Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia attended the Asian Cup 2023

The third qualifying round of the Asian Cup 2023 has 28 teams divided into six rounds of round rounds, with six straight input for the six most ranked teams. Of the six second teams, five teams with the best results will win tickets.

The Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia all ranked second. But the Philippines cannot continue with just four points. In the last round last night, they lost 4-0 to the top of the Palestinian group. Meanwhile, Thailand and Uzbekistan-two teams behind the Philippines-are certain to continue into Group C, averaging six points in the first two rounds. Therefore, their confrontation on Markaziy field is just to determine the top spot.

Coach Mano Polking still launched the strongest squad with stars such as Theerathon Bunmathan, Panka Hemviboon, Thitiphan Puangchan or the striker Chayawat Srinawong. However, Thailand only created a chance for 90 minutes to cut the goal of Sarach Yooyen at the end of the first half.

On the contrary, the pressure was concretized by Uzbekistan in the 8th minute, when Jalolididin Masharipov made the author's movement made the three Thai players and finished the corner near the goalkeeper Siwarak Tedsungnoen. More than ten minutes later, the landlord set a 2-0 victory thanks to the left-foot kick of the corner of Azizbek Turgunbaev.

In the remaining match of this table, Bahrain lowered Turkmenistan 1-0 thanks to the penalty kick of Abdulla Yusuf Helal. As a result, Bahrain (9 points) and Malaysia won tickets to the Asian Cup 2023.

Teams advancing after the third round of the 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers include top teams Tajikistan, Jordan, Palestine, Uzbekistan, India and Bahrain, as well as five best runners-up Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and Hong Kong. It comes after 13 teams including Japan, Syria, Qatar, South Korea, Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, China, Iraq, Oman, Vietnam and Lebanon won direct tickets.

Vietnam is not a Asian qualifying stone, due to the second round of the 2022 World Cup.

Asian Cup 2023 takes place in Japan from June 16 to July 16, 2023. This is the second time the tournament has the presence of 24 teams, after AFC has increased the number of teams participating since 2019 in the UAE. Qatar is the champion when defeating Japan 3-1 in the final in 2019.