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The six teams in playoffs for the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 Qualifiers Final Round learnt their opponents following the official draw at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday, May 9.
The three winners from the match-ups will join Bhutan, Maldives and Laos, who punched their tickets to the Qualifiers Final Round as the three best-ranked losing teams from the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1, alongside 18 teams (all third and fourth-placed teams from across nine groups) from Round 2.
Sri Lanka were drawn to play Cambodia, Timor-Leste will host Mongolia while Brunei Darussalam will meet Macau.
The first leg is scheduled for September 5-6 with the return leg five days later.
The Qualifiers Final Round will be contested over six match days, starting March 25, 2025 and culminating on March 31 2026, in a home-and-away format between six groups of four teams each.
The winners of each group (six teams) will advance to the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027™ Finals, joining the 18 (top two teams from across nine groups) that qualified from the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2.
Playoffs Fixtures
Sri Lanka v Cambodia
Timor-Leste v Mongolia
Brunei Darussalam v Macau
(1st Leg: September 5/6; 2nd Leg: September 10)
