Chinese Taipei will face Indonesia in Thailand's 2023 Asian Cup qualifying play-off at 8 o'clock tonight. The team will strive to win two rounds to advance, avoiding the dilemma of not having international games that may last more than a year and a half.
Chinese Taipei has become the worst team among all teams due to its poor performance in the 2022 World Cup Asian Qualification Championship, and will play in the Asian Cup play-offs. The opponent is Indonesia, which currently ranks 175 in the world. If it can successfully advance to the third round of the Asian Cup Qualification Championship, there will be a group stage in February next year, with a total of 6 games, and it will be played until September next year.
But if you unfortunately lose to Indonesia in two rounds of matches, there will be no third round of the Asian Cup qualifiers to play, and there will be almost no international competitions before the Asian Cup in mid-2023. In the past, in addition to the Asian Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers, the AFC has held a Unity Cup for its poor members, but due to the new coronavirus, the events held in 2020 were cancelled and the next session was determined to be played in 2024. Unless there is a temporary addition, there should be no Unity Cup to play.
The other is the East Asian Cup that Chinese Taipei once played in 2018. It was held every two years in the past, but the AFC currently has no plans for a new event. In addition to the AFC matches, of course, there are international football friendly matches. Considering the current epidemic and the participation situation on past international match days, Taipei China may not have too many opportunities to increase experience in the international arena.
From this point of view, there are almost no men's football matches before the 2023 Asian Cup, and the 2026 World Cup Asian Qualification Championship may be held as early as mid-2023.
