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The Arab teams participating in the 2026 World Cup enter the tournament atmosphere amidst a clear discrepancy in the results and levels they presented during the recent preparation period, as some teams succeeded in sending positive messages to their fans through convincing performances and strong results, while other teams raised a lot of concern due to declining performance or heavy losses days before the start of the global event. Eight Arab teams are participating in the current edition of the World Cup: Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq and Jordan, in the largest Arab presence in the history of the tournament, which raises the ceiling of public ambitions to achieve unprecedented results on the global stage. While some teams seemed more prepared and technically stable, others were still searching for answers to defensive, offensive and administrative problems that appeared during recent friendly matches. Egypt… good indicators. The Egyptian national team entered the final stage of its preparations for the 2026 World Cup in high spirits after a series of positive results in friendly matches, which reflected a state of technical stability and development in collective performance under the leadership of its star and captain, Mohamed Salah. The “Pharaohs” continued to provide reassuring levels, as they achieved a friendly victory over the Russian national team with a goal to none, in a match that strengthened confidence within the Egyptian camp before entering the atmosphere of the World Cup, and established a state of optimism in the team’s ability to appear competitively in the tournament. However, the last friendly test for the team witnessed a loss to the Brazilian national team with a score of 2-1, in a confrontation characterized by strength and competition, and witnessed the return of Mohamed Salah to participate after recovering from injury, as he performed well during the second half and showed reassuring physical and technical readiness before the start of the tournament. The Egyptian national team is counting on the experience of Mohamed Salah and Manchester City star Omar Marmoush in order to overcome the group stage and achieve distinguished participation in the World Cup. The Egyptian national team will begin its World Cup campaign with a strong confrontation against the Belgium national team on June 15 in Seattle, within the seventh group competitions. Algeria: strong results and reassuring messages. The Algerian national team appears to be one of the most stable Arab teams before the start of the tournament, as it achieved positive results in its recent friendly matches and showed great offensive effectiveness under the leadership of Riyad Mahrez, Amine Gouiri and Mohamed El Amin Ammoura. The “Greens” began their preparatory camp with a valuable victory over the Netherlands national team with a free goal scored by Anis Moussa, the star of the Dutch club Feyenoord, in a confrontation that demonstrated the Algerian national team’s ability to keep up with one of the strongest European teams. The Algerian team continued its positive results after that, with a broad victory over Bolivia with four unanswered goals, in a match that witnessed clear attacking diversity and a great ability to create and exploit opportunities, which strengthened the fans’ confidence in the team’s capabilities before the start of the competitions. The Algerian national team enters the World Cup finals with great ambitions in light of the technical stability that the team is experiencing under the leadership of its coach, Vladimir Petkovic, in addition to its possession of a group of players with experience and the ability to make a difference in major matches. The Algerian national team will play its opening match in the World Cup against the Argentine national team on June 17 in Kansas City. The Algerian fans are counting on the team’s return to the World Cup after an absence of 12 years, amid hopes of reaching the playoffs for the second time in the team’s history. Morocco: Ambitions that go beyond the group stage. The Moroccan national team enters the 2026 World Cup carrying the legacy of its historic achievement in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, when it became the first Arab and African team to reach the semi-finals, an achievement that raised the ceiling of public expectations and ambitions before the current edition. Although the team suffered some blows due to injuries that affected a number of players, most notably Naif Akrad and Abdel Samad Al Zalzouli, the “Atlas Lions” team is still ranked among the most prominent teams capable of presenting a strong tournament, thanks to its possession of a group of stars led by Ashraf Hakimi, Sofiane Rahimi, and Ibrahim Diaz. In terms of preparations, the Moroccan national team achieved a major victory over the Madagascar national team with a score of 4-0 in a friendly match during which it showed a variety of offensive solutions, before it tied with the Norwegian national team with a similar goal in a more difficult test, giving the technical staff an opportunity to evaluate the players’ readiness against a European team that has physical strength and defensive organization. Coach Mohamed Wehbe hopes that these results will give the team the necessary confidence before competing in the tournament, in light of the Moroccans’ desire to repeat the achievement of Qatar 2022 or to go further in the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The Moroccan national team will begin its tournament campaign with a heavy-caliber confrontation against the Brazilian national team on June 14, in an early test of the ability of the “Atlas Lions” to confirm their position among the top international teams and continue the positive results they have achieved in recent years. From Egypt to Jordan.. How were the Arab beginnings in the World Cup? Tunisia: Worrying results The Tunisian national team arrives at the 2026 World Cup amid hopes of achieving a historic achievement, represented by surpassing the group stage for the first time in its history. However, the results of the recent friendly matches raised many question marks about the readiness of the “Eagles of Carthage” before the start of the competitions. The Tunisian team, led by coach Sabri Lamouchi, played two strong tests against European teams, losing first to the Austrian team with a goal to no return in a match during which it suffered from limited offensive solutions and difficulty reaching the opponent’s goal, before suffering a heavy loss against the Belgian team with five goals without a response, in one of its worst results in the recent period. The two matches revealed clear problems at the defensive and offensive levels, as the team conceded six goals without succeeding in scoring any, which increased the pressure on the technical staff before the start of the tournament. The Tunisian national team will begin its World Cup campaign against the Swedish national team on June 14, in a match that will be an important test of the “Eagles of Carthage” ability to overcome the disappointing results of preparations and regain confidence before the rest of the group stage matches. Saudi Arabia.. The renewal project under the leadership of Denis. The Saudi national team continues to work on the reconstruction and renewal project after the historic participation in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, which witnessed the famous victory over the world champion Argentina team later, in one of the biggest surprises in the history of the World Cup. The “Green” team played a series of preparatory matches before the 2026 World Cup, led by Greek coach Georgios Donis, who focused on giving opportunities to a number of young players alongside experienced players, with the aim of building a team capable of competing in the coming years, without abandoning the ambition to achieve positive results in the current tournament. The Saudi national team began its preparations with a loss against Ecuador, before succeeding in achieving a victory over Puerto Rico, then emerging with a positive draw against the Senegalese national team in its last friendly test before the start of the World Cup. The three matches showed the features of the project that the technical staff is working on, by relying on speed in offensive transitions and pressure in advanced areas of the field, in addition to trying to find a greater balance between the lines after the changes that the national team’s lineup witnessed during the last period. “Al-Akhdar” will begin its World Cup campaign against the Uruguay national team on June 16, in a match that carries the nature of revenge for the Saudi national team, after the two teams previously met in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, when Uruguay decided the confrontation with an unanswered goal scored by Luis Suarez. This time, the Saudi national team hopes to achieve a different result against one of the most experienced South American teams in major tournaments, relying on its new project led by Greek coach Georgios Donis. Qatar.. Benefiting from World Cup experience. The Qatari national team is entering the 2026 World Cup, benefiting from the experience it gained while hosting the tournament and participating in it in 2022. The team includes a number of players who had previous World Cup experience, and the technical staff hopes that this will be reflected in the performance and results during the next edition. But the Qatari team is going through a difficult period in terms of results, as it has not achieved any victory since the beginning of 2026, which raised some concerns about the team’s readiness before the start of the tournament. During its recent preparations for the World Cup, Al-Annabi only tied with El Salvador, before losing to Ireland, in results that did not give the Qatari fans much reassurance. Despite these negative indicators, the Qatari team is relying on the experience of its Spanish coach, Julian Lopetegui, in an effort to present a much better image than the one it showed in its first participation in the 2022 World Cup. The Qatari team will begin its campaign in the tournament by facing the Swiss team this evening, in the city of Santa Clara. Iraq…a historic return amidst wavering preparations. The Iraqi national team holds one of the most beautiful stories of Arab football in the qualifiers, after it succeeded in returning to the World Cup for the first time since the 1986 World Cup, in an achievement that restored hope to the fans of the “Lions of Mesopotamia” who had waited long decades to appear again on the world stage. The Iraqi national team relies on a new generation of players, led by striker Ayman Hussein, who played a prominent role in the qualification journey, and represents one of the most important keys to the team’s attacking power. During its recent preparations, the Iraqi national team played three friendly matches, during which it achieved a 1-0 victory over Andorra, and a 1-0 draw with the Spanish national team, before losing to the Venezuelan national team with a score of 2-0, in results that reflected a state of fluctuation in the level of performance. However, the preparations were not without controversy, after Ayman Hussein was subjected to a lengthy interrogation that lasted for hours upon his arrival in the United States before he was allowed to enter, in an incident that sparked widespread media interest. The team’s photographer was also prevented from entering American territory, which added more complications to the mission’s atmosphere. Despite being in a group described as “iron” alongside France, Norway, and Senegal, the “Lions of Mesopotamia” enters the tournament with the ambition of proving themselves against different football schools that combine physical strength, European experience, and African tactical discipline. The Iraqi national team will begin its World Cup campaign with a strong confrontation against the Norwegian national team on June 17, in a difficult test against a remarkable attacking duo led by Erling Haaland, the Manchester City star, alongside Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard, making the first match a heavy-caliber confrontation against one of the most prominent emerging European teams. From the course of the friendly match between the Iraqi team and the Spanish team at Riazor Stadium – June 4, 2026 (Spanish AS) Jordan… shaky preparations. The Jordanian team is participating in its first participation in the history of the World Cup after a historic journey that began with runner-up in the 2023 Asian Cup and ended with reaching the World Cup, in an achievement that was considered the most prominent in the history of Jordanian football and redrawn the image of “starchy” on the international scene. The Jordanian national team relies on the collective spirit that has distinguished the team in recent years, in addition to the great harmony among its members that formed the backbone of the qualification journey, which gives it a competitive character capable of keeping up with teams with more experience in major forums. However, recent preparations revealed some challenges, after Jordan played two friendly matches, which ended with two successive defeats, the first against Switzerland with a score of 4-1, and the second against Colombia with two unanswered goals, which opened the door to questions about the team’s defensive readiness before the start of the tournament. “Al-Nashama” will begin their World Cup journey by facing Austria on June 17, in a difficult first test before playing two heavy-caliber matches against Algeria and then World Champion Argentina, within a group considered among the strongest in the current edition of the tournament. Optimism and caution With the start of the first matches of the Arab teams today, in the 2026 World Cup, the picture appears to be a mixture of optimism and caution, with a strong start that opens with the Qatari team facing its Swiss counterpart, in an early test of the ability of “Al Annabi” to match European teams that have long experience in major tournaments. While teams such as Morocco, Algeria and Egypt enter the tournament with encouraging technical indicators despite some stumbles in the preparation period, teams such as Iraq and Jordan seek to capitalize on the state of historical enthusiasm and write a new page in the record of Arab participation, while Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Tunisia hope to restore balance and provide levels that keep pace with the scale of the global challenge. With the expansion of participation to 48 teams for the first time in the history of the World Cup, Arab hopes are renewed for the ability of more than one team to advance to the knockout rounds, in a version that is considered one of the most open and diverse, and may open the door to repeating or even surpassing the historic Moroccan achievement in the Qatar World Cup, which redrew the image of Arab football on the global stage. World Cup 2026.. Training schools lead Arab teams in the World Cup Related
