Draw for the round of 18: The national football team is in the group of death! It is difficult to compete for the fourth in the same group as Indonesia, Bahrain, Shaao, and Japan
Nian Zhou
2024-06-27 15:33Premier League commentator, Tencent Football Contributing Writer Creator in the field of sports
On June 27, Beijing time, the draw ceremony for the top 18 of the Asian region of the World Preliminary Championships was held, and the Chinese men's football team entered Group C and fell into the group of death, and it was very difficult to draw Indonesia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and Japan to compete for the fourth!
Qualifying rules
A total of 48 teams will participate in the 2026 World Cup, with 8.5 places in the Asian zone, and the round of 18 will be divided into 3 groups, each with 6 teams, and a total of 10 rounds will be played: the top two in each group will qualify; the third and fourth will be divided into 2 groups, the first of the two groups, and the second PK of the two groups will play the play-offs to compete for the qualification of the intercontinental play-offs; the fifth and sixth will be out and will miss the World Cup - therefore, the goal of the national football team in the round of 18 is to "fight for the fourth".
Binning situation
The 18 teams are divided into six tiers according to the latest FIFA rankings. The national football team is ranked 88th in the world and 13th in Asia, in the fifth pot.
First gear: Japan, Iran, South Korea
Second pot: Australia, Qatar, Iraq
Tier 3: Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Jordan
Pot 4: UAE, Oman, Bahrain
Fifth gear: China, Palestine, Kyrgyzstan
Tier 6: North Korea, Indonesia, Kuwait
The results of the draw
The guests of this draw were Madavecchia and Shinji Okazaki, and the national football coach Ivankovic came to the scene.
Group A: North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, UAE, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Iran
Group B: Kuwait, Palestine, Oman, Jordan, Iraq, South Korea
Group C: Indonesia, China, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Japan
National football schedule
First round: 2024.09.05, Japan VS China
Second round: 2024.09.10, China VS Saudi Arabia
Third round: 2024.10.10, Australia VS China
Fourth round: 2024.10.15, China VS Indonesia
Fifth round: 2024.11.14, Bahrain VS China
Sixth round: 2024.11.19, China VS Japan
Seventh round: 2025.03.20, Saudi Arabia VS China
Eighth round: 2025.03.25, China VS Australia
Ninth round: 2025.06.05, Indonesia VS China
Tenth round: 2025.06.10, China VS Bahrain
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Draw for the round of 18: The national football team is in the group of death! It is difficult to compete for the fourth in the same group as Indonesia, Bahrain, Shaao, and Japan -
Draw for the round of 18: The national football team is in the group of death! It is difficult to compete for the fourth in the same group as Indonesia, Bahrain, Shaao, and Japan -
Draw for the round of 18: The national football team is in the group of death! It is difficult to compete for the fourth in the same group as Indonesia, Bahrain, Shaao, and Japan -
Draw for the round of 18: The national football team is in the group of death! It is difficult to compete for the fourth in the same group as Indonesia, Bahrain, Shaao, and Japan