Saudi Arabia will host the 2027 event from January 7 to February 5 and can face Palestine, Kuwait and Oman.
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4-time winners Japan have been grouped with defending champions Qatar on the Asian Cup 2027 soccer event.
Saudi Arabia will host the 24-team event for the primary time from January 7 to February 5.
The Asian Soccer Confederation (AFC) might be hoping the competitors might be held with none additional issues after the draw was delayed because of the US-Israel conflict on Iran.
The draw was initially set for April 11 however was postponed to Might 9. The ultimate discipline remains to be incomplete as a result of the Lebanon-Yemen match was not performed as scheduled on March 31 and has been postponed to June.
In addition to Qatar, champions in 2019 and 2023, Japan will tackle Indonesia and Thailand in Group F.
“Japan is likely one of the leaders in Asian soccer, all the time,” Qatar coach Julen Lopetegui mentioned. “They’ve high quality gamers, and now we have to imagine in ourselves.”
Saudi Arabia, which may also stage the FIFA World Cup 2034, will face Kuwait, Oman and Palestine in an all-West Asia group as they search to win the title for the primary time since 1996.
“After we attain the Asian Cup in our nation, we might be prepared to succeed in the ultimate and to win the title,” mentioned Giorgios Donis, who was appointed in April, changing Herve Renard as Saudi Arabia coach.
Uzbekistan and Jordan are getting ready for his or her first World Cup appearances in June, and have been drawn in Asian Cup Group B together with North Korea and Bahrain.
Iran will face Syria and China.
In Group D, Australia have been drawn with former champions Iraq, led by former Socceroos coach Graham Arnold, in addition to Tajikistan and Singapore, who’ve certified for the event for the primary time since 1984.
South Korea haven’t received the event since 1960 and can meet the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and the winners of the Lebanon-Yemen match.
The highest two from every of the six teams of 4 will progress to the spherical of 16 together with the 4 finest third-placed groups.
