AFC Concludes Draw for Final Round of Asian Cup 2019 Qualifiers

The draw for the second half of the AFC Asian Cup (UAE 2019) qualifiers took place Monday in Abu Dhabi as 24 teams learned their opponents for the final round of qualifying. 
The 24 sides were divided into six groups of four teams to play a league of two rounds from March 2017 until March 2018, with 12 sides making it to the finals that will be hosted in January and February 2017. 
Group A comprised Kyrgyz Republic, India, Myanmar and Macau, while DPR Korea were drawn in Group B alongside Hong Kong, Lebanon and Malaysia. 
Jordan will be in Group C along with Vietnam, Afghanistan and Cambodia. Oman, meanwhile, will have to fight competition from Palestine, Maldives and Bhutan in Group D. 
Group E has Bahrain, Turkmenistan, Chinese Taipei and Singapore, and Group F comprises Philippines, Tajikistan, Yemen and Nepal. 
The winners and runners-up from each group will qualify for the finals to join the 12 teams that have already qualified through the 2018 FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup 2019 preliminary joint qualification round 2. They are defending champions Australia, China, Iraq, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Uzbekistan and hosts UAE.

Source: QNA