{"id":42276,"date":"2025-11-19T07:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42276"},"modified":"2025-11-19T07:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:01:55","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaign42-teams-qualify-for-2026-fifa-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/19\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaign42-teams-qualify-for-2026-fifa-world\/","title":{"rendered":"42 teams qualify for 2026 FIFA World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Forty-two teams have so far qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, while the list of the list for the Play-off tournament Qualifier is now complete.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Austria and Netherlands are among the latest teams to book their tickets for tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The European qualifiers will enter the play-offs stage in the next window to determine the remaining four teams to qualify from that continent.<\/p>\n<p>Two other spots will be decided by a Play-off tournament consisting of six countries from six confederations. These teams are Bolivia, Congo DR, Iraq, Jamaica, New Caledonia, Suriname.<\/p>\n<p>Iin North Africa, Cura\u00e7ao, Haiti and Panama booked their places at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>List of teams qualified for FIFA World Cup:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Co-hosts: Canada, Mexico, USA<br \/>AFC: Australia, IR Iran, Japan, Jordan, Korea Republic, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan<br \/>CAF: Algeria, Cabo Verde, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia<br \/>CONCACAF: Cura\u00e7ao, Haiti, Panama<br \/>CONMEBOL: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay<br \/>OFC: New Zealand<br \/>UEFA: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland<br \/>(42 of 48 teams).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Play-Off Tournament qualifiers<\/strong><br \/>Bolivia, Congo DR, Iraq, Jamaica, New Caledonia, Suriname (6 of 6 teams)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualification places<\/strong><br \/>AFC: Eight direct spots + one Play-Off Tournament place<br \/>CAF: Nine direct spots + one Play-Off Tournament place<br \/>Concacaf: Six direct spots + two Play-Off Tournament places<br \/>CONMEBOL: Six direct spots + one Play-Off Tournament place<br \/>OFC: One direct spot + one Play-Off Tournament place<br \/>UEFA: 16 direct spots<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#teams #qualify #FIFA #World<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-two teams have so far qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, while the list of the list for the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[286,2627,5448,589],"class_list":["post-42276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-fifa","tag-qualify","tag-teams","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42278,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42276\/revisions\/42278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}