Schedule Of The Indonesian National Team In The 2026 World Cup Qualification, Struggle Continues In October

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team will continue their struggle in the third round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. After finishing against Saudi Arabia and Australia, the following is the schedule for the Indonesian national team in the World Cup Qualification which will continue in October.

The opening two matches have been played by the Red and White squad by playing away matches against Saudi Arabia and continuing the duel against Australia at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium.

The results achieved by the Indonesian national team are quite good considering the status of newcomers in the final stage of competition towards the World Cup. Saudi Arabia and Australia were also offset by the Garuda Squad.

From those two matches, two points became the initial capital for Shin Tae-yong's team to step up. Because in this third round there are eight more matches that must be played.

The schedule for the Indonesian national team in the nearest World Cup Qualification is on October 10 and 15. Shin Tae-yong's team will face two tough matches because they have to compete together in a row.

The Indonesian national team will face Bahrain in Riffa on October 10. Five days later, Witan Sulaeman cs will try out China in Qingdao.

If Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Australia are arguably subscriptions to the World Cup, then Bahrain and China fall into the competing categories of Indonesia to secure third and fourth place to qualify for the fourth phase of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers as targeted by Shin Tae-yong.

Bahrain previously appeared surprising by beating Australia 1-0 on the first matchday, but in the second match the Dilmun's Warrior squad lost 0-5 to Japan.

Meanwhile, China has not yet reaped points because it was attacked by Japan 0-7 and beaten by Saudi Arabia 1-2.

The Indonesian national team has not seen Bahrain and China for a long time. The last time Indonesia met Bahrain 12 years ago when they lost 0-10, while finally facing China was in 2013 with a match that ended in a 0-1 defeat.

The following is the schedule for the Indonesian national team in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers:

October 10, 2024: vs Bahrain (threat) October 15, 2024: vs China (tempan) November 15, 2024: vs Japan (kandang) November 19, 2024: vs Saudi Arabia (kandang) March 20, 2025: vs Australia (tempat) March 20, 2025: vs Bahrain (kandang) June 5, 2025: vs China (kandang) June 10, 2025: vs Japan (tempan).