India placed in Group D in the 2018 World Cup and 2019 Asian Cup Qualifier Round Two The draw for the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualification was held in Kuala Lumpur and saw India tagged alongside the continent's highest ranked nation... Kaustav Bera and Anselm Noronha 14-Apr-2015 15:15:20 India was grouped with Iran, Oman, Turkmenistan and Guam in Group D of the Preliminary Qualifier - Round Two of the 2018 World Cup and the 2019 Asian Cup respectively. Iran are the highest ranked (40) Asian nation while Oman are placed 50 spots above the Blue Tigers are ranked 147. Turkmenistan (159) and Guam (179) are the two teams in the group who are ranked below India. The Blue Tigers had beaten Nepal 2-0 on aggregate to book their place in the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers which also doubles up as the qualification for the 2019 Asian Cup. India had climbed to the 147th place from their lowly 173rd position in the recently released FIFA rankings and were placed in Pot 3 (Teams ranked 17th to 24th) which comprised of Afghanistan, Philippines, Palestine, Maldives, Thailand, Tajikistan and Lebanon. The EIGHT Group winners and FOUR best runners-up will have a joint incentive - the 12 teams will not only qualify for the final qualification round of the 2018 World Cup, but they will also be automatically inducted as the qualifying teams, partaking in the AFC Asian Cup, hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in 2019. The next 16 highest ranked teams will advance to the third round of Asian Cup qualification while the remaining 12 teams enter the play-off round to contest the remaining eight spots. These 24 teams will then be divided into six groups of four to play home-and- away round-robin matches, and compete for the 12 remaining slots for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Opposition Matches Played Wins Draws Losses Last Result Iran 6 1 1 4 India 0-3 Iran (1992) Oman 4 1 1 2 Oman 5-1 India (2012) Turkmenistan 4 2 1 1 Turkmenistan 1-1 India (2011) Guam 1 1 0 0 Guam 0-4 India (2013)
so anyone can explain how saff cup gonna sandwiches in b/w .. The dates of India's next matches : In 2015: 11th June : India vs Oman 16th June : Guam vs India 8th September : India vs Iran 8th October : Turkmenistan vs India 13th October : Oman vs India 12th November : India vs Guam In 2016: 24th March : Iran vs India 29th March : India vs Turkmenistan
Teams like Maldives, Afghanistan, Myanmar have a better Draw then India. Constantine will have nightmares because last time for 2004 WCQ, Oman beat us very badly in Cochin and that was the reason Constantine was kicked out. We can overcome Guam and our target should be Turkmenistan (nothing less then a win in both home and away) and just hope that we manage a home draw against Oman.
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Delhi should be venue ! We will get full house in our old stadium !!
World Cup and 2019 Asian Cup
Qualifier Round Two
The draw for the second round of the 2018 World Cup
qualification was held in Kuala Lumpur and saw India
tagged alongside the continent's highest ranked
nation...
Kaustav Bera and Anselm Noronha
14-Apr-2015 15:15:20
India was grouped with Iran,
Oman, Turkmenistan and
Guam in Group D of the
Preliminary Qualifier - Round
Two of the 2018 World Cup
and the 2019 Asian Cup
respectively.
Iran are the highest ranked (40) Asian nation while
Oman are placed 50 spots above the Blue Tigers are
ranked 147. Turkmenistan (159) and Guam (179) are
the two teams in the group who are ranked below India.
The Blue Tigers had beaten Nepal 2-0 on aggregate to
book their place in the second round of the 2018 World
Cup qualifiers which also doubles up as the qualification
for the 2019 Asian Cup.
India had climbed to the 147th place from their lowly
173rd position in the recently released FIFA rankings
and were placed in Pot 3 (Teams ranked 17th to 24th)
which comprised of Afghanistan, Philippines, Palestine,
Maldives, Thailand, Tajikistan and Lebanon.
The EIGHT Group winners and FOUR best runners-up
will have a joint incentive - the 12 teams will not only
qualify for the final qualification round of the 2018 World
Cup, but they will also be automatically inducted as the
qualifying teams, partaking in the AFC Asian Cup,
hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in 2019.
The next 16 highest ranked teams will advance to the
third round of Asian Cup qualification while the
remaining 12 teams enter the play-off round to contest
the remaining eight spots. These 24 teams will then be
divided into six groups of four to play home-and-
away round-robin matches, and compete for the 12
remaining slots for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
Opposition Matches
Played Wins Draws Losses Last Result
Iran 6 1 1 4 India 0-3 Iran (1992)
Oman 4 1 1 2 Oman 5-1 India (2012)
Turkmenistan 4 2 1 1 Turkmenistan 1-1 India
(2011)
Guam 1 1 0 0 Guam 0-4 India (2013)
The dates of India's next matches :
In 2015:
11th June : India vs Oman
16th June : Guam vs India
8th September : India vs Iran
8th October : Turkmenistan vs India
13th October : Oman vs India
12th November : India vs Guam
In 2016:
24th March : Iran vs India
29th March : India vs Turkmenistan