AFC Pots for the preliminary draw, seeding changes

The AFC seedings have changed among the top five teams.

1. Australia
2. South Korea
3. Iran
4. Japan
5. Saudi Arabia

Iran move from five to three, and Saudi Arabia drop from three to five.
For the preliminary draw, the pots will be as follows:

Pot A
Australia
South Korea
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Japan

Pot B
Bahrain
Uzbekistan
Kuwait
North Korea
China

Pot C
Jordan
Iraq
Lebanon
Oman
United Arab Emirates

Pot D
Qatar
Indonesia or Syria (1-4)
Yemen or Thailand (1-1)
Hong Kong or Turkmenistan (0-0)
Singapore or Tajikistan (2-0)