Relevant Drawing Registry Fourth Round of World Cup qualifiers, who knows the National Indonesian team?

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – 18:55 Wib

Yakarta, alive – FIFA and AFC officially announced that the drawing of the fourth round of the 2026 Asian World Cup qualifiers will take place on July 17, 2025, in a city in Japan (Dear of Osaka or Tokyo)

This draw will divide the six teams that occupy the third and fourth positions of each Third Round group (A, B and C) in two groups, each with three teams. This is the determinant of the destination of the Indonesian national team.

Coincidence format:

Each group will play a round-robin system (once completed, in a neutral place) in October 2025:

Matchday 1: October 8

Matchday 2: October 11

Matchday 3: October 14

The group champions have the right to directly qualify the 2026 World Cup.

The runner-up will fight in the fifth round (November 2025) to compete for a ticket to a play-off between age

Who are the participants?

Based on the results of the third round that ended on June 10, 2025, there were six teams that entered the fourth round:

Group A: Qatar (P3), Eau (P4)

Grup B: Iraq (P3), Oman (P4)

Group C: Saudi Arabia (P3), Indonesia (P4)

Possible opponents of the Indonesian national team

Equipment boat distribution
The colleagues of the Indonesian national team will be divided according to the classification in the pots when drawing:

Can 1: Qatar, Arab Saudi

Pot 2: Iraq, United Arab Emirates

Can 3: Oman, Indonesia

Potential opponents (estimates):

Can 1: Qatar, Arab Saudi

Pot 2: Iraq, United Arab Emirates

This means that Indonesia’s possibilities of knowing strong teams such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia or Eau are very large. But the format that requires playing in the neutral place gives a small advantage if the team training is done optimally.

The following schedule

July 17, 2025: Official drawing in Japan

October 2025: The Fourth Round match took place in the neutral place, once against each group of the group

November 2025: For the runner-up, the fifth round to fight for tickets for the inter-benua play-off

Conclusion

The drawing on July 17 became an important time to determine the Indonesian road to act in the World Cup.

It is very likely that severe opponents such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq or Eau wait in the Indonesian group.

Although the opportunities are difficult, the drawing results and the preparation strategies can open the way for the Indonesian national team to appear in the fifth round or escape immediately.