Left one game against Turk, North Korea, Sri Lanka and Lebanon
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = The national football team will play the second qualifying match in the Asian region of the 2022 International Football Federation (FIFA) Qatar World Cup, which has been postponed to June.
The Asian Football Federation (AFC) said on the 12th, “As a result of discussions with member countries, the venue for the World Cup qualifiers scheduled for May 31st to June 15th has been confirmed.” . The detailed game schedule and venue will be decided at a later date.
The Qatar World Cup second qualifier, which started in September 2019, was halted after November of that year due to the spread of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
Among the eight games for each team, four to five games were played, and last year was repeatedly postponed and the event was not held.
Group H, which includes South Korea, Turkmenistan, North Korea, Lebanon, and Sri Lanka, has also been postponed until June, while AFC decided to host the remaining second qualifying matches in one country instead of home and away, and received requests from each country.
Among the remaining four second qualifying matches, Korea, where three games were home games except for one away to Sri Lanka, applied for the hosting because it was better to play at once in Korea, and was selected as the venue for the match.
The Bento ship, which left one game with the other four countries, eased the burden of quarantine when moving or entering the country after an away game.
Korea is in second place in Group H after Turkmenistan (3 wins, 2 losses, 9 points) with 2 wins and 2 draws (8 points and +10 points) in the second qualifying round.
Lebanon (2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, 8 points, goals +2), North Korea (2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, 8 points, goals +1), and Sri Lanka (5 losses, 0 points) follow.
The Football Association is reviewing a plan to operate in a’bubble’ method that thoroughly controls the traffic line instead of exempting self-isolation by requesting cooperation from the quarantine authorities for the athletes entering the country for this second qualifying match.
Meanwhile, Group A (Syria, China, Philippines, Maldives, Guam) will be held in China, and Group B (Australia, Kuwait, Jordan, Nepal, Taiwan) will be held in Kuwait.
Group C (Iraq, Bahrain, Iran, Hong Kong, Cambodia) was decided in Bahrain, and Group D (Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Yemen, Palestine) was decided in Saudi Arabia.
World Cup host country Qatar invites Group E competitors Oman, Afghanistan, India and Bangladesh.
Japan held a match in Group F (Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Myanmar, Mongolia), and the UAE was selected as the venue for Group G (Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, UAE, Indonesia).
In the 2nd Asian qualifying round, the top 4 teams from among the 1st and 2nd teams in 8 groups advance to the next round, and these 12 teams are divided into 2 groups to compete for the final ticket which is given to the 2nd place in the group.
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2021/03/12 17:29 sent