Iran and Saudi Arabia led the two groups to become the first in the Asian regional standings in the preliminaries, and the national football team ranked fifth in Group B, which failed to qualify for the World Cup.
According to FIFA's promotion rules, only the top two teams in each group can get the chance to qualify, and the third place in the group can compete for the places in the play-offs. Australia defeated the United Arab Emirates, then defeated Peru and successfully qualified.
Introduction to Asian preliminaries:
FIFA World Cup preliminaries, referred to as "World Cup preliminaries", are mainland knockout matches registered by FIFA member countries (regions) to participate in the World Cup. They will be held in six regions: Europe, South America, Central and North America and the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
The main purpose of this competition is to compete for the qualification of the intercontinental play-offs. The venue and home and away games will be determined after the third stage of the competition. Teams in the Asian play-offs will compete with teams from South America, Central and North America, the Caribbean and Oceania, and the opposing teams will be determined by drawing lots. In this game, Australia beat South America.