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The Asian Football Confederation Executive Committee has announced Asia's pathway to the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 AFC Cup.
亚足联执行委员会日前公布了关于2026年世界杯和2027年亚洲杯的亚洲国家的进军之路。
With the region getting a new 8.5 places for the first-ever 48-team tournament in the USA, Canada and Mexico,
在由美国、加拿大和墨西哥联合举办、首次由48支球队参赛的世界杯上，亚洲区名额将新增至8.5个，
the qualification tournament will comprise four rounds, in which 22 teams, ranked 26 to 47, will be drawn to play in a home-and-away format in the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1,
世界杯预选赛将分为4个阶段，亚洲排名第26位至第47位的22支球队，将在世预赛资格赛第一轮以主客场制进行两回合对决，
where the 11 winners will progress to the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2.
11支获胜球队晋级世预赛资格赛第二轮。
In Round 2, 36 teams, ranked from 1 to 25 as well as the 11 winners from the first round, will be divided into nine groups to compete in a round-robin, home-and-away format,
在世预赛资格赛第二轮比赛中，亚洲排名第1位至第25位的球队以及资格赛第一轮获胜的11支球队，将被分为9个小组，进行主客场循环赛，
after which the top two teams from each group, a total of 18, will advance to the AFC Asian Qualifiers for the World Cup as well as the 2027 Asian Cup.
每个小组的前两名、共18支球队，将晋级世界杯亚洲区预选赛，同时晋级2027年亚洲杯正赛。
During the Asian Qualifiers, the 18 teams will be divided into three groups to compete in a round-robin, home-and-away format,
在世界杯亚洲区预选赛上，这18支球队将被分为3个小组，进行主客场循环赛，
with the top two teams from each group -- six in total -- qualifying directly to the 2026 World Cup.
每个小组的前两名、共6支球队，直接晋级2026年世界杯。
The final round will feature all six teams that finished third and fourth from all groups of the Asian Qualifiers.
而这3个小组中排名第三、第四的6支球队，将参加最后一个阶段的世界杯预选赛。
They will be divided into two groups to compete in a single round-robin format, with the two first-placed teams advancing to the 2026 World Cup,
他们将被分为两组，进行单循环比赛，两个小组的第一名获得晋级2026年世界杯的名额，
while these two second-placed teams will compete for a place in the Intercontinental Playoff.
而两支第二名的球队将争夺一个世界杯洲际附加赛的资格。
