2026 FIFA World Cup Thread

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IlliniFaninHoosierLand

IlliniFaninHoosierLand
IlliniFaninHoosierLand
Getting this thread started after today's draw:

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The UEFA Path A winner will be Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, or Northern Ireland.

The UEFA Path B winner will be Ukraine, Sweden, Poland, or Albania.

The UEFA Path C winner will be Slovakia, Kosovo, Turkiye, or Romania.

The UEFA Path D winner will be Czechia, Ireland, Denmark, or North Macedonia.

The FIFA Interconfederation Playoff 1 winner will be New Caledonia, Jamaica, or DR Congo.

The FIFA Interconfederation Playoff 2 winner will be Bolivia, Suriname, or Iraq.


The UEFA qualifiers and Interconfederation playoffs will be held in late March.
 
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IlliniFaninHoosierLand
World Cup play-off scores from today thus far:

Czechia 2:2 Ireland (4:3 PK)
Denmark 4:0 North Macedonia
Italy 2:0 Northern Ireland
Poland 2:1 Albania
Slovakia 3:4 Kosovo
Turkey 1:0 Romania
Ukraine 1:3 Sweden
Wales 1:1 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2:4 PK)
Bolivia 2:1 Suriname

In UEFA, these will be matchups on Tuesday for the playoff spots to qualify for the World Cup:

Bosnia and Herzegovina-Italy
Sweden-Poland
Kosovo-Turkey
Czechia-Denmark

Bolivia will face Iraq in one of the inter-confederation playoff finals on Tuesday.
 
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IlliniFaninHoosierLand
Today's scores thus far:

Bosnia & Herzegovina 1:1 (4:1 PKs) Italy
Sweden 3:2 Poland
Kosovo 0:1 Turkey
Czechia 2:2 (3:1 PKs) Denmark
DR Congo 1:0 AET Jamaica

Bosnia & Herzegovinia goes into group B with Canada, Qatar, and Switzerland.

Turkey goes into Group D with the USA, Paraguay, and Australia.

Sweden goes into Group F with Netherlands, Japan, and Tunisia.

Czechia goes into Group A with Mexico, South Africa, and South Korea.

DR Congo goes into Group K with Portugal, Uzbekistan, and Colombia.

The Men in Blazers brought up that Italy have not played a World Cup match since Luis Suarez bit Giorgio Chiellini in 2014.
 
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