"Korea is also watching closely" The "PO War between Europe and Continents" is about to take place with six tickets to the World Cup

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The European and Intercontinental Playoffs (PO) will kick off with qualification for the 2026 FIFA 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup finals. It is truly the "last war" between a total of 22 teams for the remaining six World Cup finals.

The World Cup PO will be divided into four European PO passes in which 16 teams ranked second in each European qualifying group will participate, and two intercontinental PO passes will be held by teams that have won intercontinental POs on five continents except Europe. A total of six teams that will win each pass will head to the World Cup finals.

The most interesting thing is the European PO pass D competition, which is also the opponent of the Korean national soccer team's first Group A match in the World Cup finals. Denmark, North Macedonia, Czech Republic and Ireland will play the semifinals of Pass D in Copenhagen and Prague, Denmark, respectively, at 4:45 a.m. on the 27th (Korea Standard Time), and the winning team will determine the team that will advance to the World Cup finals through the final at 4:45 a.m. on the 1st of next month.

Denmark ranks 21st, the Czech Republic 43rd, Ireland 59th, and North Macedonia 66th. Although there is a high possibility of a final showdown between Denmark and the Czech Republic due to their objective power, some predict that the Czech Republic, not Denmark, which has a higher FIFA ranking than Korea, will advance to the World Cup. Hong Myung-bo Team, which has not been easy to analyze its power because its first opponent in the World Cup finals is undecided, will send coaches and scouts to each region to analyze its power.

In addition, in European PO Pass A, the winners of Wales-Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy-Northern Ireland will clash in the final. The final winner will go to Group B of the World Cup finals, which includes Canada, Qatar and Switzerland. In the European PO Pass B, Ukraine-Sweden, Poland-Albania will clash, and the final winning team will be in Group F of the World Cup finals, which includes the Netherlands, Japan and Tunisia. The final winner of the European PO Pass C, where Slovakia and Kosovo, Turkiye and Romania compete, will be grouped with the United States, Paraguay and Australia in Group D of the World Cup finals.

In addition to European POs, intercontinental POs will be held during the same period with one team each from Asia, Africa, South America, and Oceania, and two teams from North and Central America. Three teams will be divided into two passes for the tournament, and two surviving teams will head to the World Cup finals.

As of November last year, teams entering the intercontinental PO were seeded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq based on FIFA rankings, while the rest of the teams were confirmed through a lottery. In the intercontinental PO pass 1, New Caledonia and Jamaica will compete first at noon on the 27th, and the winning team will clash with the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the 1st of next month. In the intercontinental PO pass 2, the winner of the Bolivia-Suri South match will clash with Iraq on the 1st of next month at 7 a.m. on the 27th. Intercontinental POs will be held in the neutral regions of Sandpawan and Guadalupe, Mexico, respectively.

The winner of the intercontinental PO pass 1 will go to Group K of the World Cup finals, which includes Portugal, Uzbekistan and Colombia, and the final winner of the intercontinental PO pass 2 will go to Group I of the World Cup, which includes France, Senegal and Norway. Among the teams participating in the intercontinental PO, New Caledonia and Suriname will try to advance to the World Cup finals for the first time ever.

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