World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – Big surprise farewell – World Cup 2022 in Qatar – football

World Cup 2026 Qualifiers - Big surprise farewell - World Cup 2022 in Qatar - football

Leonardo Bonucci’s disappointment was evident. Italy lost to North Macedonia in the play-offs of the European World Cup qualifiers in Palermo, just months after defeating England at the 2021 European Championship in London. “In other confederations there are teams that have lost four or five games”Bonucci said. “And we were out in our only defeat after a goal in the 92nd minute. This system is crazy.”

Bonucci was not exaggerating, at least statistically. Uruguay and Ecuador also finished with six defeats in South America – albeit in completely different ways. The 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada will see multiple teams providing more security in qualifying. Because with 48 teams that are allowed to play, failure is made more difficult for the big guys.

16 Europeans, more than half from South America

The number of participants in each union increases. From 2026, 16 teams will play in Europe instead of 13. Be it Italy in 2022 and 2018, the Netherlands in 2002, England and France in 1994 – such big surprises are bound to be rare.

The new situation in South America is even more dire. There are ten members of the CONMEBOL confederation, in the future South America will be allowed to send six of them to the World Cup, plus one playoff participant. Tasks for CONMEBOL: Developing a suspense-packed mode that allows teams of three to finish the quest.

There are six teams and two playoff participants in the 2026 Confederation for North, Central America and the Caribbean. The United States, Canada and Mexico are still expected to debut as hosts. The prospects for insular states were growing and this was also a disdain for FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

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