On March 29 and 30, Beijing time, the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers asia top 12 will enter the final round, the overall situation of Group B has been determined, and Group A still has suspense.
The 32 teams in the World Cup are shortlisted for the main tournament, with 4.5 places in Asia, and as in the previous edition, four of the top five teams in Asia by the AFC FIFA directly advanced, and the other team played the play-offs next.
Group B: Japan, the king of Asia, strives for the first place in the group, and Vietnam finishes the first round of 12 with a heart higher than the sky
Oceania only has 0.5 World Cup places, Oceania overlord Australia has to participate in the intercontinental play-offs every time, meet the South American team to turn off, thinking that joining the AFC will not have to play the play-offs, but obviously miscalculated, the last final participation in the play-offs, this time is the same, Japan, South Korea, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Australia who can not compete.
In the first match of the round of 12, Japan lost 0:1 to Vietnam and Oman, and if the second game did not win the national football team, Mori Baoyi may be out of class, but the national football team sent 3 points in time. In the third round, he lost 0:1 away to Saudi Arabia, and Mori's suspension crisis has not yet been lifted. In the fourth round, it was 2:1 at home to Australia, Japan won the match point, and then opened the winning streak mode. By the 9th round, he had beaten Australia 2-0 away and reached the top of the B table.
After the 9 rounds of Group B, Japan was first with 21 points, Saudi Arabia was second with 20 points, Australia was third with 15 points, Oman was fourth with 11 points, the national football team was fifth by 6 points, and Vietnam was at the bottom with 3 points.
Japan and Saudi Arabia have locked in the top two direct promotion, depending on who is the first in the group in the final round. Australia are just waiting for a third play-off match against Group A. Japan's home defeat of Vietnam in the final round locked in the first place in the group and the first place in the group in the three consecutive rounds of 12.
Vietnam's goal is not to be at the bottom, but after the 1-0 home loss to Oman in the last round, the dream has been shattered. The national football team currently has a goal difference of -8, Vietnam's goal difference of -11, even if the national football team loses to Oman in the final round, Vietnam also needs to beat Japan by a larger score away to avoid the bottom, but is this possible?
Group A: Three teams are vying for a play-off spot, and Syria can only try to avoid bottoming out
In the round of 12, South Korea was drawn to the Iranian group, although Iran is South Korea's biggest bitter lord, but South Korea is at best at a disadvantage in direct dialogue, which will not affect the promotion to the World Cup. In the first match, South Korea drew 1:1 with Iran away, and in the 9th round, South Korea defeated Iran 2:0 at home, rising to the first place in Group A, and the last round of away defeat to the United Arab Emirates locked in the first place in the group.
After nine rounds of battle in Group A, South Korea ranked first with 23 points, Iran ranked second with 22 points, the United Arab Emirates scored 9 points third, Iraq scored 8 points fourth, Lebanon 6 points fifth, and Syria ranked bottom with 5 points.
South Korea and Iran have locked in the top two direct promotion, the battle for the place in the play-offs is still suspenseful, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Lebanon three have hopes, Syria has been out of the game in advance, the last battle in their significance, it can only avoid the final ranking is not at the bottom.
In the Asian arena, Japan, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Australia are all fierce rivals of the national football team, after all, there is a gap in strength, and in the last two World Preliminary Tournaments, Syria is the biggest bitter owner of the national football team. In the last round of 12, the national football team lost 0:1 at home to Syria, losing the initiative to promote, and finally the third place in the Syrian group qualified for the play-offs, and the national football team was out. In the round of 40 of this World Preliminary Round, after the first leg of the national football team lost to Syria, the prospect of advancing to the round of 12 also became pessimistic, and in the end, the first group of Syria advanced to the round of 12, and the second of the best group of the country also advanced.
In the last round of 12, Syria had a good record, and this year's top 12 match, without the same group as the national football team, Syria revealed its original form - the strength is just like that.
In the final round of Group A, Syria must defeat Iraq if it is to get rid of the bottom of the final ranking. But how easy is it? Lebanon, which played Iran in the final round, and the United Arab Emirates, which played south Korea at home, are difficult to score, and as long as Iraq defeats Syria, it may qualify for the play-offs, and it is inevitable that it will have to die with Syria.