Road to the 2026 World Cup Thread ( Discussion, Analysis, Schedule etc)

[Super Shojaei]

dodgy paperwork probably like many of my dear Kurdish hamvatans.

If they can get the paperwork done for 3rd generation Argentinian Syrians I don’t see why we can’t get the Eckert paperwork done

[Nokhodi]

If they can get the paperwork done for 3rd generation Argentinian Syrians I don’t see why we can’t get the Eckert paperwork done

Who said his paperwork can’t be done.

irandust picked Syria because he wanted to represent a dictator with a higher mass murder rate.

full disclosure: I don’t think athletes should be judged for the politics of the country they choose and vice versa.

[Super Shojaei]

Who said his paperwork can’t be done.

irandust picked Syria because he wanted to represent a dictator with a higher mass murder rate.

full disclosure: I don’t think athletes should be judged for the politics of the country they choose and vice versa.

Irandust probably has more chance being a starter long term for Syria from a minutes perspective it makes sense

[Nokhodi]

Irandust probably has more chance being a starter long term for Syria from a minutes perspective it makes sense

Absolutely. No guarantee that irandust didn’t turn out to be another version of the Nazari brothers.

[perspolis#1]

Dahoud is a huge addition for Syria.

Irandust not so much.

I wasnt impressed with Syria to be honest.
Their plan was to park the bus but honestly our own teams laziness was the reason they got as far they did in the game. If we actually tried reaching players between the lines instead of useless crosses and dribbles we should have won comfortably.

With Dahoud, Syria may try to play more open as they finally have a strong distributor but some teams struggle with opening up

[DR Strangemoosh]

What link does Irandust have to Syria?

The bigger mystery for me is why people here have been reporting on him when he made it very clear he would never ever play for Iran, a few years ago

[perspolis#1]

I can't find a trace of Turkmenistan's squad thats called up yet.

[oracle]

Dahoud is a huge addition for Syria.

Irandust not so much.

I wasnt impressed with Syria to be honest.
Their plan was to park the bus but honestly our own teams laziness was the reason they got as far they did in the game. If we actually tried reaching players between the lines instead of useless crosses and dribbles we should have won comfortably.

With Dahoud, Syria may try to play more open as they finally have a strong distributor but some teams struggle with opening up

One good thing about this qualifiers
because paramount showing all the matches of ac
We have great idea how almost all asian teams are now.
It's makes it great to follow the wcq26 matches
Specialy 3rd round which paramount will show all matches again.

[perspolis#1]

After this series of games on March 21 and March 26th we will get a realistic idea of what the possible pots will be in the next round of Asian qualifying.


There will be some high level friendlies as well during this window such as England-Brazil and France-Germany to give us a taste of how teams are looking halfway in the cycle.


Of note, the early stages of Concacaf qualifying will start this window as well. The losers of Anguilla- Turks and Caicos and US virgin Islands vs British Virgin Islands derby home and away will be the first teams eliminated from this world cup cycle.

[Rezzy]

Who said his paperwork can’t be done.

irandust picked Syria because he wanted to represent a dictator with a higher mass murder rate.

full disclosure: I don’t think athletes should be judged for the politics of the country they choose and vice versa.

theres more drama playing for Iran than there is for syria. he picked the least controversial choice. its just ironic with his last name i must say...

[oracle]

After this series of games on March 21 and March 26th we will get a realistic idea of what the possible pots will be in the next round of Asian qualifying.


There will be some high level friendlies as well during this window such as England-Brazil and France-Germany to give us a taste of how teams are looking halfway in the cycle.


Of note, the early stages of Concacaf qualifying will start this window as well. The losers of Anguilla- Turks and Caicos and US virgin Islands vs British Virgin Islands derby home and away will be the first teams eliminated from this world cup cycle.

It's all about European championship
in Germany this summer.
It will be great.
love to see Europe invite Argentina, Brazil to this tournament it be off the hook.
...

[koorosh]

Irandust »»» Irandoshman

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[perspolis#1]

Time to discuss some possible scenarios for the groups next round.


Group A
Qatar will win group. Kuwait has games vs India and Afghanistan left. India vs Qatar and Kuwait. Realistically India needs to beat Kuwait to advance.

Group B
Japan and Syria.

Group C
South Korea to top the group. China currently 2nd and play Thailand in China in June. If China beats Thailand they go through. If they tie, China have a better goal difference by 3 going into the last game against South Korea, while Thailand plays Singapore so it will be risky for China. I'll assume they survive it.

Group D
Oman to go through. Kyrgyzstan and Malaysia play a crucial game in Kyrgyzstan in June. If Kyrgyzstan can beat Malaysia they will go through. If they tie. Malaysia plays Chinese taipei on the last day while Kyrgyzstan plays Oman. Kyrgyzstan has a better goal difference by a margin of 8.

Group E
Iran and Uzbekistan

Group F
Iraq and Indonesia

Group G
Saudi will qualify. Jordan and Tajikistan are playing each other in June. Tajikistan HAS TO avoid a loss. If they tie, Jordan will still be two points ahead but will have to play Saudi in the last game while Tajikistan will have a game vs Pakistan. If Tajikistan beat Jordan very likely they will qualify.


Group H
UAE and Bahrain

Group I
Australia qualify. Lebanon has to beat Palestine and Bangladesh and hope Palestine loses to Australia. I would give the edge to Palestine


All that being said, if the draw happened tomorrow, this is what the draw would look like with these assumptions and current rankings.


POT 1
Japan
Iran
Korea

POT2
Australia
Qatar
Saudi


POT3
Iraq
Uzbekistan
UAE

POT4
Jordan
Oman
Bahrain


POT 5
China
Syria
Palestine


POT 6
Kyrgyzstan
Kuwait
Indonesia


Some possible teams that could make it on the brink are India, Thailand, Malaysia, Lebanon, Tajikistan who would take either a Pot 5 or 6 position.


Hardest group personally :Iran, Saudi, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait.

So much gaavbandi and badbakhti.


Easiest group personally: Iran, Australia, UAE, Bahrain, China, Kyrgyzstan.



What do you guys think?

[Pluto2000]

Time to discuss some possible scenarios for the groups next round.


Group A
Qatar will win group. Kuwait has games vs India and Afghanistan left. India vs Qatar and Kuwait. Realistically India needs to beat Kuwait to advance.

Group B
Japan and Syria.

Group C
South Korea to top the group. China currently 2nd and play Thailand in China in June. If China beats Thailand they go through. If they tie, China have a better goal difference by 3 going into the last game against South Korea, while Thailand plays Singapore so it will be risky for China. I'll assume they survive it.

Group D
Oman to go through. Kyrgyzstan and Malaysia play a crucial game in Kyrgyzstan in June. If Kyrgyzstan can beat Malaysia they will go through. If they tie. Malaysia plays Chinese taipei on the last day while Kyrgyzstan plays Oman. Kyrgyzstan has a better goal difference by a margin of 8.

Group E
Iran and Uzbekistan

Group F
Iraq and Indonesia

Group G
Saudi will qualify. Jordan and Tajikistan are playing each other in June. Tajikistan HAS TO avoid a loss. If they tie, Jordan will still be two points ahead but will have to play Saudi in the last game while Tajikistan will have a game vs Pakistan. If Tajikistan beat Jordan very likely they will qualify.


Group H
UAE and Bahrain

Group I
Australia qualify. Lebanon has to beat Palestine and Bangladesh and hope Palestine loses to Australia. I would give the edge to Palestine


All that being said, if the draw happened tomorrow, this is what the draw would look like with these assumptions and current rankings.


POT 1
Japan
Iran
Korea

POT2
Australia
Qatar
Saudi


POT3
Iraq
Uzbekistan
UAE

POT4
Jordan
Oman
Bahrain


POT 5
China
Syria
Palestine


POT 6
Kyrgyzstan
Kuwait
Indonesia



Some possible teams that could make it on the brink are India, Thailand, Malaysia, Lebanon, Tajikistan who would take either a Pot 5 or 6 position.


Hardest group personally :Iran, Saudi, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait.

So much gaavbandi and badbakhti.


Easiest group personally: Iran, Australia, UAE, Bahrain, China, Kyrgyzstan.



What do you guys think?

Realistically we are not getting anywhere in the WC with this dysfunctional team so I want some interesting matches at least during WCQ. My personal would be:

Iran
Australia
UAE
Jordan
China
Indonesia

It's a bit of a travel for us but I wanna finally face Australia again after a million years. Keeping Jordan in there makes it interesting and also two east asian teams so we can have experience with speedier players

[allan123]

Realistically we are not getting anywhere in the WC with this dysfunctional team so I want some interesting matches at least during WCQ. My personal would be:

Iran
Australia
UAE
Jordan
China
Indonesia

It's a bit of a travel for us but I wanna finally face Australia again after a million years. Keeping Jordan in there makes it interesting and also two east asian teams so we can have experience with speedier players

According next FIFA Ranking

Pot 1
Iran
Japan
Australia

Pot 2
S.Korea
Saudi Arabia
Qatar

The Draw between Thailand vs S. Korea was very bad for Korea interest because s. Korea lost some Fifa points