WAM
17 Jul 2025, 13:57 GMT+10
KUALA LUMPUR, 17th July, 2025 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates were drawn to take on Qatar and Oman in the fourth phase of Asia's preliminaries for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday.
The winners of each of the three-team groups, which will be played in October, will join already-qualified Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Uzbekistan, Iran and Jordan at next year's expanded 48-nation finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Saudi Arabia will host Group A and open against Indonesia on 8th October.
Indonesia will then play Graham Arnold's Iraq on 11th October before the Saudis and Iraq face off on 14th October.
Group B hosts Qatar, organisers of the 2022 World Cup, will take on Oman in their first game on 8th October. UAE will face Oman on 11th October, with Qatar and the UAE meeting on 14th October.
The nations finishing in second place in each group will advance to a further round of qualifying, which will be held over two legs in November on a home-and-away basis.
Get a daily dose of Asia Pacific Star news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Asia Pacific Star.
More InformationBEIJING, China: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese started a weeklong visit to China over the weekend. The visit aims to revitalize...
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI/MONTREAL: Amid scrutiny following a fatal Boeing 787 crash in India, U.S. aviation regulators and Boeing have...
NEW DELHI, India: A preliminary investigation into the Air India crash on June 12 in Ahmedabad has revealed that a shift in the fuel...
KUALA LUMPUR, 17th July, 2025 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates were drawn to take on Qatar and Oman in the fourth phase of Asia's...
Numerous countries are interested in the cruise missiles, the former director general of the Indo-Russian joint venture has told RT...
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 17 (ANI): Women in wage employment earn substantially lower wages than their male counterparts in Pakistan,...
MENLO PARK, California: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars building a network of...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded major AI contracts to leading American firms, including OpenAI, Google,...
DUBLIN, Ireland: TikTok has secured permission from the High Court to challenge a 530 million-euro fine imposed by Ireland's Data Protection...
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Union has delayed retaliatory tariffs on American goods in a final push to reach a trade agreement...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. shoppers rushed to cash in on early back-to-school bargains this past week, driving a massive US$24.1 billion...
PARIS, France: French cheese and wine exporters are voicing alarm over a proposed 30 percent U.S. tariff on European Union goods, warning...
