In the first four rounds of the top 40 national football teams, 2 wins 1 draw 1 loss, temporarily ranked second in Group A, 8 points less than Syria, which played one more game. The AFC announced last June (1 1) that the remaining top 40 events would be held in March and June of 20021. According to the schedules announced by FIFA official website and AFC official website, the remaining four matches in China are: March 25th, 202 1 vs Maldives, March 30th, Guam, June 7th and June 5th.
However, due to the epidemic situation, the current situation is still unclear, and the epidemic prevention policies and entry policies of various countries are often adjusted. Whether the top 40 in March can be restarted on time is still unknown. According to the latest news from GOAL, the AFC has formulated a response plan. If the top 40 matches cannot be restarted in March, all the remaining matches will be changed to the competition system, and the venue will be Qatar, from May 3/KLOC-0 to June 15. This means that 40 national teams will gather in Qatar. This is done to ensure that the top 40 matches can be completed before June 15.
Last year, the AFC changed the AFC Champions League to a competition system and held it in Doha, Qatar. Qatar not only successfully completed the undertaking task, but also did a good job in epidemic prevention. After the test of 12 139, there was no COVID-19 positive case. Therefore, AFC appreciated the organization, reception and epidemic prevention work in Qatar and decided to give Qatar the right to host the Top 40 tournament system. Earlier, it was reported that once the competition system was adopted in the top 40 matches, the China Football Association would try its best to undertake it. Now it seems that there is basically no chance.
If the top 40 matches are changed to the competition system, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the difficulty of qualifying for the national football team. According to the current schedule, the remaining four games of the national football team are all 3 people 1 customer, especially the two key games with the Philippines and Syria. As long as you win these two games, there is basically no problem to advance to the 12 finals. However, if it is changed to the competition system, the national football team will lose its home court advantage and may not be able to beat the Philippines and Syria. In addition, the opponents in the same group only have three games left, but the national football team still has four games, which means that the national football team has to play four games in a row from May 3 1 day to June 15 16 day, which is a greater test of physical fitness and bench depth.