On June 3rd, 20021Beijing time, FIFA confirmed the host country of the 2026 World Cup at its congress. Finally, the United States, Canada and Mexico from North America won the right to co-host, and it was confirmed for the first time in history that the 2026 World Cup in North America will be expanded to 48 teams.
At present, there are 32 teams participating in the World Cup. The allocation of World Cup places in Russia is 1, Europe 13, South America 4.5, Central and North America 3.5, Asia 4.5, Oceania 0.5 and Africa 5. Half a quota means that a play-off game needs to be drawn to decide who can enter the final stage.
Back in Asia, the national football team is currently ranked seventh in Asia, second only to Australia, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Judging from this data alone, if Asia increases to eight seats, the national football team is likely to break through successfully.
Australia is the Asian region.
At the beginning, the Australian Football Association applied to the European Football Association and FIFA in order to develop the football level of its own country, hoping that the team could join UEFA. However, after joining UEFA, Australians found that with their own football strength, they could not compete with those football powers in Europe.
For many consecutive World Cups, Australians were unfortunately not selected, watching themselves fail to enter the World Cup. New Zealand, the younger brother of Oceania, has successfully broken through many times. Later, the Australian Football Association also had a brainwave and chose to quit the European Football Association, and then chose the weaker Asian Football Association. Therefore, the Australian team has more opportunities to enter the World Cup, and Australia's participation in the World Cup belongs to the Asian region.