2026 World Cup qualifiers: Countries that have been eliminated

Over 75 countries have been eliminated from the ongoing FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifiers taking across the globe.

FIFA disclosed this in a post via their website ahead of this week’s qualifiers in different continents.

DAILY POST brings you the countries that have so far failed in their quest to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

In the Africa zone, about 14 countries have been eliminated from the qualifying series after recording zero or lowest points in their groups.

The countries include the likes of Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Kenya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Togo and South Sudan.

Here are the countries that have been eliminated from the World Cup qualifiers across the globe so far:

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 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