2026 World Cup Qualification Standings: Indonesia Is In A Distended Position

KET. PHOTO: The Indonesian national team occupies a distended position in the 2026 World Cup qualifying standings in the Asian zone (PSSI ARSIP).

JAKARTA The Indonesian national team currently occupies the final position in the standings from the third round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in the Asian zone after being silenced by Japan.

Indonesia lost 0-4 and had to settle for not getting points when they hosted the Blue Samurai at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK), Senayan, Jakarta, on Friday, November 15 evening WIB.

In that match, Shin Tae Yong's squad was only able to put up a fight in half an hour of the first half. In that period a number of golden opportunities were obtained, but ended in vain.

After failing to take advantage of the opportunity, the Indonesian goal conceded during normal time, the first half was a quarter-hour remaining. Justin Hubner's own goal was a disaster for the Garuda squad.

Five minutes after that, Japan scored again to increase their lead. This time it was the turn of former Liverpool player, Takumi Minamino, who made his name on the scoreboard.

In the second half of the match, Japan added two more goals each through Hidemasa Morita four minutes after halftime and Yukinari Sugawara in the 69th minute.

This defeat made Indonesia's position stay at the bottom of the six teams in Group C.

Hubner and friends are currently only collecting three points, as a result of three draws.

This is Indonesia's second defeat to five matches that have been undertaken. Another defeat was suffered by the Garuda squad when they played in an away match to China in October.

On the other hand, this victory makes Japan more comfortable at the top of the group. The team collected 13 points, the result of four wins and one ended in a draw.

Indonesia will next host Saudi Arabia on Tuesday next week. The team was previously held to a draw by the Garuda squad in an away match last September.

After that, Indonesia will still face two away matches to Australia and Japan as well as two home duels in Jakarta against Bahrain and China.

Indonesia must be one of the top two teams in the final standings of the group if you want to qualify for the World Cup from this round. However, this place is rather difficult to catch in the next five matches.

If you don't get a ticket from this phase, Indonesia will need to finish in third or fourth place to enter the next qualifying stage and win one of the two tickets there.