premise: Jordan slashed a pounding 13-0 victory over Macao of China and Iraq drew 0-0 with Syria here Friday in the final preliminary round of the soccer tournament in the Doha Asian Games.
  Iraq and Jordan, with seven and five points respectively, have become the winners of two groups to qualify for the next stage.
  Syria, together with Kyrgyzstan which tied with Tajikistan 2-2 earlier on Friday, is also able to stay in Doha as runner-up of Gruop B.
  According to the newest rule issued by the Asian Games organizer,the runners-up are to take the berths of the next round in the tournament because Turkmenistan and Yemen had withdrawn from the Games.
  Despite finishing on the same points with Jordan and Kyrgyzstan in Group A, Tajikistan fall out on goal difference due to Kyrgyzstan's three-goal superiority.
   Why will the runners up take the berths of the next round?
hypothesis: because Turkmenistan and Yemen had withdrawn