Jordan and Uzbekistan both qualified for the men’s World Cup finals for the first time on Thursday, while South Korea booked their place at an 11th successive finals.

Uzbekistan qualified for the first time at the eighth attempt after a 0-0 draw with the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi.

South Korea’s 2-0 win over Iraq, meanwhile, confirmed both South Korea’s and Jordan’s spot at the finals in North America following Jordan’s 3-0 win over Oman earlier on Thursday.

The trio join Japan, New Zealand, Iran and Argentina as the countries to have qualified for the 2026 World Cup. Co-hosts the United States, Canada and Mexico automatically qualified for the competition.

Elsewhere, goals from Musab Al-Juwayr and Abdulrahman Al-Obud earned Saudi Arabia a victory that put Australia’s celebrations on hold until the two nations meet in Jeddah on Tuesday.

But Australia’s vastly superior goal difference means they can lose that meeting with Saudi Arabia by up to four goals and still advance to a sixth consecutive World Cup finals as second-placed finishers behind Japan.

Indonesia guaranteed their involvement in the World Cup preliminaries would continue into the fourth round as a 1-0 win over China also ended the qualification hopes of Branko Ivankovic’s side.

Ole Romeny‘s 45th minute penalty separated the sides in Jakarta to ensure Indonesia would finish in either third or fourth place in Group C, thereby progressing to the next phase, which will be played in October.

Information from Reuters was used in this report.