Our system detected that your browser is blocking advertisements on our site. Please help support FoxesTalk by disabling any kind of ad blocker while browsing this site. Thank you.
Jump to content
 Share
StanSP

2026 World Cup

By StanSP, in World Cup 2026

Recommended Posts

shen

shen

Posted
Posted
6 hours ago, Alf Bentley said:

France qualify for WC finals.

 

Norway also qualify....unless they lose their last match to Italy by 9 goals. Italy look to be heading into the UEFA playoffs.

 

Ukraine v Iceland is now a sudden-death match for a playoff place: Ukraine need to win, Iceland need a draw.

 

Cameroon eliminated by a last-minute goal v. DR Congo, who now face Nigeria this weekend to decide which African nation makes the 6-team inter-continental play-offs.

 

Good 1-1 draw for Iraq in the away leg of their playoff v. UAE. Winner over 2 legs makes inter-continental play-offs.

 

Suriname now favourites to qualify directly after tonking El Salvador 4-0, though Panama or Guatemala could still catch them.

Curacao being so close to qualifying as well, pretty cool.

  • Like 1
Alf Bentley

Alf Bentley

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, shen said:

Curacao being so close to qualifying as well, pretty cool.

 

Indeed. Curacao would have the lowest population of any WC qualifier ever, apparently - less than half the population of Leicester!

Mind you, they still need at least a draw in Jamaica on Wednesday, otherwise they'd be in the play-offs. Trinidad & Tobago are now out.

 

Guatemala also now out, after losing 2-3 to Panama. Suriname and Panama now level on points going into the last match, but Suriname have a 3-goal GD advantage.

(Guatemala v Suriname & Panama v El Salvador on Wed.)

 

Haiti now have a strong chance of qualifying for the first time since 1974, after beating Costa Rica 1-0.

Honduras are top of that group on GD, but go to Costa Rica for their last match, while Haiti are home to eliminated Nicaragua.

 

So, despite the extra CONCACAF qualifying slots, no Central American nations might qualify for the first time in ages. 

Could be Suriname, Curacao & Haiti who qualify......though the anti-romantic in me anticipates Nigeria and Costa Rica qualifying via the play-offs...

 

Does WC nerdishness ever disappear? I've been getting nerdishly excited about WC qualification since the 70s! lol

  • Thanks 1
Bert

Bert

Posted
Posted
5 minutes ago, shen said:

Oh my word, Faroes leading in Croatia. They couldn't, could they?

They couldn’t 

  • Sad 1
Super_horns

Super_horns

Posted
Posted (edited)
10 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Always funny watching the northern Ireland games because the commentary is ridiculously biased. They are living dangerously. 

VAR saved them twice .

 

They’d take a point right now and hope a win v Luxembourg is enough if Germany beat Slovakia.

Edited by Super_horns
shen

shen

Posted
Posted
13 hours ago, Bert said:

They couldn’t 

They made a bloody good go of it though. For them to finish on 12 points and a positive goal difference (!) is absolutely mindboggling in a group containing Croatia, Czechia and Montenegro. They've outperformed Finland and Sweden which sounds unbelievable. It feels wrong that San Marino still have a chance of making it based on Nations League while the Faroes actually managed to stay in the C-tier.

  • Like 3
Super_horns

Super_horns

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, shen said:

They made a bloody good go of it though. For them to finish on 12 points and a positive goal difference (!) is absolutely mindboggling in a group containing Croatia, Czechia and Montenegro. They've outperformed Finland and Sweden which sounds unbelievable. It feels wrong that San Marino still have a chance of making it based on Nations League while the Faroes actually managed to stay in the C-tier.

And Sweden who will come 4th in their group and stunk the place out .

shen

shen

Posted
Posted
4 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

And Sweden who will come 4th in their group and stunk the place out .

Tbf Sweden could still qualify through their group and they won the Nations League group too.

  • Like 1
Bert

Bert

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, shen said:

Tbf Sweden could still qualify through their group and they won the Nations League group too.

Almost impossible that Sweden qualify through the group. 

Alf Bentley

Alf Bentley

Posted
Posted (edited)
14 minutes ago, Bert said:

Almost impossible that Sweden qualify through the group. 

 

Yep. Not mathematically impossible, but highly unlikely.

 

Sweden would need to win their last 2 matches: Switzerland (A) & Slovenia (H) - and would need Kosovo to lose their last 2: Slovenia (A) & Switzerland (H). 

That would put them in the play-offs via 2nd place in the group. That isn't going to happen - and you can quote me on that, when it does! :thumbup:

 

 

Edited by Alf Bentley
  • Like 1
Super_horns

Super_horns

Posted
Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Bert said:

Almost impossible that Sweden qualify through the group. 

 

47 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

Yep. Not mathematically impossible, but highly unlikely.

 

Sweden would need to win their last 2 matches: Switzerland (A) & Slovenia (H) - and would need Kosovo to lose their last 2: Slovenia (A) & Switzerland (H). 

That would put them in the play-offs via 2nd place in the group. That isn't going to happen - and you can quote me on that, when it does! :thumbup:

 

 

Graham Potter would be an instant hero there !

 

Can see the latter happening mind you .

 

Sweden will probably be 3rd at best .

Edited by Super_horns
  • Haha 1
Alf Bentley

Alf Bentley

Posted
Posted
4 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Can see the latter happening mind you .

 

That's why so many people lose money on accumulators! lol

 

Each of those 4 results COULD happen. Sweden winning in Switzerland seems a bit unlikely but not impossible. The other 3 results are highly possible.

2 or 3 of those results probably will happen....but 1 or 2 probably won't - and Sweden need all 4 to happen....

  • Like 1
CWC1983

CWC1983

Posted
Posted

Greece by 2 at least. 

 

Craig Gordon hasn't played a 1st team game this season and Glimour is a miss. 

 

Greece should have given us a hiding at Hampden, so I'm expecting revenge. 

 

 

whoareyaaa

whoareyaaa

Posted
Posted
25 minutes ago, CWC1983 said:

Greece by 2 at least. 

 

Craig Gordon hasn't played a 1st team game this season and Glimour is a miss. 

 

Greece should have given us a hiding at Hampden, so I'm expecting revenge. 

 

 

they are already out though so might play a part

  • Sad 1
Vacamion

Vacamion

Posted
Posted

 

The Greeks played Scotland off the park at Hampden and lost, and it looks like both sides are continuing in the same vein, but with the Greeks getting some reward this time.

 

Scotland will do very well to get anything here.

 

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...