The FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifications that are now taking place around the world have eliminated more than 75 nations.
FIFA made this announcement on their website prior to this week’s continental qualifiers.
The nations who have not yet qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup are listed in the.
In the Africa zone, about 14 countries have been eliminated from the qualifying series after recording zero or lowest points in their groups.
The countries include the likes of Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Kenya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Togo and South Sudan.
Here are the countries that have been eliminated from the World Cup qualifiers across the globe so far:
Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montserrat, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Tahiti, Tajikistan, Thailand, The Gambia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam and Yemen.
Others are Afghanistan, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China PR, Chinese Taipei, Congo, Cook Islands, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Eswatini, Fiji, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong, China, India, Kenya, Korea DPR, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic and Laos