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Iran, South Korea, Australia reach 2014 World Cup

Asian giants Iran, South Korea and Australia reached the 2014 World Cup but Uzbekistan narrowly failed to book their place on a dramatic night of action on Tuesday.Australia left it late before substitute striker Josh Kennedy earned a 1-0 win over Iraq in Sydney, enough to take the Socceroos through to their third successive World Cup.Later, Iran edged a grudge match with South Korea 1-0 in Ulsan to qualify top of Group A, giving the hosts some nervous moments as they awaited news from Tashkent, where rivals Uzbekistan were playing Qatar.The Uzbeks smashed five second-half goals past the Qataris but despite their 5-1 win, they failed to reach their target of winning by seven goals and now go into a play-off series against either Jordan or Oman, who play later.Iran, South Korea and Australia now join Japan, the Asian Cup-holders who booked their ticket a fortnight ago, at next year's World Cup as the only countries to have qualified alongside hosts Brazil.Although all four Asian qualifi...

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