After discussion with Paul Williams about the contenders and pretenders - Simon Hill, Alex Molchanoff & Daniel Garb look at all 24 nations from the 6 groups ahead of the opening game between Qatar & Lebanon in the wee hours of Saturday Morning Australian Time and the Socceroos kick-off against India on Saturday Night at 10.30pm AEDT.

**NOTE - Part of the fun of podcasting is how quickly things date... Carlos Quieroz is no longer the coach of Qatar, replaced by Tin-Tin Marquez Lopez... Syria have chosen not to take Omar Al-Somah and Uzbekistan have opted to leave out Eldor Shomurodov! We hope you enjoy the previews which are still 99% accurate, regardless.**

(0:15) - Paul Williams with Daniel Garb & Scott McDonald

(9:13) - Group A - Qatar, China, Tajikistan & Lebanon

(18:10) - Group B - SOCCEROOS, India, Uzbekistan & Syria

(28:02) - Group C - UAE, IR Iran, Palestine & Hong Kong

(37:00) - Group D - Japan, Iraq, Vietnam & Indonesia

(47:06) - Group E - Korea Republic, Malaysia, Jordan & Bahrain

(53:25) - Group F - Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan & Oman

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