AK president Jackson Tuwei had during the briefing on the selection criteria clarified that defending World champions and 2018 Diamond League will not have
automatic slots or wild cards to the World Championships.
The group winner and possibly the second-placed team advance to the third round of the World Cup qualifiers while gaining
automatic slots to the Asian Cup.
But Luton are three points clear at the top of the table with two games remaining and the general consensus is that they will take one of the
automatic slots - although that is not yet a mathematical certainty - and could finish with a maximum of 97 points.
And there were even occasions when it seemed a late push for the
automatic slots looked possible.
Sitting seven points within the play-offs and just four off the
automatic slots, Davies knows this defeat won't define Tranmere.
The former Stoke and Derby boss says he cannot separate the top three in the race for the
automatic slots.
Barrios said it's likely that in 2023, the three Asian co-hosts will be given
automatic slots to play, leaving only five tickets available for Asia/Oceania.
But for the rest of Asia-with Japan getting two
automatic slots as hosts-only one would be available for each discipline.
With ten rounds remaining in the 2018 National Super League, the race for promotion has no a clear favourite with four teams jostling for the two
automatic slots.
However, they have been in the
automatic slots or top end of the play-off places throughout.
JACK GREALISH is targeting promotion after his man-of-thematch display put Villa into the
automatic slots.
There has been a lot of confusion as to whether or not all the countries in the three-nation consortium that won the hosting rights for the 2023 Fiba World Cup will get
automatic slots to the tournament.
