1, 2026 World Cup Asian Regional Qualifiers Phase I: First Round,10 June 2023/10 2023. The second round, June 65438+1October 65438+July 2023.
2. The second stage of the 2026 World Cup Asian qualifiers: the first round, 1 16 2023 10. The second round, 2023, 165438+ 10 month, 2 1. The third round, March 2024, 2 1. The fourth round, March 26th, 2024. The fifth round, June 6, 2024. The sixth round, June 2024 1 1.
According to the rules of the Asian regional preliminaries, China entered the second round of the preliminaries directly. Recently, in the two stages of the draw before the Asian World Cup qualifiers in 2026, the national football team was in the same group as the winners of South Korea, Thailand and Singapore against Guam, and the top two in the group will advance to the 18.
2026 World Cup qualifiers, each district qualifiers.
1, Asian regional qualifiers:
The Asian regional qualifiers will start in 2024, with 48 national teams participating. The competition will be divided into eight groups, and the top two in each group will advance to the next round.
2. African regional qualifiers:
African regional qualifiers will start in 2025, with 54 national teams participating. The competition adopts the elimination system, and the five teams that finally win will qualify for the World Cup.
3. European qualifiers:
The European qualifiers will start in 2025, with 55 national teams participating. The competition will be divided into ten groups, and the top two in each group will advance to the next round. In addition, the third place in the four groups will play off to decide the last four promotion places.
4. South American qualifiers:
The South American regional qualifiers will start in 2025, with a total of 10 national teams participating. The competition adopts round robin system, and each team will play home and away games with nine other teams, and the top four teams will qualify for the World Cup.
5. North American qualification:
The North American qualifiers will begin in 2025, with 35 national teams participating. The competition will be divided into six groups, and the top three in each group will advance to the next round. The last six teams will play off and decide the last three promotion places.
6. Oceania qualifiers:
The Oceania qualifiers will start in 2025, with 1 1 national teams participating. The competition adopts a round robin system. Each team will play home and away games with ten other teams, and the team ranked first will qualify for the World Cup.
7. International play-offs:
International play-offs will be held before the 2026 World Cup, with 12 teams participating. These teams will come from the third place in the Asian, African, Latin American and European North American qualifiers, and they will have a knockout round and finally decide on the last three promotion places.