ATTENTION SELECTION ARGENTINA: Japan is the first classified to the 2026 World Cup

The Japan selection It was imposed by 2-0 on Bahrain and became the first classified to World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico 2026.

The Japanese achieved the victory in the Saitama Stadium Thanks to the goals of Daichi Kamada and KUBO Takefusaat 21 and 42 minutes of the second half, respectively.

This triumph allowed them to ensure the classification in the absence of three dates for the end of the Asian qualifiers since they reached the 19 points in the Group cwhich assured them to end at least in the second position (two per zone pass).

Regarding the rest of the group C’s selections, the Australia It is second with 10 points, and is followed by Saudi Arabia (You have one less party), Indonesia, Bahrain and China (It also has one less encounter), all with six units.

Japan its participation in the Qualifying For him World Cup 2026 With a perfect participation in the second round, where they ended first in the Group b With 18 points, 24 goals in favor and none against. His rivals were North Korea, Syria and Burma.

Already in the third round they fell into the Group cwhere they are also having an almost perfect performance. Of seven disputed dates, they won in six of them and only tied before Australia On November 15 of last year.

This will be the eighth consecutive participation for Japan in a World soccer. The first was in France 1998in which he shared a group with the ARGENTINE SELECTION.

The best performance of the Japanese selection in a World It was in the editions of Korea-Japan 2002, South Africa 2010, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022in which he reached Eighth final.

Although he was very close to getting in the quarterfinals (in 2010 and 2022 he lost to penalties with Paraguay and Croatiarespectively, while 2018 Belgium He turned them a 2-0), they still couldn’t get it.