Panama, Jamaica and Iraq are well-placed to qualify for next year’s Intercontinental World Cup Playoffs, while Bolivia and New Caledonia have already booked their passage to qualifying tournament to played in the Mexican cities of Guadalajara and Monterrey in March 2026.
The CONCACAF Playoffs will also go down the wire Sunday.
In Group A, Panama with 9 points face El Salvador, while Jamaica on 10 points take on Curacao. Haiti on 8 points are the other team in the qualifying bracket as the two best runners-up advance to the Intercontinental Playoffs.
In the Asia Playoffs, UAE and Iraq drew 1-1 and will clash again tomorrow to determine who will march on to the Intercontinental Playoffs.
Iraq will go through should UAE fail to score in Basra.
Should the Super Eagles win Sunday’s CAF Playoffs against DR Congo, they and Panama will be the highest-ranked of the six teams at the tournament.
They will each be seeded to play only one match (the two Final matches), after the other four had battled out semi-final matches.
