The Philippine Azkals will know on Wednesday their opponents in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will hold the draw in the afternoon in its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Azkals will have to beat their yet to be named rivals in a home-and-away tie to boost their chances in entering the World Cup.
They will play on June 29 and July 3 this year.
The Philippine team, which recently advanced to the AFC Challenge Cup quarterfinals, currently stands 15th in the 16 lowest-ranked teams in the FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.
The country had failed to join the last 2 World Cup qualifiers.
Azkals vs Afghanistan or Cambodia?
Striker Phil Younghusband expects the Azkals to face either Afghanistan or Cambodia in the FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.
In 2010, Afghanistan, through its Olympic football team, secured a spot in the 2010 South Asian Games finals.
In their way to the playoffs, the Afghan players won all of theur matches in the group stage against India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, and its semi-final match against the Maldives.
Cambodia, on the other hand, failed to attempt to qualify in the 2006 World Cup.
The country's best remembered performance, however, was in the 1972 Asian Cup when it landed in 4th place.
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