2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

High school (ages 12+)
Sports & Games

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualification---afc-third-round

1. What is the competition phase?
2. What is the confederation?
3. When does the AFC third round of the 2026 World Cup qualification take place?
4. How many teams play in each group during the AFC third round?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the competition phase?Third round of qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
2. What is the confederation?Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
3. When does the AFC third round of the 2026 World Cup qualification take place?It starts on September 5, 2024, and ends on June 10, 2025.
4. How many teams play in each group during the AFC third round?Each group usually has six teams that play against each other.

FIFA World Cup: The quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the senior national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
Qualification: The process by which national teams compete in preliminary tournaments to earn a place in the final tournament of the FIFA World Cup.
AFC: The Asian Football Confederation, the governing body for football in Asia, responsible for organizing and overseeing competitions within the continent.
Round-robin tournament: A competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn.