This started during the week, which kind of took me by surprise.
Zimbabwe have been kicked out for outstanding debts to a former coach; they'll probably have that cleared by the time of their draw though. Myanmar have to play all their home matches outside of the country because of crowd trouble in the last World Cup.
Six pre-qualifying matches in Asia were on during the week. Bhutan entered for the first time and won in Sri Lanka, which I think is up there with the Faroes coming along and winning their first competitive tie too. They've also got a super jersey -
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Other results were -
India 2-0 Nepal; India got a bye through this round last time out - don't know if the growing interest in the game there is going to have any effect in this campaign
Yemen 3-1 Pakistan
Timor-Leste 4-1 Mongolia
Cambodia 3-0 Macau
Taiwan 0-1 Brunei
Return games are on Tuesday, while CONCACAF starts next week.