In Asia, the final two teams to qualify were Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Qatar beat the UAE 2-1 to top Group A of the fourth round of Asian qualifiers, while Saudi Arabia drew 0-0 with Iraq and also qualified to top Group B.
Thus, Asia now has 8 representatives participating in the 2026 World Cup Finals, including: Japan, Iran, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Australia, South Korea, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Notably, England became the first European representative to participate, after a convincing 5-0 away win over Latvia.
This victory helped coach Thomas Tuchel's team maintain a perfect record after 6 matches, reaching 18 absolute points and 7 points more than the second-ranked team, Albania, while there are only two matches left in the group. With this result, the England team soon won a ticket to the biggest football festival on the planet, which will take place in the US, Canada and Mexico in 2026.
In Africa, the final three spots were awarded to South Africa, Ivory Coast and Senegal. All three teams won convincingly in the deciding matches: South Africa beat Rwanda 3-0, Ivory Coast beat Kenya by the same score and Senegal beat Mauritania 4-0.
Thus, the list of 28 teams that have won tickets to the 2026 World Cup Finals as of the morning of October 15 (Vietnam time) includes:
USA, Mexico, Canada (3 host teams), Japan, Iran, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Australia, South Korea, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, New Zealand, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, England, South Africa, Ivory Coast and Senegal.
The remaining 20 places will be determined through further qualifying matches between now and March 2026.
Source: https://nhandan.vn/xac-dinh-28-doi-tuyen-gianh-quyen-tham-du-world-cup-2026-post915448.html
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