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2026: Can Asian champions Qatar reach the knockouts? **Previous World Cup appearances**: One **Best performance**: Group stage (2022) **First appearance**: 2022 (Qatar) **Top goal scorer**: Mohammed Muntari (1) **Most appearances**: Abdelkarim Hassan, Boualem Khoukhi, Akram
World Cup squad? Brazil coach Ancelotti said he chose Neymar among the nine attackers after seeing an improvement in his fitness levels. Neymar da Silva Santos Jr is Brazil’s all-time leading scorer
players from that squad still in Qatar’s 2026 World Cup team, while Switzerland have seven survivors from that defeat, including Granit Xhaka and Remo Freuler. Opta’s 25,000 simulations make Switzerland the clear
2026-1776670778](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/INTERACTIVE-Football-FIFA-How-teams-are-group-World-Cup-2026-1776670778.png?quality=80) The only recent disappointments come in the World Cup, yet there are mitigating circumstances. In 2018, the West Africans were the first side in competition history to be eliminated
2026 World Cup roster in New York, last month.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5045x5045+1078+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F78%2Ffa%2Fd3769dbf466d9b9657112110136a%2Fwob-2336.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5855763/2026-world-cup-usmnt-players-roster) ### [Soccer Edition](https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-98388/soccer-edition) ### [Your cheat sheet to the 26 players on the U.S. World Cup team](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5855763/2026-world-cup-usmnt-players-roster) From top
World Cup's top scorer. ## Be an all-rounder Muller beat more experienced players to the prize in 2010 - by a whisker. The 20-year-old and Diego Forlan of Uruguay scored a goal apiece
top spot in Group B and sealed the most remarkable chapter in their World Cup journey. ](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/17/nx-s1-5835229/mexico-south-korea-world-cup-fans-coreano-hermano) ### [Soccer Edition](https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-98388/soccer-edition) ### ['Coreano Hermano': Ahead of Mexico vs. South Korea, it's all love between the fans
2026: ## Contenders for the Golden Boot:  England’s Harry Kane celebrates scoring their second goal against Albania in the World Cup qualifiers [File: Peter Cziborra/Reuters] ## Harry Kane – England **Previous
World Cup 2026 - Group C - Haiti v Scotland - Boston Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts, U.S. - June 13, 2026 Haiti coach Sebastien Migne gives instructions to his players during a hydration break REUTERS/Brian Snyder](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-06-14T023642Z_628323255_UP1EM6E0795U5_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-WORLDCUP-HTI-SCO-1781858354.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C557&quality=80) Haiti
2026 World Cup, joining a list of players that includes Pele. Born in Colombia, the 29-year-old played for the country’s youth teams but never the senior Colombian side. After moving to Mexico
2026, he is the only man to have scored in five editions of the tournament (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022). However, of his eight World Cup goals, none have come in knockout games
top against the then-holders. They also take on Norway at the same venue on June 22 and Iraq in Toronto on June 26. Senegal reached the World Cup quarterfinals in 2002 before losing
World Cup qualifier in Baghdad since. In March 2020, Fifa gave the green light to the southern city of Basra, meaning that, at last, crucial home games did not have to take place in Jordan
2026 South Africa players pose for a team group photo before the match REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-06-02T162223Z_261121934_RC25JLABVPX9_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-WORLDCUP-GROUPA-SAFRICA-1781069658.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) South Africa are among the 10 African nations – the most ever – at this FIFA World Cup
2026 due to injury? [Mohamed Salah](/sports/2026/4/26/injured-salah-has-played-his-last-game-for-liverpool-egypt-team-official) has become the latest player to sustain an injury weeks ahead of the World Cup, adding to his team’s and supporters’ woes as Egypt return
top. Neymar is also back in the squad after a two and a half year absence, but his [long decline](/sports/2026/5/19/fifa-world-cup-2026-all-to-know-about-neymar-surprise-brazil-selection-ancelotti) from untouchable talisman to fitness gamble has added uncertainty to Brazil’s World Cup
2026 World Cup for the first time, the team fell short and then failed dismally to qualify for next year's AFC Asian Cup. In the near term, a ticket to the Asian Cup - which