On March 24, Beijing time, four teams from the Asian region to the World Cup were released, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, south Korea successfully qualified in advance, plus the host Qatar, Asia occupied 5 seats! So, what is the current pattern of Asian football?
It is said that "Japan, South Korea, Australia and Isa", from the perspective of this round of 12, the strength of Japan, South Korea and Iran is still worthy of recognition, worthy of the first-class team in Asia. Saudi Arabia directly advanced, proved that it is at least a quasi-first-class or even first-class team, Australia has become the only team left behind in these 5 so-called Asian teams, and Australia has felt that the gap with Japan has begun to widen, so as Asia's former king team, Australia may have begun to approach the second-rate.
Asia can belong to the second-rate teams, which originally looked like the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and even Uzbekistan, China, Syria and other teams. However, the second-rate teams in Asia are shuffling their cards in this tournament, Uzbekistan has not even reached the round of 12, and Iraq is currently performing as badly as the national football team, while Syria has become a fish belly compared to the performance of the last round of 12. Therefore, Asian second-rate teams, at present, China, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Syria and other teams may not be eligible, Oman, Lebanon, which were originally considered to be third-rate teams in Asia, are not afraid of Asian second-rate teams at all.
Therefore, if the national football team continues to sink in this way, it is likely that it can only be called an Asian third-rate team, and it seems that this trend is inevitable. This means that even if the World Cup is expanded, there are 8 places in Asia, and the national football team may not be able to win.
All in all, in addition to the Asian 4 teams and the host Qatar, in addition to Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, England, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Brazil and Argentina in south America in the European region have qualified, and 17 teams have qualified for the World Cup.