China v Australia

2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

ChinaChinaCHN

3-0-7, 9 PTS

AustraliaAustraliaAUS

5-4-1, 19 PTS

Jackson Irvine - 16'

Nishan Velupillay - 29'

14
Dalei
4
Lei
16
Shenglong
2
Pengfei
8
Zexiang
18
Zhengyu
20
Xie
7
Haoyang
19
Yongjing
10
Shihao
9
Yuning

No.Name
14Wang Dalei
16Jiang Shenglong
2Han Pengfei
18Huang Zhengyu 21Wang Haijian
4Li Lei
8Yang Zexiang
19Cao Yongjing 23Behram Abduweli
20Xie Wenneng 11Wang Yudong
7Xu Haoyang
10Wei Shihao 6Serginho
9Zhang Yuning 22Wang Ziming

Substitutes
1Yan Junling
5Wei Zhen
13Hu Hetao
12Liu Dianzuo
15Jin Cheng
3Wu Shaocong
17Zhen'ao Wang

Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium

7:00 AM, March 25, 2025

Hangzhou, China PR

Attendance: 70,588

Referees:
Mooud Bonyadifard

Irvine leads Socceroos to WCQ win over China

Australia's quest to secure automatic World Cup qualification is set to go down to the wire, despite the Socceroos earning a 2-0 away win over China.

Mar 25, 2025, 11:38 pm - AAP

China

Australia

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16
29
34
45
66
67
77
82
87
90+2

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China v Australia

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Irvine leads Socceroos to WCQ win over China

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