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16 Apr 2019

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 Draw for the first round of AFC qualifiers

took place on Wednesday
 The event was live streamed from Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
 The June qualifiers will feature six home and
away matches
A milestone on the road to the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™ took place on
Wednesday 17 April when the draw for the first round of AFC qualifiers
was conducted at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The June qualifiers will feature six home and away matches, with part of
the overall campaign to double as 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifying.

Malaysia, Cambodia, Macau, Laos, Bhutan and Mongolia were seeded as

the draw’s top six sides who have the challenging task of facing possible
opponents – Bangladesh, Guam, Brunei Darussalam, Timor-Leste,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka for a place in the next qualifying round.

“For only the second time in history, the world’s biggest footballing stage
returns to Asia in Qatar 2022," said AFC President Shaikh Salman bin
Ebrahim Al Khalifa. "As we have seen in the last year, Qatar is leaving
nothing to chance in staging a truly magnificent spectacle.
 “And what better way to kick-start this exciting journey, than right here in
our great Continent. On behalf of the Asian football family, I wish all our
teams the very best of luck and I am confident we will witness another
thrilling qualifying campaign.”

You can relive the draw and watch how it all unfolded in the video below.
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