Saudi Arabia and Qatar are lagging behind
In group A, Iran and Uzbekistan have solidified their positions. Both teams have gained 10 points and are now sharing the first place. Their H2H match, held on October 10, ended 0-0. Nevertheless, Uzbekistan and Iran have won the rest of the games in the group. Iran wants to make it to the World Cup for the 4th consecutive time, while Uzbekistan has never performed in the tournaments of such level.
But the coach Srečko Katanec, who once had considerable success with Slovenia, wants to achieve something with his new team. Qatar, on the other hand, can hardly be satisfied with the October matches. Despite their victory over Kyrgyzstan, the winners of the last 2 AFC Asian Cups were crushed by Iran 1-4 and are 6 points behind the leaders.
In group C, the October matches worsened the position of Saudi Arabia, which lost 0-2 to Japan at home and then failed to beat Bahrain (0-0). Roberto Mancini has been the Green Falcons’ coach for more than a year, but his achievements haven’t been impressive: after 4 matches, Saudi Arabia has 5 points and is sharing 2nd place with Australia and Bahrain. As we see, the invitation of a famous European coach doesn’t guarantee high results.
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It’s worth mentioning that Saudi Arabia has a worse goal difference than Australia. After a poor start in the 3rd round in September, the Socceroos hired Tony Popovic as head coach. Under his guidance, the Australians defeated China 3-1 and became the first team in group C to get points from Japan (1-1). Nonetheless, Japan’s lead is indisputable after 4 games: the Samurai Blue have got 10 points with 15-1 goal difference. The Japanese are determined to make it to their 8th consecutive World Cup.
The Korean stars Son Heung-min and Hwang Hee-chan missed the October games. But even without the top forwards, South Korea beat Jordan (2-0) and Iraq (3-2) securing their lead in group B with 10 points. The Tigers of Asia have taken important steps to qualify for their 11th World Cup in a row. The main contenders for the second ticket to the Mundial are Jordan and Iraq, who have 7 points each. As you may remember, the Jordan national team played in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup final and dreams of going to the World Cup for the first time.
New opportunities for Asia
At the 2026 World Cup, the AFC zone will have 8 direct slots for the first time:
- 6 teams that will take the 1st and 2nd places in the third round groups;
- 2 more teams will win the fourth qualification round;
- A 9th ticket to the World Cup can be won by an AFC team in the inter-confederation playoff.
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