Iran is happy about World Cup qualification: The dream of 2026 lives!
Iran is happy about World Cup qualification: The dream of 2026 lives!
Teheran, Iran - Iran's national football team secured the World Cup ticket for the final round of the 2026 World Cup on March 25, 2025. This is the seventh qualification of the team in its history. The crucial point secured the team by a 2: 2 (0: 1) draw against Uzbekistan in Tehran, which means that Iran can no longer be replaced by one of the first two places in group A of Asia qualification. In the FIFA world rankings, Iran currently takes 18th place. The team coach is Amir Ghalenoei.
The performance of striker Mehdi Taremi, who comes from Inter Milan and equalized twice in the game, was particularly outstanding. While Iran is now certainly qualified for the World Cup, the Uzbekistani continues to have a good chance of celebrating their first World Cup debut.extended participation and qualification mode
The anticipation for the 2026 World Cup is reinforced by the increase in the number of participants from 32 to 48 teams, as the Asian football conference (AFC) announced. For the Asian teams, the changes mean that 8 to 9 teams from Asia will probably take part in the World Cup, which is a significant increase compared to a maximum of 5 teams at the last World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
The qualification process for the 2026 World Cup started in October 2023 and runs until November 2025. A total of 46 teams take part in the qualification and 8 World Cup tickets are awarded. The qualification mode is divided into several rounds. In the first round, the 20 weakest nations start in the knockout system, with the 10 winners rise. In the second round, 36 teams play in 9 groups of four, from which the group winners and seconds are qualified for the third round.
The upcoming steps to the 2026 World Cup
In the third round, 18 teams play in 3 six groups, from which 6 teams qualify directly for the World Cup. The third round and fourth fourth rounds then fight in two other World Cup starting spaces in two groups of three. The last two places for the World Cup are finally awarded via an intercontinental playoff in March 2026, in which the winners of the first and second legs receive the last chance of participating in the World Cup.
So far, Japan and New Zealand have already qualified for the World Cup. The three hosts, USA, Canada and Mexico, are also automatically qualified for the tournament. The review of the qualification and the further steps gives hope for an exciting World Cup 2026.| Details | |
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