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2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round
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The third round[note 1] of 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification is played from 25 March 2025 to 31 March 2026.[1]
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Format
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.[3]
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Qualified teams
Best-ranked losing teams from the first round:
Teams finishing third or fourth in their respective second round groups:
Play-off round winners:
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Seeding
The draw was held on 9 December 2024 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,[8] 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.
Schedule
The schedule of each matchday is as follows.[10][11]
Rules
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):[12]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they meet in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
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Group A
Territory Rugby League Stadium, Darwin (Australia)[note 3]
Attendance: 1,048
Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)
TBD[note 3]
TBD[note 3]
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Group B
Attendance: 282
Referee: Venikatesh Ramachandran (India)
Attendance: 3,158
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
Attendance: 1,512
Referee: Salim Al-Majarafi (Oman)
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Group C
Kai Tak Stadium, Kowloon (TBC)
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Group D
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Group E
Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium, Hofuf (Saudi Arabia)[note 6]
Attendance: 1,217
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (Thailand)
Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium, Hofuf (Saudi Arabia)[note 7]
Attendance: 532
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan (Iraq)
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Group F
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Goalscorers
There have been 56 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match (as of 10 June 2025).
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Omid Popalzay
Rakib Hossain
Dawa Kuenjung Tshering
Nazirrudin Ismail
Ange Kouamé- Huang Wei-Chieh
Stefan Pereira
Peter Phanthavong- Damoth Thongkhamsavath
Husseyn Chakroun- Mohamad Haidar
- Samy Merheg
Dion Cools- João Figueiredo
- Hector Hevel
- Rodrigo Holgado
Ali Fasir
Maung Maung Lwin
Manish Dangi
Sandro Reyes- Randy Schneider
- Jefferson Tabinas
Ikhsan Fandi- Song Ui-young
Dillon De Silva- Adhavan Rajamohan
- Ahmed Waseem Razeek
Ahmad Faqa
Vahdat Hanonov- Shervoni Mabatshoev
- Parvizdzhon Umarbayev
Supachai Chaided- Patrik Gustavsson
João Pedro
Ýazgylyç Gurbanow- Yhlas Saparmämmedow
- Mekan Saparow
- Elman Tagaýew
- Mihail Titow
Châu Ngọc Quang- Nguyễn Hai Long
- Nguyễn Quang Hải
1 own goal
- Karma Chetrim (against Brunei)
Notes
- Referred as the final round
- 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.[4][5] The PFF voted to approve the constitutional changes on 27 February 2025, and the suspension was lifted on 2 March 2025.[6][7]
- Lebanon were required to play all their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict.
- Yemen will be required to play their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Yemeni civil war.
- Syria played their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Syrian civil war.
- Afghanistan played their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Afghan conflict.
- Bình Dương was incorporated to Ho Chi Minh City in 1 July 2025.
See also
References
External links
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