20 18 when will the preliminary draw begin?

According to the AFC schedule, the 20 18 World Cup preliminaries will be held in four stages, with 43 Asian teams participating. Among them, the first stage is to select three teams from the six teams ranked 38 to 43 in Asia and participate in the second stage of the so-called "Top 40 Competition" with the top 37. The draw for the "Top 40 Competition" is scheduled for next April 1 day. * * The competition will be divided into 8 groups with 5 teams in each group. The competition will start on June 2065438+2006 1 1 and end on March 29, 2065438. The first place in each group, the second place with the best results will be promoted to the second place. "12 Final Tournament" is divided into two groups, with the top two in each group entering the World Cup and the third in each group participating in the fourth stage of the transcontinental play-off.

The schedule has come out, and then the national football team should consider whether it can get a group situation that is conducive to qualifying. The AFC stipulates that only the top 8 teams in Asia can qualify for the top 40 seed teams, thus avoiding at least seven Asian rivals and greatly increasing the hope of entering the top 12. As China is currently ranked 9th in Asia, it is particularly important to hold the Australian Asian Cup in June 5438+ 10 next year. For "Pei Jiajun", the Asian Cup is to win as many games as possible, strive to advance to the knockout stage, and strive for enough ranking points, otherwise the preliminaries will be difficult from the beginning.

Of course, the national football team still has points. Tomorrow afternoon, they will play the second warm-up match of the last domestic training with Kyrgyzstan at Qingyuan base. Although it is not as valuable as the Asian Cup points, it may be tens of points, which has a decisive role in the impact of the national football team on the World Cup.