Let me talk about the men's Asian Cup.
The schedule and competition system of the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers have been preliminarily drawn up. During the AFC Kuala Lumpur Annual Meeting from June 13 to June 16, the qualifying group draw will be held.
The 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers will be held in two stages. The first-stage qualifiers will be held from September to June this year, 65438+June 065438+1October. Team 16, which was shortlisted in the final stage of last year's Asian Cup, will not need to participate in the qualifiers, among which Thailand and Indonesia are co-hosts and will advance directly, while other teams 14, including defending champion Japan, will directly participate in the second stage group stage. In addition, according to the latest ranking of national teams released by FIFA in May, in addition to the above-mentioned 14 team, the other two top teams (Australia ranked 56th in the world, Asia ranked 10 and Syria ranked 85th in the world, and Asia ranked 14) will also directly enter the second stage group stage.