The Syrian national team’s position in the World Cup qualifiers was complicated after the loss to North Korea

Achieve North Korea national team An important victory over its counterpart, the Syrian national team, with a clean goal scored by Jung Il-gwan in the 92nd minute of the match that was held in the fifth round of the tournament. Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World CupThe Korean team maintained third place and reduced the points difference with Syria, which ranked second in the second group of the qualifiers.

And it occupies Syria national team Second place in the second group standings with 7 points, 8 points behind the leading Japanese team.

While North Korea is in third place with 6 points, then Myanmar is in fourth place with only one point.

The Syrian national team failed to strengthen its position to qualify for the third round of the qualifiers, as the Syrian team will meet Japan in the next round in Tokyo, while the North Korean national team will face its counterpart, Myanmar.

The Syrian national team needs to win over Japan by any result among its fans to qualify for the third round of the qualifiers.