Swedish footballer Viktor Gyokeres expressed pleasure over his team making it to the FIFA World Cup 2026 and also reflected on his dramatic 88th-minute match-winning goal to secure a 3-2 victory for Sweden over Poland in the World Cup qualification playoff final earlier this year.

Argentina secured a slender 1-0 win over struggling Chile in Matchday 15 of the FIFA World Cup 2026 CONMEBOL Qualifiers on Thursday, 5 June, with Julian Alvarez scoring early in the 16th minute to keep La Albiceleste at the top of the standings.

Peru are one of the CONMEBOL teams that will not be present at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. CONMEBOL will be represented by six nations at the 2026 FIFA World Cup ; however, Peru are among the teams that will not take part in the tournament .

Four debutants is the most a World Cup has seen for two decades, which is to be expected given the tournament's expansion. It is still a substantial increase on 2022, when hosts Qatar were the only ones.

The 48 teams competing at this summer’s World Cup are making their final preparations for the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico. They have qualified for what wi