With japan, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Ecuador qualifying for the Qatar World Cup on the same day, 19 teams have already locked up World Cup tickets, and Canada is expected to become the 20th team to advance early.
In the Asian region of the World Preliminary Round, after a 2-0 victory over Australia, Japan advanced to the World Cup in the early round, and Saudi Arabia was also able to qualify, and the two teams became the 16th and 17th teams to qualify for the World Cup respectively.
In the South American zone, Uruguay beat Peru 1-0 to finish fourth with 23 points, advancing to the World Cup one round earlier. Although Ecuador lost 3-1 to Paraguay, Ecuador was able to advance a round earlier due to the losses of Peru and Chile.
At present, 19 teams have received Tickets for the World Cup, namely Qatar, Germany, Denmark, Brazil, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, England, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Argentina, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Ecuador.
In addition to the four teams that qualified on Thursday, Canada is also expected to lock in Tickets to the World Cup. As long as Panama can't beat Honduras, Canada's unbeaten run against Costa Rica will be enough to advance early, which will be their first qualifying for the World Cup since 1986.