{"id":6660,"date":"2026-07-03T02:42:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=6660"},"modified":"2026-07-03T02:42:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:42:55","slug":"historic-milestone-of-14-muslim-majority-nations-are-competing-in-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2026\/07\/03\/historic-milestone-of-14-muslim-majority-nations-are-competing-in-the-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic milestone of 14 Muslim-majority nations are competing in the 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Exactly how many individual Muslim players are in the 2026 World Cup is not officially tracked by FIFA. However, the tournament features a historic milestone of <strong>14 Muslim-majority nations<\/strong> competing. With 48 teams (26 players each, for a total of 1,248 players), the estimated number of Muslim players across all national teams\u2014including those representing non-Muslim-majority countries in Europe and Africa\u2014is <mark>well into the dozens<\/mark>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-35.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-35.png 528w, https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-35-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 14 Muslim-majority nations competing in the 2026 World Cup are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Algeria<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Egypt<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Iran<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Iraq<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ivory Coast<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jordan<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Morocco<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Qatar<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Senegal<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tunisia<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>T\u00fcrkiye<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uzbekistan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Muslim players at the World Cup 2026 have been doing the same celebration after scoring a goal, but what exactly does it mean? The sajdah, which is a prostration position used in daily prayers, is now gaining more attention at global sports events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14 Muslim-majority countries qualified for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/worldcup\/\">#WorldCup<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the most ever, largely due to the expanded field (48) of this Cup, but nevertheless noteworthy. Muslim nations comprise roughly 30% of the entire field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we have to notice that there are also Christians with Bosnia , Quatar , Morocco , Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mirna.mestrovic\/\">mirna.mestrovic<\/a> said: Zlatan Ibrahimovic has a Muslim surname but mother Croatian Christian and father Muslim from Yugoslavia and his choice of religion is Christian. This is the example of how Bosnian Muslims were in the past and still are. Marrying other religions, not following Sharia law and doing whatever everyone else is doing in West Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six Muslim Nations Reach the World Cup Knockout Stage <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf0d\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t3f\/1\/16\/1f30d.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\u26bd\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/taf\/1\/16\/26bd.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alhamdulillah, six Muslim-majority nations have advanced to the next round of the World Cup! <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfc6\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tbe\/1\/16\/1f3c6.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t83\/1\/16\/1f1f2_1f1e6.png\"> Morocco<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddec\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t40\/1\/16\/1f1ea_1f1ec.png\"> Egypt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddee\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t59\/1\/16\/1f1e8_1f1ee.png\"> Ivory Coast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddff\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t3a\/1\/16\/1f1e9_1f1ff.png\"> Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde6\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/te9\/1\/16\/1f1e7_1f1e6.png\"> Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf3\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t25\/1\/16\/1f1f8_1f1f3.png\"> Senegal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All six teams will compete in the Round of 32, carrying the hopes of millions of fans around the world. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd32\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t70\/1\/16\/1f932.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\u26bd\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/taf\/1\/16\/26bd.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morocco are considered one of the strongest Muslim teams in this tournament, but they face a challenging path if they hope to reach the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May Allah grant success, fair competition, and blessings to all teams. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd0d\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tc5\/1\/16\/1f90d.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-36.png 516w, https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-36-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exactly how many individual Muslim players are in the 2026 World Cup is not officially tracked by FIFA. However, the tournament features a historic milestone of 14 Muslim-majority nations competing. With 48 teams (26 players each, for a total of 1,248 players), the estimated number of Muslim players across all national teams\u2014including those representing non-Muslim-majority [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6663,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6660\/revisions\/6663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}