victory over austria. the four asian qualifiers for the world cup were decided. japan have qualified for their seventh straight world cup finals, as they beat australia 2 0. substitute mitoma s double helped to book their spot. australia cannot finish higher than third, and will play the third placed finishers in group a in a playoff, with the winners facing the fifth best south american side for a world cup spot. on friday, attention turns to world cup qualifying in africa, as ten teams will be battling it out for five spots over the next few days for qatar 2022. the two legged playoffs see some big ties taking place. one of those being a re match of the africa cup of nations final, when egypt and senegal meet again. the other is two west african heavyweights, ghana and nigeria, who will face off in kumasi. black stars legend