The World Cup qualifiers from the end of January to the beginning of February are temporarily over and will resume at the end of March, with the final 2 to 3 matches played on all continents. After the Chinese men's football team lost to Vietnam, it officially missed the World Cup finals two rounds in advance, so there were only two round-12 matches left, which became a battle of honor.
In the recently concluded World Preliminary Tournament, a total of 2 teams have qualified for the World Cup, namely the South Korean men's football team and the Iranian men's football team, both from the Asian region's top 12 competitions.
After 8 rounds, Iran won 7 wins and 1 draw and accumulated 22 points, ranking first in the group, and South Korea won 6 wins and 2 draws in 8 rounds and accumulated 20 points, ranking second in the group, and the two teams joined hands to advance to the World Cup in two rounds. At present, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan are competing for the remaining two direct World Cup tickets.
As of February 4, the 2022 FIFA World Cup has identified 15 participating teams, including hosts Qatar, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, England, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Argentina, Germany, Denmark, Brazil, Serbia, Iran and South Korea.
Recently, FIFA officially released the 2022 World Cup promotional poster, the core players of the above 15 participating teams were shortlisted, such as Argentina has Messi, Croatia has Modric, England has Harry Kane, South Korea has Sun Xingyu, etc. The Chinese men's football team did not qualify for the World Cup in advance, and the star Wu Lei did not have the opportunity to enter this promotional poster.
South Korean media "NAVER" posted an exclamation of Son Heung-min in the poster and Messi tied for the C position, "Son Heung-min is located in the center of the official World Cup promotional poster", while the media also emphasized that the South Korean team has advanced to the World Cup final for 10 consecutive times, creating an unprecedented record in Asia.
In the history of the World Cup, the Korean men's football team is indeed the most representative Asian team, not only playing the most, but also creating the best result of Asian teams, and once won the 4th place in 2002.
It is worth mentioning that C Ronaldo, one of the most proud of football, did not enter this promotional poster, which is also related to the fact that the Portuguese men's football team has not yet locked the World Cup seat. At the end of March, at least one team of the Portuguese men's football team and the Italian men's football team missed the World Cup, and C Ronaldo may be eliminated, after all, the three opponents in the group are not good at playing.