Uzbekistan certified for the boys’s World Cup finals for the primary time on the eighth try after a 0-0 draw with the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, whereas Australia and Jordan moved to the verge of reserving berths in North America.
Goalkeeper Utkir Yusupov made a trio of second-half saves to make sure Uzbekistan their first World Cup qualification for the reason that nation gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Uzbekistan be part of Japan, New Zealand, Iran and Argentina because the fourth staff to have certified for the 2026 World Cup. Co-hosts america, Canada and Mexico robotically certified for the competitors.
The draw means the UAE will now progress to the fourth spherical of qualifying as the purpose earned ensures a third- or fourth-placed end in Group A.
Targets from Musab Al-Juwayr and Abdulrahman Al-Obud earned Saudi Arabia a victory that put Australia’s celebrations on maintain till the 2 nations meet in Jeddah on Tuesday.
However Australia’s vastly superior purpose distinction means they’ll lose that assembly with Saudi Arabia by as much as 4 objectives and nonetheless advance to a sixth consecutive World Cup finals as second-placed finishers behind Japan.
Jordan additionally moved to the cusp of qualification as Ali Olwan’s hat trick delivered a 3-0 win over Oman in Muscat to go away Jamal Sellami’s aspect ready for the outcome from South Korea’s conflict with Iraq in Basra afterward Thursday in Group B.
Indonesia assured their involvement within the World Cup preliminaries would proceed into the fourth spherical as a 1-0 win over China additionally ended the qualification hopes of Branko Ivankovic’s aspect.
Ole Romeny’s forty fifth minute penalty separated the perimeters in Jakarta to make sure Indonesia would end in both third or fourth place in Group C, thereby progressing to the following part, which might be performed in October.
Data from Reuters was used on this report.
