Uzbekistan's national soccer team, which has succeeded in advancing to the World Cup finals for the first time, will even receive a gift. It's shabu-kartPresident Yev Uzbekistan presented Chinese electric cars as well as national medals and honorary titles to all the players at the celebration of their advance to the 2026 North-China World Cup finals at Buñodkor Stadium in Tashkent on the 11th (Korea time).

Abdukodir Khusanov played the full 90 minutes as Uzbekistan completed their World Cup qualification campaign with a 3-0 defeat of Qatar on Tuesday.The 21-year-old defender was solid and reliable as

The Central Asian country of almost 40m inhabitants has come close before, but now can finally celebrate reaching its first World Cup

Uzbekistan qualified for its debut soccer World Cup on Thursday night, becoming the first ever Central Asian country to make it to the sport’s global showpiece.

With the games set to begin in one year, here’s what we know about the World Cup in Kansas City. The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest in history as the tournament expands to 48 teams from 32. So far, only 11 teams have qualified. That includes the co-hosts, the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Uzbekistan and Jordan have qualified for their first ever World Cup, while South Korea have reached the finals for the 11th consecutive time.Uzbekistan drew 0-0 with the UAE which punched their

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In Group C, a first-half penalty from Ole Romeny in Jakarta was enough to end China’s chances of qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since 2002, when the tournament was staged in Asia for the first time and co-hosts South Korea and Japan didn’t have to go through continental qualifying.

Australia qualified for its sixth straight World Cup on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia. The Socceroos, needing just to avoid defeat by five goals to advance to the 2026 tournament, came from behind with goals from Connor Metcalfe and Mitchell Duke to win after Abdulrahman Al Oboud had put the hosts ahead after 19 minutes.

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