Philippines blew there chance to qualify for their 1st Asian Cup, without pressure last night. Now face a do or die last round tie against Tajikistan. At least it's at home.

2019 AFC Asian Cup qualified teams - as of Tuesday November 15th:
United Arab Emirates - hosts
Iran
Australia - holders
Japan
South Korea
China
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Iraq
Uzbekistan
Palestine
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Jordan
India
Turkmenistan
Bahrain
Vietnam
Thailand

2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying schedule,

Thursday March 22nd (Matchday 3):
3.00pm Local, 5.00pm AEDT, Kyrgyzstan v Myanmar (in Incheon - neutral venue)

Tuesday March 27th (Matchday 6):
5.00pm Local, 7.30pm AEDT North Korea v Hong Kong
6.00pm Local, 10.30pm AEDT, Myanmar v Macau
7.30pm Local, 10.30pm AEDT, Philippines v Tajikistan
7.00pm Local, 1.00am (Wednesday) AEDT, Afghanistan v Cambodia
8.00pm Local, 1.00am (Wednesday) AEDT, Kyrgyzstan v India
6.00pm Local, 2.00am (Wednesday) AEDT, Jordan v Vietnam
6.00pm Local, 2.00am (Wednesday) AEDT, Lebanon v Malaysia
7.00pm Local, 2.00am (Wednesday) AEDT, Oman v Palestine
6.15pm Local, 2.15am (Wednesday) AEDT, Yemen v Nepal
9.00pm Local, 3.00am (Wednesday) AEDT, Maldives v Bhutan

Some huge game here in determining who qualifies for UAE 2019. Basically winner takes all in the above games.

Kyrgyzstan win against Myanmar and are through to the finals.

Plenty of Kyrgyzstan fans here on the forum.

A friendly Group Stage draw should be helpful in getting them in a spot to make the round of 16 if they can finish 2nd or 3rd in the group.

Best Korea won 2-0 and went through ahead of HK in Group B

Just the 2 teams from Group F left now to qualify.  Due to the later kickoff Yemen will know what result they need before they start:-
If Philippines defeat Tajikistan then both Philippines and Yemen qualify regardless of Yemen's MD6 result
If Philippines draw with Tajikistan then Philippines qualify and Yemen must draw or win to qualify ahead of Tajikistan
If Tajikistan defeats Philippines then Tajikistan qualifies and Yemen must win to qualify ahead of Philippines

The Tajiks took the lead on 64 minutes from a penalty but the Phillipines have levelled at 1-1 after 73 minutes, the crowd going batshit crazy after the equaliser.

2-1 Phillipines via a penalty in the 89th minute, Tajikstan need an added time equaliser or they will miss out on qualification.

Gillett was the ref. Penalty at 2:21:59.

POT 1- UAE, Iran, Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea
POT 2 – China, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Oman
POT 3 – Uzbekistan, India, Qatar, Vietnam, North Korea, Iraq
POT 4 – Philippines, Turkmenistan, Jordan, Bahrain, Yemen, Thailand

the 2018 Asian Cup Finals draw is set for May 4, the match schedule is not yet on wikipedia but I expect this to be updated in April prior to the draw.

Some tougher and some easier groups are likely given the way WCQ and ACQ groups have skewed the rankings.

UAE are in Group A, so there is a 60% chance of being drawn in Groupd B-D where the winner will be drawn against a 3rd placed side in the Round of 16, personally it could be more interesting to be drawn into Groups E or F where the winner plays a group runner up in the Round of 16.
R16-1: Runner-up Group A v Runner-up Group C
R16-2: Winner Group D v 3rd Place Group B/E/F
R16-3: Winner Group B v 3rd Place Group A/C/D
R16-4: Winner Group F v Runner-up Group E
R16-5: Winner Group C v 3rd Place Group A/B/F
R16-6: Winner Group E v Runner-up Group D
R16-7: Winner Group A v 3rd Place Group C/D/E
R16-8: Runner-up Group B v Runner-up Group F

Interesting info. Hopefully we don't get Syria Iraq and Thailand.

China Qatar and Jordan would be good.