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2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round

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2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round
Tournament details
Dates25 March 2025 – 31 March 2026
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
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The third round[note 1] of 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification will be played from 25 March 2025 to 31 March 2026.[1]

Format

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A total of 24 teams (3 best ranked losing teams from the first round + 18 third and fourth-placed teams from the second round + 3 winners from the play-off round) will participate in the third round to compete for the final six slots in the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.[2]

The 24 teams will be divided into six groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. Only the group winners of each group will qualify for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup, where they will join the 18 teams which qualified directly from the second round.[1]

Qualified teams

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Best-ranked losing teams from the first round:

Teams finishing third or fourth in their respective second round groups:

Play-off round winners:

Seeding

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The draw was held on 9 December 2024 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,[7] at 15:00 (UTC+8). The teams were drawn into six groups of four teams each, with the seeding based on the November 2024 FIFA World Rankings.

FIFA Rankings as of 28 November 2024[8]
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Syria (95)
  2.  Thailand (97)
  3.  Tajikistan (104)
  4.  Lebanon (112)
  5.  Vietnam (116)
  6.  India (127)
  1.  Malaysia (132)
  2.  Turkmenistan (143)
  3.  Philippines (149)
  4.  Afghanistan (155)
  5.  Hong Kong (156)
  6.  Yemen (158)
  1.  Singapore (161)
  2.  Maldives (162)
  3.  Chinese Taipei (165)
  4.  Myanmar (167)
  5.    Nepal (175)
  6.  Bhutan (182)
  1.  Brunei (184)
  2.  Bangladesh (185)
  3.  Laos (186)
  4.  Timor-Leste (196)
  5.  Pakistan (198)
  6.  Sri Lanka (200)

Schedule

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The schedule of each matchday is as follows.[9][10]

Matchday Dates
Matchday 1 25 March 2025
Matchday 2 10 June 2025
Matchday 3 9 October 2025
Matchday 4 14 October 2025
Matchday 5 18 November 2025
Matchday 6 31 March 2026

Groups

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The winner of each group will qualify for the final tournament, joining the 18 teams that qualified directly (including the host).

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 7.3):[11]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying criteria 1 to 3, a subset of teams is still tied, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they meet in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Philippines Tajikistan Timor-Leste Maldives
1  Philippines 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 3 2027 AFC Asian Cup — 10 Jun 14 Oct 4–1
2  Tajikistan 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 31 Mar '26 — 1–0 9 Oct
3  Timor-Leste 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0 9 Oct 18 Nov — 10 Jun
4  Maldives 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0 18 Nov 14 Oct 31 Mar '26 —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Tajikistan 1–0 Timor-Leste
Hanonov 3'
Philippines 4–1 Maldives
Attendance: 3,334
Timor-Leste v Maldives
Philippines v Tajikistan
Timor-Leste v Philippines
Tajikistan v Maldives
Philippines v Timor-Leste
Maldives v Tajikistan
Timor-Leste v Tajikistan
Maldives v Philippines
Tajikistan v Philippines
Maldives v Timor-Leste

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Lebanon Yemen Bhutan Brunei
1  Lebanon 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 3 2027 AFC Asian Cup — 31 Mar '26 9 Oct 5–0
2  Yemen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 Jun — 18 Nov 14 Oct
3  Bhutan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 Oct 0–0 — 31 Mar '26
4  Brunei 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 0 18 Nov 9 Oct 10 Jun —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Bhutan 0–0 Yemen
Lebanon 5–0 Brunei
Yemen v Lebanon
Brunei v Yemen
Lebanon v Bhutan
Yemen v Brunei
Bhutan v Lebanon
Brunei v Lebanon
Yemen v Bhutan
Lebanon v Yemen
Bhutan v Brunei

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Bangladesh Hong Kong Singapore India
1  Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2027 AFC Asian Cup — 9 Oct 10 Jun 18 Nov
2  Hong Kong 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 Oct — 18 Nov 10 Jun
3  Singapore 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 31 Mar '26 0–0 — 14 Oct
4  India 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0–0 31 Mar '26 9 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Singapore 0–0 Hong Kong
Attendance: 8,064
Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)
India 0–0 Bangladesh
Bangladesh v Singapore
Hong Kong v India
Bangladesh v Hong Kong
India v Singapore
Hong Kong v Bangladesh
Singapore v India
Bangladesh v India
Hong Kong v Singapore
India v Hong Kong
Singapore v Bangladesh

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Turkmenistan Thailand Chinese Taipei Sri Lanka
1  Turkmenistan 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 2027 AFC Asian Cup — 10 Jun 18 Nov 14 Oct
2  Thailand 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 31 Mar '26 — 9 Oct 1–0
3  Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 1–2 14 Oct — 31 Mar '26
4  Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0 9 Oct 18 Nov 10 Jun —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Chinese Taipei 1–2 Turkmenistan
Thailand 1–0 Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka v Chinese Taipei
Turkmenistan v Thailand
Sri Lanka v Turkmenistan
Thailand v Chinese Taipei
Turkmenistan v Sri Lanka
Chinese Taipei v Thailand
Sri Lanka v Thailand
Turkmenistan v Chinese Taipei
Thailand v Turkmenistan
Chinese Taipei v Sri Lanka

Group E

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Syria Myanmar Afghanistan Pakistan
1  Syria 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 2027 AFC Asian Cup — 9 Oct 31 Mar '26 2–0
2  Myanmar 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 14 Oct — 2–1 31 Mar '26
3  Afghanistan 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 10 Jun 18 Nov — 14 Oct
4  Pakistan 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 18 Nov 10 Jun 9 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 25. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Myanmar 2–1 Afghanistan
Syria 2–0 Pakistan
Pakistan v Myanmar
Afghanistan v Syria
Pakistan v Afghanistan
Syria v Myanmar
Afghanistan v Pakistan
Myanmar v Syria
Pakistan v Syria
Afghanistan v Myanmar
Syria v Afghanistan
Myanmar v Pakistan

Group F

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Vietnam Malaysia Nepal Laos
1  Vietnam 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 3 2027 AFC Asian Cup — 31 Mar '26 9 Oct 5–0
2  Malaysia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 10 Jun — 2–0 14 Oct
3    Nepal 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 14 Oct 25 Mar — 31 Mar '26
4  Laos 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 0 18 Nov 9 Oct 10 Jun —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Vietnam 5–0 Laos
Attendance: 11,068
Referee: Yahya Ali Almulla (United Arab Emirates)
Malaysia 2–0   Nepal
Laos v   Nepal
Malaysia v Vietnam
Laos v Malaysia
Vietnam v   Nepal
Malaysia v Laos
Nepal   v Vietnam
Laos v Vietnam
Nepal   v Malaysia
Vietnam v Malaysia
Nepal   v Laos

Goalscorers

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There have been 20 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of 25 March 2025).

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

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  1. ^ Referred as the final round
  2. ^ FIFA suspended Pakistan from all football activities on 6 February 2025 due to failing to adopt a version of the PFF constitution that had been approved by FIFA and AFC.[3][4] The PFF voted to approve the constitutional changes on 27 February, and the suspension was lifted on 2 March.[5][6]
  3. ^ a b c Timor-Leste will play their home games outside the country, due to the National Stadium in Dili failing to meet FIFA standards.
  4. ^ a b c Lebanon will be required to play all their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict.
  5. ^ a b c Yemen will be required to play their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Yemeni civil war.
  6. ^ a b c Syria played their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Syrian civil war.
  7. ^ a b c Afghanistan played their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Afghan conflict.

References

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  1. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Committee approves key decisions on reformatted competitions". AFC. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Asia's pathway to the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup™ 2027 confirmed". the-AFC. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  3. ^ "FIFA suspends the Congolese Football Association and the Pakistan Football Federation". FIFA. 6 February 2025.
  4. ^ Lakhani, Faizan. "Pakistan ruled out of AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers due to Fifa suspension". thenews.com.pk. The News International. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Pakistan soccer approves steps wanted by FIFA to lift international suspension". Associated Press. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  6. ^ Grafström, Mattias. "Lifting of the suspension of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)" (PDF). digitalhub.fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Asian Football Calendar (December 2024 – November 2025)". The AFC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  8. ^ "FIFA Men's World Ranking – November 2024". fifa.com. FIFA. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  9. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2024 - Jun 2025)" (PDF). AFC.
  10. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2025 - Jun 2026)" (PDF). AFC.
  11. ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2027 Saudi Arabia Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. 9 August 2024. p. 25.
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