan singapore]

again it seems we cant get good friendlies.