Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Bahrain on Thursday, while China suffered a 1-0 defeat away to Saudi Arabia to remain bottom of its group.

Japan have become the first team to join co-hosts Canada, Mexico and USA in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 26 ... having also faced China PR, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.

After matchday eight of Asia's World Cup qualifiers, ESPN's writers answer the burning questions, provide analysis and break ...

China’s artificial intelligence chatbot DeepSeek has predicted the country’s national team will fail to qualify for the 2026 World Cup ... currently Japan and Australia, automatically qualify ...

China suffered a 2-0 home loss to Australia in a FIFA World Cup ... already-qualified Japan. The top two teams in each six-team group will directly qualify for the World Cup, while the third ...

In the battle for the second guaranteed World Cup ... of AFC World Cup qualifiers, the Socceroos have moved to 13 points, only trailing runaway leaders and the already qualified Japan.

SAITAMA, Japan -- With three games still to go in the third round of Asian qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Japan have sealed ... 5, 2024: Japan 7-0 China Just as they did in the previous ...

Saudi Arabia moved up to third place in its FIFA World Cup ... against Japan, Renard’s side will need to try to cope without him. The 32-year-old suffered a nasty injury against China on ...