I know why these confederations do it (obvious reasons) but 24 teams is way too much for a relatively weak confederation like AFC with little depth (UEFA and even CAF can get away with it somewhat). We could see multiple teams eliminated with 0 points and 0 goals scored
Anyway the way things are going, we can see a pretty unbalanced knockout stage unless South Korea decide purposely not to win their group. However if Korea do win their group that would mean them, Japan, Qatar, Iran and maybe even Saudi Arabia would all be on the same side of the draw (should the Saudis not win their group)