Screenshot of the AFC website.
Chinanews client, February 19, according to the AFC website, affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, FIFA and AFC jointly decided to postpone most of the upcoming 2022 World Preliminaries.
The remaining rounds of the 7th and 8th rounds and the 9th and 10th rounds of the second stage will be held on the International Competition Day from May 31 to June 15.
The AFC also stated that in order to ensure the smooth completion of the game, the AFC will issue an invitation to the participating member associations, and the member associations may bid for the team's competition.
In the world's top 40 preliminaries, the national football team currently has 4 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, with 7 points, and is behind Syria by 5 points, temporarily ranking second in the group.
The Chinese team has 4 games left, the opponents are the Maldives, Guam, the Philippines, and Syria.
According to the rules, the first place in each group and the 4 best-performing group second will get the right to qualify.
According to the original schedule, some of the 7th and 8th rounds will be held as follows:
March 25:
Group D Saudi Arabia vs Yemen
Group F Tajikistan vs Mongolia
March 30:
Group B Nepal vs Australia
Group F Mongolia vs Japan