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The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will decide the 45 teams that will join hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Qualification began on 7 September 2023 with three matches of the CONMEBOL zone played that day. [1] The first goal of the qualification series was scored by Colombian player Rafael Santos Borré.
The Asian section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup for national teams of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). AFC teams have been allocated eight direct qualifying slots and one inter-confederation play-off slot. [1]
Japan has appeared at every World Cup since 1998 and, now ranked No. 18, is Asia’s form team with six wins from its last six games, a run that includes a 4-1 win in Germany and a 4-2 win over ...
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round; Tournament details; Dates: 16 November 2023 – 11 June 2024: Teams: 36 (from 1 confederation) Tournament statistics; Matches played: 107: Goals scored: 331 (3.09 per match) Attendance: 2,092,613 (19,557 per match) Top scorer(s) Almoez Ali Son Heung-min (7 goals each)
Europe will provide 16 representatives, with Uefa qualifying determining which of their 54 constituent countries make it to the World Cup. Teams are set to be drawn into 12 groups containing four ...
The format for the next men’s finals was approved by the Fifa Council on Tuesday
In 1954, South Korea entered FIFA World Cup qualification for the first time, and qualified for the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland by beating Japan 7–3 on aggregate. [9] South Korea were only the second Asian team to compete at a World Cup after the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) in 1938, and the first fully-independent Asian nation to do so.
China kept its 2026 World Cup hopes alive by the narrowest of margins despite a 1-0 loss to South Korea on Tuesday in Asian qualifying. China advanced to the third qualification round because ...