Rapido de Bouzas Overview

How have debutant teams performed at the FIFA World Cup?

Four nations will make debuts at the 2026 World Cup, with Cape Verde, Curacao, Jordan and Uzbekistan set to grace the grandest stage in international football for the first time. It will be the tournament with the most newcomers since 2006 and all will have ambitions of ending a 16-year wait for a debutant to reach the knockout stages.

‘Doku is pure football’ - Qualities that make winger ‘dangerous’

Toby Alderweireld has told GOAL why Manchester City winger Jeremy Doku is “pure football”, with the tricky forward considered to be a “dangerous” operator that can illuminate the 2026 World Cup with Belgium. Fans across the globe are looking for creative performers of that ilk to get them off their seats as the best players on the planet descend on North America and prepare to compete for ultimate glory.

Last Dance: Legends playing at their final World Cup in '26

The 2026 World Cup is set to be a historic tournament, unlike any that have come before it. Expanded to 48 teams for the first time and spread across three countries - the United States, Canada and Mexico - it promises to be the biggest spectacle in the competition’s near-100-year history.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	PTS	Form
2	Spartans FC	36	18	10	8	60	39	21	64	D D W L W
3	Clyde	36	14	14	8	58	41	17	56	L W W W W
4	Forfar Athletic	36	13	11	12	51	47	4	50	D W W W W
5	Stranraer	36	12	11	13	46	46	0	47	W D L W D
6	Elgin City	36	11	11	14	51	55	-4	44	L D D L L

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