In the first round of the first stage, the team ranked 25th to 43rd in the AFC Champions League was Group A, while the team ranked 24th to 6th was another group, Group B. Through the lottery ceremony, a team from Group A was drawn to play home and away matches with a team from Group B.. The competition was held in June this year at 65438+ 10, and the *** 19 team advanced. China drew with Myanmar by home and away elimination.
The first stage of the second round: among the 19 teams that passed the first round of the qualifying round, according to the results of the last World Cup, the last eight teams, the penultimate team is a group C, and the penultimate team is another group D, and one team is drawn from each group C and D for home and away elimination matches. The four winning teams will qualify for the second stage group stage in 2008. The top teams 1 1 will have a bye and go directly to the competition that started in 2008. There are four teams in this round. China ranks fifth in the team of 19, so there is no need to participate.
After passing the first stage, the team of 15 advanced to the second stage.
The second stage: Through the first stage of the World Cup in Germany 15 teams +5 teams ***20 teams will take part in the draw ceremony for the World Cup qualifiers held in Durban, South Africa this year123. This group drawing ceremony is the drawing ceremony of the second stage group match in Asia. By then, FIFA will divide these 20 teams into five groups, and the five teams that have participated in the World Cup in Germany will become natural seed teams. Each group will consist of four teams, and the top two in each group will get the right to participate in the "Top Ten" in the third and final stage.
The third stage: The top ten teams that pass the second stage will be divided into two groups, the top two in each group will directly win the right to participate in the World Cup in South Africa, and the third place in the two groups will play a home and away play-off to decide the fifth place. The fifth place will play a home and away match with the champion team in Oceania to compete for the last ticket of the World Cup in South Africa.