Jordan celebrate reaching first World Cup after win against Oman

Jordan is celebrating the qualification of its shot squad for a FIFA World Cup for the archetypal clip pursuing a decisive 3-0 triumph against Oman.

Huge celebrations erupted arsenic fans drove their cars done Jordan’s superior Amman precocious connected Thursday and into Friday, honking their horns and chanting triumph portion others waved the nationalist emblem successful triumph.

“We are each with you!” and “It’s getting closer, heroes” work messages written into the nighttime entity successful a spectacular drone airy show.

Jordan sealed their spot connected the penultimate time of Asian qualifying for the 2026 tournament, which volition beryllium played successful the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Ali Olwin netted a hat-trick arsenic the 2023 Asian Cup runners-up to Qatar etched their sanction successful the past books.

They secured their spot successful the World Cup erstwhile South Korea defeated Iraq, besides connected Thursday, 2-0.

Jordan’s players Abdallah Nasib, Yazan Al-Naimat and Muhannad Abu Taha observe aft the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying triumph successful Oman [Ameen Ahmed/NurPhoto via Getty Images]

The royal tribunal published pictures of King Abdullah II wearing a nationalist squad jersey arsenic helium watched the crippled from the embassy successful London, wherever helium was connected a visit.

I wholeheartedly congratulate the sons and daughters of our beloved radical connected our nationalist shot team’s qualification for the World Cup finals,” helium wrote connected societal media level X.

“This historical qualification is well-deserved by our team, which includes stars and cadres of whom we are proud.

“Special acknowledgment spell to our loyal fans who person been our enactment and encouragement.”

His Majesty King Abdullah watches the nationalist shot team’s World Cup qualifier lucifer against Oman, astatine the Jordanian embassy successful London, during a moving sojourn to Europe
( Photos courtesy of Royal Court ) pic.twitter.com/CI4JMurjQu

— The Jordan Times (@jordantimes) June 5, 2025

Jordan World Cup qualification ‘about time’

Sohad Idrissi, a 48-year-old housewife who watched the crippled with her siblings, beamed with pridefulness arsenic she told AFP that her broadside had played “a beauteous crippled and deserved to suffice for the World Cup”.

“Today the joyousness is two-fold: determination is the joyousness of Eid al-Adha, and the joyousness of Nashama qualifying,” she said, utilizing a nickname for the Jordanian team.

Fadi Qalanzi, a 21-year-old assemblage student, called the triumph “a imagination that is yet coming true”.

“Our squad enactment connected a beauteous performance, and they genuinely deserved to qualify,” helium added.

Osama al-Shreeda, a 60-year-old retired civilian servant, besides called it a imagination travel true.

“I’ve been pursuing Jordanian shot since 1978, and a comparative of excavation utilized to play with the nationalist team,” helium said.

“It’s a large accidental for our squad and its players to beryllium recognised globally,” helium added, calling it an accomplishment not conscionable for Jordan but for the wider Arab region.

“It was astir time, this is simply a joyousness we’d been waiting for, for a agelong time,” said 55-year-old teacher Nashat Badr.

Jordanians ticker their nationalist shot squad play against Oman connected a surface successful Amman, Jordan [Alaa al-Sukhni/Reuters]

Uzbekistan besides scope archetypal FIFA World Cup

For Uzbekistan, a 0-0 gully against the United Arab Emirates was capable to instrumentality the 2nd automatic qualification spot successful Group A down Iran.

With Asia present having 8 guaranteed qualifiers – aft conscionable 4 for the 2022 variation successful Qatar – Uzbekistan was a apt contender to measurement up.

While astir of its squad plays successful the home league, it includes a fewer Europe-based stars similar Roma guardant Eldor Shomurodov and Manchester City defender Abdukodir Khusanov.

Jordan’s highest-profile subordinate is winger Mousa Tamari astatine French nine Rennes.

Palestine and Indonesia acceptable sights connected playoffs

Palestine’s 2-0 triumph successful Kuwait kept live their hopes of reaching their archetypal World Cup finals.

The victory, acknowledgment to goals from Tamer Seyam and Wessam Abou Ali, means Palestine successful 5th spot successful Group B are 1 constituent extracurricular the playoff qualification positions with 1 crippled to play.

A triumph successful their last lucifer successful Amman, Jordan, against Oman, who clasp 4th spot and are 1 constituent up of Palestine, connected Tuesday volition spot them decorativeness supra their opponents.

Third and 4th positions successful the 3 groups, successful the 3rd circular of AFC qualifiers for the World Cup, advancement to a 4th qualifying signifier of playoffs.

The apical 2 teams from each of the 3 six-team groups suffice automatically for adjacent summer’s tournament, portion the teams successful 5th and sixth presumption are eliminated.

Indonesia, meantime, stay connected people for a playoff finish, and lone a 2nd quality astatine a World Cup finals, pursuing their 1-0 triumph against China to clasp 4th spot successful Group C.

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