Uzbekistan and Jordan will now face South Korea, who has always been a participant in the tournament, in the following year. On Thursday, the two countries made history by qualifying for their first World Cup.
Uzbekistan, one of Asia’s fastest-growing national teams, drew 0-0 with the UAE in Abu Dhabi to move into Group A, but top spot is still in play after qualified Iran lost to Qatar 1-0 in Doha.
Iran leads Uzbekistan by two points going into the final set of matches for the third round on Tuesday.
The top two teams from each of the three Asian groups advance to the World Cup, while those who finish third and fourth, which are Qatar and the UAE, will enter a fourth round of qualifying.
South Korea defeated Iraq 2-0 in Basra to secure their place in an 11th , straight World Cup.
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With the victory, Kim Jin-gyu and Oh Hyeon-gyu, who had earlier won 3-0 against Oman earlier on Thursday, who had ultimately proved sufficient to make their participation at the expanded 48-team showpiece in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, claim top spot.
King Abdullah II of Jordan congratulated the team on social media.
His team, which includes stars and cadres of whom we are proud, well-deserved this historic distinction, he wrote on X.
“Our sincere supporters and supporters deserve special thanks.”
The 2023 Asian Cup runners-up etched their name in the record books with Ali Olwin’s hat-trick.
After a VAR review, Ali Al Hamadi’s foul on Cho Yu-min was upgraded to a red card midway through the first half, which reduced Iraq to 10 men.
Oman and Palestine are still able to advance to the fourth round of qualifying, leaving Iraq third in Group B. Oman will host Palestine on Tuesday while Iraq will face Jordan in Amman, where Palestine defeated Kuwait 2-0 in Ardhiya.
Saudi Arabia and Australia will square off on Tuesday for the second-place spot in Group C.
Following their last-gasp victory in Perth against group leaders Japan, Australia are still in the lead .
In the 90th minute, Aziz Behich rifled into the corner in front of more than 57, 000 fans, giving Tony Popovic’s side a crucial victory in the end.
“We know there is room to improve and room to grow, but we’ve done something special tonight,” Popovic said of his team’s prolonged dominance of an experimental Japan side.
With a 2-0 victory over Bahrain in Riffa, Saudi Arabia made sure the race for second place would end in secrecy. Herve Renard’s men are still three points adrift of second-placed Australia thanks to goals in either half from Musab Al Juwayr and Abdulrahman Al Obud.
To overtake the Socceroos, the Saudis will need to win by five goals in Jeddah.
In his September replacement, Popovic, said: “We all contributed to getting us to this point. We want to travel to Saudi Arabia to finish the project.
With a 1-0 victory over China, Patrick Kluivert’s country kept their hopes alive for the first World Cup since 1945.
So far, Indonesia is fourth overall, one point behind Saudi. The only goal was scored by Ole Romeny, who had just passed a VAR check that had left China rooted to the bottom of the group and had put an end to their hopes of winning a second World Cup with his controversial penalty just before halftime.
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