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Indonesia is the only Southeast Asian representative to participate in the final round of World Cup qualifiers. After a 0-6 defeat to Japan on June 10, coach Patrick Kluivert and his team finished fourth in Group C. |
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Another representative in Group C who also got a ticket to continue is Saudi Arabia . This country's team parted ways with coach Roberto Mancini in the middle of the third qualifying round due to poor performance. After 10 matches, Saudi Arabia only scored 7 goals, equal to the second-to-last team in the group, China, and inferior to Indonesia (9 goals). |
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In Group A, UAE is the first representative to participate in the final round of World Cup qualifiers. The team has a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in the third round of World Cup qualifiers. |
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The host of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar , also entered the final qualifying round of the World Cup next year with 4th place in Group A. The defense is the weak point of this team when conceding 24 goals after 10 matches, the worst performance in the 3 groups of this third qualifying round. |
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In Group B, Iraq participated in the final round of World Cup qualifying. Although they were rated higher than Jordan before the qualifying round began, coach Graham Arnold and his team caused great disappointment when they saw their opponents get a direct ticket to the World Cup next year. |
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The remaining team in this group to advance is Oman . This country won the right to continue in a dramatic way when it drew with direct competitor Palestine in the match in the early morning of June 11. Oman had a player sent off in the 73rd minute, but scored an emotional equalizer in the 90+7th minute against Palestine and won the right to continue. |
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In the final qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia, the 6 teams ranked 3rd and 4th in the 3 groups in the 3rd qualifying round will be divided into 2 groups (each group consists of 3 teams) in the play-off. The teams will play a round-robin (home and away) to select the 2 group winners to directly qualify for the 2026 World Cup. |
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The two runners-up from each group will play a home-away play-off to determine the sole Asian representative for the intercontinental play-off. The two winners of the intercontinental play-off will qualify for the 2026 World Cup. |
Source: https://znews.vn/doi-thu-cua-indonesia-tai-vong-loai-cuoi-world-cup-2026-post1559827.html
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