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The 12 lowest-ranked Participating Member Associations (PMAs), PMA Rank 35 through to PMA Rank 46 (based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of January 2015), will contest Round One.
BHUBhutan
BRUBrunei Darussalam
CAMCambodia
INDIndia
MACMacau
MNGMongolia
NEPNepal
PAKPakistan
SRISri Lanka
TLSTimor-Leste
TPEChinese Taipei
YEMYemen
The 12 teams will be paired into 6 home-and-away series.
1
INDIndia
VS
NEPNepal
2
YEMYemen
VS
PAKPakistan
3
TLSTimor-Leste
VS
MNGMongolia
4
CAMCambodia
VS
MACMacau
5
TPEChinese Taipei
VS
BRUBrunei Darussalam
6
SRISri Lanka
VS
BHUBhutan
The 6 series winners advance to Round Two.
Round 2JUN 2015 - MAR 2016
6+34
The 6 Round One winners will then join the remaining 34 PMAs in Round Two.
AFGAfghanistan
AUSAustralia
BANBangladesh
BHRBahrain
BHUBhutan
CAMCambodia
CHNChina PR
GUMGuam
HKGHong Kong
INDIndia
IRNIR Iran
IRQIraq
JORJordan
JPNJapan
KGZKyrgyz Republic
KORKorea Republic
KSASaudi Arabia
KUWKuwait
LAOLaos
LIBLebanon
MASMalaysia
MDVMaldives
MYAMyanmar
OMAOman
PHIPhilippines
PLEPalestine
PRKKorea DPR
QATQatar
SINSingapore
SYRSyria
THAThailand
TJKTajikistan
TKMTurkmenistan
TLSTimor-Leste
TPEChinese Taipei
UAEUnited Arab Emirates
UZBUzbekistan
VIEVietnam
YEMYemen
The 40 teams will be drawn into eight round-robin, home-and-away groups of five teams each.
Group A
KSASaudi Arabia
UAEUnited Arab Emirates
PLEPalestine
MASMalaysia
TLSTimor-Leste
Group B
AUSAustralia
JORJordan
KGZKyrgyz Republic
TJKTajikistan
BANBangladesh
Group C
QATQatar
CHNChina PR
HKGHong Kong
MDVMaldives
BHUBhutan
Group D
IRNIR Iran
OMAOman
TKMTurkmenistan
GUMGuam
INDIndia
Group E
JPNJapan
SYRSyria
SINSingapore
AFGAfghanistan
CAMCambodia
Group F
THAThailand
IRQIraq
VIEVietnam
TPEChinese Taipei
Group G
KORKorea Republic
LIBLebanon
KUWKuwait
MYAMyanmar
LAOLaos
Group H
UZBUzbekistan
PRKKorea DPR
PHIPhilippines
BHRBahrain
YEMYemen
The eight group winners and four best second placed teams will advance to Round Three.
Round 3AUG 2016 - SEP 2017
12
The 12 teams qualifying from Round Two will take part in Round Three.
AUSAustralia
CHNChina PR
IRNIR Iran
IRQIraq
JPNJapan
KORKorea Republic
KSASaudi Arabia
QATQatar
SYRSyria
THAThailand
UAEUnited Arab Emirates
UZBUzbekistan
The 12 teams will be drawn into two round-robin, home-and-away groups of six teams each.
Group A
IRNIR Iran
KORKorea Republic
SYRSyria
UZBUzbekistan
CHNChina PR
QATQatar
Group B
JPNJapan
KSASaudi Arabia
AUSAustralia
UAEUnited Arab Emirates
IRQIraq
THAThailand
The third-placed teams of each group advance to Round Four.
The two group winners and two group runners-up will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.
Play-offOCT 2017
2
The 2 third-placed teams from the two Round Three groups will contest Round Four.
AUSAustralia
SYRSyria
The teams will play a home-and-away series.
1
SYRSyria
VS
AUSAustralia
The Round Four winner advances to the intercontinental play-off.
Play-offNOV 2017
2
The 2 teams will be paired into 1 home-and-away series.
AUSAustralia
HONHonduras
The 2 PMAs participating in the CONCACAF-Asian Zone play-off will meet each other home and away.
1
HONHonduras
VS
AUSAustralia
The winner will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™
14 Jun - 15 Jul
4 + 0.5
The four teams qualified from Round 3 and the winner of the intercontinental play-off.