O Haiti, Turkey and Tunisia were the first teams eliminated from the 2026 World Cup. However, the goodbye to the World Cup took place after the second group stage game and with one round remaining before starting the knockout stage of the tournament.
For this edition of the World Cup, FIFA established as first tiebreaker criterion the goal difference resulting from the direct confrontation. Due to this rule, it was impossible for these teams to qualify for the next stage of the World Cup.
In the case of Haitithe team is in last position in Group C without scoring. The Haitians were , and, subsequently, .
After the second round, Brazil is in the lead. Next are the Moroccans. Thirdly, the Scots appear. The Haitians are bitter at the bottom of Group C.
Without the new tiebreaker rule, the Haitian team could advance if they beat the Moroccans in the last round and the Scots lost to the Brazilians. Now, for not scoring against Scotlando Haiti can’t overtake the team in the Group C table.
This is the same situation as Türkiyethe second eliminated from the World Cup. The team is in last place in Group Dwithout scoring. . Thus, even if the Turkish team adds three points in an eventual victory over the United States, Can’t get past Paraguay.
this Sunday (21), Tunisia joined the group of those eliminated early from the World Cup. No points in the tournamentthe Tunisian team is in last position in Group Fbehind Sweden. Right on his debut at the World Cup, .
