2023 Asian Football preliminaries

2023 Football Asian World Cup preliminaries 1 Round time is 202311.06+19: 00, Thailand vs National Football Team.

The second round, 2023, 165438+ 10, 2 1, 19:00, national football vs Korea. The third round, March 2024, 2 1, Singapore vs national football team. The fourth round, March 26, 2024, national football vs Singapore. The fifth round, June 6, 2024, the national football team vs Thailand. The sixth round, June 2024 1 1, Korea vs national football team.

China Men's Football Team will play the home and away round robin match with the opponents in the same group from June, 2023 to June, 2024. The top two players in nine groups will participate in the next round. In 2026, the US-Canada-Mexico World Cup will be expanded to 48 teams, and the Asian region will receive 8.5 places. The Asian preliminaries are divided into four stages, with 46 teams participating. The China Men's Football Team will appear in the second stage (Top 36).

Promotion rules

The winning 10 teams in the first stage, together with the top 26 teams in Asia, form the scale of the top 36 competitions; The team that lost in the first stage, together with the Northern Mariana Islands, continued the Asian preliminaries.

The second stage (Top 36) is divided into 9 groups, with 4 teams in each group, and the top 2 in each group qualify. The advanced 18 team will automatically qualify for the 2027 Asian Cup, while the eliminated 18 team will continue the journey of the Asian preliminaries.

The third stage (18 final) will be drawn in 2024, divided into three groups, with 6 teams in each group, and the top 2 in each group will directly advance to the 2026 World Cup. 3-4 teams in each group will enter the fourth stage and compete for the remaining World Cup Asian qualification.