Promotion Rules of Asia Top 40 World Cup 18
In the first round, the weaker teams will be eliminated through two rounds of home and away games, and the number of participating teams is 40. The teams in the second round will be divided into 8 groups with 5 teams in each group according to the number of participating teams. Eight teams ranked first in the group, four teams ranked second in the best group, and *** 12 teams will advance to the third round. These 12 teams will also advance to the final of the 20 19 Asian Cup. The 12 team in the third round will be divided into two groups, and the top two of the two groups will directly advance to the World Cup.
Group draw
The top 32 players in the final stage of this tournament are divided into 8 groups. All teams are divided into four grades, in which the host Russia, as the first seed team, automatically falls into the position of A 1, and other teams enter the first (seed team), second, third and fourth grades according to the FIFA World Rankings in June 20 17.
The classification principle is based on the FIFA World Ranking +2007+65438 published on June 6, 2007. Each grade is divided into 8 teams, and each grade is randomly selected 1 team for grouping, which is divided into A-H group. The principle of grouping is to avoid teams from the same continent except Europe, and teams belonging to the same FIFA will not be assigned to the same group. At the same time, due to the large number of participating teams in UEFA, there can only be two European teams in the same group at most.
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