Asian Cup 2011 qualifying round draw

Two days ago the qualifying round groups of the Asian Cup 2011 were drawn. Japan and Bahrain will face rather easy test with Hong Kong and Yemen as their rivals. The second group seems to have more competition in it with Australia as sheer favorites and Indonesia, Oman and Kuwait fighting for the second place. Third groups sees Uzbekistan and United Arab Emirates trying to fight of Indian and Malaysian challenge. The fourth group seems not so strong but very even, as Vietnam, China, Syria and Lebanon play each other. In the fifth, Iran will play Syria, Singapore and Jordan, so no easy task for any of those. The qualifiers will kick off in January 2009, so the teams still have time to prepare.

Source: the-afc.com/wikipedia.org