It’s more than two years since some of Asia’s biggest names booked their ticket to Russia. Now they’re starting the journey all over again.
Watch match highlights, courtesy of the AFC, from Thailand and Vietnam’s opening Group G encounter in Rangsit.
Here are Maldives head coach Peter Segrt’s thoughts after his team’s win in Guam.
Mongolia celebrate a historic win, their first-ever victory in Round 2 of World Cup qualification.
In one of the most dramatic results of the day, Malaysia came back twice and scored the winning goal late into stoppage time to edge Indonesia in Group G.
They may have lost the match, but Indonesia’s Beto scored a memorable goal to give the Jakarta crowd something to cheer about.