Asian Zone World Cup revised fixtures

KOCHI, JAN. 12. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has acceded to the Indian request for a change in dates of its Asian Zone (first round) World Cup qualifying matches, which was scheduled to be conducted between March 3 and July 4. According to the revised fixtures released by the AFC, the Group 8 matches involving the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Brunei Darussalam besides India will now be held between April 7 and May 20 on a home-and-away basis.

Revised fixtures for the Group 8 Asian Zone World Cup qualifying round (home team named first): April 7: Brunei v Yemen; April 8: India v UAE; April 14: Brunei v UAE; April 15: India v Yemen; April 26: Yemen v Brunei; April 27: UAE v India; May 4: Yemen v India; UAE v Brunei; May 11: Yemen v UAE; May 12: Brunei v India; May 18: UAE v Brunei; May 20: India v Brunei.

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