UEFA PLAY-OFF · MARCH 2026
Italy. Out.
Four-time world champions eliminated on penalties.
Italy.
Four-time world champions.
Out.
NAPLES · 31 MARCH 2026
Bosnia 1–1 Italy
PLAY-OFF FINAL · AET
BOSNIA
1–1
ITALY
BOSNIA WON 4–2 ON PENS
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Naples
On the thirty-first of March, twenty twenty-six, in Naples, Bosnia and Herzegovina drew one-all with Italy.
Then took the play-off on penalties.
GOALKEEPER · BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Nikola Vasilj
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
30
Age
23
Caps
2
Decisive Saves
+
Nikola Vasilj.
Bosnia's goalkeeper.
Saved the decisive penalty against Wales in round one.
Then saved the decisive penalty against Italy in round two.
Both shootouts.
One man.
CAPTAIN · BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Edin Džeko
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
148
Caps · Record
73
Goals · Record
40
Age
CLUB · SCHALKE 04
At the centre of it all.
Edin Džeko.
Forty years old.
Schalke.
Bosnia's all-time record cap holder and top scorer.
He scored the equaliser against Wales that forced the shootout.
ITALY · THREE IN A ROW
Three Strikes
2018
Russia
Did not qualify
2022
Qatar
Did not qualify
2026
USA · CAN · MEX
Did not qualify
Italy's third consecutive failure to qualify for a World Cup.
UEFA PLAY-OFF HISTORY
Largest Upset
In UEFA Play-off History
BOSNIA
IN
ITALY
OUT
The largest upset in UEFA play-off history.
FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 · GROUP B
Next Stop: Group B
BOSNIA
Pot 4
Featured
SWITZERLAND
Pot 2
CANADA
Host
QATAR
Pot 3
Pencil them in for the round of 16
Bosnia are in Group B. Switzerland, Canada, Qatar.
Pencil them in for the round of sixteen.
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