Australia moves to top pot of seed!

[Gucci10]

Rankings:
Iran 42 (up by 2)
Australia 50 (up by 17th)
This means we avoid them...

[MR.S]

wasn't they not already top seeded?

[Ikiosan]

Considering our logistical capability, traveling time, jet lag and etc its a good thing.

[ehsan singapore]

is good we dont meet austrlia, i hope saudi and qatar get them, travel for supoer long, we can get korea, is not that long

[Tehranto]

This was a known fact after our last WCQ game.

Thanks.

[Taz]

http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranki...e/men/afc.html

Am I correct in saying the group will shape up as follows?

Iran
South Korea or Japan
Saudi Arabia or Uzbekistan
UAE or China
Qatar or Iraq
Syria or Thailand

Not much difference in any of the possible pairings.

[BacheLot]

Considering our logistical capability, traveling time, jet lag and etc its a good thing.

from football perspective as well.
cause, we dont fare well vs big, physical sides.
especially the higher caliber teams, which they certainly are and proved it at AC..!

[Bessos]

http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranki...e/men/afc.html

Am I correct in saying the group will shape up as follows?

Iran
South Korea or Japan
Saudi Arabia or Uzbekistan
UAE or China
Qatar or Iraq
Syria or Thailand

Not much difference in any of the possible pairings.

You are correct.

The only difference may be Iraq and Qatar. It would make life easier if we get Iraq.

[AminGP]

This would be my ideal group

Iran
South Korea
Uzbekistan
China
Iraq
Syria

[Kavian]

I LIKE:

Iran
Japan
Saudi
China
Iraq
Thailand


One real arab, one semi arab but not as bad, strong Japan, unknown China (we haven't played them for a long time) and Thailand which is not good as they used to be a few years back.

[BacheLot]

my preference:
Iran
Japan
Saudi Arabia or Uzbekistan: dont care, if Azadi ban applies then id much prefer UZ.
China
Iraq
Syria

[persepolisfan]

Honestly as long as we can avoid Saudi Arabia and Qatar then I am fine with any group we are in. Because the Saudis def will be a headache to deal with, not because they are even a quality side(granted I'm sure they can cause trouble), but because of that unnecessary political bs. And the same goes to Qatar, their UN team will be stupid to deal with

[PSGman#19]

Honestly as long as we can avoid Saudi Arabia and Qatar then I am fine with any group we are in. Because the Saudis def will be a headache to deal with, not because they are even a quality side(granted I'm sure they can cause trouble), but because of that unnecessary political bs. And the same goes to Qatar, their UN team will be stupid to deal with

By the way we alsways fail to qualify with Saudi Arabia in our group. Except in 1998 when we had to qualify at the end of the end on the other side of the planet.

[eerooni]

This would be my ideal group
Iran
South Korea
Uzbekistan
China
Iraq
Syria

Yes!!!!!

[rezabmehr]

I don't think any of our players or coaching staff are afraid of SA or Qatar.