The organizers will start the draw from the group of four, however, the corresponding position in the table will be drawn by lottery. After that, the organizers will conduct group 3, group 1 and finally group XNUMX. Qatar is the host, so by default, it is in position AXNUMX, ie in Group A.
The 2023 Asian Cup has 24 teams divided into 6 groups. The top two teams in each group and the four best third-place teams win tickets to the next round. According to the schedule, the 4 Asian Cup will take place from January 2023 to February 12, 1 in Qatar.
Seeding groups in the Asian Cup 2023 if calculated according to the rankings on the FIFA rankings
The fierce controversy about the seed group of the Vietnamese team in the 2023 Asian Cup
As in the 2019 Asian Cup, the 12 teams that qualified for the third round of the World Cup will be in the first two seed groups. The remaining teams are determined based on the ranking on the FIFA rankings (at the time of the draw).
According to this, the Vietnamese team will be in the second seed group in the draw for the Asian Cup 2023. At that time, coach Philippe Troussier's army will avoid many strong opponents such as Iraq, UAE, Oman, Syria and China.
However, the Football Confederation in Asia (AFC) has changed the seeding criteria. Specifically, AFC will decide based on the rankings of the teams on the FIFA rankings (not related to the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup). Thus, with the 95th place in the world, the Vietnamese team was pushed down to the third seed group and will be at a disadvantage in the draw for the 2023 Asian Cup.
