Group A = Iran, South Korea, Uzbekistan, China, Qatar, Syria
Group B = Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq, Thailand

10 match double round robin

Double match dates in September 2017, October 2017, March 2017 and September 2017
Single match dates in November 2016 and June 2017

The top 2 teams in each group qualify for the World Cup, 3^rd placed teams in each group playoff in October 2017 and the winner of the AFC playoff plays off with the 4^th placed CONCACAF side in November 2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_Third_Round
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/all-matches.html

it appears some matches are being streamed over YOUTUBE at - 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnj0TjaM0wyxkAWW_nz8_1g

Thread stickied. 

Thank you. Very exciting times. 

Thank Glh - he/she made it happen. 

upcoming match information originally posted by Brenton 1986
(re-posted from World Football)

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Group A - Matchday 1 & 2 schedule,

Thursday September 1st/Friday September 2nd:
9.00pm Melbourne Time South Korea v China at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul
Midnight Melbourne Time Uzbekistan v Syria at Bunyodkor Stadium in Tashkent
2.30am Melbourne Time Iran v Qatar at Azadi Stadium in Tehran

Tuesday September 6th/Wednesday September 7th:
9.35pm Melbourne Time China v Iran at Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Shenyang
2.00am Melbourne Time Qatar v Uzbekistan at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha
TBC Melbourne Time Syria v South Korea at Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in Beirut

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Group B - Matchday 1 & 2 schedule,

Thursday September 1st/Friday September 2nd:
8.30pm Melbourne Time Australia v Iraq at Perth Oval in Perth
8.30pm Melbourne Time Japan v United Arab Emirates at Saitama World Cup Stadium in Saitama
3.30am Melbourne Time Saudi Arabia v Thailand at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh

Tuesday September 6th/Wednesday September 7th:
10.00pm Melbourne Time Thailand v Japan at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok
1.30am Melbourne Time United Arab Emirates v Australia at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi
TBC Melbourne Time Iraq v Saudi Arabia at Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur (neutral venue)                    

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Group A - Matchday 3 & 4 schedule,

Thursday October 6th/Friday October 7th:
10.00pm Melbourne Time South Korea v Qatar at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon
10.35pm Melbourne Time China v Syria at Shaanxi Province Stadium in Xian
Midnight Melbourne Time Uzbekistan v Iran at Bunyodkor Stadium in Tashkent

Tuesday October 11th/Wednesday October 12th:
Midnight Melbourne Time Uzbekistan v China at Bunyodkor Stadium in Tashkent
3.00am Melbourne Time Qatar v Syria at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha
TBC Melbourne Time Iran v South Korea at Azadi Stadium in Tehran

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Group B - Matchday 3 & 4 schedule,

Thursday October 6th/Friday October 7th:
9.35pm Melbourne Time Japan v Iraq at Saitama Stadium in Saitama
3.00am Melbourne Time United Arab Emirates v Thailand at Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi
4.45am Melbourne Time Saudi Arabia v Australia at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah

Tuesday October 11th/Wednesday October 12th:
8.00pm Melbourne Time Australia v Japan at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne
11.30pm Melbourne Time Iraq v Thailand at PAS Stadium in Tehran
4.45am Melbourne Time Saudi Arabia v United Arab Emirates at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah

some news on the upcoming South Korea vs China match as posted by greenlionii in another thread

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2016/07/29/24/0702000000AEN20160729004800315F.html

Group A looks like a giant banana peel and a half. Certainly will be entertaining. 

Our group should be better. I feel Japan has fallen by the wayside. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't qualify same with South Korea. 

recent friendlies
8/8 Qatar 2 Iraq 1
18/8 Jordan 2 Qatar 3
21/8 Iraq 1 North Korea 1
24/8 Uzbeks 1 - Burkina Faso 0
24/8 Saudis 4 - Laos 0
24/8 North Korea 2 - UAE 0
25/8 Perth Glory 2 - Iraq 2
26/8 Qatar 3 - Thailand 0
27/8 Tajikstan 0 Syria 0

http://www.socceroos.com.au/article/caltex-socceroos-group-opponents-guide/u4xz9ruszvdq11i8gn9pakx3c

I'm going to say

Australia-Iraq 3:0
Japan-UAE 4:0
Saudi- Thailand 2:0

UAE-Australia 1:2
Thailand-Japan 0:3
Iraq-Saudi 1:1

If we knock off Iraq in Perth I would prefer that they in turn knock over the Saudis at home on Match Day 2.

Syrian National Football team will play all of their “home” matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in Macau, as proposed by Macau Football Association (MFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Friday.

According to the AFC, “Macau FA proposed to Syria FA to host all five Syrian team home matches. Syria FA accepted this offer and the AFC, following communication with FIFA, has confirmed Macau as the venue for Syrian home matches, taking into consideration logistics and security aspects,” they told the Times.

http://macaudailytimes.com.mo/world-cup-2018-syria-make-macau-home-qualifiers-china-group.html

Syria v South Korea - latest:
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2016/08/31/0702000000AEN20160831010651315.html

KFA will provide 20,000 free kits to Korean fans in todays match, mean while, 15,000 Chinese fans had arrived Seoul from China, with another 10,000 Chinese fans living in Korea, the total number of Chinese supporters could be between 25,000 to 30,000

meawhile, the Official supporter of Team China, the "Team Dragon" had sent 4,000 members to Korea, official supporter Taeguk Worriors, the "Red Devel" will also have thousand of members showing on the stands

Probabally the largest scale of away fans in term of numbers in Asian Football history

Should be a great game, and great atmosphere. Good to see Chinese fans getting behind their team.

Shame it's on at the same time as the Australia game, will have to catch the highlights later.

Yeah thats true that it balances out across the group while we storm ahead. Even better is a victory for us and the rest draw. One team completely stuffing up means someone else is getting 3 points and that can make it very tight.

Japan 1 UAE 2, with the 2nd goal a penalty and Japan robbed of a clear goal that wasn't awarded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL6EfL5Ge_4
- that result will definitely make things interesting early on in our group

also South Korea 3, China 2

it appears some matches are being streamed over YOUTUBE at - 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnj0TjaM0wyxkAWW_nz8_1g

All matches streamed on AFChub youtube. It's available in Germany. Anyone know how rights work with youtube streams? Last time around they were blocked in Germany. China Korea had a great atmosphere. Japan actually scored a second and it was wrongly disallowed. Criminal.

Uzbek 1 Syria 0 with 10 left.

Iran 2:0 over Qatar. Both goals in stoppage time.

First was a terrible kick from the Qatar keeper. Iran ran 20m to the goal as a Qatari seemed to knock the ball in the path of another Iranian who slotted home.

Pitch invasion as Qatar claim a hand was used and offside. Goal perfectly legal. Took about 5min to restart. Qatar had been wasting time with fake injuries but once Iran scored they became as hard as nails.

Saudi Thailand 0:0 at half time. 

Saudi penalty on 83. 1:0. Silly foul. They've been really bad otherwise. Thailand are really quick.

Are the game streams working in Australia? I take it Roos games are blocked? 

Red card for Thailand after the final whistle. By the looks of it UAE are a tad better than Iraq and Saudi are the weakest of the 3 Middle East teams.

Saudi 1 Thailand 0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuxF6drbgqM

Uzbek 1 Syria 0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vNMyzjtqDY

Iran 2 Qatar 0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=394ki9EmFhk

Korea Rep 3 China 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGt-Hw3Yco

all the live Youtube streams were blocked for me - and I am in Australia

As I have no Foxtel at home I may need some tips from others how to make Youtube think I am in Germany so I can watch the UAE vs Australia stream on Wednesday morning

highlights streams posted above work fine

Following a dramatic opening round of games, Asia's final twelve teams are set to go again on Tuesday as they look to edge ever closer to a spot at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

http://www.the-afc.com/2018-fifa-world-cup/russia-2018-asian-qualifiers-final-round-asias-finest-set-to-go-again

latest live scores:
68' Iraq 1 lead Saudi Arabia 0
H/T: China 0 drawing with Iran 0
26' Syria 0 drawing with South Korea 0
11' Thailand 0 drawing with Japan 0

any stream for japan and thailand?

youtube afc

unfortunately im in the wrong region to view it. :(

Surely China are in trouble if they lose this.