{"id":199970,"date":"2025-10-09T09:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/199970\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T09:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:01:09","slug":"mo-salah-double-helps-egypt-to-2026-fifa-world-cup-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/199970\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo Salah double helps Egypt to 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two goals from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;50ff8a9d-64c1-40c0-8c7e-aaeb5c3ee39e&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2025-10-09T08:38:39.043Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Mo Salah double helps Egypt achieve FIFA World Cup qualification&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;mohamed-salah-ghaly\\&quot;,\\&quot;adel-ibrahim\\&quot;,\\&quot;a365-disciplines-fbl\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-eg\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;seo\\&quot;,\\&quot;africa-editorial\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Mo Salah double helps Egypt achieve FIFA World Cup qualification&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;mo-salah-double-helps-egypt-achieve-fifa-world-cup-qualification&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:null,&quot;odf_id&quot;:null,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">football<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/mohamed-salah-ghaly\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;50ff8a9d-64c1-40c0-8c7e-aaeb5c3ee39e&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2025-10-09T08:38:39.043Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Mo Salah double helps Egypt achieve FIFA World Cup qualification&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;mohamed-salah-ghaly\\&quot;,\\&quot;adel-ibrahim\\&quot;,\\&quot;a365-disciplines-fbl\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-eg\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;seo\\&quot;,\\&quot;africa-editorial\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Mo Salah double helps Egypt achieve FIFA World Cup qualification&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;mo-salah-double-helps-egypt-achieve-fifa-world-cup-qualification&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:null,&quot;odf_id&quot;:null,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mo Salah<\/a> helped Egypt seal their spot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as part of a dominant 3-0 away win over Djibouti on Wednesday [October 9].<\/p>\n<p>It means the northern African team qualify top of Group A with one game remaining.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/ibrahim-adel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ibrahim Adel<\/a> put the Pharaohs ahead in the 8th minute at the Stade Larbi Zaouli before Salah added the second six minutes later. The Liverpool forward scored the third goal with a beautiful lob inside the box in the 84th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Salah has now scored nine goals in the African qualification for the 2026 World Cup, making him the top scorer.<\/p>\n<p>This will be Egypt&#8217;s fourth appearance at the World Cup after missing out on Qatar 2022, having previously qualified in 1934, 1990 and 2018. The team has never advanced past the group stages.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt joins Morocco and Tunisia as the other three African teams qualified for the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Nine African teams will qualify for the expanded 48-team finals to be co-hosted by the USA, Mexico, and Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two goals from football star Mo Salah helped Egypt seal their spot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-199970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}