2-2，3-0！ Asia's 7th rise, the world preliminaries advanced ahead of schedule, rushed to the World Cup, and the national football team was out of the tournament with 8 points

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2024-06-05 06:42Posted in Fujian

The 2026 World Cup has been expanded, and the Asian region has 8.5 qualification places, which is a greater chance for Asian countries to qualify for the World Cup finals, in addition to the traditional Iran, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Japan and South Korea, the five first-class teams, Uzbekistan, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates all see the hope of qualifying. Among them, Uzbekistan is the most promising team to stand out.

Uzbekistan is currently ranked 64th in the world and 7th in Asian football. Uzbekistan is one of the best teams in the youth academy in recent years, second only to Japan, and has won the U20 and U23 Asian Cups, and has also qualified for the U20 World Cup. In the U23 Asian Cup that ended this year, Uzbekistan went all the way to the final, lost to Japan, and won the runner-up for two consecutive years, and in the U23 Asian Cup, Uzbekistan has won 1 championship and 2 runners-up, and entered the Olympic Games for the first time.

Uzbekistan has not reached the World Cup finals in history, and now the youth training has achieved remarkable results, and the 2026 World Cup coincides with the expansion of the army. In this World Preliminary Tournament, Uzbekistan is in Group E with Iran, Turkmenistan and Hong Kong, China, in this group, Uzbekistan and Iran are outstanding, and the two teams have advanced to the round of 18 two rounds in advance.

Uzbekistan challenged Turkmenistan away in the first round of this World Preliminary Tournament, Uzbekistan conceded a goal in the first half, but in the second half, Uzbekistan scored three goals in a row to complete the reversal, avoid upsets, and get off to a good start. In the second round, Uzbekistan sat at home to face Iran, in the first half, Uzbekistan fell behind by 2 goals, scored two goals in the second half, and finally drew 2-2 with Iran.

After two rounds of the World Preliminaries, Uzbekistan ushered in the Asian Cup, in which Uzbekistan was in the same group with Syria, Australia and India, and finally Uzbekistan advanced to the knockout round with 1 win and 2 draws. In the first round of the knockout round, Uzbekistan defeated Thailand 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the 1/4 finals, Uzbekistan and Qatar fought for 120 minutes, and they were indistinguishable, and finally lost on penalties and missed the semi-finals.

In the 3rd and 4th rounds of the World Preliminaries, Uzbekistan defeated Hong Kong, China with a score of 2-0 and 3-0 home and away respectively, and advanced to the round of 18 in two rounds ahead of schedule. In the upcoming 5th and 6th rounds of the World Preliminary Tournament, Uzbekistan will face Iran and Turkmenistan respectively, and Uzbekistan will compete with Iran for the top spot in the group so that they can get a good draw in the round of 18.

Uzbekistan is the favourite to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Compared with Uzbekistan's strong performance, the Chinese men's football team has been out of talent in recent years, and the youth team's performance in Asian competitions has been bleak, and it has missed the World Series for 16 consecutive years. At the national team level, it still relies on Wu Lei, a 33-year-old veteran, to charge forward, and in the world preliminaries, the Chinese team faces the test of promotion in Group C.

In Group C, the Chinese team ranks second in the group with 7 points, and the Thai team ranks third after the national football team with 4 points, on June 6, Beijing time, the 5th round of the World Preliminary Round of 36, the Chinese team will sit at home to face the Thai team, the national football team must win, if it draws with the Thai team, the points of the national football team will be 8 points, and the final round loss to the South Korean team will be tied by the Thai team.

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