Out of FIFA World Cup 2026 (Photo: Getty Images)
FIFA World Cup 2026 It is going to start from 12th June. This time a record 48 teams are participating in this tournament. But the big thing is that 5 teams including 4-time champion Italy are out of this year’s FIFA World Cup. Apart from Italy, the four big teams that have not qualified for the FIFA World Cup are Nigeria, Denmark, Poland and Ukraine. This time the FIFA World Cup is being organized in 3 countries. Apart from America, Mexico and Canada are its hosts.
Italy’s absence from the FIFA World Cup 2026 is shocking. Italy’s team is 4-time world champion. It won the FIFA World Cup title for the first time in 1934. Then defended its title in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. In 1982, Italy won the FIFA World Cup for the third time. In 2006, this team became champion for the fourth and last time.
Italy is at number 12 in the current FIFA world rankings. This is the third consecutive time that this team has not been able to be a part of the FIFA World Cup. Italy also failed to qualify for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. Italy suffered a defeat against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the penalty shoot-out, due to which it could not qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Like Italy, Denmark also suffered a defeat in the penalty shoot-out, which kept them out of the FIFA World Cup 2026. This team, which is ranked 20th in the current world ranking of FIFA, was being called the dark horse in the last FIFA World Cup.
Nigeria, the 26th-ranked team in the FIFA rankings, will also not be seen playing in the FIFA World Cup this time. However, this will not be the first time but the second consecutive time that she will be out of the FIFA World Cup. Nigeria did not even qualify for the last World Cup. DR Congo has qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026 in place of Nigeria.
It has been 20 years since Ukraine played its last FIFA World Cup. He played his last Football World Cup in 2006. Ukraine’s FIFA ranking is 32nd. This team did not get the World Cup ticket this time due to the defeat by Sweden in the UEFA qualifying playoff.
Poland is ranked 35th in the current FIFA rankings. This team was defeated 3-2 by Sweden in the final of the UEFA qualifying playoff, with which its dream of playing in the FIFA World Cup 2026 was also shattered. Poland played the last World Cup, where it made it to the round of 16.
