In The Journey For Lady Fifa World Cup Qualifying Win, Pakistan Faces Cambodia Once More A little more than four years on from losing to Cambodia and making a course for last year's Reality Cup in Qatar, Pakistan will and by encounter Cambodia in the home-and-away first-round of meeting all requirements for the 2026 competition in North America — which highlights 48 groups interestingly — and the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.



Thursday's draw service at the Asian Football Confederation central command in Kuala Lumpur likewise saw Pakistan find their second-round bunch stage rivals would it be a good idea for them if they defeat Cambodia.


Those matches were the first since Pakistan, who is 201st in the FIFA rankings and has endured a lot of inaction because of the emergency in the Pakistan Football League (PFF), lost in two legs to Cambodia in June 2019.


Those coordinates were played under a haze with two separate PFF arrangements set up — one acknowledged by FIFA and the AFC and the other by the neighborhood court. This time, in any case, the FIFA-designated PFF Standardization Board is in control.


"The off-pitch matters are better this time," Pakistan lead trainer Shehzad Anwar, who was the PFF specialized chief quite a while back, told Sunrise on Thursday.


Cambodia, then again, lost their last global agreeable 1-0 to Bangladesh in June and completed third in their gathering in December's Asean Football Organization Title, winning two and losing two matches.


They will, be that as it may, be without the one who engineered their two-legged triumph over Pakistan quite a while back.


Previous Japan global aggressor Keisuke Honda has left as the group's mentor yet during his spell in control, he has changed the side from likewise rans in the Southeast Asian district to a liquid, going after the group.


Last month, Pakistan lost every one of the three coordinates in the Four-Countries Cup in Mauritius with a joined score of 7-1 against the hosts, Kenya and Djibouti.


They then, at that point, lost every one of the three matches in their gathering of the SAFF Title in India by a joined 9-0 against their chief opponents, Kuwait and Nepal.


"That is a significant issue for us," conceded Shehzad, who is confident that the desk work for aggressors Adil Nabi and Etzaz Hussain will be finished before the Cambodia matches.


Both at present play in Cyprus and Shehzad would confident that their augmentations will help the group "on the going after front" and "facilitate our objective scoring troubles" with the commitment of playing against additional famous Asian rivals ready to pounce in the second phase of qualifying.


Saudi Arabia, who dazed possible bosses Argentina at the World Cup in Qatar, are the sort of first-class groups Pakistan have yet to get the opportunity to meet. The Saudis have shown their goal to become world football's next heartland. Their players will head into the passing effort preparing and playing with any semblance of Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema who have been baited to the multi-billion Saudi Ace Association.


Japan, Asia's best group at twentieth on the planet rankings who arrived at the last 16 of the Qatar World Cup, were attracted to point toward North Korea, Syria, and the victors of the first-round season finisher among Myanmar and Macau.


South Korea, driven by mentor Jurgen Klinsmann and chief Child Heung-min, start their journey to fit the bill for an eleventh consecutive World Cup against China, Thailand, and either Singapore or Guam.


Ruling Asian Cup holders Qatar, who have never progressed to the World Cup through the passing stages, will confront India, Kuwait, and Afghanistan 


Iraq has been drawn close by Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia or Brunei with the Unified Middle Easterner Emirates, Bahrain and either Yemen or Sri Lanka and Nepal or Laos being assembled together.


FIFA's choice to build the size of the World Cup to 48 countries implies Asia has been conceded eight ensured compartments in addition to a potential 10th spot at the finals accessible through a progression of intercontinental end-of-the-season games.


The victors and sprinters up from the nine gatherings will go into the definitive third round of Asian qualifying. Those 18 groups will likewise go straight into the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.


Six groups will qualify by means of the resulting bunch stage played from September 2024 to June 2025. Two additional spots will be concluded by another gathering stage in October 2025 including six groups.


A two-group season finisher in November 2025 will send the victor to the intercontinental end-of-the-season games.


Asian World Cup qualifying:

First Round (to be played on home-and-away premise on Oct 12 and 17):

Bunch 'A': Qatar, India, Kuwait, Afghanistan or Mongolia Gathering 'B': Japan, Syria, North Korea, Myanmar or Macau Gathering 'C': South Korea, China, Thailand, Singapore or Guam Gathering 'D': Oman, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Taiwan or Timor Leste Gathering 'E': Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Hong Kong or Bhutan Gathering 'F': Iraq, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia or Brunei Gathering 'G': Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Tajikistan, Cambodia or Pakistan Gathering 'H': Joined Bedouin Emirates, Bahrain, Yemen or Sri Lanka, Nepal or Laos Gathering 'I': Australia, Palestine, Lebanon, Maldives or Bangladesh.