Bearing in mind the prevailing journey and quarantine restrictions attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the continent and following a technique of shut session with Asia’s Member Associations, the Asian Soccer Confederation (AFC) and FIFA have collectively agreed to postpone the vast majority of the upcoming Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and AFC Asian Cup China 2023™. 

The newest match schedule for match days 7 and eight of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and AFC Asian Cup China 2023™ Preliminary Joint Qualification Spherical 2, which is scheduled to happen on March 25 and 30, 2021 is as follows:

FIFA and the AFC proceed to put the well being and security of gamers, groups, match officers and all stakeholders as the best precedence and can work along with their member associations to intently monitor the state of affairs within the area.

As a part of efforts to make sure the secure and profitable completion of the Asian Qualifiers, the AFC will open the invitation to member associations to host their respective teams in a centralised format and can affirm and talk sooner or later the match schedule for the June 2021 worldwide window, the place the centralised qualifying matches are scheduled to happen from 31 Might to fifteen June, 2021.

Potential updates on the FIFA World Cup qualifiers shall be printed right here on FIFA.com.