2026 World Cup Qualifying
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| SOUTH AMERICA | |||||||
| Top six teams qualify | |||||||
| Seventh place advances to playoff | |||||||
| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Brazil | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| d-Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Chile | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Peru | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
d-penalized 3 points for falsifying birth documents for Byron Castillo
| Thursday, Oct. 12 |
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| At La Paz, Bolivia |
Ecuador 2, Bolivia 1
| At Barranquilla, Colombia |
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Colombia 2, Uruguay 2
| At Cuiabá, Brazil |
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Brazil 1, Venezuela 1
| At Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Argentina 1, Paraguay 0
| At Santiago, Chile |
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Chile 2, Peru 0
| Tuesday, Oct. 17 |
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| At Maturín, Venezuela |
Venezuela 3, Chile 0
| At Ciudad del Este, Paraguay |
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Paraguay 1 Bolivia 0
| At Quito, Ecuador |
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Ecuador 0, Colombia 0
| At Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Uruguay 2, Brazil 0
| At Lima, Peru |
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Argentina 2, Peru 0
| Thursday, Nov. 16 |
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| At La Paz, Bolivia |
Bolivia vs. Peru, 3 p.m.
| At Maturín, Venezuela |
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Venezuela vs. Ecuador, 5 p.m.
| At Córdoba, Argentina |
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Argentina vs. Uruguay, 7 p.m.
| At Barranquilla, Colombia |
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Colombia vs. Brazil, 7 p.m.
| At Santiago, Chile |
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Chile vs. Paraguay, 7:30 p.m.
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Asunción, Paraguay |
Paraguay vs. Colombia, 6 p.m.
| At Quito, Ecuador |
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Ecuador vs. Chile, 6:30 p.m.
| At Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Uruguay vs. Bolivia, 6:30 p.m.
| At Rio de Janeiro |
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Brazil vs. Argentina, 7:30 p.m.
| At Lima, Peru |
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Peru vs. Venezuela, 9 p.m.
| ASIA |
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| First round |
| Home-and-home |
| Winners advance |
| First leg |
| Thursday, Oct. 12 |
| At Yangon, Myanmar |
Myanmar 5, Macau 1
| At Kathmandu, Nepal |
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Nepal 1, Laos 1
| At Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
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Taiwan 4, Timor-Leste 0
| At Malé, Maldives |
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Maldives 1, Bangladesh 1
| At Singapore |
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Singapore 2, Guam 1
| At Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong 4, Bhutan 0
| At Jakarta, Indonesia |
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Indonesia 6, Brunei 0
| At Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
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Cambodia 0, Pakistan 0
| At Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
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Afghanistan 1, Mongolia 0
| At Abha, Saudi Arabia |
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Yemen 3, Sri Lanka 0
| Second leg |
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| Tuesday, Oct. 17 |
| At Dededo, Guam |
Singapore 1, Guam 0, Singapore advanced 3-1 on aggregate
| At Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
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Afghanistan 1, Mongolia 0, Afghanistan advanced 2-0 on aggregate
| At Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka 1, Yemen 1, Yemen advanced 4-1 on aggregate
| At Islamabad, Pakistan |
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Pakistan 1, Cambodia 0, Pakistan advanced 1-0 on aggregate
| At Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
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Taiwan 3, Timor-Leste 0, Taiwan advanced 7-0 on aggregate
| At Taipa, Macau |
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Macau 0, Myanmar 0, Myanmar advanced 5-1 on aggregate
| At Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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Bangladesh 2, Maldives 1, Bangladesh advanced 3-2 on aggregate
%At Thimphu, Bhutan
Bhutan 2, Hong Kong 0, Hong Kong advanced 4-2 on aggregate
| At Vientiane, Laos |
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Nepal 1, Laos 0, Nepal advanced 2-1 on aggregate
| At Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
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Indonesia 6, Brunei 0, Indonesia advanced 12-0 on aggregate
| SECOND ROUND | |||||||
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| Top two teams in each group advance | |||||||
| GROUP A | |||||||
| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Doha, Qatar |
Qatar vs. Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m.
| At Kuwait City |
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Kuwait vs. India, 11:30 a.m.
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At TBA |
Afghanistan vs. Kuwait, TBA
| At Bhubaneswar, India |
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India vs. Qatar, 8:30 a.m.
| Thursday, March 21 |
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Afghanistan vs. India
Qatar vs. Kuwait
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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India vs. Afghanistan
Kuwait vs. Qatar
| Thursday, June 6 |
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Afghanistan vs. Qatar
India vs. Kuwait
| Tuesday, June 11 |
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Qatar vs. India
Kuwait vs. Afghanistan
| GROUP B | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Suita, Japan |
Japan vs. Mayanmar, 5 a.m.
| At Pyongyang, North Korea |
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North Korea vs. Syria, TBA
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Yangon, Myanmar |
Myanmar vs. North Korea, 4 a.m.
| At Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
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Syria vs. Japan, noon
| Thursday, March 21 |
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Japan vs. North Korea
Myanmar vs. Syria
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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North Korea vs. Japan
Syria vs. Myanmar
| Thursday, June 6 |
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Myanmar vs. Japan
Syria vs. North Korea
| Tuesday, June 11 |
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Japan vs. Syria
North Korea vs. Myanmar
| GROUP C | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Seoul, South Korea |
South Korea vs. Singapore, 6 a.m.
| AT Bangkok |
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Thailand vs. China, 7:30 a.m.
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Shenzhen, China |
China vs. South Korea, 7 a.m.
| At Singapore |
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Singapore vs. Thailand, 7 a.m.
| Thursday, March 21 |
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Singapore vs. China
South Korea vs. Thailand
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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China vs. Singapore
Thailand vs. South Korea
| Thursday, June 6 |
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China vs. Thailand
Singapore vs. South Korea
| Tuesday, June 11 |
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South Korea vs. China
Thailand vs. Singapore
| GROUP D | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taiwan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Kuala Lampur, Malaysia |
Malaysia vs. Kyrgyzstan, 8 a.m.
| At Muscat, Oman |
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Oman vs. Taiwan, 10 a.m.
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Taipei, Taiwan |
Taiwan vs. Malaysia, 6 a.m.
| At Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
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Kyrgyzstan vs. Oman, 9 a.m.
| Thursday, March 21 |
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Oman vs. Malaysia
Taiwan vs. Kyrgyzstan
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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Kyrgyzstan vs. Taiwan
Malaysia vs. Oman
| Thursday, June 6 |
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Kyrgyzstan vs Malaysia
Taiwan vs. Oman
| Tuesday, June 11 |
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Malaysia vs. Taiwan
Oman vs. Kyrgyzstan
| GROUP E | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkemistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Ashbagat, Turkemistan |
Turkmenistan vs. Uzbekistan, 9 a.m.
| At Tehran, Iran |
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Iran vs. Hong Kong, 9:30 a.m.
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Hong Kong |
Hong Kong vs. Turkmenistan, 7 a.m.
| At Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
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Uzbekistan vs. Iran, 8 a.m.
| Thursday, March 21 |
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Hong Kong vs. Uzbekistan
Iran vs. Turkmenistan
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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Turkmenistan vs. Iran
Uzbekistan vs. Hong Kong
| Thursday, June 6 |
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Hong Kong vs. Iran
Uzbekistan vs. Turkmenistan
| Tuesday, June 11 |
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Iran vs. Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan vs. Hong Kong
| GROUP F | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Manila, Philippines |
Philippines vs. Vietnam, 6 a.m.
| At Basra, Iraq |
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Iraq vs. Indonesia, 9:45 a.m.
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Jakarta, Indonesia |
Indonesia vs. Philippines, 7 a.m.
| At Hanoi, Vietnam |
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Vietnam vs. Iraq, 7 a.m.
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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Philippines vs. Iraq
Vietnam vs. Indonesia
| Thursday, June 6 |
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Indonesia vs. Iraq
Vietnam vs. Philippines
| Tuesday, June 11 |
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Iraq vs. Vietnam
Philippines vs. Indonesia
| GROUP G | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
Tajikistan vs. Jordan, 8 a.m.
| Thursday, Nov. 16 |
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| At Dammam, Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia vs. Pakistan, 11:30 a.m.
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Amman, Jordan |
Jordan vs. Saudi Arabia, 11 a.m.
| At Islamabad, Pakistan |
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Pakistan vs. Tajikistan, TBA
| Thursday, March 21 |
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Pakistan vs. Jordan
Saudi Arabia vs. Tajikistan
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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Jordan vs. Pakistan
Tajikistan vs. Saudi Arabia
| Thursday, June 6 |
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Jordan vs. Tajikistan
Pakistan vs. Saudi Arabia
| Tuesday, June 11 |
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Saudi Arabia vs. Jordan
Tajikistan vs. Pakistan
| GROUP H | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Utd Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
United Arab Emirates vs. Nepal, 7:45 a.m.
| At Abha, Saudi Arabia |
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Yemen vs. Bahrain, TBA
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Kathmandu, Nepal |
Nepal vs. Yemen, 6:45 a.m.
| At Riffa, Bahrain |
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Bahrain vs. United Arab Emirates, 9:45 a.m.
| Thursday, March 21 |
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Nepal vs. Bahrain
United Arab Emirates vs. Yemen
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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Bahrain vs. Nepal
Yemen vs. United Arab Emirates
| Thursday, June 6 |
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Bahrain vs. Yemen
Nepal vs. United Arab Emirates
| Tuesday, June 11 |
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United Arab Emirates vs. Bahrain
Yemen vs. Nepal
| GROUP I | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Palestine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Melbourne, Australia |
Australia vs. Bangladesh, 4 a.m.
| At Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
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Lebanon vs. Palestine, TBA
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Bangladesh vs. Pakistan, TBA
| At TBA |
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Palestine vs. Australia, TBA
| Thursday, March 21 |
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Australia vs. Lebanon
Bangladesh vs. Palestine
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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Lebanon vs. Australia
Palestine vs. Bangladesh
| Thursday, June 6 |
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Bangladesh vs. Australia
Palestine vs. Lebanon
| Tuesday, June 11 |
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Australia vs. Palestine
Lebanon vs. Bangladesh