The first WCQ draw of the cycle will take place at 11pm ET tonight, even though we still don't have confirmation of the actual size of the 2022 WC yet. FIFA is considering an even greedier plan to expand the WC to 48 — despite Qatar's lack of capacity to do so — by hosting games in some nearby countries.
Nonetheless, the first round of AFC qualifiers apparently won't be affected by the outcome of that question.
It will be a short WCQ campaign for the losers of the six home-and-away fixtures:
Pot A (seeded): Malaysia, Cambodia, Macau, Laos, Bhutan, Mongolia
Pot B (unseeded): Bangladesh, Guam, Brunei, Timor-Leste, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Nonetheless, the first round of AFC qualifiers apparently won't be affected by the outcome of that question.
It will be a short WCQ campaign for the losers of the six home-and-away fixtures:
Pot A (seeded): Malaysia, Cambodia, Macau, Laos, Bhutan, Mongolia
Pot B (unseeded): Bangladesh, Guam, Brunei, Timor-Leste, Pakistan, Sri Lanka