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There will be six teams per group. I have feeling that Having Korea or Australia in our group will be better than Japan. I also hope to not see many GCC Arab countries in our group. Regardless of our group, we must be good enough to finish top two in order to qualify without much difficulty.
As much as 2 PGCC Arab countries are healthy add one more and the trouble of ganging up and anti-football begins. I would rather have Iraq in our group if they advance to the third round. Other than an entertaining match, we will be sure to get one less of those usual suspicious referee calls and we avoid travelling to far east.
As much as 2 PGCC Arab countries are healthy add one more and the trouble and ganging up and anti-football starts to show.
The best possible group for Iran would be this:
Iran
Australia *
UAE **
Uzbekistan
China / DPR Korea
Thailand / Syria
It is possible to get such a group, but there need to be some changes in the FIFA ranking by the time it is April.
* Australia seems to be a bit less tough than Korea and Japan. These other two are very serious when it comes to WCQ.
** Only one arab team in this group, which basically neutralizes the possibility of ganging against Iran. Or any other anti-football behavior.
The best possible group for Iran would be this:
Iran
Australia
UAE
Uzbekistan
China / DPR Korea
Thailand / Syria
It is possible to get such a group, but there need to be some changes in the FIFA ranking by the time it is April.
According to OP's projection this won't be possible.
None of this will be the same come April. The 12 teams aren't guaranteed and the pots will be different so no point in looking into groups yet. The only thing that's for sure is the bottom teams probably. Best teams to draw would be Thailand and Iraq.
If we get a group with like Iran, Australia, Japan etc it will be a nightmare and very stressful. But it's not exactly like it's gonna be easy for Australia or Japan either, they fear that group as much as we do, if not more. Lets just hope Australia climbs back up in April.
Iran
Australia *
UAE **
Uzbekistan
China / DPR Korea
Thailand / Syria
It is possible to get such a group, but there need to be some changes in the FIFA ranking by the time it is April.
* Australia seems to be a bit less tough than Korea and Japan. These other two are very serious when it comes to WCQ.
** Only one arab team in this group, which basically neutralizes the possibility of ganging against Iran. Or any other anti-football behavior.
Let them gang up, they won't be successful. We will prevail against all opponents.
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