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Although Arab fans were used to a limited presence in previous editions, the qualifiers for the World Cup 2026 came to confirm the intensity of the competition and the number of teams, especially since eight qualifying teams have participated in the past. Arab Cup The event took place in Qatar, a tournament that many have turned into a real place to prepare before facing the biggest challenge in the world.
The Arab Championship saw a strong clash between… Morocco And Jordan completed the “Atlas Lions” crown after a thrilling 3-2 victory, where… Iraq national team He focused on the international competitions that won the World Cup at that time, but despite this, he managed to reach the quarter-finals before defeating “Al-Nashama”.
The arrival of eight Arab teams to the World Cup shows a historic change in the desires of Arab football, which is no longer satisfied with participation or obtaining symbolic results, but the desire to reach the leading stages, benefiting from the historical record achieved by Morocco in the 2022 edition by reaching the semi-finals of what the Arab player achieved and changing the fourth stage. about himself and his ability to compete with the world’s leaders.
To realize the extent of this development, it is enough to go back to the previous editions of World CupThe presence of Arabs in the books of 2010 and 2014 was for only one team, while 4 Arab teams took part in the books of 2018 and 2022, a number that was seen at the time as a great success.
Now, the number has doubled, in an example that confirms the development of the skills and investment of Arab football.
The Egyptian team was the first to raise the Arab flag in the World Cup, when it took part in the Italian edition in 1934, while the Moroccan team succeeded in making the first Arab victory by skipping the first round during this time. World Cup Mexico 1986before making another record at Qatar 2022 by reaching the semi-finals, as the first Arab and African team to achieve this feat.
In the 2026 edition, the Arab teams enter the competition with different goals, but they all share the desire to write a new record. The Moroccan team wants to prove that its recent success was not just, relying on the group of stars that are led by them. Ashraf Hakimi And Ibrahim Diaz and Yassine Bono, although changes were witnessed in the leadership of education.
As for the Saudi national team, it dreams of recapturing the memories of the 1994 World Cup and winning the team again, relying on a generation that gained great experience through the power of local unity, and the presence of famous names such as Salem Al-Dosari in the first team.
And they come back The Algerian national team In the World Cup after the absence of two records, he focused on repeating the achievement of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, which made him qualify 16 times. It is expected that the group of the team of the game will include a group of stars led by Riyad Mahrez, Amine Joueiri, Mohamed El-Amir Ammoura has not been officially announced, and Housmir Ammoura has not been announced.
On the other hand, the national team of Tunisia, led by its star, Elias Skhiri, hopes to break the first point and achieve a historic qualification in the knock-out game of the World Cup.
As for the Egyptian team, it enters the competition with the desire to get the first victory in its history of the World Cup, led by the two. Mohamed Salah And Omar Marmoush, with Iraq returning to the World Cup for the first time since 1986, will look to find another form this time around under Australian coach Graham Arnold.
Like walking Qatar national team the second consecutive participation in the World Cup, but this time through the qualifiers and not as a World Cup crowd, setting the goal of avenging the failure of the 2022 edition, while the Jordanian national team is facing history with the first appearance of the World Cup in its history, after many years of efforts, benefiting from the talented generation led by Al-Tamari led by Al-Tamari of Moroccan, Al-Tamari. Al-Salami.
With the unprecedented presence of the Arabs, the 2026 edition seems to be the most interesting in the history of Arab football, not only because of the number of participating teams, but also because the ceiling of dreams has risen from a glorified appearance to a real desire to create a new global success.