Two Gulf nationals among 14 debut teams
The 2026 World Cup will witness the participation of several teams for the first time in their history, including Jordan, Uzbekistan, Curaçao, and Cape Verde. Additionally, there are 14 teams that have participated only once before and have not appeared since, such as Kuwait, which competed in 1982; the United Arab Emirates in 1990; Cuba in 1938; Indonesia in the same year; as well as Lebanon, Israel, Jamaica, and China at different times, most of whom were eliminated in the group stage. Recent editions have also featured teams participating for the first time, such as Angola, Togo, and Trinidad and Tobago in 2006; Ukraine in 2010; and Iceland in 2018. The 2006 tournament is considered the most diverse in this regard, with six teams making their debut, some of which were eliminated early, while Ukraine advanced to the quarter-finals.
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