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Al Jazeera Staff

2026 FIFA World Cup: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia AFC qualifiers revealed

Qatar's Akram Afif is the current AFC Footballer of the year [Ibraheem Al Omari/Reuters]

The draw for the fourth round of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has revealed the fate of the final six teams from the continent vying for a place at next summer’s 48-team expanded edition.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the back-to-back AFC Cup winners, had already secured home advantage for the next round of qualifiers before Thursday’s draw, which was made at AFC House, the headquarters of the football governing body on the continent, in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.

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