In the round of 36 of the World Preliminaries, the national football team faced the weakest opponent in the group, Singapore, drew the opponent in the first game, and although the national football team returned to the home stadium in the second leg, it won 4-1, but the game process was really hard. After this game, the national football team scored 7 points in 3 rounds and ranked 2nd in the group. In addition, South Korea is in 1st place with 10 points, Thailand is in 3rd place with 4 points, and Singapore is in 4th place with 1 point.
In Group C, where the national football team is located, due to the outstanding strength of the South Korean team and the leading points, the South Korean team has an advantage in the competition for the first place in the group. South Korea are the first team in the World Preliminary Tournament, with a 3-0 win away from home against the national football team and Thailand. The World Preliminary Tournament was chaotic: as many as 9 seeded teams, 5 teams qualified early, and only 1 team lost and missed the first place in the group.
According to the situation of the World Preliminary Tournament this time, most of the seeded teams have shown stronger fighting power and are in the lead in the group, but there are also teams that have failed to take pole position in the group. In Group A, the seeded Qatar team is ranked No. 1 and qualified early. The first team in Group B is Japan, who are also seeded. Group E is led by Iran and is also a team in Pot 1, with the Persian Riders and fellow Uzbekistan already advancing to the round of 18.
The seeded team in Group F is Iraq, who are currently ranked first in the group and have advanced early. The seeded team in Group G is Saudi Arabia, who are in first place in the group. The team in Pot 1 of Group H is the United Arab Emirates, who are now ranked No. 1 and qualified early. Australia, seeded in Group I, are also top of the group and have advanced to the round of 18.
Obviously, with the round of 36 of the World Preliminary Tournament, 6 teams have already entered the round of 18 ahead of schedule, including 5 seeded teams. In addition, the three seeded teams of Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia did not qualify, but they all ranked first in the group. Of all the seeded teams, only Oman are currently second in the group.
In Group D, where Oman is located, Kyrgyzstan is in first place with 9 points, and Oman is second with 9 points. In this World Preliminary Tournament, Kyrgyzstan defeated the Oman team, and the coach of the Oman team at that time was Ivankovic, and the Oman team was the only seeded team to lose in this World Preliminary Tournament. In the Asian Cup, Ivan's Oman team went out of the group.
Since the change of coach of the Oman team, the Oman team led by the new coach Shir Havi defeated the Malaysian team twice in the world preliminaries, which has boosted the team's confidence. The national football team drew with Singapore under the leadership of Ivan, and the second leg was very thrilling, and his coaching ability was questioned by fans.