The second stage: The eight teams with the lowest ranking that won in the first stage will play home and away games again, and the four teams that won will advance to the third stage. The two competition dates of the second stage are165438+10.9 and165438+10.8, respectively, in 2007.
The third stage: 1 1 teams shortlisted in the first stage and four teams shortlisted in the second stage, plus the top five seed teams, will compete in the third stage. The 20 teams will be divided into five groups, and the top two in each group will enter the fourth stage. The first match day of this stage is February 6, 2008; The second match day is March 26th, 2008; The third match day is June 7, 2008 (non-FIFA match day); The fourth match day is June, 2008 14 (non-FIFA match day); The fifth match day is September 6, 2008; The sixth match day is September 2008 10.
Stage 4: 10 teams shortlisted from stage 3 will be divided into two groups for home and away games, and the top two in each group will automatically advance to the 20 10 World Cup in South Africa. The first competition day of this stage: June 65438+1October 65438+May 2008; The second competition day: 165438+2008 10/9; The third competition day: February 200911; The fourth competition day: March 28th, 2009; The fifth competition day: April 20091; The sixth competition day: June 6, 2009; Seventh competition day: June 200910; Eighth match day: June 2009 17 (non-FIFA match day); The ninth competition day: September 5, 2009; Tenth match day: September 9, 2009.
In addition, the date of the knockout has also been set.
The AFC stipulates that all competitions must end before 10124: 00 (local time) on October 28th, and the first round and the second round are separated by one week. The time of these two games was 10, 2 10 and 10 respectively, which met the requirements and both sides agreed, so the China-Myanmar qualifiers were postponed.