In the 16th round of the South American qualifying tournament for the 2026 World Cup, the Chilean national team lost to Bolivia with a score of 0:2.
İdman.biz reports that with this, the team featuring Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal lost their chances of reaching the World Cup and will miss their third consecutive World Championship.
After 16 games, Chile is in last - 10th - place in the tournament table with 10 points.
In the South American zone, the first six teams qualify directly for the World Cup, and the 7th-place team will play in the intercontinental play-offs.
As for the Chilean national team, the team, which managed to reach the 1/8 finals at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, has not shown results higher than 6th place in the qualifying stage of the next three World Cups:
World Cup 2018: 6th place
World Cup 2022: 7th place
World Cup 2026: 10th place
In these three qualifying tournaments, the Chileans scored only 55 points out of a possible 156, which is only 35%.
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