No fewer than 75 countries have crashed out of the ongoing FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifiers taking place across the globe.
FIFA confirmed this in a post on its official website ahead of this week’s round of matches on different continents.
In Africa, about 14 countries have been sent packing after recording zero or the lowest points in their groups.
The teams are: Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Kenya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Togo and South Sudan.
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Across the world, more countries have joined the exit list. They include: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 already eliminated 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.