The third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia ended on the evening of June 10. The six teams that won tickets to the 2026 World Cup are Iran, Uzbekistan, South Korea, Jordan, Japan, and Australia.
The 6 teams that qualified for the 4th qualifying round were UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, while the 6 teams that were eliminated were Kyrgyzstan, North Korea, Palestine, Kuwait, China, and Bahrain.
The match between Saudi Arabia and Australia is the match that determines the last ticket of the third qualifying round of the Asian region to the final round of the 2026 World Cup.
Australia won a ticket to the World Cup (Photo: AFC).
Saudi Arabia had the advantage of playing at home and they quickly opened the scoring in the 19th minute. In this situation, Al Dawsari shot the ball in Australia's penalty area.
The ball went off target but accidentally became a pass for Abdulrahman Al-Aboud to make a rebound into the net, scoring to help Saudi Arabia lead 1-0.
Not accepting defeat, Australia pushed up their attack. The kangaroo team found the equalizer about 3 minutes before the end of the first half.
Machida Zelvia passed the ball to Connor Metcalfe, who then shot accurately into the Saudi Arabia net, leveling the score 1-1 for Australia.
Saudi Arabia will participate in the fourth qualifying round with Indonesia (Photo: AFC).
Then, right at the beginning of the second half, the away team came back to win against the Arab team. In the 48th minute, in this phase, receiving a free kick from his teammate, Mitch Duke jumped high to head the ball into the opponent's net, scoring the goal that sealed the 2-1 victory for Australia.
This victory helped the kangaroo team to take second place in Group C of the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia, with 19 points. Australia won the right to enter the final round of the World Cup next year.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is in 3rd place with 13 points. They will join Indonesia in Group C, continuing to compete in the 4th qualifying round of the Asian region.
Other teams in the fourth qualifying round alongside Indonesia and Saudi Arabia will be Iraq, Oman (Group B, third qualifying round), UAE and Qatar (Group A). The fourth qualifying round will take place in October and November this year.
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