With slightly over a yr and a half to go earlier than the 2026 World Cup , co-hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada , and that includes a report 48 groups representing all six confederations, many countries have already been eradicated from the Qualifiers.
Even with this improve within the variety of rivals, 37 nations have been dominated out of the FIFA‘s flagship event. One in every of these is Russia, as a result of sanctions imposed by each UEFA and FIFA for the invasion of Ukraine, a punishment that additionally prevented them from collaborating within the Qatar World Cup.
FIFA’s official report has confirmed 36 different groups that gained’t be within the 2026 World Cup, with the Asian Soccer Confederation (AFC) having the best variety of eliminations as a result of its competitors format. A complete of 28 Asian groups, together with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Vietnam, amongst others, have been eradicated.
Within the CONCACAF area (North and Central America and the Caribbean), the US Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands are out of the operating. In Oceania (OFC), Samoa American, Cook dinner Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Papua New Guinea have additionally been eradicated.
A mannequin FIFA World Cup trophy is seen previous to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (Ryan Pierse/Getty Pictures)
Other than Russia, which is the one UEFA staff eradicated to this point as a result of sanctions, all groups from CONMEBOL (South America) and the African Confederation (CAF) nonetheless have an opportunity to qualify, nevertheless slim it might be for some.
What number of qualification spots are for every Confederation?
UEFA has essentially the most direct spots for the 2026 World Cup with 16. CAF has 9 plus one by a playoff, AFC has 8 plus one, CONMEBOL has 6 plus one, CONCACAF has 3 plus one, plus the three hosts, and OFC has 1 plus one.
When does the 2026 World Cup begin?
The 2026 World Cup, collectively hosted by the US, Mexico, and Canada, will kick off on June eleventh and run till July nineteenth. It’s confirmed that Mexico will play the opening match on the Azteca Stadium
Full Record of Eradicated Groups
- Russia (FIFA and UEFA sanctions)
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- Chinese language Taipei
- Guam
- Hong Kong
- India
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Turkmenistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- US Virgin Islands
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- American Samoa
- Cook dinner Islands
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Papua New Guinea.
