Original Title: Top 12 National Football Team kicked off on September 2 to start a new journey
Morning News reporter Gan Hui
Yesterday, all the teams that advanced to the top 12 of the Asian region of the world preliminaries were created. According to the current FIFA rankings, the Chinese team has become the fourth-tier team. The first round of the 12 finals will be held on September 2.
The teams that advance to the top 12 are: Syria, Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Japan, UAE, and South Korea, which are the top teams in the group; the five best-performing teams in the second group are China. Team, Iraq, Oman, Vietnam and Lebanon.
The division of the top 12 teams has also emerged: the first seeded team is Japan (ranked 28th in FIFA), Iran (31); the second level is South Korea (39), Australia (41); the third level is Saudi Arabia (65), Iraq (68); fourth gear UAE (73), China (77); fifth gear Syria (79), Oman (80); sixth gear Vietnam (92), Lebanon (93). Therefore, in the next top 12 matches, the Chinese team will definitely not be in the same group as the UAE team. According to the latest news, the group draw ceremony for the top 12 of the World Preliminaries will be held on July 1. The top 12 teams will be divided into two groups, each with 6 teams. The top two teams in each group will directly qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, while the two third-ranked teams will compete for fifth in the fourth round.
According to the schedule announced by the AFC, the top 12 world preliminaries will kick off at the beginning of September, and the game will be played at home and away. There will be a total of 6 rounds of competition this year. The competition days are September 2, September 7, October 7, October 12, November 11, and November 16. The remaining 4 rounds will be completed next year, namely January 27, 2022, New Year’s Day on February 1, March 24, and March 29.
According to this schedule, taking into account the national football preparations and the immigration isolation policy, it will be difficult to arrange the league from mid-to-late August to November, so the time left for the Super League this year is very limited. At present, the Super League has only conducted 5 rounds. In this case, it is almost impossible to finish the remaining 25 rounds within the year. Therefore, as the national football advances to the top 12, the Chinese Super League’s competition system will also be adjusted accordingly.
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