AFC
Kuala Lumpur: The six teams in playoffs for the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027™ Qualifiers Final Round learnt their opponents following the official draw at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday.
The three winners from the match-ups will join Bhutan, Maldives and Laos, who punched their tickets to the Qualifiers Final Round as the three best-ranked losing teams from the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1, alongside 18 teams (all third and fourth-placed teams from across nine groups) from Round 2.
Sri Lanka were drawn to play Cambodia, Timor-Leste will host Mongolia while Brunei Darussalam will meet Macau.
The first leg is scheduled for September 5-6 with the return leg five days later.
The Qualifiers Final Round will be contested over six match days, starting March 25, 2025 and culminating on March 31 2026, in a home-and-away format between six groups of four teams each.
The winners of each group (six teams) will advance to the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027™ Finals, joining the 18 (top two teams from across nine groups) that qualified from the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2.
Playoffs Fixtures
Sri Lanka v Cambodia
Timor-Leste v Mongolia
Brunei Darussalam v Macau
(1st Leg: September 5&6; 2nd Leg: September 10)