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AUSTRALIA

AFC		preliminary round	first group phase	final round	AFC playoffs		playoffs
AFC		preliminary round	first group phase	final round	group phase	elimination phase	playoffs
¤	Australia	[bye]	1st in group I	2nd in group C

AFC final round completes; six tickets issued
[THU 12 JUN 2025]

Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Korea Rep, and Uzbekistan qualified for the 2026 Men’s World Cup as the AFC final round completed on TUE 10 JUN 2025. Six other teams remain alive for two more automatic places, to be decided in the AFC playoffs. more...

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FIRST GROUP PHASE

GROUP I		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
»	Australia	6	6	0	0	22	0	+22	18
HOME		3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9
AWAY		3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
»	Palestine	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
HOME		3	1	1	1	5	1	+4	4
AWAY		3	1	1	1	1	5	-4	4
×	Lebanon	6	1	3	2	5	8	-3	6
HOME		3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
AWAY		3	0	2	1	1	3	-2	2
×	Bangladesh	6	0	1	5	1	20	-19	1
HOME		3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1
AWAY		3	0	0	3	0	16	-16	0

Group I

THU 16 NOV 2023

Melbourne/Naarm, VIC

09:00 UTC

07–00

v Bangladesh

TUE 21 NOV 2023

Kuwait City [KUW]

14:00 UTC

01–00

at Palestine

THU 21 MAR 2024

Parramatta, NSW

09:10 UTC

02–00

v Lebanon

TUE 26 MAR 2024

Canberra, ACT [AUS]

08:45 UTC

05–00

at Lebanon

THU 06 JUN 2024

Dhaka

10:45 UTC

02–00

at Bangladesh

TUE 11 JUN 2024

Perth/Boorloo, WA

12:10 UTC

05–00

v Palestine

FINAL ROUND

GROUP C		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
¤	Japan	10	7	2	1	30	3	+27	23
HOME		5	3	2	0	16	1	+15	11
AWAY		5	4	0	1	14	2	+12	12
¤	Australia	10	5	4	1	16	7	+9	19
HOME		5	3	1	1	9	3	+6	10
AWAY		5	2	3	0	7	4	+3	9
»	Saudi Arabia	10	3	4	3	7	8	-1	13
HOME		5	1	2	2	3	5	-2	5
AWAY		5	2	2	1	4	3	+1	8
»	Indonesia	10	3	3	4	9	20	-11	12
HOME		5	3	1	1	4	4	0	10
AWAY		5	0	2	3	5	16	-11	2
×	China PR	10	3	0	7	7	20	-13	9
HOME		5	2	0	3	5	8	-3	6
AWAY		5	1	0	4	2	12	-10	3
×	Bahrain	10	1	3	6	5	16	-11	6
HOME		5	0	2	3	4	12	-8	2
AWAY		5	1	1	3	1	4	-3	4

Group C

THU 05 SEP 2024

Gold Coast, QLD

10:10 UTC

00–01

v Bahrain

TUE 10 SEP 2024

Jakarta

12:00 UTC

00–00

at Indonesia

THU 10 OCT 2024

Adelaide/Tarntanya, SA

09:10 UTC

03–01

v China PR

TUE 15 OCT 2024

Saitama

10:35 UTC

01–01

at Japan

THU 14 NOV 2024

Melbourne/Naarm, VIC

09:10 UTC

00–00

v Saudi Arabia

TUE 19 NOV 2024

Riffa

18:15 UTC

02–02

at Bahrain

THU 20 MAR 2025

Sydney/Gadigal, NSW

09:10 UTC

05–01

v Indonesia

TUE 25 MAR 2025

Hangzhou

11:00 UTC

02–00

at China PR

THU 05 JUN 2025

Perth/Boorloo, WA

11:10 UTC

01–00

v Japan

TUE 10 JUN 2025

Jeddah

18:15 UTC

02–01

at Saudi Arabia

MEN’S WORLD CUP HISTORY

	2026	Qualified
	2022	Round of 16
	2018	Group phase
	2014	Group phase
	2010	Group phase
	2006	Round of 16
×	2002	[did not qualify]
×	1998	[did not qualify]
×	1994	[did not qualify]
×	1990	[did not qualify]
×	1986	[did not qualify]
×	1982	[did not qualify]
×	1978	[did not qualify]
	1974	First group phase
×	1970	[did not qualify]
×	1966	[did not qualify]

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