Bangladesh, June 16 -- Bangladesh will play in the Asian Cup Qualifiers directly despite losing to Oman 3-0 in their last Group E Joint Qualification match of the FIFA World Cup' 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 in Doha on Tuesday.

M Al Ghafri put Oman ahead in the 22nd minute while K Al-Hajri netted two more goals for the gulf nation in the 61st and 81st minutes respectively.

After Tuesday's frustrating match, Bangladesh finished 5th and last in the five-team Group E , but reached the AFC Asian Cup 2023 final qualifiers (avoiding play-off stage) as one of three best three 5th teams of the Asian groups.

On completion of the group matches, Bangladesh finished overall 35th in Asia to play directly in the qualifying round.

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