Costa Rican sportswriters debated whether they would qualify for the 2026 World Cup and concluded that they would beat several teams.
the Peruvian team A new process began after Ricardo Gareca left. In command of Juan Maximo Reynoso, The Inka team will try to qualify for the World Cup 2026. For this edition, the Conmebol Qualifiers have six and a half places to qualify for the next World Championship. Amid rumors that Concacaf wanted to form a single qualifier with the South American countries, Costa Rican journalists were encouraged to discuss how they would proceed.
On a sports program in Costa Rica, journalist Christian hinted that they had a chance of qualifying for the World Cup. “I’m telling you that in a qualifier tournament (Conmebol and Concacaf combined) of this format, which ranks 12.5, we (Costa Rica) can get into a fight. If we go to Hernando Siles in La Paz or Barranquilla, we’ll see It’s very ugly, but let her come here,” he began.
Journalist Adri replied and said that in back and forth fights they had no options. “Today Costa Rica is playing one-on-one with the 10 South American teams and we haven’t won a series. We can beat Bolivia here but we eat more than four goals there.”
Finally, another panelist didn’t hesitate to say that Costa Rica would prevail against the US Red and white and it would leave him without a spot in the World Cup. “We have nothing to do with Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay. In a two-leg game against Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru and Chile we can get the series out of them (leave them without the World Cup),” he said.
When do the playoffs start?
Qualifiers would begin in June 2023. They were originally scheduled for March, but the date was abandoned.
How many will qualify for the 2026 World Cup?
The 2026 World Cup will feature 48 teams instead of the 32 that reached the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Conmebol benefited from two additional places and now has 6.5 qualifiers. The final quota goes into a repechage and the federation’s rival has yet to be defined.