Published On 12/10/2025
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Last update: 22:37 (Mecca time)
The Qatar national football team will meet its Emirati counterpart in the final round of the first group of the Asian playoff qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, in a match that cannot be divided into two.
While the Asian teams are seeking to reserve their seats in the World Cup, the group’s calculations have narrowed the options for Al-Anabi, as the UAE match will be the last chance to save the World Cup dream.
The Qatari team enters the match with the slogan “To be or not to be,” especially since any result other than victory could mean the end of the journey, either with a direct exit or heading to the continental playoff, which is a difficult and uncertain journey.
Date of the match between Qatar and the UAE in the World Cup qualifiers
The UAE vs. Qatar match will be held on Tuesday, October 14, at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.
The fiery confrontation begins at eight o’clock in the evening (20:00) Doha, Mecca and Cairo time, and nine o’clock (21:00) UAE time.
Live broadcast channels for the Qatar and UAE match
Historical confrontations between the UAE and Qatar
- The two teams met in 34 matches
- The Qatari team won 14 matches
- The UAE national team won 11 matches
- They tied 9 matches
In their last 4 confrontations, the two teams tied two matches and one of them lost a match, which confirms that the confrontation will not be easy.
The UAE topped the standings of Group A with 3 points, and now must win or draw against Qatar, which has one point.
The Qatari team aims, by all means, to defeat the UAE team with the largest possible number of goals to ensure that it obtains the qualification card directly, and not to enter into the calculations of another supplement.
The winner of this group qualifies directly to the World Cup, while the second-place finisher will play a match with the second-place finisher in Group Two, with the winner qualifying for the global playoff, and the Qatari team does not want to reach this point.
Qatar’s expected lineup against the UAE
Mahmoud Abu Nada, Ayoub Al-Alawi, Pedro Miguel, Khoukhi Boualem, Sultan Al-Breik, Issam Madibo, Karim Boudiaf, Edmilson, Mohamed Manai, Al-Moez Ali, Akram Afif.
Expected UAE lineup against Qatar
Khaled Issa, Marcos Meloni, Pimenta, Kouame, Ruben Amaral, Fabio Lima, Majed Hassan, Harib Sohail, Ali Saleh, Jimenez, Caio.