Van Marwijk has announced the list of Al Abyad camp, which will be held in Bahrain from August 25 to September 1, in preparation for the Malaysian team's face on September 10 in Kuala Lumpur as part of the first round of the joint qualifiers. For the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, in Group G, which also includes teams: Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

The list included 27 players: Ali Khasif, Salem Rashid, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Khalfan Mubarak, Ali Mabkhout, Omar Abdulrahman, Mohammed Al Attas (Al Jazeera), Mohammed Al Shamsi, Hamdan Al Kamali, Mohammed Barghash, Khalil Al Hammadi (Al Wahda), Khaled Issa, Mohammed. Shaker, Ahmad Berman, Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain), Adel Al Hosani, Al Hassan Saleh, Majid Sorour (Sharjah), Waleed Abbas, Ismail Al Hammadi, Ahmed Khalil (Shabab Al Ahli), Habib Al Fardan, Tariq Ahmed, Mohammed Al Akbari (Al Nasr), Ali Saleh , Ali Salmeen (Al Wasl), and Hassan Al Mahrami (Bani Yas).

The national team manager, Ismail Rashid, in press statements, said that «the team will start its gathering in Dubai next Saturday in Dubai, and will leave for Bahrain the next day», pointing out that «White will play during the camp two friendly matches first against Sri Lanka on August 30 In the second game, the Dominican Republic faces on 31 August ».

Ismail Rashid said that «the technical staff preferred to play with two teams close to the level of Malaysia, in order to experience the players and stand on their levels and the implementation of the way and style of play, especially as the two games are considered the first friendly white matches led by coach Van Marwijk».

“The Bahrain camp represents the second stage of the qualifying phase after the first stage in Salzburg, Austria, from July 13 to 21,” he said, adding that the third stage will be in Kuala Lumpur from September 4 until the match. Bukit Jalil Stadium.

Ismail Rashid pointed out that «the technical staff was keen, during the last period, to visit the camps of clubs in various cities of Europe to follow the training sessions, and attend a number of friendly matches played by the clubs in preparation for the new football season, in order to follow the performance of the players and stand on their technical and physical readiness before Bahrain camp, as well as monitoring the health of players undergoing treatment programs ».

Ismail Rashid:

• «The third phase of the preparations, will be held in Kuala Lumpur, on the fourth of September next».