2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Play-off round

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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| dates = {{nowrap|12 March 2015 – 27 March 2018}}

| num_teams = 46Kuwait disqualified after playing five matches. Indonesia disqualified before playing. Guam withrew before playing third round. UAE participated to reach the World Cup.

| confederations = 1

| matches = {{#expr: 12 + 152 + 16 + 72}}

| goals = {{#expr: 24 + 507 + 46 + 243}}

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| top_scorer = {{fbicon|KSA}} Mohammad Al-Sahlawi {{nowrap|(14 goals)}}

| prevseason = 2015

| nextseason = 2023

}}

{{Qualification for championships (AFC)}}

The 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the 17th edition of the international men's football championship of Asia. For the first time, the Asian Cup final tournament was contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format that was used from 2004 to 2015.{{cite web |title=ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals |url=http://www.the-afc.com/executive-committee/exco-approves-expanded-afc-asian-cup-finals |publisher=AFC |date=16 April 2014 |access-date=25 August 2014}}

The qualification process involved four rounds, where the first two doubled as the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification for Asian teams.

Format

The qualification structure was as follows:{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-asian-cup-uae-2019-competition-regulations|title=AFC Asian Cup 2019 Competition Regulations|publisher=AFC}}

  • First round: A total of twelve teams (teams ranked 35–46) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: A total of forty teams (teams ranked 1–34 and six first round winners) were divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches.
  • The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up including host UAE qualified for the AFC Asian Cup finals and advance to the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
  • The next sixteen highest ranked teams (the remaining four group runners-up, the eight third-placed teams and the four best group fourth-placed teams) advanced directly to the third round of Asian Cup qualification.
  • The remaining twelve teams entered the play-off round to contest the remaining eight spots in the third round of Asian Cup qualification.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=4/news=world-cup-draw-looms-large-in-asia-2590022.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416192221/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=4/news=world-cup-draw-looms-large-in-asia-2590022.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2015|title=World Cup draw looms large in Asia|publisher=FIFA.com|date=13 April 2015|quote=Completing the tournament's qualifying contenders will be the next 16 highest ranked teams, with the remaining 12 sides battling it out in play-off matches to claim the last eight spots.}}
  • Play-off round: At a Competition Committee meeting in November 2014, it was decided that a play-off round of qualifying would be introduced into the qualification procedure.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/standing-committee/afc-competitions-committee-meeting |title=AFC Competitions Committee meeting |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |date=28 November 2014 |access-date=30 November 2014}} There were two rounds of home-and-away two-legged play-off matches to determine the final eight qualifiers for the third round.
  • Third round: The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four to play home-and-away round-robin matches, and they competed for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

The play-off round represented a change from the initially announced qualification format – which saw the remaining fourth-placed teams and the four best group fifth-placed teams also advance to the third round.

Entrants

46 FIFA-affiliated nations from the AFC entered qualification.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/russia2018/news/newsid=2507253/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115183352/http://www.fifa.com//worldcup/russia2018/news/newsid=2507253/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2015 |title=Road to Russia with new milestone |publisher=FIFA.com |date=15 January 2015}} In order to determine which nations would compete in the first round and which nations would receive a bye through to the second round, the FIFA World Rankings of January 2015 were used (shown in parentheses).{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=246/afc.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119144237/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=246/afc.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 19, 2015 |title=FIFA Men's Ranking – January 2015 (AFC) |publisher=FIFA.com |date=8 January 2015}}

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style="width:66%"|Bye to second round
(Ranked 1st to 34th)

!style="width:34%"|Competing in first round
(Ranked 35th to 46th)

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|{{div col}}{{ordered list|start=1

|{{fb|IRN}} (51)

|{{fb|JPN}} (54)

|{{fb|KOR}} (69)

|{{fb|UZB}} (71)

|{{fb|UAE}} (80)

|{{fb|QAT}} (92)

|{{fb|OMA}} (93)

|{{fb|JOR}} (93)

|{{fb|CHN}} (96)

|{{fb|AUS}} (100)

|{{fb|KSA}} (102)

|{{fb|BHR}} (110)

|{{fb|IRQ}} (114)

|{{fb|PLE}} (115)

|{{fb|LIB}} (122)

|{{fb|KUW}} (125)

|{{fb|PHI}} (129)

|{{fb|MDV}} (131)

|{{fb|VIE}} (133)

|{{fb|TJK}} (136)

|{{fb|MYA}} (141)

|{{fb|AFG|2013}} (142)

|{{fb|THA}} (144)

|{{fb|TKM}} (147)

|{{fb|PRK}} (150)

|{{fb|SYR|1980}} (151)

|{{fb|KGZ}} (152)

|{{fb|MAS}} (154)

|{{fb|HKG}} (156)

|{{fb|SIN}} (157)

|{{fb|IDN}} (159)

|{{fb|LAO}} (160)

|{{fb|GUM}} (161)

|{{fb|BAN}} (165)

}}{{div col end}}

|{{ordered list|start=35

|{{fb|IND}} (171)

|{{fb|SRI}} (172)

|{{fb|YEM}} (176)

|{{fb|CAM}} (179)

|{{fb|TPE}} (182)

|{{fb|TLS}} (185)

|{{fb|NEP}} (186)

|{{fb|MAC}} (186)

|{{fb|PAK}} (188)

|{{fb|MNG}} (194)

|{{fb|BRU}} (198)

|{{fb|BHU}} (209)

}}

Due to the joint format of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers and AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, the hosts of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the United Arab Emirates also entered the second round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers despite having qualified automatically.

Northern Mariana Islands, which is not a FIFA member, were not eligible to enter.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualification competition was as follows.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2015.pdf|publisher=AFC|title=AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2016.pdf|publisher=AFC|title=AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2017.pdf|publisher=AFC|title=AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2018_21112017.pdf|title=AFC Competitions Calendar 2018|publisher=AFC|date=15 November 2017}}

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{| class="wikitable"

!Round

!Matchday

!Date

rowspan=2|First round

|First leg

|12 March 2015

Second leg

|17 March 2015

rowspan=10|Second round

|Matchday 1

|11 June 2015

Matchday 2

|16 June 2015

Matchday 3

|3 September 2015

Matchday 4

|8 September 2015

Matchday 5

|8 October 2015

Matchday 6

|13 October 2015

Matchday 7

|12 November 2015

Matchday 8

|17 November 2015

Matchday 9

|24 March 2016

Matchday 10

|29 March 2016

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!Round

!Matchday

!Date

rowspan=4|Play-off round

|Round 1 First leg

|2 June 2016

Round 1 Second leg

|7 June 2016

Round 2 First leg

|6 September 2016

Round 2 Second leg

|11 October 2016

rowspan=6|Third round

|Matchday 1

|28 March 2017

Matchday 2

|13 June 2017

Matchday 3

|5 September 2017

Matchday 4

|10 October 2017

Matchday 5

|14 November 2017

Matchday 6

|27 March 2018

|}

First round

{{Main article|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round}}

The draw for the first round was held on 10 February 2015, 15:30 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/2018-world-cup-asian-cup-2015/india-v-nepal-headlines-2018-world-cup-2019-asian-cup-qualifiers-draw |title=India v Nepal headlines 2018 World Cup, 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers draw |publisher=AFC |date=23 February 2015}}

The six teams eliminated from this stage progressed to the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup.{{cite web|title=AFC Competitions Committee decisions|url=http://www.the-afc.com/competitions-division/afc-competitions-committee-decisions|publisher=AFC|date=12 April 2016|access-date=7 September 2016}}

{{:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round}}

Second round

{{Main article|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round}}

The draw for the second round was held on 14 April 2015, 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/asian-cup-2019-2018-world-cup/draw-date-set-for-round-2-of-2018-world-cup-2019-asian-cup-qualifiers |title=Draw date set for Round 2 of 2018 World Cup, 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers |publisher=AFC |date=5 March 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/asian-cup-2019-2018-world-cup/draw-russia-2018-uae-2019-joint-qualification-round-2 |title=Draw: Russia 2018 / UAE 2019 Joint Qualification Round 2 |publisher=AFC |date=15 April 2015}}

=Groups=

{{2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers}}

==Group A==

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==Group B==

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==Group C==

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==Group D==

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==Group E==

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==Group F==

Indonesia was also drawn into this group, but on 30 May 2015 the country's football association was suspended due to governmental interference,{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=5/news=current-allocation-of-fifa-world-cuptm-confederation-slots-maintained-2610611.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530211217/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=5/news=current-allocation-of-fifa-world-cuptm-confederation-slots-maintained-2610611.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 May 2015|title=Current allocation of FIFA World Cup confederation slots maintained|publisher=FIFA.com|date=30 May 2015}} and on 3 June 2015 the team was disqualified and all matches involving it were cancelled.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases/impact-of-football-association-of-indonesia-suspension|title=Impact of Football Association of Indonesia suspension|publisher=AFC|date=3 June 2015}}

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==Group G==

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==Group H==

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=Ranking of runner-up teams=

To determine the four best runner-up teams, the following criteria are used:

  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Goal difference
  3. Goals scored
  4. Fair play points
  5. Drawing of lots

As a result of Indonesia being disqualified due to FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team were not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/determination_of_team_rankings.pdf|title=Criteria to Determine the Rankings of Best-placed Teams among the Groups|publisher=AFC}}

{{:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|transcludesection=Runners-up}}

=Ranking of fourth-placed teams=

To determine the four best fourth-placed teams, the following criteria were used:

  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Goal difference
  3. Goals scored
  4. Fair play points
  5. Drawing of lots

As a result of Indonesia being disqualified due to FIFA suspension, Group F contained only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the fourth-placed teams.

{{:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|transcludesection=Fourth}}

Play-off round

{{main article|2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round}}

At an AFC Competition Committee meeting in November 2014, it was decided that two rounds of play-off matches would be introduced into the qualification procedure to determine the final eight teams for the main qualifying round.{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/asian-cup-2019/stage-set-for-uae-2019-qualifiers-play-off-draw|title=Stage set for UAE 2019 Qualifiers play-off draw {{!}} AFC|website=www.the-afc.com|access-date=2016-04-05}}

A total of eight slots for the third round were available from this round (five from round 1, three from round 2). The three teams eliminated from this stage progressed to the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup.

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 April 2016, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/asian-cup-2019/uae-2019-qualifiers-play-off-draw-concluded|publisher=AFC|title=UAE 2019 Qualifiers play-off draw concluded|date=7 April 2016}}

=Round 1=

The lowest seeded team, Bhutan, received a bye, and the remaining ten teams were drawn into five pairs. Each pair played two home-and-away matches, with the winners qualifying for the third round.

{{#lst:2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round|Round 1}}

=Round 2=

The five losers from round 1 joined Bhutan in this round. The six teams were drawn into three pairs. Each pair played two home-and-away matches, with the winners qualifying for the third round.

{{#lst:2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round|Round 2}}

Third round

{{main article|2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round}}

A total of 24 teams competed in the third round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Since the 2019 hosts United Arab Emirates advanced to the third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the automatic slot for the hosts was no longer necessary, and a total of 12 slots for the AFC Asian Cup were available from this round.

Due to the withdrawal of Guam and the suspension of Kuwait, the AFC decided to invite both Nepal and Macau, the top two teams of the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup, to re-enter 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification as replacements in order to maintain 24 teams in the third round of the competition.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/asian-cup-2019/teams-for-final-round-of-afc-asian-cup-uae-2019-qualifiers-confirmed |title=Teams for final round of AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 qualifiers confirmed |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |access-date=13 January 2017 }}

The draw for the third round was held on 23 January 2017, 16:00 GST, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/asian-cup-2019/draw-for-final-round-of-afc-asian-cup-uae-2019-qualifiers-concluded|title=Draw for final round of AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 qualifiers concluded|publisher=AFC|date=23 January 2017}}

=Groups=

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2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification tiebreakers
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==Group A==

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==Group B==

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==Group C==

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==Group D==

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==Group E==

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==Group F==

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Qualified teams

File:2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying map.png

The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament.

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style="width:160px;"|Team

! style="width:210px;"|Qualified as

! style="width:115px;"|Qualified on

! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in AFC Asian Cup1

{{fb|UAE}}{{sort|*|Hosts}}{{dts|2015|3|9|format=dmy}}9 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|KSA}}{{sort|2A1|Second round group A winners}}{{dts|2016|3|24|addkey=3|format=dmy}}9 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|AUS}}{{sort|2B1|Second round group B winners}}{{dts|2016|3|29|addkey=1|format=dmy}}3 (2007, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|QAT}}{{sort|2C1|Second round group C winners}}{{dts|2015|11|17|format=dmy}}9 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|IRN}}{{sort|2D1|Second round group D winners}}{{dts|2016|3|29|addkey=3|format=dmy}}13 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|JPN}}{{sort|2E1|Second round group E winners}}{{dts|2016|3|24|addkey=1|format=dmy}}8 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|THA}}{{sort|2F1|Second round group F winners}}{{dts|2016|3|24|addkey=2|format=dmy}}6 (1972, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
{{fb|KOR}}{{sort|2G1|Second round group G winners}}{{dts|2016|1|13|format=dmy}}13 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|UZB}}{{sort|2H1|Second round group H winners}}{{dts|2016|3|29|addkey=2|format=dmy}}6 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|IRQ}}{{sort|2Z1|Second round 1st best runners-up}}{{dts|2016|3|29|addkey=5|format=dmy}}8 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|SYR|1980}}{{sort|2Z2|Second round 2nd best runners-up}}{{dts|2016|3|29|addkey=4|format=dmy}}5 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011)
{{fb|CHN}}{{sort|2Z4|Second round 4th best runners-up}}{{dts|2016|3|29|addkey=6|format=dmy}}11 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|IND}}{{sort|3A1|Third Round Group A winners}}{{dts|2017|10|11|format=dmy}}3 (1964, 1984, 2011)
{{fb|KGZ}}{{sort|3A2|Third Round Group A runners-up}}{{dts|2018|3|22|format=dmy}}0 (debut)
{{fb|LIB}}{{sort|3B1|Third Round Group B winners}}{{dts|2017|11|10|format=dmy}}1 (2000)
{{fb|PRK}}{{sort|3B2|Third Round Group B runners-up}}{{dts|2018|3|27|addkey=1|format=dmy}}4 (1980, 1992, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|JOR}}{{sort|3C1|Third Round Group C winners}}{{dts|2017|11|14|addkey=2|format=dmy}}3 (2004, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|VIE}}{{sort|3C2|Third Round Group C runners-up}}{{dts|2017|11|14|addkey=4|format=dmy}}3 (19562, 19602, 2007)
{{fb|PLE}}{{sort|3D1|Third Round Group D runners-up}}{{dts|2017|10|10|addkey=1|format=dmy}}1 (2015)
{{fb|OMA}}{{sort|3D2|Third Round Group D winners}}{{dts|2017|10|10|addkey=2|format=dmy}}3 (2004, 2007, 2015)
{{fb|BHR}}{{sort|3E1|Third Round Group E winners}}{{dts|2017|11|14|addkey=3|format=dmy}}5 (1988, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015)
{{fb|TKM}}{{sort|3E2|Third Round Group E runners-up}}{{dts|2017|11|14|addkey=1|format=dmy}}1 (2004)
{{fb|PHI}}{{sort|3F1|Third Round Group F winners}}{{dts|2018|3|27|addkey=2|format=dmy}}0 (debut)
{{fb|YEM}}{{sort|3F2|Third Round Group F runners-up}}{{dts|2018|3|27|addkey=3|format=dmy}}0 (debut)

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  • {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} Sharif Mukhammad ({{small|playing against Japan}})
  • {{flagicon|BHU}} Biren Basnet ({{small|playing against Oman}})
  • {{flagicon|CAM}} Khoun Laboravy ({{small|playing against Japan}})
  • {{flagicon|CAM}} Leng Makara ({{small|playing against Syria}})
  • {{flagicon|TPE}} Chen Chia-chun ({{small|playing against Turkmenistan}})
  • {{flagicon|JOR}} Mohannad Al-Souliman ({{small|playing against Afghanistan}})
  • {{flagicon|KGZ}} Ildar Amirov ({{small|playing against Australia}})
  • {{flagicon|KGZ}} Valery Kichin ({{small|playing against Bangladesh}})
  • {{flagicon|LIB}} Ali Hamam ({{small|playing against South Korea}})
  • {{flagicon|MAC}} Lam Ka Seng ({{small|playing against India}})
  • {{flagicon|MDV}} Amdhan Ali ({{small|playing against Oman}})
  • {{flagicon|MDV}} Mohamed Faisal ({{small|playing against Palestine}})
  • {{flagicon|MDV}} Ali Samooh ({{small|playing against Yemen}})
  • {{flagicon|MYA}} Zaw Min Tun ({{small|playing against Kuwait}})
  • {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Hamdi Al Masri ({{small|playing against Japan}})
  • {{flagicon|TJK}} Davron Ergashev ({{small|playing against Yemen}})
  • {{flagicon|TKM}} Serdar Annaorazow ({{small|playing against Guam}})
  • {{flagicon|TKM}} Mekan Saparow ({{small|playing against Oman}})
  • {{flagicon|VIE}} Đinh Tiến Thành ({{small|playing against Thailand}})

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