India, July 4 -- Asia's run in the 2026 World Cup ended with Australia's defeat to Egypt in the round of 32.

Ahead of the penalties in Dallas, Australia replaced goalie Patrick Beach with Mat Ryan. Australia had done this in the qualifying play-off win against Peru in 2022 when Andrew Redmayne, the third-choice goalie, came in for Ryan and saved a penalty in the tie-breaker to book the ticket to Doha.

In the 2026 qualifiers, Ryan saved a late penalty against Saudi Arabia to secure a finals berth. On Friday, he couldn't do much and Egypt won the shootout 4-2 after regulation time and extra-time ended 1-1.

Australia, who joined the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2006, were the last to leave a World Cup expanded to 48 teams. Includ...