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The Pharoahs of Egypt bushed Djibouti 3-0 successful Casablanca to seal their spot for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The North Africans were awesome successful the crippled with Liverpool's Mohamed Salah pb the enactment for Egypt by scoring 2 the 3 goals. The 33-year-old has netted 9 times successful a marathon qualifying run that began 2 years ago, and triumph for Egypt gave them an unassailable five-point pb successful Group A with 1 circular remaining.
Ibrahim Adel enactment Egypt aft 8 minutes, Salah netted six minutes aboriginal and again connected 84 minutes to implicit the scoring.
Egypt volition beryllium heading to the contention afloat of assurance having won the Africa Cup of Nations a grounds 7 times. They person been little palmy successful World Cup qualifying, qualifying for the tourney conscionable 4 times successful 15 attempts .
How galore times person Egypt been to the World Cup?
(1) 1934 (Italy)
Egypt became the archetypal African federation ever to play successful a World Cup. They were eliminated successful the Round of 16 aft losing 4–2 to Hungary successful a single-elimination format.
(2) 1990 (Italy)
After a 56-year absence, Egypt returned to the World Cup. They were placed successful a radical with England, Ireland, and the Netherlands, drafting 2 games and losing one. Egypt finished bottommost of their radical and did not beforehand to the knockout stage.
(3) 2018 (Russia)
Led by Mohamed Salah, Egypt qualified for their 3rd World Cup. However, injuries to cardinal players and mediocre signifier saw them suffer each 3 radical matches — against Uruguay (0–1), Russia (1–3), and Saudi Arabia (1–2) — finishing past successful Group A.
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