The Asian qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, scheduled in the United States, Canada and Mexico, enters its decisive stage by holding the last ninth and ten rounds of the third round, on June 5 and 10 this year 2025.
After the Iran and Japan national teams settled their early qualification to the World Cup 2026 finals, only four directly qualified seats for the continent of Asia, along with two additional seats, will be competed through the attachment, which threatens decisive tours and fateful confrontations that are not divided into two.
In the first group, the Qatari team, whose hopes of the World Cup, have been dissipated, aspires to resolve the qualification card to the attachment when next Thursday will host its Iranian counterpart at the Jassim bin Hamad stadium.
“Support”, the Asian Cup champion in the last two versions, will face the confrontation against Iran under the leadership of his new Spanish coach, Julien Lopetegui, who took over the mission to succeed his compatriot Luis Garcia since the beginning of last May.
Qatar is ranked fourth in the first group with 10 points, four points ahead of Kyrgyzia, which will face its North Korea team on the same day.
The Qatari team hopes to win and win the three points against its Iranian counterpart, in order to restore balance and revive its hopes, after losing in the last round (1-3) against Kyrgyzia.
In the same group, the UAE team seeks to achieve a precious victory over its guest, Uzbekistan, with the aim of reducing the difference between them to one point, and keeping its chances in the direct qualification to the World Cup before the last round next week.
The UAE team, which seeks to reach the World Cup Finals for the second time in its history, is the Romanian coach Cosmin Olaario, who took over the mission to succeed Portuguese Paulo Pinto after the end of the eighth round of the qualifiers.
For its part, the Uzbekistan team is seeking to avoid the loss against the Emirates in the confrontation that will be held at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Sharjah, in order to ensure its qualification for the World Cup Finals for the first time in its history.
The coach Timur Kabadzah team is ranked second with 17 points, three points behind Iran, and four points on the UAE, which has third place, two rounds before the end of the decisive stage.
In the second group, the Iraqi team is looking to benefit from the land and the public when it hosts its South Korean counterpart, in a decisive confrontation to enhance its chances of direct qualification to the finals.
The Iraqi team is third in the group ranking with 12 points, a point behind the second -placed Jordan, which requires him to win to revive its chances before the direct confrontation that will bring him together with its Jordanian host in the last round in the capital Amman next Tuesday.
In turn, South Korea aspires to resolve one of the two direct qualification cards, as it has 16 points at the top of the group, three points ahead of Jordan.
Within the same group, the Jordan national team will be a guest of its Omani counterpart next Thursday, in the face of an upcoming competitiveness, as both the chances of both teams still exist in direct qualification.
Oman has 10 points in fourth place, and if it achieves victory, Jordan’s balance will be equivalent to points.
In another match in the same group, Kuwait will host its Palestinian counterpart, as both teams seek to win the three points in order to maintain their hopes in extracting the qualification card to the attachment.
As for the third group, the Saudi team, who is third with 10 points, wants to continue its career towards direct qualification, when he is a guest of his fifth -place Bahraini counterpart with 6 points.
On the other hand, Australia hopes to invest the land and the public when it hosts its Japanese counterpart, who is in advance, at the Perth Stadium.
The victory over Japan gives the Australian team a valuable opportunity to put its fate in his hand before the final round against Saudi Arabia, as it seeks to qualify directly for the first time in the last three copies.
The Australian team, led by coach Tony Bubovic, is entering the last two rounds with 13 points, behind the exporting Japan, and a difference of three points from Saudi Arabia, which in turn advances only one point over Indonesia.
For his part, the fourth -ranked Indonesia team with 9 points, with China in a decisive confrontation, meets the Chinese team, which has 6 points in the sixth and last place, to win its remaining matches if he wants to keep his chances to compete for a seat in the attachment.