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Iraq hold off Bolivia to claim final World Cup place
Iraq became the 48th and final team to qualify for the World Cup, after they defeated Bolivia 2-1 in an intercontinental playoff in Mexico on Tuesday to secure the nation’s first appearance at the finals tournament in 40 years.
Iraq, whose preparations for the playoff had been disrupted by the war in the Middle East, will play in Group I against Norway, France and Senegal during the summer tournament.
Goals from Ali Al-Hamadi and Aymen Hussein secured a famous win for Iraq, whose last appearance at the World Cup finals came at the 1986 tournament in Mexico.
The victory marked a triumph for Iraq’s Australian head coach, Graham Arnold, who had initially sought to have the playoff on Tuesday postponed because of disruption caused by the regional conflict triggered by US‑Israeli strikes on Iran.
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Against all odds, Arnold and Iraq clinch the final 2026 World Cup spot
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Mohannad Ali Kadhim looked to the heavens and screamed for joy, while emotion overcame goalkeeper Ahmed Basil Al-Fadhli as he slumped, facedown, to the turf. Coach Graham Arnold was enveloped on the touchline, before being hoisted onto his players shoulders and, Iraq flag held aloft in his hand, presented to the euphoric fans in the stands.
Half a world away, the scenes coming out of Baghdad, out of Basra, Mosul, and Erbil as Iraqis celebrated in the early morning sun, were just as striking — videos posted social media showing fans gathered anywhere able to fit a screen large enough to host a crowd placed into raptures as Ali Ibrahim Al-Hamadi and Aymen Hussein netted in a 2-1, history making intercontinental playoff win over Bolivia.
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