Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Sunday, 16 November 2025, 18:44 / Updated on Sunday, 16 November 2025 18:46
Disaster in Hungary! The Hungarians were beaten and eliminated at the last stage by Ireland, in the last match of group F of the 2026 World Championship preliminaries. And this changes Romania's list of opponents for the play-off in March.
The “Tricolori” will be in the last ballot box at the World Cup draw. We will start with a one leg semi-final which we will play away from home against a Pot 1 opponent.
A first roster change took place tonight, and it may not be the last, depending on the games on Monday and Tuesday.
Hungary, OUT from the World Cup! What is happening with the list of Romania's opponents for the barrage in March
The pool semi-finals will be played on March 26, 2026, and the finals on the 31st.
Here is the list of the national teams from urn 1, the possible opponents of Romania in the semi-final of the World Cup, BEFORE of the elimination of Hungary.
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Italy
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Turkey
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Poland
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Hungary
Hungary needed only one point to finish in 2nd place. And the Hungarians were one second away from that performance. Troy Parrott, the striker of Alkmaar, who managed the “triple” in the last phase and started the fiesta in Ireland, did not agree.
After the elimination of the Hungarians, at the moment, the list of the 4 possible opponents of Romania in the World Cup is changing. Scotland replaces Marco Rossi's national team.
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Italy
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Turkey
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Poland
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Scotland
Sunday evening we will find out another unknown. In Group D, Iceland is in 2nd place and would get the tickets for the play-off. The Icelanders have a decisive match against Ukraine, and if the Ukrainians prevail, they finish in 2nd place.
Ukraine's qualifying for the play-offs would once again change the list of 4 possible opponents for Romania. We would have the following option:
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Italy
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Turkey
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Ukraine
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Poland
PHOTO GALLERY. Images of sadness! Hungary is OUT from the World Championship
Ranking from the Romania group
