World Cup 2026 qualifying standings: Indonesia surpasses Vietnam; Thailand shocks South Korea, Singapore draws with China
(Baonghean.vn) - Coach Philippe Troussier and his team are temporarily ranked 3rd; Thailand and Singapore both surprisingly created an earthquake by winning 1 point when drawing with South Korea and China respectively. Those are the outstanding sports news in the past 24 hours.
World Cup 2026 qualifying rankings: Indonesia surpasses Vietnam
The Vietnamese team is in Group F of the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia. Coach Philippe Troussier and his team must compete for a place in the next round with Iraq, the Philippines and Indonesia.
After the first 3 matches, the Vietnam team won 1 match (Philippines) and lost 2 matches (Iraq, Indonesia). Coach Philippe Troussier and his team are temporarily ranked 3rd.
Thailand shocked South Korea, Singapore held China to a draw
On the evening of March 21, the Thai and Singaporean teams both unexpectedly created an earthquake by winning 1 point when they drew with South Korea and China respectively in the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia.
Before hosting Thailand, the host team Korea had a perfect start when they won 5-0 against Singapore in the opening match of the qualifying round and defeated China 3-0 in the second match. If they overcome Thailand, they will get closer to the first ticket to the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia.
It can be said that 1 point won on the Korean field is a great success for Thailand. Currently, Thailand is in 2nd place and still has a great chance to continue in Group C with 4 points after 3 matches, while Korea continues to lead this group with 7 points.
China is in third place in Group C with the same 4 points as Thailand but is behind in terms of goal difference. Singapore is at the bottom with 1 point.
Lee Kang-in was forgiven by fans
On the evening of March 21, in the third match of Group C of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Asia, the Korean team disappointed when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Thailand at home. However, for Lee Kang-in, he has an acceptable return date after the incident at the 2023 Asian Cup.
Interim coach Hwang Sun-hong left Lee Kang-in on the bench. Despite the midfielder being in good form at PSG, he did not start from the start.
However, right after Korea conceded a goal, Coach Hwang brought Lee Kang-in onto the field in the 64th minute. Korean fans applauded and called out the PSG player's name. That showed that the Korean public somewhat forgave the 23-year-old midfielder.
EURO 2024 qualifying results: Asian teams have no chance to participate in the final round
Kazakhstan team lost their chance to enter the final round after losing to Greece team with a score of 0-5.
With this result, the Kazakhstan team had to say goodbye to their dream of participating in the EURO 2024 Finals while the Greek team will compete for a ticket to the Final Round with the Georgia team, who beat the Luxembourg team 2-0.
In other matches, Poland beat Estonia 5-1, Wales beat Finland 4-1, Israel lost to Iceland 1-4 and Bosnia Herzegovina lost 1-2 to Ukraine.
Thus, the 3 final play-off matches for the last 3 tickets to the EURO 2024 Finals have been determined as follows: Greece vs. Georgia, Poland vs. Wales and Ukraine vs. Iceland.
