The 3-year journey that was the 2022 World Cup was full of magical moments of magic, but this doozy from the Uganda vs Mali qualifier in the second round of African qualifying back in September 2021, when some guy decided to stand directly in front of the main camera, blocking the view for over two whole minutes as the match was being broadcast on live TV , even with all the greatness that went down at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, will always and forever be THE moment of the 2022 FIFA World Cup With the first ever summer World Cup  now in the books,  the 2026 FIFA World Cup in USA, Canada and Mexico is  approaching like a steam train at St Petersburg’s Moskovsky Railway Station about to run down and flatten Anna Karenina . And  wow,  it  promises to be a real doozy.   
World Cup history is a tale resplendent with stories of triumph against the odds, childhood dreams coming true and unsung heroes becoming legends. As well as dumb idiot losers, wanker fuck ups and teams that are just total bullshit.  
But how shall ye learn about these legends, losers and teams that are just total bullshit? Well look no further my wayward friend, as here  I profile all 211 FIFA nations about to embark on the 2026 World Cup journey .
AFRICA (CAF) ๐ฉ๐ฟ ALGERIA 
๐ฆ๐ด ANGOLA 
๐ง๐ฏ BENIN 
๐ง๐ผ BOTSWANA 
๐ง๐ซBURKINA FASO 
๐ง๐ฎ BURUNDI 
๐จ๐ฒ CAMEROON 
๐จ๐ป CAPE VERDE 
๐จ๐ซ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 
๐น๐ฉ CHAD 
๐ฐ๐ฒ COMOROS 
๐จ๐ฌ CONGO 
๐ฉ๐ฏ DJIBOUTI 
๐จ๐ฉ DR CONGO 
๐ช๐ฌ EGYPT 
๐ฌ๐ถ EQUATORIAL GUINEA 
๐ช๐ท ERITREA 
๐ธ๐ฟ ESWATINI 
๐ช๐น ETHIOPIA 
๐ฌ๐ฆ GABON 
๐ฌ๐ฒ GAMBIA 
๐ฌ๐ญ GHANA 
๐ฌ๐ณ GUINEA 
๐ฌ๐ผ GUINEA-BISSAU 
๐จ๐ฎ IVORY COAST 
๐ฐ๐ช KENYA 
๐ฑ๐ธ LESOTHO 
๐ฑ๐ท LIBERIA 
๐ฑ๐พ LIBYA 
๐ฒ๐ฌ MADAGASCAR 
๐ฒ๐ผ MALAWI 
๐ฒ๐ฑ MALI 
๐ฒ๐ท MAURITANIA 
๐ฒ๐บ MAURITIUS 
๐ฒ๐ฆ MOROCCO 
๐ฒ๐ฟ MOZAMBIQUE 
๐ณ๐ฆ NAMIBIA 
๐ณ๐ช NIGER 
๐ณ๐ฌ NIGERIA 
๐ท๐ผ RWANDA 
๐ธ๐น SรO TOMร & PRINCIPE 
๐ธ๐ณ SENEGAL 
๐ธ๐จ SEYCHELLES 
๐ธ๐ฑ SIERRA LEONE 
๐ธ๐ด SOMALIA 
๐ฟ๐ฆ SOUTH AFRICA 
๐ธ๐ธ SOUTH SUDAN 
๐ธ๐ฉ SUDAN 
๐น๐ฟ TANZANIA 
๐น๐ฌ TOGO 
๐น๐ณ TUNISIA 
๐บ๐ฌ UGANDA 
๐ฟ๐ฒ ZAMBIA 
๐ฟ๐ผ ZIMBABWE 
ASIA (AFC) ๐ฆ๐ซ AFGHANISTAN 
๐ฆ๐บ AUSTRALIA 
๐ง๐ญ BAHRAIN 
๐ง๐ฉ BANGLADESH 
๐ง๐น BHUTAN 
๐ง๐ณ BRUNEI 
๐ฐ๐ญ CAMBODIA 
๐จ๐ณ CHINA 
๐น๐ผ CHINESE TAIPEI 
๐ฌ๐บ GUAM 
๐ญ๐ฐ HONG KONG 
๐ฎ๐ณ INDIA 
๐ฎ๐ฉ INDONESIA 
๐ฎ๐ท IRAN 
๐ฎ๐ถ IRAQ 
๐ฏ๐ต JAPAN 
๐ฏ๐ด JORDAN 
๐ฐ๐ผ  KUWAIT 
๐ฐ๐ฌ KYRGYSTAN 
๐ฑ๐ฆ LAOS 
๐ฑ๐ง LEBANON 
๐ฒ๐ด MACAU 
๐ฒ๐พ MALAYSIA 
๐ฒ๐ป MALDIVES 
๐ฒ๐ณ MONGOLIA 
๐ฒ๐ฒ MYANMAR 
๐ณ๐ต NEPAL 
๐ฐ๐ต NORTH KOREA 
๐ด๐ฒ OMAN 
๐ต๐ฐ PAKISTAN 
๐ต๐ธ PALESTINE 
๐ต๐ญ PHILIPPINES 
๐ถ๐ฆ QATAR 
๐ธ๐ฆ SAUDI ARABIA 
๐ธ๐ฌ SINGAPORE 
๐ฐ๐ท SOUTH KOREA 
๐ฑ๐ฐ SRI LANKA 
๐ธ๐พ SYRIA 
๐น๐ฏ TAJIKISTAN 
๐น๐ญ THAILAND 
๐น๐ฑ TIMOR-LESTE 
๐น๐ฒ TURKMENISTAN 
๐ฆ๐ช UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
๐บ๐ฟ UZBEKISTAN  
๐ป๐ณ VIETNAM 
๐ธ๐พ YEMEN 
CENTRAL AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN (CONCACAF)  ๐ฆ๐ฎ ANGUILLA 
๐ฆ๐ฌ ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 
๐ฆ๐ผ ARUBA 
THE BAHAMAS 
๐ง๐ง BARBADOS 
๐ง๐ฟ BELIZE 
๐ง๐ฒ BERMUDA 
๐ป๐ฌ BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 
๐จ๐ฆ CANADA 
๐ฐ๐พ CAYMAN ISLANDS 
๐จ๐ท COSTA RICA 
๐จ๐บ CUBA 
๐จ๐ผ CURAรAO 
๐ฉ๐ฒ DOMINICA 
๐ฉ๐ด DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
๐ธ๐ป EL SALVADOR 
๐ฌ๐ฉ GRENADA 
๐ฌ๐น GUATEMALA 
๐ฌ๐พ GUYANA 
๐ญ๐น HAITI 
๐ญ๐ณ HONDURAS 
๐ฏ๐ฒ JAMAICA 
๐ฒ๐ฝ MEXICO 
๐ฒ๐ธ MONTSERRAT 
๐ณ๐ฎ NICARAGUA 
๐ต๐ฆ PANAMA 
๐ต๐ท PUERTO RICO 
๐ฐ๐ณ SAINT KITTS & NEVIS 
๐ฑ๐จ SAINT LUCIA 
๐ป๐จ SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES 
๐ธ๐ท SURINAME 
๐น๐น TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 
๐น๐จ TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS 
๐ป๐ฌ US VIRGIN ISLANDS 
๐บ๐ธ USA 
EUROPE (UEFA) ๐ฆ๐ฑ ALBANIA 
๐ฆ๐ฉ ANDORRA 
๐ฆ๐ฒ ARMENIA 
๐ฆ๐น AUSTRIA 
๐ฆ๐ฟ AZERBAIJAN 
๐ง๐พ BELARUS 
๐ง๐ช BELGIUM 
๐ง๐ฆ BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 
๐ง๐ฌ BULGARIA 
๐ญ๐ท CROATIA 
๐จ๐พ CYPRUS 
๐จ๐ฟ CZECH REPUBLIC 
๐ฉ๐ฐ DENMARK 
โ๏ธ ENGLAND 
๐ช๐ช ESTONIA 
๐ซ๐ด FAROE ISLANDS 
๐ซ๐ฎ FINLAND 
๐ซ๐ท FRANCE 
๐ฌ๐ช GEORGIA 
๐ฉ๐ช GERMANY 
๐ฌ๐ฎ GIBRALTAR 
๐ฌ๐ท GREECE 
๐ญ๐บ HUNGARY 
๐ฎ๐ธ ICELAND 
๐ฎ๐ช IRELAND 
๐ฎ๐ฑ ISRAEL 
๐ฎ๐น ITALY 
๐ฐ๐ฟ KAZAKHSTAN 
๐ฝ๐ฐ KOSOVO 
๐ฑ๐ป LATVIA 
๐ฑ๐ฎ LIECHTENSTEIN 
๐ฑ๐น LITHUANIA 
๐ฑ๐บ LUXEMBOURG 
๐ฒ๐น MALTA 
๐ฒ๐ฉ MOLDOVA 
๐ฒ๐ช MONTENEGRO 
๐ณ๐ฑ NETHERLANDS 
๐ฒ๐ฐ NORTH MACEDONIA 
๐ค๐ป NORTHERN IRELAND 
๐ณ๐ด NORWAY 
๐ต๐ฑ POLAND 
๐ต๐น PORTUGAL 
๐ท๐ด ROMANIA 
๐ท๐บ RUSSIA *
๐ธ๐ฒ SAN MARINO 
๐ฅ SCOTLAND 
๐ท๐ธ SERBIA 
๐ธ๐ฐ SLOVAKIA 
๐ธ๐ฎ SLOVENIA 
๐ช๐ธ SPAIN 
๐ธ๐ช SWEDEN 
๐จ๐ญ SWITZERLAND 
๐น๐ท TรRKIYE 
๐บ๐ฆ UKRAINE 
๐ WALES 
*suspended 
OCEANIA (OFC) ๐ฆ๐ธ AMERICAN SAMOA 
๐จ๐ฐ COOK ISLANDS 
๐ซ๐ฏ FIJI 
๐ณ๐จ NEW CALEDONIA 
๐ณ๐ฟ NEW ZEALAND 
๐ต๐ฌ PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
 ๐ผ๐ธ SAMOA 
๐ธ๐ง SOLOMON ISLANDS 
๐ต๐ซ TAHITI 
๐น๐ด TONGA 
๐ป๐บ VANUATU 
SOUTH AMERICA (CONMEBOL) ๐ฆ๐ท ARGENTINA 
๐ง๐ด BOLIVIA 
๐ง๐ท BRAZIL 
๐จ๐ฑ CHILE 
๐จ๐ด COLOMBIA 
๐ช๐จ ECUADOR 
๐ต๐ช PERU 
๐ต๐พ PARAGUAY 
๐บ๐พ URUGUAY 
๐ป๐ช VENEZUELA