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            Australia, Brazil & Ecuador qualify for World Cup - who else is through?

            Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - 11:25:31
            Australia, Brazil & Ecuador qualify for World Cup - who else is through?
            Arya News - Australia become the latest nation to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, but who else have secured their place at the tournament?

            Uzbekistan drew 0-0 with UAE, while South Korea beat Iraq 2-0 to qualify for their 11th straight World Cup, a result that meant Jordan"s 3-0 win against Oman confirmed their historic qualification.
            Ranked 57th in the world and, with a population of 36 million, Uzbekistan played their first match as a sovereign nation in June 1992 after leaving the Soviet Union, and were accepted by world governing body Fifa two years later.
            The closest Uzbekistan came previously to qualifying was during a controversial campaign in 2006, when they were in a two-legged playoff against Bahrain to determine who would be the Asian Football Confederation"s representative to face Concacaf"s Trinidad and Tobago. The winner of that match would then qualify for the finals in Germany.
            Uzbekistan won the first leg 1-0, but a refereeing error led to Fifa ordering the match be played again, and they ultimately lost out on away goals.
            The Uzbeks, however, have qualified for every Asian Cup finals since 1996 and progressed to the knockout phase in each appearance since 2004, including a run to the semi-finals in 2011 and the quarter-finals last year.
            Asian Cup runners up Jordan are ranked 62nd in the world and are competing in their seventh World Cup qualifiers, since their first in 1986.
            The closest they have previously come to qualifying was losing an intercontinental play-off to Uruguay in 2014.
            So how does World Cup qualifying work?
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            South America
            Qualifying places: Six, plus one into intercontinental play-offs
            Teams already through: Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil
            South American qualifying comprises a big group involving all 10 teams - and started in September 2023.
            The top six all reach the World Cup, with seventh place going into the intercontinental play-offs.
            With two out of 18 games left, Argentina, Ecuador and Brazil are through - and Uruguay, Paraguay and Colombia occupy the other top six spots - with Venezuela seventh.
            Asia
            Qualifying places: Eight, plus one into intercontinental play-offs
            Teams already through: Japan, Iran, Uzbekistan, South Korea, Jordan, Australia
            Asian qualifying started in October 2023 with the lower-ranked teams in action.
            In the third round, the top two teams in three different groups qualified automatically.
            Japan, Iran, Uzbekistan, South Korea, Jordan and Australia have secured their spots.
            UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia are in a fourth round of qualifying and two of those will also qualify automatically, with one other side progressing into the intercontinental play-offs.
            Africa
            Qualifying places: Nine, plus one into intercontinental play-offs
            Teams already through : None
            There are nine African groups of World Cup qualifying, each with six teams, which started in November 2023.
            The top team in each group go through automatically. With four games to go, the current leaders are Egypt, DR Congo, South Africa, Cape Verde, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Tunisia and Ghana.
            The best four runners-up go into play-offs... for the chance to compete in the intercontinental play-offs.
            North, Central American and Caribbean
            Qualifying places: Six (including three hosts), plus two into intercontinental play-offs
            Teams already through: None through qualifying - USA, Canada and Mexico automatically as co-hosts
            The Concacaf qualifying takes a different look, with three of their biggest hitters not involved as they have qualified as hosts - but still plenty of spots up for grabs.
            Like Europe, there is still a long way to go with qualifying not possible until the autumn.
            There are six five-team groups, with the top two from each advancing to the next stage.
            The third round then has three groups of four teams - with the winners of each group going to the World Cup and the two best-ranked runners-up going into the intercontinental play-offs.
            Europe
            Qualifying places: 16
            Teams already through: None
            There are 12 groups - with the winners of each group qualifying for the World Cup and the 12 runners-up going into play-offs with the four best-ranked Uefa Nations League group winners that have not already qualified - for four extra places.
            Europe is the only continent that does not have a team in the intercontinental play-offs.
            Qualifying only started in March - with some teams not even playing their first qualifiers until September while the Nations League continues.
            The groups end in November, with the play-offs in March 2026.
            Oceania
            Qualifying places: One, plus one into intercontinental play-offs
            Teams already through: New Zealand
            Oceania qualifying has already ended - with New Zealand beating New Caledonia 3-0 in the final.
            New Zealand go through to the World Cup automatically, as a result of the expanded World Cup. Oceania usually only gets a play-off spot.
            New Caledonia, a French overseas territory, will take place in intercontinental play-offs in March 2026 - featuring teams from Africa, Asia, South America and North America - with two out of six teams going through.
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