Austria beats Jordan 3-1 for its first World Cup win in 36 years

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Austria's Marko Arnautovic celebrates scoring their 3rd  extremity   against Jordan, connected  June 16, 2026

Austria's Marko Arnautovic celebrates scoring their 3rd extremity against Jordan, connected June 16, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters

Austria won a World Cup crippled for the archetypal clip successful 36 years with a 3-1 triumph connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) implicit a Jordan squad connected debut astatine football’s premier planetary event.

An ain extremity from a country footwear that deflected disconnected Jordanian defender Yazan Al Arab gave Austria a 2-1 pb successful the 76th minute. Marko Arnautovic's punishment footwear heavy successful stoppage squad extended the margin.

The crippled betwixt a Jordanian squad connected debut and an Austrian squad backmost connected football's biggest signifier aft missing the past six tournaments featured plentifulness of excitement.

It peaked successful a agelong successful the 2nd fractional that featured an equalizer by Jordan and 2 balls sent into the nett disconnected country kicks by Austria — with lone 1 of those counting.

Substitute Arnautovic had appeared to springiness Austria the pb erstwhile helium converted from a country footwear aft a misplay by Jordanian goalkeeper Yazeed Abulaila. But the determination went to VAR and the referee called a manus shot connected Stefan Posch whose limb touched the shot successful the pb up.

Austria got different country footwear soon aft the second-half hydration interruption and the took a 2-1 pb connected Al Arab's ain goal.

That proved to beryllium the quality for Austria, which earned its archetypal triumph astatine the World Cup since beating the United States successful a group-stage lucifer successful 1990. Jordan fell abbreviated successful its effort to go the archetypal state to triumph its World Cup debut crippled since Senegal did it successful 2002 against defending-champion France.

Romano Schmid scored successful the 20th infinitesimal for Austria erstwhile helium capped disconnected an awesome buildup that enactment the Jordanian defence connected its heels. Xaver Schlager fed a walk to Schmid, who deed a perfectly struck right-foot changeable from the borderline of the country into the apical country of the net.

Ali Olwan tied it for Jordan successful the 50th erstwhile made a agelong tally into the container connected a counterattack and bushed Alexander Schlager with a right-foot changeable that delighted the ample contingent of Jordanian fans.

Jordan volition instrumentality to Santa Clara for its 2nd lucifer adjacent Monday against Algeria, which mislaid 3-0 to Argentina successful the archetypal Group J match. Austria volition look Lionel Messi and Argentina successful the Dallas country that aforesaid day.

Published - June 17, 2026 12:32 p.m. IST

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