We will have to get used to it. With its format extended to 48 teams, the Football World Cup should accommodate more and more different nations. And this will be the case next year, where two new selections won their first qualification for a World Cup.
The two bizuths come from the Asia area. First of all, it is Uzbekistan. With its 0-0 brought back from the United Arab Emirates, the selection led by former Lensois Abdukodir Khusanov (Man City) and by Captain Eldor Shomurodov (AS Rome) won his ticket for the 2026 World Cup this Thursday.
The other novelty comes from Jordan. The Rennes team Mousa Tamari won Oman this Thursday (0-3), with a hat-trick by Ali Olwan. With the defeat of Iraq in South Korea (2-0), it is also official for the Al-Nashama, which will be partying in North America next year.
We now know 10 qualified
Uzbekistan and Jordan are the 81st and 82nd different countries to qualify for a final phase of the World Cup. And with South Korea, which also validated its ticket this Thursday, we now know 10 of the first 48 qualified.
The other seven selections are Iran, Japan, Argentina, New Zealand and the three host countries, the United States, Canada and Mexico.
