Chinanews.com, November 12th. The official AFC announced on the evening of the 11th, Beijing time, that the World Preliminary 40 finals will be held in March and June 2021 on the international competition day, and the 12 finals are scheduled to start in September of the same year. .
The World Preliminary Top 40 matches were originally scheduled to be held in October and November this year, but due to the epidemic, all matches were postponed.
According to the latest arrangement, the second round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and Asian Cup qualifiers will be completed before June 15, 2021.
The seventh and eighth match days will be played in March 2021, and the ninth and tenth match days will be played in June 2021.
The final round of the qualifiers will start in September 2021.
According to the schedule, the remaining four games of the Chinese team are the Maldives at home, Guam away, and the Philippines and Syria at home.
Currently, the Chinese team has 4 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, ranking second in Group A.
The rules for qualifying for the top 40 are 8 groups in the first group and the 4 best-performing groups in the second qualifying to participate in the third stage (the top 12).
The AFC and FIFA also reached a consensus that the 10 match days of the final round of the qualifiers should be completed by the end of March 2022, and it is proposed that the Asian and Intercontinental play-offs be held from May to June 2022, and the Asian region The play-offs are played in a single game.
In addition, the previously announced postponed AFC U-19 Men's Football Championship will be held in Uzbekistan from March 3 to 20, 2021.
The date of the AFC U-16 Men’s Football Championship remains to be further discussed. The tournament will allow players born after January 1, 2004 (including the day) to participate.
(Finish)