Australia, Iran and South Korea head for Brazil


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013

Members of the Australian soccer team celebrate after winning their World Cup qualifying game against Iraq at Stadium Australia in Sydney June 18, 2013. REUTERS/David Gray

(Reuters) - Australia and Iran booked their fourth World Cup finals appearances with nervous 1-0 victories in a dramatic finale to Asian qualifying on Tuesday.

South Korea joined them and Japan in qualifying for the finals after sneaking through on goal difference and Uzbekistan and Jordan retained hope of making it five Asian sides in Brazil after taking the third spots in the groups to set up a playoff.

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