And 19! This Wednesday, Egypt joined the contingent of selections already qualified for the 2026 World Cup. This thanks to a 3-0 victory over Djibouti, in Casablanca. Thanks to achievements by Ibrahim Adel (8th) and Mohamed Salah (13th and 84th), the Pharaohs have joined the queen of competitions for the fourth time in their history, after 1934, 1990 and 2018.
In the Africa zone, Egypt joins Morocco and Tunisia among the nations that have left the qualifiers and are expected next summer in the United States, Canada and Mexico. That is to say three qualified out of nine possible on the continental scale.
19 qualified out of 48 known
At this time, the Asia zone (completed by Australia) has six qualified out of eight: Japan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Jordan, South Korea and Australia. The Oceania zone has already delivered its verdict with New Zealand qualified and New Caledonia assured of competing in the intercontinental play-offs.
The six elected from the South America zone are also known (a seventh potential qualifier via the intercontinental play-offs may be designated). Namely Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia and Paraguay. Remember that the three organizing countries above complete a table of 19 qualifiers out of 48 nations identified to date.
