Soccer
"Chang Suek" guarantees Pot 3, draws lottery numbers for the 2026 World Cup
The ranking has moved, but it's in the same jar! "Chang Suek", the Thai national team, although the ranks will move up, but the lottery pot Qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, still in the same pot at Pot 3, which will be drawn on July 27 in Malaysia.
The movement of the Thai national team "War Elephants" after the last performance in the warm-up game in June '66 was only able to draw with Taiwan, ranked 156 in the world, in a 2-2 fashion and slashing Hong Kong, ranked 147 in the world. With a score of 1-0 and a win in away games, not the past 6 games as well, giving the Thai national team the FIFA world ranking score Moved up from the original 114 in the world to 113 in the world, with an increase of 1174.37 points (+2.49), which is ranked 21 in Asia.
Recently, the teams of each pot have been revealed. In the 2026 World Cup qualifying draw, Asian zone, it turns out that our Thai national team's "War Elephants" are in Pot 3 as usual. There is a chance to meet a solid team from Pot 1, whether it is Japan, South Korea. and Australia etc.
For the group stage draw of the World Cup Asian zone qualifying round, the second round will be held on July 27 in Malaysia. In addition, it is also selected to play the Asian Cup 2027 in Saudi Arabia as well.