Ukraine will lose the 4th cat at the foaling for Emergency 2026

26 November 2025, 09:50 | Football 
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The International Football Federation has officially decided that teams that qualify for the World Cup through playoff matches (up to this category must be collected from Ukraine) will automatically be eliminated to the 4th place.

This means that once someone has successfully qualified for Ukraine, they have an even more complex group, with the 4th group consisting of the weakest rated participants, who are guaranteed to be eliminated to the groups with the strongest.

FIFA has confirmed a major change in the draw procedure, introducing a seeding system similar to that used in the Wimbledon tennis tournament..

Change the clicks to ensure that the strongest teams play among themselves in the later stages of the market, increasing interest until the final stages of the tournament.

По материалам: goal.com