Leaders go to WOrld cup qualifiers along with top4 second finish of each group... => 12 teams
rest of 4 secong placed teams will be joined by 3rd placed teams and 4 best placed 4th team in each group to Asian cup qualifiers => 16
4 worst placed 4th ranked teams in each group will be joined by last placed teams in each group to go though a random play off like the one played in preliminary qualifier and 6 teams coming through will join the 16 in Asian cup qualifiers
Though this format which currently mentioned in web is confusion as it leads to 22 teams in Asian cup qualifier in 3rd round which otherwise should have been 24
India has a outside chance for reaching next round of world cup qualifier but it all depends upon the Iran. If both Iran wins all of its matches and Oman loses or draws its away matches against India and Turks (I am dreaming!!) then we have an outside chance to make to next world cup round. However, the situation is more favorable for next round of afc cup than world cup qualifier and India should make it.
ok it is confusing and i am not spending much time to understand this. if we come 3rd (realistic goal) then can we, for sure, qualify for next round of AFC asian cup qualifiers?
or do we need to play play offs?
i am excited by the prospect of out NT getting a lot of games. 10 here, and then next round of WCQ or ACQ
To keep it simple and realistic, if we come 3rd, yes, we get a chance to play in the next round of qualifiers for AFC asia cup. We need to watch out for Turkmenistan.
I think India got good group ...even though Iran is best ranked team in Asia we should be happy to have them instead of Korea or Japan or Aussies ..Iran is not better than these team Japan or Aussies could have killed India 6-0 ...if we would have got China it would have had been better ...we should apply Nepal formula ..Nepal once lost 9-1 to Jordan and then played 0-0 draw in Kathmandu they did same against India in horrible ground 0-0 .so India should do the same to Iran and oman like uae 2-2 ....rain soaked pitch ..yeah match will be terrible but we can get result.. everything is fair in love war videogame and football....
Agree. Both June matches should be telecasted and the 8th September one. Same with the March ones.
I am concerned about the matches during the Indian Super League. They will probably be night time matches and ISL is at night. This will be the test for IMG-Reliance... do they really care? If they do they will find a way to have these matches televised and the India vs. Guam game at a proper venue (Ambedkar Stadium would be perfect!)
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Leaders go to WOrld cup qualifiers along with top4 second finish of each group... => 12 teams
rest of 4 secong placed teams will be joined by 3rd placed teams and 4 best placed 4th team in each group to Asian cup qualifiers => 16
4 worst placed 4th ranked teams in each group will be joined by last placed teams in each group to go though a random play off like the one played in preliminary qualifier and 6 teams coming through will join the 16 in Asian cup qualifiers