Officially, the first team qualified for the 2026 World Cup

Japan has become the first qualifying teams in the qualifiers to the World Cup 2026 finals, by beating Bahrain 2-0 today in Saitama in the seventh round of the third decisive round of Asia.
Japan raised its score to 19 points from 6 wins and one draw, a large difference from second-placed Australia and has 10 points after its victory today over Indonesia 5-1, knowing that three rounds remain at the end of the qualifiers.
With her sixth victory in the third group competitions, which was achieved thanks to the goals of the Dicchi Carava (66) and Takivosa Cobo (87), Japan officially guaranteed its eighth participation in the World Cup held in its twenty -third version in the United States, Canada and Mexico, whose teams qualified without qualifiers since they are the host countries.