AFC WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS – ROUND THREE
The results and standings of the third round of the World Cup qualifiers in Asia after two rounds played.
Group A
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates ( 0 ) – ( 1 ) 🇮🇷 Iran
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan ( 2 ) – ( 3 ) 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🇰🇵 North Korea ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) 🇶🇦 Qatar
Standings: Uzbekistan (6), Iran (6), United Arab Emirates (3), North Korea (1), Qatar (1), Kyrgyzstan (0)
Group B
🇵🇸 Palestine ( 1 ) – ( 3 ) 🇯🇴 Jordan
🇴🇲 Oman ( 1 ) – ( 3 ) 🇰🇷 South Korea
🇰🇼 Kuwait ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) 🇮🇶 Iraq
Standings: Jordan (4), 🇰🇷 South Korea (4), Iraq (4), Kuwait (2), Palestine (1), Oman (0)
Group C
🇧🇭 Bahrain ( 0 ) – ( 5 ) 🇯🇵 Japan
🇨🇳 China ( 1 ) – ( 2 ) 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇮🇩 Indonesia ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) 🇦🇺 Australia
Standings: Japan (6), Saudi Arabia (4), Bahrain (3), Indonesia (2), Australia (1), China (0)
CONMEBOL WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
Bolivia made it back-to-back wins in the qualifiers by beating Chile on the road, following up their 4-0 win against Venezuela.
Argentina and Brazil both suffered defeats in the round of their World Cup qualifiers. Argentina lost to Colombia, which might be a slight revenge for the Colombians after losing the Copa America final to Argentina about two months ago, while Brazil could not recover from a 1-0 deficit against Paraguay.
Uruguay followed a goalless draw with Paraguay with another goalless draw against Venezuela.
🇨🇴 Colombia ( 2 ) – ( 1 ) 🇦🇷 Argentina
🇨🇱 Chile ( 1 ) – ( 2 ) 🇧🇴 Bolivia
🇪🇨 Ecuador ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇵🇪 Peru
🇻🇪 Venezuela ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) 🇺🇾 Uruguay
🇵🇾 Paraguay ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇧🇷 Brazil
The standings after EIGHT rounds of the CONMEBOL WCQ:
Argentina (18), Colombia (16), Uruguay (15), Ecuador (11), Brazil (10), Venezuela (10), Paraguay (9), Bolivia (9), Chile (5), Peru (3)
