Heavy! The top 18 group is newly released: the national football team is signed: meet Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Indonesia, and the competition for 4 is stable

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2024-06-27 15:48

At 15 o'clock in the afternoon of June 27, Beijing time, the draw and group ceremony for the top 18 of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers Asian Cup was held in the banquet hall of the Oriental Mandarin Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, the headquarters of the AFC.

The round of 18 will be drawn by Shinji Okazaki from Japan and Madavecchia from Iran, and the 18 teams drawn will be divided into six pots with three teams in each pot according to the latest world rankings. The 18 participating teams are divided into 3 groups, each group of 6 teams, with a total of 10 rounds of home and away round-robin matches, with a total of 6 teams from the top two teams in the group points directly advancing to the 2026 World Cup finals, and the 3rd and 4th teams in the three groups will enter the fourth stage of the competition to compete for the remaining 2.5 promotion places.

The 18 participating teams are ranked according to the latest world rankings, and the specific brackets are:

Tier 1: Japan, Iran, South Korea

Pot 2: Australia, Qatar, Iraq

Pot 3: Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Jordan

Pot 4: UAE, Oman, Bahrain

Pot 5: China, Palestine, Kyrgyzstan

Pot 6: North Korea, Indonesia, Kuwait.

There are no restrictions on the draw for the round of 18, there is no so-called "avoidance" principle, and the group draw starts with the sixth pot team, and so on, until the first seeded team is drawn, and the draw ends. The 10 rounds of the round of 18 have been set in advance, the home and away order has been arranged in advance, and after the draw results are announced, the teams will be seated in pairs and enter their respective schedules.

The final draw results are in:

Group A: Iran, Qatar, Uzbekistan, UAE, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea

Group B: Republic of Korea, Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Palestine, Kuwait

Group C: Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, China, Indonesia

The first round of the round of 18 will be played on September 5, 2024, and the final round will be played on June 10, 2025.

The historical record of the opponents of the Chinese team in the same group is as follows:

Japan: 7 times in history to qualify for the World Cup finals, now ranked 17th in the world, ranked 1st in Asia, the historical record of the Chinese team and the Japanese team in the A-level competition is 13 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses, the last 5 meetings, the Chinese team only achieved 1 draw and 4 losses.

Australia: A total of 6 times in history to the World Cup, now ranked 23rd in the world, ranked 4th in Asia, the Chinese team and Australia in Group A The historical record is 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, the last 5 meetings, the Chinese team has achieved 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Saudi Arabia: A total of 6 times in history to enter the World Cup, now ranked 56th in the world, ranked 7th in Asia, the Chinese team and Saudi Arabia in Group A The historical record is 6 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, the last 5 meetings, the Chinese team has achieved 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Bahrain: Historically not in the World Cup, now ranked 81st in the world and 12th in Asia, the historical record between the Chinese team and Bahrain in Group A is 3 wins and 4 draws to remain unbeaten, and in the last 5 meetings, the Chinese team has won 1 win and 4 draws.

Indonesia: A total of 1 World Cup in history, now ranked 134th in the world, the Chinese team and Indonesia in Group A The historical record is 9 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss, the last 5 meetings, the Chinese team has won 4 wins and 1 draw.

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