The Asian Football 💫Confederation (AFC), in consultation with FIFA, on Friday announced the proposed match dates for the rem✤aining matches of Round 2 in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Asian Qualifiers.
Match Days 7 and 8 are now scheduled to take place on October 8 and 13, 2020 resp🧸ectively while Match Days 9 and 10 are due to kick off on November 12 and 17, 2𒐪020, said in a statement.
Accordingly, the Indian national football team's postponed qualifier agaܫinst Asian champions Qatar at home was rescheduled to October 8.
India t♐hen take on Bangladesh away on November 1🐟2 and host Afghanistan on November 17.
India a⛄re already out of contention for a berth in the 2022 World Cup, but the Blue Tigers are still in the reckoning for a spot in the Asian Cup.
The latest decision has been𝕴 taken with a view to complete the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 by November 2020 and to commence the subsequent World Cup 2022 Asian Qualifiers Final Round as well.
The continental body is also targeting to complete the play-off matches for the AFC Asian Cup 2023 Rouꦑnd 3 Qualifiers by the March 2021 match.
The statement also said that AFC will contin💙ue to monitor the situation closely to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all teams, officials, fans and stakeholders.
Should there be a need to reassess the match schedules due to the ever💜-evolving impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the body will notify all parties.
