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Draw for the 24-team 2027 AFC Asian Cup, originally set for Saturday, moved to May 9.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 15 Apr 2026<\/span>15 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The draw for the 2027 \u2060Asian Cup \u2060in Saudi Arabia has been rescheduled for May 9 in Riyadh as the \u2060United States-Israel war on Iran disrupts regional sporting events.<\/p>\n The draw, originally scheduled for last Saturday, will be held at the historic At-Turaif District in Diriyah. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said \u2060on Wednesday that the postponement was \u200cmade to ensure the full participation of all key stakeholders and member associations.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n A number of sporting events across the region have been postponed or cancelled due to the war, which began on February 28.<\/p>\n Saudi Arabia is set to \u2060host the 24-team, quadrennial continental championship for the first time from January 7 to February 5. With 23 of the \u206024 teams already confirmed, the draw will divide the qualified \u2060nations into six groups of \u2060four.<\/p>\n The final qualification place will be decided on June 4 when Lebanon face Yemen in a playoff.<\/p>\n Defending champions \u200cQatar have already secured their place at the finals along with four-time winners Japan and fellow \u200cWorld \u200cCup qualifiers South Korea, Iran, Jordan, Australia and Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Draw for the 24-team 2027 AFC Asian Cup, originally set for Saturday, moved to May 9. Published On 15 Apr 202615 Apr 2026 The draw for the 2027 \u2060Asian Cup \u2060in Saudi Arabia has been rescheduled for May 9 in Riyadh as the \u2060United States-Israel war on Iran disrupts regional sporting events. The draw, originally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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