On the afternoon of July 27th, Beijing time, China was ranked as the second in Group C, and the opponents in Group C were: South Korea, Thailand and the winners between Singapore and Guam. Singapore and Guam need to participate in the first stage of the preliminaries. Both teams are fourth in the group. Korea is naturally the first team, and Thailand is the third team.
The 2026 World Cup preliminaries in Asia are divided into five stages, and the national football team will directly advance to the second stage because of its second status, that is, it will automatically advance to the top 36. Six group matches will be held in the second stage of the national football team. The first game will be away against Thailand. 10 years ago, the national football team 1-5 lost to Thailand and was nailed to the historical shame column. 10 years later, the national football team lost to Vietnam in the final preliminaries. Can it get revenge smoothly?
The second game of the national football team is the old rival South Korea. The development of Korean football is changing with each passing day. The level of Chinese and Korean men's football is not the same. After Lippi, it is difficult for China men's soccer team to beat South Korea. The game will be played in China's home.
According to the rules, the top 36 in the preliminaries will arrange home and away games, which means that the national football team needs to play 6 games, including 3 at home and 3 away.
The detailed schedule is as follows:
In the first game, the national football team challenged the Thai men's football team away. Game time is 2023 1 1.06.
In the second game, the national football team played against the Korean men's football team at home. Game time 1 1, 2 1, 2023.
In the third game, the national football team challenged the winners of Singapore and Guam away, and the kick-off time was March 2, 20241day.
In the fourth game, on March 26th, 2024, the national football team played against the winners of Singapore and Guam.
The fifth game, national football VS Thailand, is on June 6, 2024.
The sixth game, the national football team VS South Korea, was in June 2024 1 1.