<Dd> Bold indicates champion for that year . Italic indicates host for that year . </Dd> <Dd> As South Vietnam </Dd> <P> The draw of the final tournament was held on 4 May 2018, 19: 30 GST, at the Armani Hotel in the Burj Khalifa in Dubai . The FIFA rankings of April 2018 were used as basis for the seeding . The 12 teams that secured their place in the final tournament by the end of the second round of the qualification process were placed in Pots 1 and 2 while the remaining teams which qualified during the third round were allocated to the remaining pots . As hosts, the United Arab Emirates were seeded into Pot 1 . The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, with the hosts placed in position A1 . Four renowned Asian players: Ali Daei, Sun Jihai, Sunil Chhetri and Phil Younghusband were chosen for the seeds . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Pot 1 </Th> <Th> Pot 2 </Th> <Th> Pot 3 </Th> <Th> Pot 4 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> United Arab Emirates (81) (hosts) Iran (36) Australia (40) Japan (60) South Korea (61) Saudi Arabia (70) </P> </Td> <Td> <P> China PR (73) Syria (76) Uzbekistan (88) Iraq (88) Qatar (101) Thailand (122) </P> </Td> <Td> <P> Kyrgyzstan (75) Lebanon (79) Palestine (83) Oman (87) India (96) Vietnam (103) </P> </Td> <Td> <P> North Korea (112) Philippines (113) Bahrain (116) Jordan (117) Yemen (125) Turkmenistan (129) </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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