Thursday 29/January/2026 – 04:30 AM
6 Arab teams have tentatively reserved their seats in the World Cup hand 2027, with the possibility of increasing the number, after the qualification of 16 teams from different continents has been completed so far, awaiting the determination of the remaining seats through the European playoff and invitation cards.
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Among the teams qualifying from the European continent are Germany, the host, and Denmark, the title holders, along with Croatia and Iceland, while the fifth place is decided between Portugal and Sweden, at a time when France is waiting to participate in the extended European playoff scheduled to be held next May, during which 10 teams will compete for passage tickets to the World Cup.
Regarding the African continent, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Cape Verde secured qualification, while a fifth seat remains to be decided between the teams of Morocco, Guinea, Nigeria or Angola, so that the Arabs continue their strong presence on the global scene.
On the Asian continent, the teams of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Japan qualified, while the qualified teams from South America were: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
So far, 10 European play-off seats remain, in addition to one seat for North America, and two seats with two invitation cards, with one of the two invitation cards going to one of the Australian or New Zealand teams, as they occupy a position lower than sixth in the final standings of the Asian Nations Championship.
It is expected that the final picture of the teams participating in the 2027 World Cup will be completed after the end of the playoff matches and the identification of the invitation card holders, amid great anticipation of the level of competition in the next tournament.
