India drawn with Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangladesh in Group C of Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers Last Spherical. (Soure: AIFF)
India had been drawn in opposition to Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangladesh in Group C of the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 Qualifiers Last Spherical. The draw, which noticed 24 groups divided into six teams of 4, was held on the AFC Home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday.
Solely the six group winners will qualify and be part of the 18 groups who’ve already punched their tickets to the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 after the second spherical of qualifying. The Qualifiers Last Spherical might be contested over six match days in a home-and-away format between March 25, 2025 and March 31, 2026. India, aiming to qualify for 3 successive Asian Cups for the primary time of their historical past, will start their marketing campaign at dwelling in opposition to Bangladesh.
India have confronted all three opponents within the latest previous. The Blue Tigers final confronted Bangladesh within the 2021 SAFF Championship, Hong Kong within the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers in Kolkata in June 2022, and Singapore within the Hung Thinh Pleasant Match in Vietnam in September 2022.
As per the FIFA Rankings launched in November, India are positioned 127th, Hong Kong are 156th, Singapore are 161st and Bangladesh are 185th.
After the draw, India head coach Manolo Márquez stated, “We’re a Pot 1 workforce and we have to present why we’re the favourites to qualify. There aren’t too many variations between teams. Each group is troublesome. Hong Kong has improved quite a bit with naturalised gamers and with their coach Ashley Westwood, who India performed in opposition to within the World Cup Qualifiers (whereas he was in command of Afghanistan). We’ll play in opposition to Bangladesh first in March, who’ve been our common opponents within the SAFF Championship. We all know the calendar. We’ve got six video games and we have to high the group and qualify for the Asian Cup.”
India’s fixtures within the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 Qualifiers Last Spherical:
March 25, 2025: India vs Bangladesh (dwelling)
June 10, 2025: Hong Kong vs India (away)
October 9, 2025: India vs Singapore (dwelling)
October 14, 2025: Singapore vs India (away)
November 18, 2025: Bangladesh vs India (away)
March 31, 2026: India vs Hong Kong (dwelling)
AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers Last Spherical Full Draw End result:
Group A: Tajikistan, Philippines, Maldives, Timor-Leste
Group B: Lebanon, Yemen, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam
Group C: India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangladesh
Group D: Thailand, Turkmenistan, Chinese language Taipei, Sri Lanka
Group E: Syria, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Pakistan
Group F: Vietnam, Malaysia, Nepal, Laos
#Asian #Cup #Qualifiers #Last #India #Drawn #Tough #Group
#Asian #Cup #Qualifiers #Last #India #Drawn #Tough #Group
asian-cup-2027-qualifiers-final-round-india-drawn-in-tricky-group-c
