World Cup 2026 has 6 tickets left: Will the last train call Italy's name?

TPO - Curacao, Haiti and Panama are the latest teams to win tickets to the 2026 World Cup. Thus, the biggest football festival on the planet taking place in the US, Mexico and Canada has only 6 spots left.

The final tickets to the 2026 World Cup will be determined after the European play-offs and Intercontinental play-offs.

The 12 European teams that will compete in the play-off round include: Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, Wales, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ireland, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Sweden, Romania, North Macedonia and Northern Ireland. The 12 teams are divided into 4 groups, play a series of semi-finals, then find the 8 teams to play in the final to win tickets to the "late train" to the 2026 World Cup.

The final two tickets to the 2026 World Cup were determined in the Intercontinental play-off. 6 teams, representing 6 continental football confederations including: Bolivia (South America), Republic of Congo (Africa), New Caledonia (Oceania), Iraq (Asia), Jamaica and Suriname (North Central America).

Sweden were lucky to enter the play-offs thanks to a chance from the Nations League.

Once again, Italy are the "big guys" who fell behind in the European qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup. The Azzurri will meet one of four teams: Sweden, Romania, North Macedonia or Northern Ireland in the play-off semi-finals. In this group, Sweden and North Macedonia eliminated Italy in the play-offs for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Coach Gattuso and his team entered the European play-offs with each match being a matter of life and death. Italy has the advantage of playing at home in the semi-finals and the final (if they win the next match). Italian fans and media are very afraid of the scenario of facing Sweden in the play-off semi-finals. After Sweden are North Macedonia and Romania, unpredictable "unknowns" for Italy.

On November 20, FIFA will draw lots to determine the matches in the European and Intercontinental play-offs. The final round of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup will take place in March next year.

Teams with tickets to World Cup 2026:

Asia: Japan, South Korea, Iran, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Uzbekistan.

Europe: France, England, Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, Austria, Scotland.

South America: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay.

Africa: Algeria, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Senegal, Cape Verde.

Oceania: New Zealand.

North Central America: United States, Mexico and Canada (host), Panama, Haiti, Curacao.

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