Asian Cup standings: The national football team will start Group B at the fastest time, and you can book a return ticket in advance
In the 2024 Qatar Asian Cup, as of the early morning of January 23, all the Group A matches have ended. The Chinese men's football team lost 0-1 to Qatar in the final round of life and death, and finally ranked third in the group, which is basically equivalent to being out. The Chinese men's football team, which ranked 9th in the previous tournament, failed to squeeze into the round of 16 this time, and even worse, set an unprecedented record of 0 goals. Coach Jankovic is in a difficult position, and his performance in this tournament is really bad.
Asian Cup standings
The Chinese men's football team scored 0 goals in 3 games, with a total score of 2 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 2 points, and finally ranked third in the group. According to the relevant rules for group qualification, the top 2 teams in the group will advance directly, plus the 4 teams with better results will be third. The Chinese men's football team finally ranked third, compared with the third place in other groups, and the games in other groups have not been played, but compared with the comprehensive schedule, the Chinese men's football team basically missed the four teams with better results.
First of all, look at the situation in Group B, the current third place Syria has 1 point, behind the Chinese team with 2 points. However, in the final round of the group, Syria played bottom-placed India, and regardless of the outcome of the match, the third place team has a minimum of two points. Syria also failed to score in the first two rounds, and if they draw 0-0 with India in the final round, they will have the same result as the Chinese men's football team, in which case the two sides will play fair points.
Regarding the situation in Group C, the Palestinian team is currently in third place with 1 point, and the final round meets Hong Kong, China. Regardless of the outcome of this match, third place is also the lowest with 2 points. Palestine has a goal difference of -3, and if it draws with Hong Kong in the final round, then the horizontal comparison will be lower than that of China.
Regarding Group D and Group E, Indonesia and Bahrain currently have 3 points, and their results are significantly better than China's. Therefore, the side-by-side comparison of the Chinese men's football team cannot be compared with Group D and Group E.
Oman, who finished third in Group F, currently have one point, and will face Kyrgyzstan at the bottom of the table in the final round, with the lowest point being two points for third place in Group F, regardless of the outcome. Oman currently have a goal difference of -1, which is the same as China, but Oman has a one-goal advantage. Therefore, if Oman and Kyrgyzstan draw in the final round, Oman will be ranked higher than China in the horizontal comparison of the third place in the group.
On the whole, there is only a theoretical possibility for the Chinese men's football team to qualify, and the ranking is determined to be lower than the third place in Group D, Group E and Group F, and theoretically can only rank ahead of the third place in Group B and Group C with a narrow chance. If the Chinese team wants to qualify from the group, it needs to beat the third place in Group BC at the same time, and this probability is actually close to 0. Therefore, the Chinese men's football team is basically out of the game, and you can book a return ticket to fight again in the next Asian Cup.
The Chinese men's football team will be completely eliminated on the evening of January 23 at the earliest, that is, as long as Syria scores in Group B against India, then the Chinese men's football team will completely bid farewell to this Asian Cup.