2026 World Cup: Italy relieved, rampant Gyökeres, Kosovo shock | OneFootball

The four finals are now set!

This Thursday evening, the eight European semi-finals of the 2026 World Cup qualifying playoffs took place. 

Check out all the results and the four finals that will be played on Tuesday night!

Italy will play in its final!

Italy can breathe... until Tuesday night! 

The four-time world champions, who have not played in a World Cup since 2014, beat Northern Ireland 2-0 thanks to goals from Sandro Tonali and Moise Kean.

Gennaro Gattuso's men will face Bosnia and Herzegovina, who beat Wales on penalties!

Gyökeres carries Sweden, showdown with Lewandowski up next

Sweden can thank Viktor Gyökeres! The Arsenal striker scored a hat-trick against Ukraine (3-1). Three precious goals that send the Swedes through to the final stage, against... Poland!

Robert Lewandowski, who also got on the scoresheet, and his teammates had a scare but won 2-1 against Albania.

Denmark in control

Comfortable 4-0 win for Denmark against North Macedonia.

The Euro 2021 semi-finalists will face the Czech Republic in the final after they beat Ireland on penalties.

Kosovo's stunning upset!

Türkiye beat Romania 1-0 earlier in the evening thanks to a goal from Ferdi Kadıoğlu.

Arda Güler and his teammates will therefore play for a place at the World Cup this Tuesday night, in the final, against Kosovo, incredible 4-3 winners in Slovakia!

The 4 finals

Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Italy

Czech Republic or Ireland vs Denmark

Sweden vs Poland

Kosovo vs Türkiye

As a reminder, the winners of these four matches will play in the World Cup next June!

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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