Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Qatar, China, Iran, Japan, Syria, Thailand, Iraq, South Korea, Uzbekistan.
No, the schedule of the previous 16 will not be known until the lottery ceremony of 4. 12.
In the early morning of March 30th, the second stage of the 20 18 Russian World Cup and the joint Asian Cup qualifier of 20 19 United Arab Emirates, that is, the Top 40 matches, all ended, and the top players in 12 Asia were produced. The competition will start in September this year 1 After 10 rounds of fierce fighting, it will end on September 5, 20 17.
At 20: 00 on March 29th, 15 and 20 18 Russian World Cup qualifiers were held in Shaanxi Stadium. In the end, the national football team won 2-0, and Huang Bowen and Lei Wu scored in the second half. With the Iranian 2-0 victory over Oman in the later match, the three "friendly forces" finally helped China reach the miraculous 12 summit and reached the final of the 20 19 Asian Cup.
Despite the ups and downs, the China national team played two beautiful turnovers: beating Maldives 4-0 at home and Qatar 2-0 at home. With the help of Australia, the Philippines and Iran, as one of the best two teams, it caught the last bus to Asia 12.
According to the regulations, 12 team is divided into two groups, with 6 teams in each group. The top two in each group will advance directly to the World Cup in Russia, and the third place will play off. The winner will play off with the fourth place in Central and North America, and the winner will advance to the World Cup finals.
According to the arrangement of AFC, the draw for the Asian 12 World Cup preliminaries will be held at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on April 12. The principle of drawing lots is to divide the files according to the latest FIFA ranking published on April 7. The latest ranking of FIFA national teams has not yet been released, so we might as well take the ranking in March as a reference (the world ranking in brackets): Iran (44), Japan (56), South Korea (57), Saudi Arabia (60), United Arab Emirates (64), Australia (67), Uzbekistan (74), Qatar (80) and Iraq.
Although the group draw for the 12 competition hasn't come out yet, the schedule has long been determined. According to the schedule of the AFC, the 12 top-level event will start on 1 in September this year, and the second round will be held on September 6th. 65438+1October 6th, 1 1, the third and fourth rounds of the 12 tournament will be played. The fifth round 165438+ 10/5 is the last round of 20 16.
On March 23rd and 28th next year, the 12 Top Tournament will enter the 6th and 7th rounds. There will be a round of 12 competition in June, August and September next year, and all competitions will end on September 5, 20 17. In addition, the AFC has determined the time of the intercontinental play-offs: 20 17, 10, 5, 10, 10.