Iran is scheduled to play Syria on Thursday in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.

Iran is in Group A along with South Korea, the UAE, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.

Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, China and Oman are in Group B.

Goalkeepers:
Alireza Beiranvand, Amir Abedzadeh, Payam Niazmand

Defenders:
Shoja Khalilzadeh, Hossein Kanaani, Omid Nourafkan, Sadegh Moharami, Milad Mohammadi, Jafar Salmani, Aref Aghasi, Saleh Hardani, Siavash Yazdani

Midfielders:
Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Saeid Ezatolahi, Milad Sarlak, Ahmad Nourollahi, Mohammad Karimi, Yasin Salmani, Zobeir Niknafs, Vahid Amiri, Saman Ghoddos, Mehdi Torabi, Ali Gholizadeh

Strikers:
Mehdi Taremi, Karim Ansarifard, Sardar Azmoun, Mehdi Ghaedi

Group winners and runners-up will qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

The third teams will play a two-legged playoff. The winner then advances to an inter-confederation playoff, to be played June 2022.