On June 11, Beijing time, with Peru 0-0 and Ecuador 0-0 handshake, so that the 16th round of the South American zone of the World Preliminary Tournament is over, and two new teams have entered the World Cup in this round, that is, Ecuador and Brazil, so that the top 48 of the United States, Canada and Mexico World Cup have produced 13 seats, see the figure below!
10 South American teams participated in the World Preliminary Tournament, with a total of 6.5 places, and the top 6 teams in the standings went through, while the seventh intercontinental play-offs, after fierce competition, Argentina led the standings and ranked first in the standings, advancing to the World Cup 4 rounds in advance. In the 16th round, Brazil defeated Paraguay 1-0, Ecuador drew 0-0 with Peru, the two teams ranked second and third, and also locked the World Cup ticket two rounds in advance, with 3.5 places left, the only variable is the battle for play-off places between Venezuela and Bolivia!
After the third stage of the round of 18 in Asia, a total of 6 teams got direct tickets, that is, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran, Uzbekistan and Jordan, and West Asia became the big winner to get 4 places. There are still 2.5 places to be decided through the fourth stage, and the six teams are divided into two groups to compete for two direct qualification spots, and the first place to advance, and the second place in the two groups to win the intercontinental play-off qualification!
In terms of Oceania, due to the expansion of the army with a direct quota, the result of this quota is tailor-made for New Zealand, New Zealand is crazy, and it has become the champion of Oceania, thus seizing the only Oceania ticket to qualify for the World Cup, which is also the first time New Zealand has qualified for the World Cup and created history!
In this way, 13 seats have been released for the World Cup, 6 teams from Asia, 3 teams from South America, 1 team from Oceania, and three hosts, the United States, Mexico and Canada!
Look at the national football team, this World Cup dream is shattered again, the home loss to Saudi Arabia and the away defeat to Indonesia are the most regrettable, and we did not get a point in the top three in Japan, Australia and Saudi Arabia is also the reason for the exit. After beating Bahrain 1-0 at home last night, we managed to avoid bottom of the group, which is the only place to be thankful!
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