Asian Football Confederation (AFC) officials have resolved to resume the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifying tournament in October.
In March, FIFA and the AFC agreed to postpone the Asian World Cup qualifying matches in March and June due to the COVID- 19 outbreak.
The Asian qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 are in its second round, played by 40 teams drawn into eight groups of five to play home-and-away round-robin matches from September 5, 2019.
The Asian football governing body confirmed that in consul- tation with FIFA, the remaining matches of Round Two in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will take place in October and November.
The third and final rounds of the World Cup qualifiers as well qualifiers for the 2023 Asian Cup scheduled in China are program- med to take place in March 2021.
