There is little left until the draw is made World Cup 2026 At the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, where it will finally be known how the groups will be formed for the biggest tournament in the history of men’s soccer organized by FIFA. Among the choices we are looking forward to is EcuadorWho hopes to meet his first competitors.
However, Ecuador may face one of the host nations – the United States, Mexico or Canada – or elite teams in Pot I, such as Spain, France, England, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium or Germany.
Due to FIFA rules, Ecuador They will not be able to face each other in the group stage To other South American teams in different bowls, e.g Argentina and BrazilBoth workbook and no Paraguaywhich integrates drum 3.
In it Bass drum 3Ecuador could have competitors: Norway, Egypt, Algeria, Scotland, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa or Panama.
While in Bass drum 4Possibilities include:Jordan, Cape Verde, Ghana, New Zealand, Haiti, CuracaoIn addition to the six teams that have not yet qualified through the European and intercontinental qualifiers. Among them are strong names such as: Italy The only representative of the South American Federation still alive in that case, Bolivia.
La Tri will play her part Fifth World Cup and The second in a rowafter participating in Qatar 2022. Ecuador went through a distinguished qualifying round in CONMEBOL, where it finished the tournament in… Second place Behind Argentina, according to FIFA.
The team only displayed one of the strongest defenses on the continent Two goals conceded in 12 matches—, although the attack was less productive, with only nine goals scored.
The arrival of Sebastian Becasese as technical director after the Copa America tournament added to the good performance of the young figures emerging in Europe, such as Moises Caicedo and Willian Pachoboosted the project towards the world championship.
Ecuador has participated in four World Cup finalsHis first match was in Korea and Japan in 2002, and he continued with Germany in 2006, where his best participation was by reaching the round of 16.
His third participation in the World Cup was in 2014Then they returned in the last edition, in Qatar 2022, where they failed to qualify from the group stage.