SANTA CLARA, California, ⁠June 16 (Reuters) - Austria marked their return ⁠to the World Cup after a ‌28-year absence with a tense 3-1 win over debutants Jordan in their Group J opener on Tuesday, ​relying on a second-half own ⁠goal and a ⁠last-gasp penalty to claim the three points.

Austria took ⁠the ‌lead on 20 minutes through a Romano Schmid thunderbolt, but ⁠were pegged back five minutes after the ​break when ‌striker Ali Olwan found space in ⁠the area ​and fired a sizzling shot inside the far post.

Austria's veteran target man Marko Arnautovic ⁠slammed a low shot into ​the net from a goalmouth scramble in the 69th minute but it was ruled out ⁠for handball by teammate Stefan Posch following a VAR review.

Seven minutes later, though, Austria were celebrating again as Yazan Al‑Arab deflected ​a Marcel Sabitzer corner ⁠into his own net, before Arnautovic slotted ​home a penalty deep into ‌stoppage time after Saleem ​Obeid was penalised for handball.

(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Peter Rutherford)