article_snippet: Striker Chiquito Filipe do Carmo scored the first goals of the three-year qualifying campaign that will see all of FIFA's 208 members play more than 800 matches to determine which 31 sides will join the hosts at the finals.
article_snippet: FIFA president Sepp Blatter announces Russia in December 2010 as the host of the 2018 World Cup .
article_snippet: The six aggregate winners will move into the second round of the Asian World Cup campaign, which doubles as the qualifiers for the 24-team 2019 Asian Cup, where the likes of regional powerhouses Japan, Australia and Iran enter the fold.
highlights_snippet: The first 2018 World Cup qualifiers were held on Thursday .
  