Team Melli has been drawn in group A of the third round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in the draw that has just concluded in the Malaysian capital, Kula Lumpur.

Group A seems to be a balanced group with the defending AFC Asian Cup title holder Qatar and Uzbekistan being the strongest in the group along with Iran.

Group A
IRAN
QATAR
UZBEKISTAN
UAE
KYRGYZ REP
KOREA DPR

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2026 FIFA World Cup		—	15 Oct	25 Mar	20 Mar	5 Sep	10 Jun
2	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5 Jun	—	14 Nov	5 Sep	10 Oct	20 Mar
3	Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Fourth round		10 Oct	10 Jun	—	15 Oct	20 Mar	5 Sep
4	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			10 Sep	19 Nov	5 Jun	—	14 Nov	10 Oct
5	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			19 Nov	25 Mar	10 Sep	10 Jun	—	15 Oct
6	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			14 Nov	10 Sep	19 Nov	25 Mar	5 Jun	—

The first match(es) will be played: on 5th September 2024.
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

DATE	TIME	COMPETETION	STAGE	TEAM HOME	TEAM AWAY	VENUE
13-Feb-25	17:15	2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup	GROUP 'C'	IRAN	INDONESIA	Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1, Shenzhen
16-Feb-2025	17:15	2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup	GROUP 'C'	YEMEN	IRAN	Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1, Shenzhen
19-Feb-2025	19:30	2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup	GROUP 'C'	UZBEKISTAN	IRAN	Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1, Shenzhen
		2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
20-Mar-2025	19:30	FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers	Round 3 - Group A	IRAN	UAE
25-Mar-2025		FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers	Round 3 - Group A	IRAN	UZBEKISTAN
05-Jun-2025		FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers	Round 3 - Group A	QATAR	IRAN
10-Jun-2021		FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers	Round 3 - Group A	IRAN	KOREA DPR