What are Indonesia's chances of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup?

After the matches on June 6, the Indonesian team still has a chance to participate in the 2026 World Cup finals.

Ole Romeny's goal helped Indonesia beat China 1-0 - Photo: REUTERS

Under the guidance of coach Patrick Kluivert, the Indonesian team won an important 1-0 victory over China thanks to a goal by naturalized striker Ole Romeny.

However, the joy was not complete when in the match a few hours later, Saudi Arabia also excellently defeated Bahrain 2-0.

With these 3 valuable points, Saudi Arabia has surpassed to take the 3rd place in Group C, pushing Indonesia down to 4th place. However, both teams will advance to the play-off round to compete for a ticket to the 2026 World Cup.

According to the 2026 World Cup qualifying format in Asia, the 6 teams ranked 3rd and 4th from 3 groups in the 3rd qualifying round will be divided into 2 play-off groups (3 teams each).

The teams will compete in a double round robin (home and away) to select the top two teams in the group to directly qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

The two runners-up of the two play-off groups will continue to face each other in a play-off (home - away) to find the sole representative of Asia to participate in the intercontinental play-off, where the winning team will get a ticket to the 2026 World Cup.

Apart from Saudi Arabia, Indonesia's two other opponents in the play-off round have been confirmed as UAE and Qatar, who finished third and fourth respectively in Group A.

In Group B, the competition is still fierce between Iraq, Oman and Palestine for two positions in the top 4. Iraq has a big advantage with 12 points, 2 and 3 points more than Oman and Palestine respectively.

Indonesian media are very excited about the prospect of their team participating in the 2026 World Cup play-off round.

Bola newspaper believes that the ability of coach Kluivert and his assistant team, combined with a quality squad of naturalized stars, will help Indonesia realize its dream of participating in the world's biggest football tournament next year.

The matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifying play-off round in Asia are scheduled to take place on October 8, 11 and 14.

Up to now, in addition to the 3 co-host countries (Canada, Mexico, USA), there have been a total of 7 teams that have directly qualified for the 2026 World Cup including Jordan, Uzbekistan, Japan, Iran, Argentina, South Korea and New Zealand.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/co-hoi-nao-de-indonesia-gianh-ve-du-world-cup-2026-20250606110829532.htm