2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Dates6 June 2019 – 7 June 2022
Teams46 [note 1]  (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played229
Goals scored676 (2.95 per match)
Attendance2,332,162 (10,184 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ali Mabkhout
(14 goals)
← 2018
2026 →

The Asian section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar for national teams who are members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Apart from Qatar (who qualified automatically as hosts), a total of 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament were available for AFC teams. [1]

Contents

The qualification process involved four rounds; the first two doubled as the qualification for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Despite qualifying as hosts, Qatar participated in these rounds to seek Asian Cup qualification. The first round would have acted as qualifiers for the cancelled 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup. [2]

Format

The qualification structure is as follows: [3]

Entrants

All 46 FIFA-affiliated nations from the AFC entered qualification. The FIFA World Rankings of April 2019 were used to determine which nations would compete in the first round. For seeding in the second round and third round draws, the most recent FIFA Rankings prior to those draws will be used.

According to the joint format of the World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers, both Qatar (as the host nation of the 2022 World Cup) and also entered the second round of the qualifiers. [5]

Timor-Leste was banned from participating in the Asian Cup qualification after being found to have fielded a total of 12 ineligible players in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches among other competitions. [6] However, as FIFA did not ban them from the World Cup qualifiers, Timor-Leste was allowed to enter the competition, but ineligible to qualify for the Asian Cup. [7]

From the April 2019 FIFA World Rankings [8]
Bye to the second round
(Ranked 1st to 34th)		Competing in first round
(Ranked 35th to 46th)
  1. Flag of Iran.svg  Iran (21)
  2. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (26)
  3. Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (37)
  4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (41)
  5. Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar (55)
  6. Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates (67)
  7. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia (72)
  8. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (74)
  9. Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq (76)
  10. Flag of Syria.svg  Syria (83)
  11. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (85)
  12. Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon (86)
  13. Flag of Oman.svg  Oman (86)
  14. Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan (95)
  15. Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan (97)
  16. Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (98)
  17. Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine (96)
  18. Flag of India.svg  India (99)
  19. Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain (111)
  20. Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (114)
  21. Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan (120)
  22. Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (121)
  23. Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (124)
  24. Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei (125)
  25. Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan (136)
  26. Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar (140)
  27. Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (141)
  28. Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen (146)
  29. Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan (149)
  30. Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives (151)
  31. Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait (156)
  32. Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (159)
  33. Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore (160)
  34. Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal (161)
  1. Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (168)
  2. Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia (173)
  3. Flag of Macau.svg  Macau (183)
  4. Flag of Laos.svg  Laos (184)
  5. Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan (186)
  6. Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia (187)
  7. Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (188)
  8. Flag of Guam.svg  Guam (193)
  9. Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei (194)
  10. Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor (195)
  11. Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (200)
  12. Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka (202)

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is expected to be as follows, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

On 9 March 2020, FIFA and AFC announced that the second round matches on matchdays 7–10 due to take place in March and June 2020 were postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the new dates to be confirmed. However, subject to approval by FIFA and AFC, and agreement of both member associations, the matches may be played as scheduled provided that the safety of all individuals involved meets the required standards. [14] [15] On 5 June, AFC confirmed that matchdays 7 and 8 were scheduled to take place on 8 and 13 October respectively while matchdays 9 and 10 were also scheduled to kick off on 12 and 17 November. [16] On 12 August, FIFA announced that the matches scheduled for October and November 2020 would be rescheduled to 2021. [17]

On 25 June 2020, FIFA announced that the inter-confederation play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in March 2022, were moved to June. [18]

On 11 November 2020, the AFC Competitions Committee announced that all the Asian qualifiers second round matches should be completed by 15 June 2021 with matchdays 7 and 8 in March 2021 and matchdays 9 and 10 in June 2021 with the final round of the Asian qualifiers beginning in September 2021. Also all 10 matchdays of the Asian qualifiers final round should be finished by the end of March 2022 with the Asian and inter-continental play-offs proposed for the FIFA window of May/June 2022. The Asian play-off for the World Cup in Qatar was proposed as a single match. [19] On the same day, however, FIFA, along with the Bangladeshi and Qatari associations, gave approval to the only second round match originally scheduled for 2020, Qatar v. Bangladesh, which was played on 4 December. [20]

On 19 February 2021, FIFA and AFC postponed the majority of the upcoming matches to June. [21]

RoundMatchdayDate(s)
First round First leg6 June 2019
Second leg11 June 2019
Second round Matchday 15 September 2019
Matchday 210 September 2019
Matchday 310 October 2019
Matchday 415 October 2019
Matchday 514 November 2019
Matchday 619 November 2019
Matchday 725 March, 28 May and 3 June 2021
Matchday 84 December 2020, 30 March and 7 & 9 June 2021
Matchday 930 March, 30 May and 11 June 2021
Matchday 1013 and 15 June 2021
RoundMatchdayDate
Third round Matchday 12 September 2021
Matchday 27 September 2021
Matchday 37 October 2021
Matchday 412 October 2021
Matchday 511 November 2021
Matchday 616 November 2021
Matchday 727 January 2022
Matchday 81 February 2022
Matchday 924 March 2022
Matchday 1029 March 2022
Fourth round Single leg7 June 2022
Original qualifying schedule
StageMatchdayDate
Second round Matchday 726 March 2020, later 8 October
Matchday 831 March 2020, later 13 October
Matchday 94 June 2020, later 12 November, then 7 June 2021
Matchday 109 June 2020, later 17 November
Third round Matchday 13 September 2020
Matchday 28 September 2020
Matchday 313 October 2020
Matchday 412 November 2020
Matchday 517 November 2020
Matchday 625 March 2021
Matchday 730 March 2021
Matchday 88 June 2021
Matchday 97 September 2021
Matchday 1012 October 2021
Fourth round First leg11 November 2021
Second leg16 November 2021

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 17 April 2019 at 11:00 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [22]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Mongolia  Flag of Mongolia.svg3–2Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 2–0 1–2
Macau  Flag of Macau.svg1–3Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1–0 0–3 [note 2]
Laos  Flag of Laos.svg0–1Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 0–1 0–0
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg12–2Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor 7–1 5–1
Cambodia  Flag of Cambodia.svg4–1Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2–0 2–1
Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg1–5Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 1–0 0–5

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 17 July 2019 at 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [25]

Summary

  Qualified for the third round (except Qatar) and Asian Cup as winners or top five runners-up
  Advanced to the Asian Cup third qualifying round as bottom three runners-up, third-placed, fourth-placed and top three fifth-placed team
  Advanced to the AFC Asian Cup qualifying play-off round.
  Denotes a team that withdrew.
Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H
Flag of Syria.svg
Syria
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of Iran.svg
Iran
Flag of Iraq.svg
Iraq 		Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
Saudi Arabia 		Flag of Qatar.svg
Qatar
(Asian Cup only)
Flag of Oman.svg
Oman 		Flag of Japan.svg
Japan 		Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
United Arab Emirates
Flag of Vietnam.svg
Vietnam 		Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
Flag of Lebanon.svg
Lebanon
Flag of the Philippines.svg
Philippines
Flag of Maldives.svg
Maldives 		Flag of Kuwait.svg
Kuwait
Flag of Jordan.svg
Jordan
Flag of Nepal.svg
Nepal 		Flag of Bahrain.svg
Bahrain
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
Hong Kong 		Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Uzbekistan
Flag of Palestine.svg
Palestine
Flag of Singapore.svg
Singapore
Flag of Yemen.svg
Yemen 		Flag of India.svg
India
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg
Afghanistan
Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Bangladesh 		Flag of Tajikistan.svg
Tajikistan
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg
Kyrgyzstan
Flag of Mongolia.svg
Mongolia
Flag of Myanmar.svg
Myanmar 		Flag of Malaysia.svg
Malaysia
Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand 		Flag of Turkmenistan.svg
Turkmenistan
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
Sri Lanka
Flag of Guam.svg
Guam 		Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg
Chinese Taipei 		Flag of Cambodia.svg
Cambodia 		Flag of Indonesia.svg
Indonesia
Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Syria.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svgFlag of the Philippines.svgFlag of Maldives.svgFlag of Guam.svg
1Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 8701227+1521 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup — 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–0
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [lower-alpha 1] 8611303+2719 3–1 — 2–0 5–0 7–0
3Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 83231211+111 Asian Cup qualifying third round 2–5 0–0 — 1–1 3–0
4Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 8215720−137 0–4 0–5 1–2 — 3–1
5Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 8008232−300 Asian Cup qualifying play-off round 0–3 0–7 1–4 0–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ China qualified for the Asian Cup as the host nation. They removed from the host in May 2022.

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Australia (converted).svgFlag of Kuwait.svgFlag of Jordan.svgFlag of Nepal.svgFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8800282+2624 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup — 3–0 1–0 5–0 5–1
2Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 8422197+1214 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0–3 — 0–0 7–0 9–0
3Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 8422133+1014 0–1 0–0 — 3–0 5–0
4Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 8206422−186 0–3 0–1 0–3 — 2–0
5Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 8008434−300 Asian Cup qualifying play-off round 1–7 1–2 1–2 0–2 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Iran.svgFlag of Iraq.svgFlag of Bahrain.svgFlag of Hong Kong.svgFlag of Cambodia.svg
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 8602344+3018 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup — 1–0 3–0 3–1 14–0
2Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 8521144+1017 2–1 — 0–0 2–0 4–1
3Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 8431154+1115 Asian Cup qualifying third round 1–0 1–1 — 4–0 8–0
4Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 8125413−95 0–2 0–1 0–0 — 2–0
5Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 8017244−421 Asian Cup qualifying play-off round 0–10 0–4 0–1 1–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Saudi Arabia.svgFlag of Uzbekistan.svgFlag of Palestine.svgFlag of Singapore.svgFlag of Yemen.svg
1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 8620224+1820 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup — 3–0 5–0 3–0 3–0
2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 8503189+915 Asian Cup qualifying third round 2–3 — 2–0 5–0 5–0
3Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 83141010010 0–0 2–0 — 4–0 3–0
4Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 8215722−157 0–3 1–3 2–1 — 2–2
5Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 8125618−125 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group E

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Qatar.svgFlag of Oman.svgFlag of India.svgFlag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svgFlag of Bangladesh.svg
1Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar [lower-alpha 1] 8710181+1722 Asian Cup — 2–1 0–0 6–0 5–0
2Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 8602166+1018 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup 0–1 — 1–0 3–0 4–1
3Flag of India.svg  India 814367−17 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0–1 1–2 — 1–1 1–1
4Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 8134515−106 0–1 1–2 1–1 — 1–0
5Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 8026319−162 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ Qatar has already qualified for the World Cup as the host nation. They are later selected as host replacement within the qualified teams of the Asian Cup.

Group F

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Japan.svgFlag of Tajikistan.svgFlag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svgFlag of Mongolia.svgFlag of Myanmar.svg
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8800462+4424 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup — 4–1 5–1 6–0 10–0
2Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 84131412+213 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0–3 — 1–0 3–0 4–0
3Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 83141912+710 0–2 1–1 — 0–1 7–0
4Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 8206327−246 0–14 0–1 1–2 — 1–0
5Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 8206635−296 0–2 4–3 1–8 1–0 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group G

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svgFlag of Vietnam.svgFlag of Malaysia.svgFlag of Thailand.svgFlag of Indonesia.svg
1Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 8602237+1618 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup — 3–2 4–0 3–1 5–0
2Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 8521135+817 1–0 — 1–0 0–0 4–0
3Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 84041012−212 Asian Cup qualifying third round 1–2 1–2 — 2–1 2–0
4Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 82339909 2–1 0–0 0–1 — 2–2
5Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 8017527−221 Asian Cup qualifying play-off round 0–5 1–3 2–3 0–3 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group H

North Korea withdrew from the qualifying round due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore the results of their matches were excluded from the group standings. [26] [27]

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of South Korea.svgFlag of Lebanon.svgFlag of Turkmenistan.svgFlag of Sri Lanka.svgFlag of North Korea.svg
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 6510221+2116 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup — 2–1 5–0 8–0 Canc.
2Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 6312118+310 0–0 — 2–1 3–2 0–0
3Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 6303811−39 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0–2 3–2 — 2–0 3–1
4Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 6006223−210 0–5 0–3 0–2 — 0–1
5Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 00000000Withdrew 0–0 2–0 Canc. Canc. —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Ranking of runner-up teams

Since North Korea withdrew from Group H, results against the fifth-placed teams of each group were not counted in determining the ranking of the runner-up teams. [27]

PosGrpTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 A Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [lower-alpha 1] 6411163+1313 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup
2 E Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 640295+412
3 C Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 632163+311
4 G Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 632164+211
5 H Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 6312118+310
6 F Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 631278−110 Asian Cup qualifying third round
7 D Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 6303129+39
8 B Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 622286+28
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ China already qualified for the Asian Cup as host nation. They withdrew their hosting right in May 2022.

Third round

The third round consisted of two groups of six teams. The first two teams in each group qualified for the World Cup. The two third-placed teams proceeded to the fourth round. The draw was held on 1 July 2021 in Malaysia.

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Iran.svgFlag of South Korea.svgFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svgFlag of Iraq.svgFlag of Syria.svgFlag of Lebanon.svg
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 10811154+1125 2022 FIFA World Cup — 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 10721133+1023 2–0 — 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
3Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1033477012 Fourth round 0–1 1–0 — 2–2 2–0 0–0
4Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 10163612−69 0–3 0–3 1–0 — 1–1 0–0
5Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 10136916−76 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 — 2–3
6Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 10136513−86 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 —
Source: FIFA, AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Saudi Arabia.svgFlag of Japan.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svgFlag of Oman.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svgFlag of Vietnam.svg
1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 10721126+623 2022 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–1
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 10712124+822 2–0 — 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10433159+615 Fourth round 0–0 0–2 — 3–1 3–0 4–0
4Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 104241110+114 0–1 0–1 2–2 — 2–0 3–1
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 10136919−106 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 — 3–2
6Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 10118819−114 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 —
Source: FIFA, AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Fourth round

The two third-placed teams in each group from the third round played against each other in a single match to determine which team advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

The match was played in Doha, Qatar on 7 June 2022.

Team 1 Score Team 2
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1–2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Inter-confederation play-off

The inter-confederation play-off was determined by a draw held on 26 November 2021. The AFC fourth round winners was drawn against the fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL. [28] The play-off was played as a single match in Qatar on 13 June 2022. [29]

Team 1 Score Team 2
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru

Qualified teams

The following six teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup 1
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Hosts2 December 20100 (debut)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Third round group A winners27 January 20225 (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Third round group A runners-up1 February 202210 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 , 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Third round group B runners-up24 March 20226 (1998, 2002 , 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Third round group B winners24 March 20225 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia AFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners13 June 20225 (1974 2 , 2006 2 , 2010, 2014, 2018)
1Italic indicates hosts for that year.
2 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC in 1974 and 2006 (qualifying took place until 2005 and they left the OFC and joined the AFC in 2006).

Top goalscorers

There were 676 goals scored in 229 matches, for an average of 2.95 goals per match.

14 goals

12 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ North Korea withdrew after five matches. Qatar participated to reach the Asian Cup.
  2. ↑ The match was awarded as a 3–0 victory to Sri Lanka, [23] after Macau did not send their team for the match due to safety reasons following the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. [24]

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