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The draw for the Asian qualifying round of 12 has now been announced for a few days, with less than two months to go before the first match is played; however, due to the new Crown Pneumonia outbreak.

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The home field for that has not been determined as of yet.

AFC Secretary General Windsor John recently indicated that the 12 strong match must be held in the FIFA designated international match day, can not choose the tournament system, can only use the home and away system. He also indicated that the expectation of the 12 strong match can have fans into the field to watch the game.

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The original plan of the Association continued to pick Gusu as the home of the Top 12 tournament. In the China-Korea

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Olympic preliminaries as well as

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The various safeguard work done by Gusau in the campaign for the 40-team tournament has made the

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The image is deep and the fans are organized to enter the stadium for the match. Gusu has now piled up experience in holding international matches in the midst of the epidemic, so it should satisfy all parties as the home of the Top 12. However, Gusu will continue to host in July and August

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League, and perhaps hosting the September-November

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For the Cup, the venue faces the challenges of too close a game and the difficulty of protecting the turf to meet the requirements of the national team.

To this end, China

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The Association will include Shanghai in the scale of consideration. Previously both the China-Korea

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For both the Olympic and Top 40 matches, the visitors enter through Shanghai Pudong International Airport and then travel through a closed loop to Gusu. If it is difficult for Gusu to host the 12-team tournament, Shanghai is indeed an ideal choice, and the recently completed Shanghai Pudong soccer stadium will be able to become the home stadium. However, whether or not they can land in Shanghai as they wish is not a question of whether or not they will be able to host the tournament in Shanghai.

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The Association can resolve it.

Considering that the Top 40

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The sudden shift of home ground to the UAE preceded the Chinese

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The association needs to consider more elements in selecting home grounds. Windsor John also indicated that if a team is unable to hold a home match, it will have to find a neutral venue. The AFC has also recently issued a notice requiring member associations participating in the 12-team tournament to report their home stadiums by July 16, along with a neutral venue as a backup.

Teams expect to keep their home field, but the epidemic may force some teams to lose their home field. According to AFC regulations, visiting teams may be subject to a maximum 48-hour blockade based on the policies of the government of the country or region where they enter; if this time period is exceeded, the qualification of the home stadium will be revoked.

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