20 10 World Cup qualifiers, the national football team lost its seed team status-
There is bad news from the preparatory meeting for the Asian Cup finals being held in Malaysia. The semi-final of the 20 10 South African World Cup Asian Regional Qualifier, which will start in February next year, was designated as eight teams by the AFC, instead of the 10 team expected by the China Football Association. The ranking of the seed team will be determined according to the ranking of Asian teams in the last World Cup in Germany. This means that China lost its seed status in the first stage of the World Cup qualifiers.
This news is undoubtedly a huge blow to Zhu and the national team. This decision of the AFC made China, who tried to get enough points through international competitions and the Asian Cup, improve FIFA's ranking and qualify for the first stage of the qualifiers, miss the first stage of the World Cup qualifiers no matter how hard she tried.
According to the arrangement of AFC, the group preliminaries of the World Cup in South Africa will begin in February 2008. This competition will be divided into two stages, the first stage is the first stage for all participating teams to participate. The AFC will divide all teams into 8 groups, and the first place in each group is eligible to participate in the second-stage semi-finals. The first-stage group draw will be held this year1October 165438+. Because China failed to reach the second stage semi-final in German World Cup qualifiers, China will definitely not be the seed in the first stage of Asian World Cup qualifiers. According to past records, the eight teams that will become the seed teams may be Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Uzbekistan and Bahrain. Obviously, no matter which team China is in the same group, the qualifying situation will be very severe on the premise that only the team with the first place in the group can qualify for the second stage.
Because the probability that China's home team will be in the same group as Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Australia in the next 1/4 finals is 50%, the outside world shows doubts and pessimism about the national team's future World Cup. Zhu is quite indifferent to this. He said: "Although Japan, South Korea, Australia and Iran are strong teams in Asia, and they also participated in the last World Cup in Germany, their national teams are also rising. The outside world is worried about the possibility of us working with them, but they are also worried about meeting us. In the World Cup qualifiers, seed qualification can't completely influence the qualifying situation. The key is to rely on our own strength and level. Better late than early. I believe that the national team has full confidence in this regard. "