Topic: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread - page 7. (Read 65447 times)

Just like you, I also want to see Indonesia compete in the World Cup next year and I think for now the opportunity is wide open after Indonesia managed to defeat Saudi Arabia, to be honest after the defeat from China, I started to be pessimistic about Indonesian chances, but the revival they showed in the last match is of course very extraordinary, at this time they just need to stay focused on the remaining matches and target to still be able to win points no matter who the opponent is,  the change in the format of the World Cup, allows teams like Indonesia to show their abilities, so indeed their not can to waste the opportunities that exist today.

The host nations and FIFA strive to make each World Cup tournament more attractive, resulting in tougher competition each season. The 2026 World Cup is going to be even more competitive than the 2022 World Cup was. We can see a lot of new things in the 2026 World Cup. In 2022 a lot of technology was used to make the tournament beautiful and accurate and in 2022 world cup but players and fans were happy with all the decisions but there were some wrong decisions due to penalty in last world cup tournament hopefully nothing like that will happen in 2026 world cup tournament. Argentina won the last World Cup from Latin America, so the European teams will definitely try to do well in the upcoming World Cup.

The teams who qualified for the World Cup are hard working teams and the players of that teams are very confident players.  These team have to give good effort to win against big teams because in World Cup they will face top teams of the World which are performing well. We saw last match of Japan team which it played against China football team and that was one sided match and we saw Japan team was top class team of World Cup qualifing round. South Korea team qualified for the World Cup and that team should continue their hard work.The players of South Korea and Japan football team are at peak and fans are impressed by the players of that team and they should try to give good performance in next matches because they will play in World Cup and they got this opportunity.

Maybe apart from these teams, some other teams have a good chance to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Iran, South Korea and Japan are currently performing best in the FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers matches. These teams are all at the top of the points table. Although Saudi Arabia and Australia performed poorly in the qualifier matches, they have been playing in the FIFA World Cup for a long time, maybe they will qualify for the 2026 World Cup as well.

The performance of all Japanese players in the Asian Qualifier matches was outstanding, although most of the players in their team were young but they gave their best performance for the team. Japan have won five out of six matches in the Asian qualifiers, so they may have a good chance of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup.

In last few years while we have too much engagement of Social Media many things are wide opening, and we have too many scams and controversies about these sports organizations with FIFA are regarded as one of the most corrupt organization due to their huge market and presence around the world hosting of 2022 by Qatar was surely due to all bribery and gifts which were given by Qatari authorities to few countries for their vote.

But now as we have increase in teams with most chances we will be having 3 countries as host for the event is good development this will bring more money and involvement of countries and many countries those were want to host this event, but they were not able to do this now can go ahead with co-host partners.

The Japanese national team is known for its strong determination and never giving up. Therefore, if Japan is able to penetrate the main round of the 2026 World Cup, they will fight tooth and nail to be able to give their best. One thing I admire about Japan is that they never underestimate their opponents, even though when viewed from their strengths they are indeed very different, but once again Japan never underestimates its opponents, and that is also what makes the team nicknamed the blue samurai always give their best in every appearance.


Not everyone likes and can play football, but everyone definitely likes watching football matches, especially if the one competing is their favorite national team. Indonesia, China and India are the 3 most populous countries in the world, but as you said because of the poor federation arrangements, this opportunity is not utilized as well as possible. Because if you could say that they are the target market, yes they are the target market, especially Indonesia whose people are crazy about football.

The nightmare with the Italian national team especially in the past two world cup qualifiers is quite surprsing and amazing at the same time. How can a team as popular as the Italian national team fail to qualify consecutively in the last two world cup editions? It must be very depressing situation for the team. I don't think Italy lacks talented players per say, but these players seem to be disconnected and the talent in them hasn't been necessarily nurtured and coordinated properly.

I know the main problem the Italian national team is faced with now is how to properly manage the young talented players while reducing a number of the old players. The team needs a tactician who knows how to effectively handle the squad depth to be more consistent, stable and qualified to go far in this tournament.

Yes, there is no doubt about that, however I would like to see this team in the World Cup, besides it would be very good because I consider that all of them deserve to go, only a few that can reach the qualification, now that I have seen that the format of the World Cup has changed, I see that everything is more competitive, instead of being seen as easier to get there, the teams are having a hard time, in the South American qualification even Brazil has had a hard time, and if it costs a monster like this, what is left for the others? Indonesia cannot give up, they have to give their all.

No doubt mathematically many things possible but due to quality difference most chances we will be having no problems for these top three teams for having spots into world cup as Japan, Korea and Iran are well-balanced with quality players and experienced all others are still looking for having consistency and their quality is also not good.

As we have a good number of spots for the AFC with this in future we will be having good improvement because now many countries feeling they can go into this mega event which could be good boost for them as this can also bring good change in domestic level AFC needs to work in few countries which are surely going to be good for them India, China and Indonesia are most populated countries but sadly lack of strong domestic setup which is most important for the success in this game.

Among the Asian countries, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, these three teams qualified to play the World Cup. In the last World Cup, Qatar was the host nation, which did not require them to qualify for the World Cup, but they qualified to play in the World Cup as the host nation. There is still a lot of speculation about the final teams for the 2026 World Cup. It is also possible that the teams that we have seen qualify for the main stage in the 2022 World Cup may not qualify for the main stage of the 2026 World Cup. But there is a good chance for Japan to qualify for 2026 World Cup and if Japan can qualify for the main stage of 2026 World Cup then I believe they will do well there.

we with our Italian national team are in quite a bad situation, i dont see how we can get through the groups, we are totally inconsistent as a team and we have no ideas, no courage and above all no character.
I see it very badly, a fearful decline that brings a lot of sadness, at least to me

This time I guess 8 teams will be put into the Fifa World Cup 2026 (direct slots) while there will be one playoff slots. You can see the popularity of football in Asia by the fact that a total of 46 teams were initially went for the selection and 18 teams can still have the chance to qualify. However, the quality of football in Asian regions still does not match the standard of the Americans and Europeans but we cannot deny the efforts of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for bringing popularity of football in this region

Japan, which has always been one of Asia's representatives for the World Cup, has indeed played well. It can be said that they are the best in Asia. But currently, teams in Asia are also improving, especially with the additional quota for Asian representatives who can qualify for the World Cup. In addition to Japan and Australia, teams such as Iran, South Korea, and Uzbekistan have also shown good performance. Teams from Asia may not be favorites in the World Cup, but maybe some of them will make history and new achievements for their countries.

Indonesia has just started, they are cutting a generation, renewing their squad depth with young players. This is a long-term project for Indonesia, they hope that the players they are currently training can play longer in the national team, so that chemistry between players can really be created.

Regarding Japan, they only need one win to qualify for the World Cup, because the points they have obtained so far are quite a lot and no national team in the group has been able to shift Japan's position as the leader of the standings, but even so, that will not make Japan choose to relax in the remaining matches, they will continue to show good performance to maintain the consistency of their national team, they will try to sweep the remaining matches.

And regarding the Saudi Arabian national team, Saudi Arabia has a league that is divided in Asia, but what Saudi Arabia showed in the World Cup qualifiers, it does not reflect at all that they are also the best team in Asia. Because, despite having the best league in Asia, but the players who are included in the Saudi Arabian national team squad, in their clubs, most of the players are just bench warmers, they have few playing minutes so that the performance of the players decreases. And this is what makes the team experience a significant decline, different from what they showed in the last World Cup.

In Asia they are the country that occupies the highest rank, so it is very natural when they can continuously qualify for the World Cup. In terms of the game, they also have their own characteristics and when facing European countries, their game is not disappointing and they even make a surprise when they can beat big countries. Japan also has good coaching and also many of their players have careers in Europe, not only to become reserve players because they also get a place in the club. However, Japan also achieved this through a very long and tiring process, and the results they can enjoy now.

Japan was never absense playing at world cup since 1998 and total they have been playing at this tournament 7 times and the latest is on world cup 2022 and Japan also can able reach to round of 16 or knock out stages 4 times so i think this is good achievement and compared to other Asian teams who participate on world cup i think they are the best Asian team so far with South Korea and for qualification stages Japan most likely will be advances to the world cup 2026 because they are unstoppable in Group C even their strong contender Australia cannot keep up them because Australia only can collect 7 points from 6 matches so Japan will be qualified as Group champion

Many changes have occurred to the Indonesian national team in the World Cup qualifiers, although there are doubts that Indonesia will qualify, but this could become a reality in 2016. It would be good luck for Indonesia if they can win 2 matches out of the remaining four matches and they are guaranteed to qualify.
What I doubt is that the physical condition being so different from the opposing players will be an obstacle for them in scoring goals. China and Japan are strong teams. Indonesia's only two hopes are Australia and Bahrain. that's the place to look for points to ensure you pass the qualifications.

Well, that something that actually can't be done by some team, especially Indonesia which as whole relies on young players and often has unstable emotions, Japan has senior players who are really experienced and that can have good impact on young players because their mentality and self-confidence are more maintained.

It the same with Saudi Arabia, but I don't consider it good achievement considering that in the group phase, big team often lose and look difficult, but after reaching the round of 16 to the quarter-finals, they will show their true strength.

Indonesia is a team that practically has a similar situation to that of Venezuela in the South American qualifiers, but to be honest I see that Indonesia has a much better and more feasible situation, Australia can be beaten, China is strong, but I have seen Indonesian football and I like it, the only thing I think it lacks is more height because that has a lot to do with heading in corner kicks, but the players are more skillful and that is also good, the situation can arise in 2025 so that they can go to the World Cup, I hope that Indonesia can go, I want to see that team demonstrate its football in the USA.

Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 world cup, not 2030 world cup.
The 2030 world cup will be hosted by Spain, Portugal, and Morocco.


In group A, Iran has 3 more points than the second placed team and 6 points more than the third placed team.
In group B, South Korea has 3 more points than the second place team and 5 points more than the third placed team.