Today at 16:30 Beijing time, the AFC will hold a draw ceremony for the 2018 Russian World Cup qualifiers for the Asian top 12 in Kuala Lumpur. The Chinese men’s football team will participate in the draw as a fourth-tier team. .

According to the lottery rules, the top 12 teams in Asia will be divided into 6 brackets based on the latest world rankings. Iran and Australia have become the seed teams in the two groups of the top 12. The two teams in the second pot are South Korea and Japan, the third pot is Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan, the fourth pot is the United Arab Emirates and China, and the fifth pot is The highest level includes Qatar and Iraq, and the sixth level includes Syria and Thailand. According to the schedule that has been formulated, the top 12 will be divided into 10 rounds. The first round will start on September 1 this year, and the last round will end on September 5, 2017. Except for the top two teams of the two groups, In addition to the two teams entering the World Cup in Russia, the third place in the two groups will determine the fifth place in the Asian region through the play-offs and compete with the fourth place in the Central and North American division for a qualifying spot.