Beijing time on March 24, 2022 news. With Japan beating Australia 2-0 and the 2022 FifacciaCia Asia Round of 12 in Qatar, four teams that have directly qualified have been decided: South Korea, Iran, Japan and Saudi Arabia. Next, teams from both groups of AB will compete for 3rd place in the group and then play in the playoffs. And the Chinese men's soccer team has been out, completely missing the Qatar World Cup!
Counting down, the Chinese men's football team has only participated in the World Cup once so far, that is, the Korea-Japan World Cup. That's because At that time, Japan and South Korea were the hosts, Saudi Arabia and Iran were not in our group, and the national football team successfully qualified. As a result, when we arrived in Seogwipo, we conceded 9 goals in 3 games. Since then, the national football team has missed 5 consecutive World Cups!
As an Asian team, others can always do well. The South Korean team is the light of Asia and has participated in 11 World Cups. Japan has participated in 7 World Cups, Iran and South Korea have participated 6 times each, and North Korea has also participated in 2 World Cups!
The geographical location of the South Korean team and the Chinese team is the same, the Korean team can play well, and the Chinese men's football team has no reason to play badly! Although in the 2002 World Cup, the South Korean team won the 4th place by means, which is disgraceful, but the other 10 World Cups, the South Korean team is based on their ability to enter.
The Japanese team and the Chinese men's football team also started at the same time, and at the same time began to professionalize, and at the same time missed the 1994 World Cup. But then, Japan successfully scored the 1998 World Cup in France, scoring goals in Jamaica after losing to Argentina and Croatia. Since then, the Japanese team has not missed the World Cup!
Iran and Saudi Arabia, two Middle Eastern teams, have also participated in 6 World Cups. Even the North Korean men's football team, after entering the World Cup in 1966 and becoming a big dark horse, the 2010 World Cup in South Africa also dared to fight with Brazil, 1-2 small losses! The same as Asian football, Chinese football is really a clear gap! ——The next World Cup, that is, the 2026 World Cup, it is reported that it will be expanded to 48 participating teams, and There may be 8 places in Asia.