WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: CURACAO

NICKNAME: The Blue Wave

MANAGER: Dick Advocaat

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Eloy Room / Leandro Bacuna- 68 caps each from 2015 / 2016

TOP SCORER: Rangelo Janga- 21 goal from 2016

HOST NATION: -

WORLD CUP RECORD: Debut World Cup for The Blue Wave

BEST RESULT: -

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: SWITZERLAND

NICKNAME: A-team Nati

MANAGER: Murat Yakin

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Granit Xhaka- 146 caps from 2011

TOP SCORER: Alexander Frei- 42 goals from 2001 to 2011

HOST NATION: Yes, back in 1954

WORLD CUP RECORD: 13th WC for Swiss

BEST RESULT: Their best result is the round of 16 twenty years ago

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: UZBEKISTAN

NICKNAME: White Wolves Turanians

MANAGER: Fabio Cannavaro

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Server Djeparov- 128 caps from 2002 to 2017

TOP SCORER: Eldor Shomurodov- 44 goals from 2015

HOST NATION: -

WORLD CUP RECORD: Debut

BEST RESULT: -

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: NORWAY

NICKNAME: Red, white and blue

MANAGER: Stale Solbakken

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: John Arne Riise- 110 caps from 2000 to 2013

TOP SCORER: Erling Haaland- 55 goals from 2019

HOST NATION: -

WORLD CUP RECORD: 4th WC for Norway

BEST RESULT: Round of 16 in 1998

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: ARGENTINA

NICKNAME: La Albiceleste / The White and Sky Blue

MANAGER: Lionel Scaloni

MOST CAPPED PLAYER / TOP SCORER: Lionel Messi- 198 / 116 from 2005

HOST NATION: Yes, in 1978

WORLD CUP RECORD: This will be 19th WC for Argentina

BEST RESULT: They won three titles: 1978, 1986 and 2022

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: AUSTRIA

NICKNAME: Das Team / The Team

MANAGER: Ralf Rangnick

MOST CAPPED PLAYER / TOP SCORER: Marko Arnautović- 133 / 47 from 2008

HOST NATION: -

WORLD CUP RECORD: 8th WC for Austria

BEST RESULT: 3rd place in 1954

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: JORDAN

NICKNAME: The Chivalrous Ones

MANAGER: Jamal Sellami

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Amer Shafi- 179 caps from 2002 to 2021

TOP SCORER: Hamza Al-Dardour- 35 goals from 2011 to 2024

HOST NATION: -

WORLD CUP RECORD: Debut

BEST RESULT: -