If you have not followed everything, Senegal is in unfavorable ballot in its group of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The Teranga lions are second with a point less than the DR Congo after six days (out of 10), while a decisive duel is looming between the two selections in the leopards of Chancel Mbemba, next September. The first nine of each pool will qualify for the World Cup 26 in Canada, the United States and Mexico. The second will then compete and only one team will compete in the world dam in March 2026.
The Senegalese of Sadio Mané (absent during the friendly matches of June) must enforce their status as African champion 2022, 18th in the FIFA and second continental nation behind Morocco. They remain on two participations in the World Cup in a row, in Russia and Qatar, with an eighth in the final against England in 2022 (3-0 defeat).
If Senegal wins its ticket for the next World Cup, its players could not all travel to the US. Donald Trump’s government has drawn up a new list of 36 countries, including 25 Africans, which will be prohibited from the United States if they do not meet certain conditions by mid-August. Washington indicates that these countries would not be able to provide “Reliable identity documents” or would have “Too much fraud in the administration”.
Senegal prohibits like Côte d'Ivoire and Egypt?
Among the 25 African countries threatened with banishment, we find the DR Congo with Senegal, but also the title Ivory Coast, Egypt of Mohamed Salah or even Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde (the official name of Cape Verde), Cameroon and Ghana who are all able to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. will benefit from a special visa to compete in the competition at Trump, but what about all the members of the staff? Supporters will not come.
That said, Yehvann Diouf, Édouard Mendy, Mory Diaw, Kalidou Koulibaly, Moussa Niakhaté, Abdou Diallo, Antoine Mendy, Pape Gueye, Iliman Ndiaye and Boulaye Dia were all born in France and therefore have French nationality, just like Habib Diarra and Cheikh Niasse, who grew up respectively Boulogne-sur-Mer. The German Ismail Jakobs is also a binational. The United States could create a huge scandal by prohibiting the arrival of certain qualified teams.
