Saudi coach Herve Renard has announced a 32-man squad for the third and final stage of preparations for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Green Falcons will set up a training camp in Abu Dhabi from Oct. 17. They will take part in five friendly fixtures ahead of the start of the tournament on Nov. 20. The matches will be against North Macedonia at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Sports City Stadium on Oct. 22; Albania at Al-Nahyan Stadium on Oct. 26; Honduras at Al-Nahyan Stadium on Oct. 30; Iceland at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium on Nov. 6; and, finally, Panama at Zayed Sports City Stadium on Nov. 10. After the training camp, a 26-man official squad will fly out to Doha. The provisional 32-player squad is comprised of Mohammed Al-Owais, Fawaz Al-Qarni, Mohammed Al-Yami, Nawaf Al-Aqidi, Yasser Al-Shahrani, Ali Al-Bulaihi, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Abdullah Madu, Hassan Tambakti, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Ahmed Bamasoud, Saud Abdulhamid, Mohammed Al-Breik, Riyadh Sharahili, Ali Al-Hassan, Mohammad Kanoo, Abdulelah Al-Malki, Salman Al-Faraj, Nasser Al-Dawsari, Abdullah Otayf, Sami Al-Najei, Salem Al-Dawsari, Abdulrahman Al-Abboud, Fahad Al-Muwallad, Nawaf Al-Abed, Hattan Bahbri, Ayman Yahya, Haitham Asiri, Abdullah Radeef, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Saleh Al-Shehri, Firas Al-Buraikan. The squad will convene next Monday after the eighth round of the Roshn Saudi League before departing King Khalid International Airport for Abu Dhabi International Airport. — SG