JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Australia certified for his or her sixth straight World Cup on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia.
The Socceroos, needing simply to keep away from defeat by 5 targets to advance to the 2026 match, got here from behind with targets from Connor Metcalfe and Mitchell Duke to win after Abdulrahman Al Oboud had put the hosts forward after 19 minutes.
Earlier, Japan and South Korea ended profitable campaigns on a excessive with emphatic dwelling victories over Indonesia and Kuwait, respectively.
In Osaka, Daichi Kamada scored after quarter-hour to set Japan, getting ready for an eighth consecutive World Cup, on their strategy to a 6-0 victory.
Takefusa Kubo added a second 5 minutes later and Kamada prolonged the lead simply earlier than the break. Quickly after the restart, Ryoya Morishita and Shuto Machino piled on and Mao Hosoya made it six.
In Asia’s third spherical of qualification, the highest two from every of the three teams of six progress routinely to subsequent summer time’s World Cup. Jordan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Japan and South Korea have additionally certified for the expanded 48-team match in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
South Korea, which has certified for an eleventh straight World Cup, sealed the highest spot in Group B after beating Kuwait 4-0.
Jeon Jin-Woo scored after 33 minutes at Seoul World Cup Stadium and Lee Kang-in added a second quickly after the restart. Oh Hyeon-Gyu and Lee Jae-Sung additionally bought on the scoresheet.
The six groups that end third and fourth advance to a different stage to play for Asia’s two remaining automated locations.
Oman took the final remaining place with a 1-1 draw towards Palestine and be part of Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia within the fourth spherical, which can happen in October.
