2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round (2022 FIFA World Cup)

The first round of AFC matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (and 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification) was played from August 19th to 30th 2019.

Format
A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 35th–46th in the AFC entrant list) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round.

Seeding
The draw for the first round was held on February 17th 2015, 15:30 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of January 2019. The 12 teams were seeded into two pots:

Sumary
Maldives won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.