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FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers postponed to next year

FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers postponed to next year

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AFC
August 12, 2020

Update on upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in Asia

In light of the current COVID-19 situation in many countries, FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have jointly decided that the upcoming qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 originally scheduled to take place during the international match windows in October and November 2020 will be rescheduled in 2021.

With the aim of protecting the health and safely of all participants, FIFA and the AFC will continue to work together to closely monitor the situation in the region and to identify new dates for the respective qualifying matches.

Further details on the new dates for the next round of qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup 2022 and the AFC Asian Cup 2023 will be announced In due course.

The Indian National Team were originally scheduled to play Qatar (Oct. 8), Bangladesh (Nov. 12) and Afghanistan (Nov. 17).

FIFA World Cup 2022/AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers

GROUP E

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 1 Qatar 5 4 1 0 11 1 10 13
 2 Oman 5 4 0 1 11 4 7 12
 3 Afghanistan 5 1 1 3 2 11 -9 4
 4 India 5 0 3 2 35 -2 3
 5 Bangladesh 4 0 1 3 2 8 -6 1

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