At 0:00 on September 8, the Chinese national team will face Qatar in the warm-up match. This is a meeting between the two teams since they met at the end of the last round of the last 12 games on September 5 last year. Both teams are actively preparing for the Asian Cup next year. Compared with the previous two warm-up games vs. Myanmar and Thailand, the dialogue with Qatar, an old enemy, will be another test for the Li's army.
Live time: 0:00, September 8
Live address: http://tv.cctv.com/live/cctv5/
FIFA ranking and battle history
In the latest FIFA ranking, China ranked 75th in the world and 7th in Asia. Qatar's ranking in the world is only 98th, while Asia's ranking is only 15th. There is a certain gap with the national football.
Since the Asian Games in 1978, the national football team has played Qatar 18 times, winning 8-5, drawing 5 and losing 5. In the Asian region of the 2018 Russia World Cup qualifier, the national football team has played Qatar 4 times, winning 2-1, drawing 1 and losing 1. Although the national football team is in the upper hand in terms of the results of hand over, it has won only once at the end of the last round of the top 12 when visiting Doha.
In 1997, the world preliminary tournament was held at 1-1 draw, in 2001 at 1-1 draw, in 2008 at 0-0 draw, in 2011 at the neutral venue of the Asian Cup (hosted by Qatar) at 0-2 defeat, in 2015 at 0-1 defeat. The Chinese football team was once in a dilemma in Doha.