FIFA World Cup Qualifying (AFC): Socceroos, Iran, South Korea Punch Tickets For Brazil

Three more teams qualified for next year's World Cup on Tuesday as the fourth round of Asian qualifying came to a conclusion.

At Sydney, Australia:

Joshua Kennedy scored the only goal of the match in the 83rd minute as Australia sealed their third straight World Cup Finals appearance (their fourth overall) with a 1-0 home win over Iraq.

At Ulsan, South Korea:

Reza Ghoochanneljhad scored the lone goal of the match in the 60th minute as Iran locked up their fourth WCF appearance with a 1-0 road victory over South Korea, who also qualified for the World Cup Finals (due to superior goal differential vis a viv Uzbekistan), their eighth straight and ninth overall.

Australia, Iran, and South Korea joing hosts Brazil and Japan amongst those that have qualified for next year's World Cup.

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying: Japan In World Cup Finals

At Saitama, Japan:

Keisuke Honda successfully converted his stoppage-time penalty kick (90'+1) on Tuesday as Japan gained a 1-1 home draw with Australia in Asian regional qualifying and became the first nation (outside of automatically-qualified hosts Brazil) to qualify for next year's FIFA World Cup finals.  Tommy Oar scored for the Socceroos in the 82nd minute.  For the Japanese, it will be their fifth consecutive World Cup appearance.