2022年世界杯小组战罢，16强名单中，欧洲占据8席，亚洲、南美和非洲各有2席，大洋洲和北美分别1席。 For the first time in history, three AFC teams have reached the round of 16 at the same time, and the Asian Legion is writing a new history. 亚洲球队在本届世界杯迎来了高光时刻，特别是东亚球队，如日韩等球队所在小组都有德国、西班牙、葡萄牙等世界冠军球队，能够从死亡小组突围，16强水分不一般，这与韩国2002年世界杯利用东道主优势有本质区别。 按照本届世界杯小组情况以及世预赛亚洲区比赛过程来看，亚洲区真正分档大致如下：
亚洲一流球队分档情况
Asia's top teams, roughly five teams, they are: Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia
日本
This year's Japanese team group stage three games in the strong is strong, weak is weak, the second round of the accident who to Costa Rica, Japan showed their strong tactical literacy and psychological quality, they even defeated Germany, Spain, and are the second half to achieve a reversal, several players in the Japanese front court have strong offensive ability, have the strength to play against any team, but the defensive intensity and physical fitness is a weakness, the front court scored the ball can not stand the back court back, the last 2-0 lead against Belgium lost, Morihoichi learned the lesson, the physical ability is reserved for the second half, The effect is also seen, as long as Japan wants to attack, the efficiency is very terrifying, thanks to the integrity of the high pressing, I think it is the first in the world, no team has done better than Japan in the high position, this World Cup Japanese team has the opportunity to break into the quarterfinals.
韩国
Compared with the Japanese team, South Korea's strength is relatively weak, and there is some luck in the promotion, but it also reflects the balance of their players, but the most important point is that they have Son Heung-min, a world-class striker, to push him forward, against Portugal, South Korea's brother Son Heung-min first used a corner kick opportunity to equalize the goal, and then rushed tens of meters in stoppage time to send a decisive assist to help South Korea enter the round of 16, and Son Heung-min also cried again after the game. 淘汰赛对阵巴西，基本要回家了，凶多吉少。
Australia
与突尼斯和丹麦两场比赛，澳大利亚都展现了凶悍而坚韧的防守，特别对阵丹麦那一场，澳大利亚人充分结合自身特点布置防守，直接把丹麦人的心态守崩了，澳大利亚阵容里基本上全是欧洲联赛的边角料，在五大联赛能打主力的没几个，大部份都是啥英冠，苏超，荷甲的，还有不少澳超的，整体阵容比黄金时期差了一截，所以在亚洲区十二强赛只能排小组第三 , but the overall is stronger and more aggressive, so it can reach the last sixteen, this kind of team with low value but overall combat effectiveness will have one or two teams in each World Cup, but Australia's knockout match against Argentina is very difficult to advance.
沙特
As a recognized underdog in Group C before the match, Saudi Arabia surprised the crowd in their first match of the World Cup, beating the mighty Argentina 2-1. 不过确实很有运气成分，三脚射门，两脚射正，两个进球，其中一个FIFA玩家视角的反击长传，一个神仙进球，这多少场也不一定出一次。
Despite losing the next two games, the Saudi Arabia team still performed remarkably well in the game. 2 generals retired from the first game; The second Polish defense is fierce, in fact, someone should have gone down a long time ago, the referee did not dare to continue to give, and luck is really not good, the team playing chicken blood is afraid of breaking the momentum like this; Third, I feel that the physical strength is exhausted, and this kind of team will grind to death unless it wins in one go; The strength is indeed there, exceeding expectations, more is fighting spirit, but can not be maintained all the time, three exhausted; It's quite respectable and scrapy.
Iran
In fact, in the second round of the group stage, Iran once occupied the second place in the group after beating Wales 2-0, and they could qualify after a draw in the final round. Iran has never qualified from the group in the history of the World Cup, Iran has a good physical confrontation, but the player's dribbling skills at the feet really dare not compliment, only relying on brute force can make a difference in the World Cup, Africa has already won the World Cup, Iran's ability to deal with European and American teams is not as good as Japan, mainly relying on the body and the body has no advantage over European and American teams.
The classification of second-tier teams in Asia
The second-tier teams in Asia are roughly these: China, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Vietnam, Syria.
The above teams will not be analyzed one by one. The key Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea, Isao, Syria, Iraq, Oman, Lebanon, China and Vietnam, and Wuzi are too big and have a cliff-like gap. In terms of direct confrontation, the last time the Chinese national football team defeated the West Asian team that was not desperate in the World Preliminary Round, it actually had to be traced back to the 2006 World Preliminary Round against Kuwait. On the ranking of the World Preliminary Round, it was pressed by Kuwait in 06, Iraq and Qatar in 10 years, Jordan and Iraq in 14 years, Qatar in the first stage of 18, and Syria in the final stage, but fortunately it pressed Qatar, 22 years by Syria, and was pressed by Oman. After 02 years, the West Asian team basically saw the abuse once, and I was actually embarrassed to look down on a bunch of West Asian teams, and I felt blushing when I saw it.
The next World Preliminary Tournament of the national football team will become more difficult, and in 2026, it will be two or three years later, and the overall strength of Chinese players is declining year by year and the Chinese Super League is basically rotten, and it is impossible to measure the current level of players. Assuming that the 26-year qualifiers are played by those players in the World Cup cycle in Russia, the judgment that the national football team belongs to the second-tier teams in Asia may be valid.