Pots for Asia's Round Four

The draw for the fourth round of Asian qualifying will be held on June 27, 2008, in Kuala Lumpur. There will be four pots of unequal size that will be used to split the remaining ten teams in two groups of five. The top two finishers in each group will advance to the 2010 World Cup, and the two third-place teams will advance to a home-and-away playoff against one another.

All five of the top-seeded teams advanced to Round Four, so a draw will be held to determine whether Japan or Saudi Arabia will be placed as the four seed in Pot B. Here's hoping that those two teams are drawn together to determine who is actually superior.

Each group will have one team each from Pots A, B, and C, and two teams from Pot D. The numbers listed are the teams' current ELO ratings.

Pot A
Australia
South Korea

Pot B
Iran
Japan or Saudi Arabia

Pot C
Saudi Arabia or Japan
Bahrain

Pot D
Uzbekistan
North Korea
United Arab Emirates
Qatar