2026 World Cup: 10 top countries that will not be at tournament

At slightest 10 countries which antecedently played astatine the World Cup, volition not beryllium portion of the 2026 tournament.

From Africa, the notable absentees volition beryllium Cameroon and Nigeria.

The 2 West African nations some mislaid to Congo DR astatine the African play-offs, portion the Leopards person go the 10th squad from the continent to qualify.

Italy, Denmark and Poland are the apical European countries that volition miss out, aft losing successful their play-off finals.

Bosnia, Czech Republic and Sweden each took their spots instead.

The South American trio of Chile, Peru and Bolivia volition ticker the World Cup from home.

Bolivia came the closest to qualifying, but mislaid 2-1 to Iraq successful the intercontinental play-off final.

China (Asia) and Costa Rica (North America) are 2 teams that volition besides not beryllium astatine the tournament.

2026 World Cup: 10 apical countries that volition not beryllium astatine tournament