World Cups and heartbreak go hand in hand.
Curacao are the latest team to taste that bitter pill after their defeat to Ivory Coast confirmed they would be knocked out.
The full 16 sides heading home will be confirmed on Sunday, which is when the knock-out stages kick off. A further 16 will go out after the first round of knock-out fixtures. Eight more will perish in the last 16, four will suffer a quarter-final exit, and two will fall at the final hurdle.
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Of the 48 teams that qualified for the tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States this summer, only one will avoid disappointment, that is the nature of knock-out football.
There will be shocks and upsets along the way but who has already been sent packing?
Radio Times brings you the full round-up of which teams have been knocked out of World Cup 2026.
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Which teams have been knocked out of World Cup 2026?
As of Friday 26 June, 8 teams have been knocked out of World Cup 2026.
16 of the 48 nations that qualified for this summer’s tournament will be heading home at the end of the group stages.
From there, the 32 remaining will be halved in each round of knockout fixtures until we have the two finalists.
Here are the teams that have been eliminated from World Cup 2026 at the time of writing.
- Group A: Czech Republic
- Group B: Qatar
- Group C: Haiti
- Group D: Turkey
- Group E: Curacao
- Group F: Tunisia
- Group G:
- Group H:
- Group I:
- Group J: Jordan
- Group K:
- Group L: Panama
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