India have been seeded 22nd ahead of Lebanon for the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers as per the draw released by Asian Football Confederation on Thursday.

India are 145th in FIFA rankings, eight places below Lebanon, but in the seedings based on the AFC Asian Cup 2007 results, the former edged Lebanon.

Seedings: Iraq 1; Saudi Arabia 2; South Korea 3; Japan 4; Australia 5; Iran 6; Uzbekistan 7; Vietnam 8; China 9 ;Thailand 10; Indonesia 11; UAE 12; Bahrain 13; Oman 14; Malaysia 15; Jordan 16; Syria 17; Hong Kong 18; Yemen 19; Kuwait 20; Singapore 21; India 22; Lebanon 23.