After today's draw.
national soccer team
(used form a nominal expression)
Top 18
The tournament groupings were finalized and they were placed in Group B with Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Indonesia. The national soccer team had bad luck in the draw, drawing the three highest-ranked teams from the top three slots, Japan (ranked 17), Australia (ranked 23) and Saudi Arabia (ranked 56), the top-ranked teams in Asia.
The classification of the 18-team tournament shows that the national football team, as the fifth-ranked team (ranked 88th), faces competitors from different power brackets, including the leading Asian teams and other challenging opponents. The primary goal of the national football team will be to further demonstrate its strength and competitiveness by uniting and working hard to secure a place in this challenging grouping.
