Six World Cup Finals on March 31 — Full 48-Team Field Confirmed

All remaining World Cup berths were decided on March 31 in six simultaneous finals. UEFA results: Bosnia-Herzegovina beat Italy on penalties (Group B); Sweden beat Poland 3–0 (Group F); Kosovo beat Turkey 4–1 (Group D — joins USA, Paraguay, Australia); Denmark beat Czechia (Group A). FIFA Intercontinental results: DR Congo beat Jamaica 1–0 AET via Axel Tuanzebe (Group K — Portugal, Colombia, Uzbekistan); Iraq beat Bolivia 2–1 (Group I — France, Senegal, Norway). Italy missed the World Cup for a third straight time. Kosovo qualified for their first-ever World Cup. DR Congo returned after 52 years. Iraq qualified despite extraordinary overland travel to Monterrey due to regional airspace closures.