With South Korea not winning the UAE and Iraq not winning syria, the final suspense of the round of 12 was revealed, and the UAE won a play-off place. At this point, the round of 12 officially ushered in the finale, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Iran directly to the World Cup, Australia and the United Arab Emirates participated in the play-offs.
The finale of the Round of 12 is as follows:
4 direct seats: Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Iran
2 play-offs: UAE, Australia
The first team to qualify for the World Cup in the Round of 12 is Iran, which locked the top two in the group three rounds in advance, and South Korea is the second team to qualify for the Top 12 of the World Cup, locking in the top two of the group two rounds in advance. Japan and Saudi Arabia locked the top two in the group at the same time, and after Japan defeated Australia, it joined hands with Saudi Arabia to reach the World Cup.
The last 4 direct seats in the round of 12 were also won by Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Iran, and Australia and Syria participated in the play-offs, and now Australia continues to rank third in the group, and the opponent becomes the United Arab Emirates.
Originally, as long as the UAE did not lose in the last round, it could lock in the third place in the group in the early round, and lost to rival Iraq, extending the suspense to the last round. Now that the UAE has won the play-off qualification, it is in danger, and in the case of its own defeat, fortunately Iraq did not win in the last round, and the UAE was able to hold the third place in the group.
Next, the UAE will compete with Australia for 0.5 World Cup places in Asia, and the winner will play against the fifth-place team in South America in June this year, which will be produced between Chile, Colombia and Peru.
For the Chinese men's football team, it cannot get the direct qualification, nor can it qualify for the play-offs, and it has been out of the World Preliminary Tournament for 5 consecutive years, and has been a World Cup spectator for 20 consecutive years.
Following the last Round of 12, the national football team once again ranked fifth in Group B, Vietnam ranked first in Group B, and Oman ranked fourth in Group B.
After the end of the round of 12, the next international competition of the national football team is the final round of the Asian Cup held locally next year, and what kind of achievements the national football team will achieve at that time is worth the expectations of fans.