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The World Cup of Dreams

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When FIFA, the governing body of world football, announced the increase in the number of teams in the World Cups from 32 to 48, no one imagined high-level teams losing their place in the great event against smaller teams.

The Qualifiers were forced to change their qualifying formats to increase the number of passengers to the World Cup event. Asia with 8 representatives, Africa with 9, CONCACAF with only 3 representatives (the United States, Canada and Mexico are already classified as hosts), Oceania with one place, South America with 6 participants and Europe closes with 12 with a ticket taken towards the summer, in addition to another 6 teams from the play-offs

🇪🇺UEFA

The largest confederation of all, like Africa with 55 teams, defined its twelve direct qualifiers through 12 groups in which only first place would have direct passage to the great event. For some teams it was a pure formality and they finished undefeated in their respective groups, such as Norway, England, Spain, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Croatia. Here we highlight the Three Lions team where they did not allow a single goal in the Qualifiers. No less dramatic were the classifications of Germany, Scotland and Austria who made it through on the last day. The pleasant surprise was played by Ireland when they left Hungary behind on the last date and entered the playoffs for a chance at the World Cup. Their attacker Troy Parrott was decisive by scoring five goals in the last double date, including a hat-trick against Hungary to achieve that feat and his reward was having the airport in Dublin, the Irish capital, named after him. Incredible truth

🌎 CONMEBOL

In South America, considered the most difficult Qualifiers, everything went according to plan in the 18 days. All the great teams, some with losses throughout the World Cup process (Uruguay and Brazil) bore the weight of their history and qualified several days in advance. The pleasant surprise of these qualifiers on the South American side was Gustavo Alfaro's Paraguay. With an entertaining game, the Guarani took the Defensores del Chaco in the Paraguayan capital as a strength for any team that appeared there and with their dizzying and explosive play they will once again be present in a World Cup after 16 years. The other great joy of the South American Qualifiers is the Bolivian team, thanks to Miguel Terceros and company they were left with the available place for the Intercontinental playoffs

🌎 CONCACAF

There were only 3 places in addition to the three hosts and even so there were surprises of all kinds. The teams of Haiti and Curacao are undoubtedly the great revelations of these qualifying rounds. The Haitians shared a group with the favorites Costa Rica and Honduras and despite not being able to play in their country for 4 years due to internal problems in the nation (Haiti is currently mired in a gang war) they dethroned the favorites, taking very important points and turning the Felix Sánchez Olympic Stadium in the Dominican Republic into a true fortress. They will deservedly be in a World Cup after 52 years and what way to celebrate it than on their independence day. The Blue Family, as the Curaçao team is known, beat the group's arch-favorites, the Jamaicans, and will be the least populated country to debut in a World Cup event with only 125,000 inhabitants.

🌏 AFC and OFC

In Oceania, it was expected that New Zealand would sweep and win a direct berth to the great World Cup event, but in Asia we had pleasant surprises such as Jordan and Uzbekistan qualifying for a World Cup for the first time. Japan dazzled the world by being the first country to qualify directly for the World Cup with scandalous wins and a game far above this competition.

Here I leave the 42 classified directly to the World Cup next summer in North America

🇨🇦 Canada
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇺🇸 United States
🇯🇵 Japan
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇮🇷 Iran
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🔅
🇰🇷 South Korea
🇯🇴 Jordan 🔅
🇦🇺 Australia
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇪🇨 Ecuador
🇺🇾 Uruguay
🇵🇾 Paraguay
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇦 Morocco
🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇬🇭Ghana
🇨🇻 Cape Verde 🔅
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇶🇦 Qatar
England
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
🇸🇳 Senegal
🇫🇷 France
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇩🇪 Germany
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇳🇴 Norway
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Scotland
🇪🇸 Spain
🇦🇹 Austria
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇵🇦 Panama
🇭🇹 Haiti
🇨🇼 Curacao 🔅

🔅 Debutants

🎟 Repechages heading to the #World Cup2026

🇪🇺UEFA

🇮🇹 Italy
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇵🇱 Poland
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
🇸🇰 Slovakia
🇦🇱 Albania
🇮🇪 Ireland
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇷🇴 Romania
🇲🇰 North Macedonia
🇽🇰 Kosovo
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇹🇷 Türkiye
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🇬🇬 Northern Ireland
🇧🇦 Bosnia-Herzegovina

📋Important notes:

👉 November 20: Draw
👉 There will be four keys to four teams
👉 They will play the semi-final and final in a single match (March 26-31)
👉 The winners of each key will qualify for the World Cup

🌎🌍🌏 Intercontinental

🇯🇲 Jamaica
🇸🇷 Suriname
🇧🇴 Bolivia
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
🇮🇶 Iraq
🇳🇨 New Caledonia

📋 Notes of interest

👉 November 20: Draw to define the keys
👉 The four worst teams will compete in the semifinals 🇧🇴🇯🇲🇳🇨🇸🇷 (March 23)
👉 The two best in the FIFA Ranking will be seeded in the finals 🇮🇶🇨🇩 (March 31)
👉 The winners of both keys qualify for the World Cup

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