Determined pots for Asian championship

We are exactly 2 weeks away from learning which will be the groups for the AFC Asian Cup 2019. United Arab Emirates is going to host edition number 17 for 24 qualified teams at 8 stadiums in 4 various cities. This Asian championship will start early next year - just 05 days in, and on 01 February we are going to find out whether Australia is going to defend its title, which was won 4 years ago.

As everything is now known, we are only waiting on little balls to do its business and pair the teams in the groups. For the final there will be six groups of four teams. Immediately after the new ranking is published, last Thursday the confederation determined the pots. The draw itself is going to be in Dubai on the Armani hotel which is in the tallest skyscraper in the world Burj Khalifa on 04 May from 17.30 CET.

Pot 1: United Arab Emirates, Australia, IR Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea.

Pot 2: Iraq, PR China, Qatar, Syria, Thailand, Uzbekistan.

Pot 3: India, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Vietnam.

Pot 4: Bahrain, Jordan, North Korea, Philippines, Turkmenistan, Yemen.