UAE 2019 Qualifiers Play-off draw concluded

Published on: 07 April 2016

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will renew acquaintances with Timor-Leste while Tajikistan are again set to clash with Bangladesh following an official draw for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Qualifiers Play-off at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

The Malaysians and Timor-Leste, who finished in bottom two positions of Group A of the recently concluded 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers, were drawn into one of the five pairings in Qualifiers Play-off I.

Malaysia drew 1-1 with Timor Leste in their joint-qualifying game in Kuala Lumpur in June last year, before beating their fellow ASEAN side 1-0 in October’s return fixture in Dili.

Tajikistan and Bangladesh were placed in another pairing, having finished in the same positions in the joint qualifiers’ Group B, where the Bangladeshis also drew 1-1 with Tajikistan in Dhaka, before the Tajiks thrashed the visiting team 5-0 in the second leg held in Dushanbe.

The other three pairings are Chinese Taipei v Cambodia, Maldives v Yemen and Laos v India.

The winner of each pairing (total five teams) will advance to the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Qualifiers Final Round while the remaining five losing teams will join Bhutan in Qualifiers Play-off II (total six teams).

In Qualifiers Play-off II, the six teams will form three pairings and play home and away matches against each other and the winner of each pairing (total three teams) will advance to Qualifiers Final Round.

Bhutan, meanwhile, were drawn against the loser of the Qualifiers Play-off I match between Tajikistan and Bangladesh.

Qualifiers Play-off I will be held over two legs on June 2 and 7 while Play-off 2 will be played also over two legs on September 6 and October 11.

DRAW RESULTS

Qualifiers Play-Off I
PO 1.1 - Chinese Taipei v Cambodia
PO 1.2 - Maldives v Yemen
PO 1.3 - Tajikistan v Bangladesh
PO 1.4 - Malaysia v Timor-Leste
PO 1.5 - Laos v India

Qualifiers Play-Off II
PO 2.1 - Losing Team PO 1.2 v Losing Team 1.5
PO 2.2 - Losing Team PO 1.3 v Bhutan
PO 2.3 - Losing Team v PO 1.4 v Losing Team PO 1.1

 

Source: the-afc.com

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