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Qualifying games in Asia for the 2022 World Cup intensify in September with two war-affected nations unable to host home games Cheap France Soccer Jerseys , and with updated FIFA rules implemented to help protect players’ health and ensure match highlights are seen more widely.Yemen and Afghanistan will play their first “home” games in five-team qualifying groups in neutral countries for security reasons.FIFA said Friday that Yemen will host Saudi Arabia on Sept. 10 in Bahrain’s national stadium, and Afghanistan will face Bangladesh in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe.Syria has its first “home” game in October, against Maldives, and will also host in a neutral country with the venue still to be confirmed by FIFA.The 40-team first Asian group stage will see regional powers Iran, Japan, South Korea and Australia kick off their bids to try to advance to Qatar.Action from all games — which will include the first preliminary round in Africa from Wednesday, among around 800 matches played over 2½ years — should be seen by more fans globally.FIFA has updated its 2022 tournament rules from the 2018 edition, and now insists broadcast rights holders give soccer’s world body “15 minutes of action footage per match.”“FIFA shall use this footage free of charge for promotional purposes in the preliminary competition and in football worldwide,” the new rules state.Seeking to safeguard players’ health Cheap Germany Soccer Jerseys , Word Cup rules now demand stricter medical checks, including for potential heart issues, before a team’s first qualifying game. The medical assessments were previously only required before the 32-team finals tournament.A concussion protocol for players sustaining head injuries is also specified in more detail.Stricter checks on players’ nationality are now made before they can be named on a team sheet.For the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, players could provide an identity card to prove who they were. For the 2018 edition, passports were needed.Tightening the demand further, FIFA now insists players produce a “valid permanent international passport” before the game for official match delegates to inspect before being selected.All 211 FIFA member federations are expected to formally enter this World Cup, though how they do so has changed.Entries by fax and email, backed up by a letter by post or courier, are no longer accepted. FIFA’s rule book states that team officials must use a “dedicated extranet online registration.”In Asia best replica football jerseys , the eight five-team groups in the upcoming qualifying round will play from September through June.Group winners and the four best runners-up advance to another group stage, played from September 2020 to October 2021. Those same 12 teams also qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup.Four Asian teams will qualify directly for the 32-team World Cup. A fifth nation can advance to Qatar in an intercontinental playoff round in March 2022. PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Copa America guest teams Japan and Qatar are still in contention as the last round of group stage matches begins, and some of their South American opponents aren’t too pleased.Qatar and Japan, who met in the Asian Cup final in February, are in third place in their groups. The top two in each of the three groups qualifies for the quarterfinals but only the two best third-place finishers advance.If winless Argentina is prematurely eliminated, Group B rival Qatar could be responsible after being given entry to the Copa America to help preparations for the 2022 World Cup.Asian champion Qatar has so far drawn with Paraguay 2-2 and lost to Colombia 1-0.“We have come to compete, not to take pictures, even if we admire the players of the teams we are facing Cheap Iceland Soccer Shirts ,” Qatar’s Spanish coach Felix Sanchez said on Saturday. “Our main goal is to evaluate ourselves in a tournament of this caliber, so demanding.”Sanchez’s team on Sunday has the chance to upset Lionel Messi’s Argentina, which has only one point from two games.“It would be beautiful to qualify no matter if it is against a monster like Argentina,” said Sanchez, whose contract was extended until 2022 after winning the Asian Cup. “It will be a great step, even though we know they are also trying to advance to the next stage.”The Qataris have already been invited to return to next year’s Copa, which is being hosted by Colombia and Argentina. Australia will be another guest side.Japan has brought an under-23 team to Brazil that is being groomed for the Tokyo Olympics next year.Japan was thrashed by Chile 4-0 but held favorite Uruguay to 2-2 after leading twice. On Monday the young Japanese can eliminate Ecuador to advance and, depending on other results, possibly face host Brazil in the quarterfinals on Thursday.Venezuela coach Rafael Dudamel is particularly upset with Japan’s decision to bring its Olympic team.“I do not agree that a guest like Japan gives due importance to its participation by coming with players that are mostly under 23 www.thetopsoccer.com/italy ,” Dudamel said Saturday after Venezuela beat Bolivia 3-1 and qualified to the quarterfinals of Copa America.“I raise my voice and say Copa America needs to be only for South American teams,” he added. “We have not seen South American teams be invited to the African Cup of Nations, tournaments in Europe… We have to respect the hierarchy that we have historically built.”There is nothing unusual about guest teams being invited to the Copa America.Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Jamaica, Honduras, Panama, Canada and Japan have all contested past editions. Mexico had the best result among those Cheap Japan Soccer Jerseys , reaching the final in 1993 and in 2001.Still, Paraguay coach Eduardo Berizzo said he doesn’t like the idea of teams outside of the Americas being given slots.“Playing among all American teams, that is logic,” Berizzo said after drawing Qatar. “We should think of a Copa America with Central and North Americas integrated. I never saw any European cup with South American teams. I strongly believe that Copa America needs to be played by American teams.”Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez said business was the main reason to invite teams to the Copa America.“We are few countries in South America to organize a tournament with 10 teams, even more so with four phases like in a World Cup,” Tabarez said.