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The 2026 World Cup saw four more teams qualify on the afternoon of this Tuesday (14).

Senegal and Ivory Coast became the latest African teams to qualify directly for the World Cup.

England became the first European country to secure a spot in next year's tournament.

Portugal came within minutes of joining the English, but conceded a late equalizer to Hungary and had to postpone their goal.

Meanwhile, in Asia, Saudi Arabia claimed the continent’s eighth and final direct spot.

Check below to see how the qualifications unfolded:

England

The team managed by Thomas Tuchel only needed an away win against Latvia to confirm their World Cup spot.

And things were set on the right track quickly, with three English goals scored before halftime.

Anthony Gordon opened the scoring and Kane found the net twice.

In the second half, two more goals sealed the 5-0 rout.

Albania (11 points) and Serbia (10 points) are fighting for second place in Group K, which leads to the European playoffs.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia and Iraq faced off in a direct clash for Asia’s last direct World Cup spot.

The Saudis played at home and only needed a draw to qualify.

Although Iraq needed a win, the team produced little, was dominated for most of the match, and only came alive in the final stretch.

Neither team was effective in attack and the match ended 0-0.

Iraq and the United Arab Emirates will face each other in a two-legged playoff in November to determine Asia’s representative in the World Cup intercontinental playoff.

Ivory Coast

The Ivorians finished their qualifying campaign without conceding a single goal in the ten matches played.

This Tuesday, the team needed three points to secure qualification and beat Kenya.

Gabon finished just one point behind in the group.

Senegal

The Senegalese also needed three points to confirm their participation in next year’s World Cup.

And they got them without much difficulty, thrashing Mauritania 4-0.

Star player Sadio Mané contributed two goals.

All Qualified Teams 👇🏽

AFC - Asia

🇦🇺 Australia - 🇰🇷 South Korea - 🇮🇷 Iran - 🇯🇵 Japan - 🇯🇴 Jordan (debut) - 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (debut) - 🇶🇦 Qatar -  🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

CAF - Africa

🇲🇦 Morocco - 🇹🇳 Tunisia - 🇩🇿 Algeria - 🇪🇬 Egypt - 🇬🇭 Ghana - 🇨🇻 Cape Verde (debut) - 🇿🇦 South Africa - Ivory Coast - Senegal

Concacaf - Central and North America

🇨🇦 Canada (host nation) - 🇺🇸 United States (host nation) - 🇲🇽 Mexico (host nation)

Conmebol - South America

🇦🇷 Argentina - 🇧🇷 Brazil - 🇨🇴 Colombia - 🇪🇨 Ecuador - 🇵🇾 Paraguay - 🇺🇾 Uruguay

OFC - Oceania

🇳🇿 New Zealand

Uefa - Europe

🏴 England

Allocation of Spots

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

📸 KENZO TRIBOUILLARD - AFP or licensors