Which teams been knocked out of the World Cup 2026 - and which nations are still in the tournament?
Here is a full list of every team to be knocked out of the World Cup - and which sides are still at the tournament.
The World Cup 2026 is heating up as we look ahead to the semi-finalsof the competition, with big hitters Spain, England, France and Argentina all hoping to make next Sunday’s final.
It has been a tournament for the global superstars, with such as Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, and Kylian Mbappe are all already on at least seven goals each. Sadly, it wasn’t a tournament to remember for Scotland on the pitch, with their exit confirmed at the group stage once again following their humbling 3-0 defeat to Brazil, with head coach Steve Clarke resigning shortly afterwards.
The biggest tournament in it’s history, 48 nations took part in the tournament this summer. However, a number of them have already headed home from the tournament having been knocked out, though several others are still holding onto their World Cup dream after qualifying for the latter stages.
Here is a full list of every knocked out of the World Cup 2026 already, and which sides are still in the tournament.
Who has been knocked out of the World Cup 2026?
At the end of the group stage, 16 of the 48 competing nations exited the World Cup. The 12 teams that finished bottom of their group were knocked out, followed by the four worst-performing third-placed teams. With the competition now into it’s quarter-final stage, several others have been eliminated.
The teams that have been officially knocked out of the tournament are as follows:
- Switzerland
- Norway
- Belgium
- Morocco
- Egypt
- Colombia
- United States
- Portugal
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Paraguay
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Australia
- Ghana
- Croatia
- Algeria
- Austria
- Senegal
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- DR Congo
- Ivory Coast
- Sweden
- Ecuador
- Germany
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Czechia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Qatar
- Scotland
- Haiti
- Turkiye
- Curacao
- Tunisia
- Iran
- New Zealand
- Uruguay
- Saudi Arabia
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Uzbekistan
- Panama
The tournament has now entered the quarter-final stage, and the following nations are still currently competing at the World Cup.
- England
- Argentina
- France
- Spain
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