The Japanese national team survived a loss to its Australian guest (1-1) for the fourth round of the third round of qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup finals on the continent of Asia.

The confrontation witnessed the scoring of two own goals, as the visiting Australian team took the lead in the 58th minute with an own goal from Japanese defender Shogo Taniguchi.

The Japanese team succeeded in scoring an equalizer with an own goal from Australia defender Cameron Burgess in the 76th minute.

The Japanese team maintained its lead in the group by collecting the tenth point from four matches, while the Australian team rose to second place temporarily with 5 points, awaiting the completion of the fourth round matches.

In the remaining group matches, which will be held today, Tuesday, Saudi Arabia will meet Bahrain in Jeddah, and China will meet Indonesia in Qingdao.