Their withdrawal leaves six teams in the tournament, to be held in Doha, Qatar from October 13-18.

Lebanon, Qatar and Bahrain will contest Group A while Group B comprises Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan.

The first day of matches will have Jordan taking on Iraq and Bahrain playing Lebanon. Kuwait and Jordan face off with Kuwait on October 14 with Qatar playing Bahrain.

On the final day of group matches, Iraq meet Kuwait and Lebanon face Qatar.