It is expected that China, under the leadership of head coach Gao Hongbo, will be as big as possible in the 12 tournament, exert momentum and confidence, and with some good luck, finally be able to break through the 12 tournament and qualify for the 20 18 World Cup finals.
The following is a detailed introduction of the 12 competition:
The draw ceremony for the Asian regional qualifiers of the 20 18 World Cup will be held at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on April 20 16. 12 teams will be divided into six files with two teams in each file according to the FIFA ranking published on April 7, and then these teams will be drawn into Group A and Group B. In short, the top two teams in the AFC Champions League list will definitely not be in the same group. The ten competition days of 12 are 20 1 June1September 61October 610/October1kloc-0/kloc. There are also March 23rd, March 28th, June 8th, June 17 and September 5th.
12 tournament, 12 team, group a and group b, with 6 teams in each group, the home and away double round robin system is implemented. In the end, the top two in each group will directly advance to the 20 18 World Cup finals in Russia. The third place of the two groups will play two rounds of home and away games on 20 17 10 on 5 October and June 10, and the winner of the two rounds will be in June 20 17.
The top 12 teams are Saudi Arabia, Australia, Qatar, Iran, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Syria, United Arab Emirates and China.