World Cup 2026: which countries have qualified and how did they do it?

Source: The Guardian Link: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/10/world-cup-2026-which-countries-have-qualified-and-how-did-they-do-it Published: April 01, 2026 Keywords: Canada We now know all 48 teams that will play in the US, Canada and Mexico later this year – this is how they got there Nine countries qualified as group winners – Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Ghana, Cape Verde, South Africa, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire – and the Democratic Republic of Congo gave the continent a 10th representative at the tournament by battling through the playoffs. Egypt Mohamed Salah scored twice as Hossam Hassan’s side beat Djibouti 3-0 in Casablanca in October and made up for missing out on Qatar 2022 by reaching the finals with a game in hand. This will be Egypt’s fourth finals, even though they have yet to win a game. Bizarrely, the Pharaohs did qualify for the first World Cup, in 1930, but missed their boat from Marseille to South America after a storm delayed them . Continue reading... --- This article was automatically collected by the Observatory News Scraper.