The success of Spain in the view of Serbia (3-0) in the group stage of League of Nations Italy was automatically made the top seed in the draw for qualification in World Cup 2026.
Regardless of how you finished in your Nations League group, Italy will be present in the qualifying phase of the next one World Cup of Canada, Mexico and the United Statesas the leader of the series, avoiding great rivals such as the Spanish team itself or Germany.
The one in Luciano Spalletti They top their Nations League group France and Belgium, but even if they lose their two remaining games and finish third, outside of the quarterfinals, they will be fighting for a place in the North American World Cup.
The qualification, which is actually only one point away through the Nations League, came thanks to Spainwhich with its victory over Serbia allowed Italy to access through the FIFA ranking.
The first two in each group (8 teams) and the 4 with the best FIFA rankings will enter the European qualifying phase of the 2026 World Cup as seeds. If he finishes third in his group, he is mathematically classified SpainI should have been first Portugal, Netherlands and Englandwhich ensured fourth place by ranking.
The absence in the last two World Cup events, the Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022qualification for the next World Cup has been made urgent. The priority of this project Spallettieliminated in the round of 16 of Euro 2024, will go to North America.
Being seeded provides a path that, in the same way, has to close between March 2025 and March 2026, dates in which this classification is contention in which the repetition of the failures of 2018 and 2022 will increase the scale of humiliation experienced in the last decade.
The last World Cup he played Italy is that of Brazil 2014, it is 10 years now and it will be 12 by 2026. If they are left out of the World Cup again, they will be at least 16 years without playing in a World Cup.
The draw for this qualifying phase will be held at Zürich (Switzerland) next December 13th.
Source: La Verdad
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