The Jordanian team achieved a historic achievement with its official qualification to the 2026 World Cup Finals, to ensure participation for the first time in its history, after the loss of Iraq against South Korea 2-0, in the ninth round of the Asian qualifiers.
The “Al -Nishami” team has strengthened its hopes of qualifying after its victory over Amman with three clean in the same round, which raised its score to 16 points in the second place in the second group, 4 points behind the third place Iraq, to ensure its qualification before one round from the end of the current stage.
The South Korea team topped the group with 19 points, and he also had qualified, while the Jordanian achievement came as a culmination of a distinguished performance during the qualifiers, as the team achieved 4 wins and 4 draws, for only one loss.
With Jordan and South Korea joining, the number of Asian teams qualified for the 2026 World Cup finals increased to five, along with Iran, Japan and Uzbekistan, while the last round awaits the resolution of a sixth card, along with other teams that will compete in the exclusionary roles and the continental and global attaché.
Thus, the Jordan national team joins the list of teams that formally qualify for the tournament, which includes alongside the teams of Asia, Canada, Mexico, the United States (the hosts of the championship), Argentina, and New Zealand.