Identifying 1 more team to win a ticket to the 2026 World Cup

(Dan Tri) - Morocco became the first African team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after a 5-0 win over Niger. As of the morning of September 6, FIFA has determined 17 teams to participate in the tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico.

17 teams have early tickets to the World Cup

Host (3 teams): USA, Mexico, Canada

Asia (6 teams): Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Uzbekistan.

South America (6 teams): Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Oceania (1 team): New Zealand

Africa (1 team): Morocco

Last night, the 2026 World Cup qualifying round in Africa took place. All attention was focused on the match between Morocco and Niger in Group E. Before this match, the North African team was leading the group with 15 points after 5 matches, 6 points more than the second-placed team, Tanzania.

Morocco excellently won a ticket to attend the 2026 World Cup (Photo: Getty).

Coach Walid Regragui and his team have the chance to become the first African team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup if they win against Niger. They had no difficulty completing that task after a 5-0 victory over Niger.

With superior class and home advantage, Morocco created an overwhelming attacking game. In the first half, the "Atlas Lions" led their opponents 2-0 thanks to a brace from midfielder Ismael Saibari.

In the second half, Morocco scored three more goals by Ayoub El Kaabi, Hamza Igamane and Azzedine Ounahi, to end the match with a score of 5-0.

In the remaining match in this group, Niger was held to a 1-1 draw by Congo. Thus, Morocco increased the gap with Tanzania to 8 points in the context of only two rounds of African qualifying. That helped Morocco secure the top spot in the group.

Morocco was a phenomenon at the 2022 World Cup when they reached the semi-finals (Photo: FIFA).

In the 2026 World Cup finals, Africa will have 9.5 places (9 direct places and 1 place in the Intercontinental play-off). With the current situation, Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, and Tunisia are likely to be the next names on this continent to participate in the 2026 World Cup.

Thus, up to now, FIFA has determined 17 teams participating in the 2026 World Cup including Canada, Mexico, USA (host), Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Uzbekistan (Asia), New Zealand (Oceania), Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay (South America) and Morocco (Africa).

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