The Italian national football team will miss the World Cup finals for the third time in a row.
In the play-off final for a ticket to the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the USA, Canada and Mexico, Gennaro Gattuso's team lost to Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:1, 1:4 (pen.).
Italy previously failed to qualify for the 2022 and 2018 World Cups. Italy's last appearance in the World Cup was at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. At that time, the team took third place in Group D and failed to reach the 1/8 finals.