In the first group, Kuwait will face Jordan (at 19:15 Beirut time) in a decisive confrontation at the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium. The Kuwaiti Blues were snapped by Indonesia (1-2) in the first round before beating Nepal (4-1), where Jordan overcame Nepal’s hurdles with two goals and Indonesia with one goal. Jordan leads the standings with 6 points ahead of Indonesia (3), Kuwait (3) and Nepal (0).
In case Kuwait beat Jordan and Indonesia against Nepal (played at 22:15 Beirut time), the three teams will tie the points and then consider the goal difference in direct matches between the tied and team.
Kuwait will face Jordan in a tight clash to secure a spot in the final
For the second group, the Palestinian team will meet the Filipinos (now at 7:30), and before reaching the Asian Cup for the third time in its history, it has one more point left. Fedayer picked up a 5-0 win on Saturday at the expense of the Yemeni team, keeping the Palestinians at the top of the group with six points, compared to four points from the Filipinos who scored a clean sheet against Mongolia on Saturday , as well as the third point for Yemen, and Mongolia remained at the end of the standings empty.
The Palestinian team first participated in the final in 2015 when it was eliminated from the group stage, as this was the last time in 2019 in the UAE. Yemen first came out in 2019 when they were knocked out of the group stage with three defeats.
Twenty-four teams will scramble for the remaining 11 qualifying tickets for the Continental Championship after 13 teams ensured their participation in the final.
The third round teams are divided into six groups, and they will go through the group system in six countries on June 8, 11 and 14, and in only three rounds, and not in the traditional six back and forth.
Those teams also include Bahrain, who made their space a crucial victory on Saturday at the expense of host Malaysia (2-1). Bahrain led with six points after beating Bangladesh 2-0 in the first round, while Malaysia dropped to second with three points ahead of a direct confrontation with Turkmenistan. Bahrain only need one point in the meeting with Turkmenistan (now at 12:15) to secure a spot in the final.
Source: Al-Akhbar