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Countries book their tickets
Blackpool Gazette
|November 08, 2025
This month will see more nations book their place in next summer's largest ever football World Cup.
So far,
25
have qualified alongside hosts USA, Canada and Mexico, with England so far the sole European nation to do so.
Here, we take a look at those already through...
Canada
(joint hosts) - Have only previously qualified for two World Cups, the first in 1986 when they lost all three group games without scoring.
USA
(joint hosts) - Reached the semifinals of the first World Cup in 1930, where only 13 nations competed in Uruguay, losing 6-1 to Argentina.
Mexico
(joint hosts) - Will be making their ninth successive finals appearance. Best performance was reaching the quarterfinals in 1970 (on home soil) and 1986.
Colombia
This story is from the November 08, 2025 edition of Blackpool Gazette.
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