Rules for Asian regional qualifiers

The rules for the Asian regional qualifiers of the 2026 World Cup are divided into four stages, and the specific rules are as follows:

First of all, the qualifying round

As the name implies, matches that qualify for the World Cup qualifiers will be ranked according to FIFA points. The last 14 team in Asia, that is, the 34th to 47th teams, will play a round of home and away elimination first, and the seven winning teams will enter the second stage.

Second, the top 40 competitions

It will be ranked in the top 33 according to FIFA points. In addition, 7 teams will qualify and 40 teams will participate in the qualifying competition. It will be divided into 8 groups with 5 teams in each group. First place in eight groups, second place in four best results *** 12 team advanced 12 strong.

Iii. 12 final match

The top 40 12 teams are divided into two groups, and 6 teams in each group compete for World Cup tickets. All adopt the home and away game system. The top two players in each group get the World Cup tickets directly, and the third players in the two groups compete for the fifth quasi-quota, that is, the quota of the play-offs.

Fourth, play-offs.

Because the fifth place in the 12 competition is a quasi-quota, it is necessary to participate in the interstate play-offs before the winner can get the final World Cup tickets.

Significance of Asian regional qualifiers

The appearance of the World Cup preliminaries in Asia marks a historic moment for Asian football, and it also means that Asian teams will make their mark in the future World Cup. More Asian teams will participate in the World Cup and football will be more diversified. Not only Europe, but also Asia will have its own football style.

With the continuous development of the World Cup preliminaries in Asia, the future development prospects of Asian football will be more optimistic, more Asian teams will participate in the World Cup, the strength of Asian teams will be greatly improved, the future World Cup will be more exciting, and more teams will have the opportunity to win the championship.

The appearance of the Asian region in the World Cup preliminaries will change the history of the World Cup. Every year, more Asian teams will participate in the World Cup, which will also make football more diversified, bring new changes to the development of football and make football more exciting.