The World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia entered the 9th round, and this night two teams that advanced to the World Cup were born in advance, namely Japan and Saudi Arabia, and Australia locked in the third place in the group in advance and will participate in the play-off of the round of 12. At present, there is only suspense left in the round of 12, which team is the third team in Group A, and after the national football team was out two rounds in advance, it has been a World Cup spectator for 20 consecutive years.
Group A's Iran and South Korea's team are two rounds ahead of schedule to the World Cup, B group 2 through the seat has not yet been created, as soon as the 9th round can be determined, if Australia loses, then Japan and Saudi Arabia through the World Cup.
Japan's away match against Australia is about the fate of both teams. The Japanese team has not lost to Australia in the last 8 meetings, and the record is 4 wins and 4 draws, which is definitely the best record. In the end, the Japanese team relied on the two degrees of the three-fold to win 2-0 against Australia, locked up the top two of the group in the early round, and joined hands with the Saudi team to reach the World Cup.
For the Saudi team, if the Japanese team does not win against the Australian team, then they need to beat the Chinese team with all their strength to qualify for the World Cup in the early round, and now that the Australian team has lost, the Saudi team lies in the World Cup.
With Japan and Saudi Arabia locking up World Cup seats, 17 of the 32 teams participating in the 2022 World Cup have been identified, as follows:
European Zone: Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, England, Switzerland, Netherlands
Asia: Qatar (host), Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia
South America: Brazil, Argentina
On this matchday, there are also 4 teams that may qualify early, such as Ecuador, Uruguay, Canada, the United States (or Mexico). According to the official FIFA news, the World Cup group stage draw will be held on April 1, according to the latest edition of the world rankings announced on March 31.