Asia is the earliest zone within the FIFA family to be starting their World Cup qualifying campaign towards Qatar 2022 with the play-off round taking place next week. Together with 11 other teams, Malaysia are vying for six places in the Second Round group stage of the qualifiers.
Preparation began on Monday night as players arrived for a week long training before an international friendly against Nepal on Sunday at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium. Tan Cheng Hoe last saw his squad back in March but this time around has made numerous changes to his team for this set of play-off.