The Turkish national team will hold its first match in the qualifying tournament of the 2026 World Cup against the Georgian team. The game will be held at the Boris Paychadze stadium in Tbilisi and will begin at 19:00 in Turkish time. The live broadcast will take place on the TV8 television channel.
The match will be served by a team of Italian arbitrators led by David Mass. His assistants were appointed Filippo Meli and Stefano Alassio, the fourth judge will perform Matteo Marchenero.
Türkiye will play in group E along with Georgia, Spain and Bulgaria. In the second meeting of the group tomorrow at 21:45, the national teams of Bulgaria and Spain will meet. The Turkish team will play the next match on September 7 in Kong against the Spaniards.
group winners will directly reach the final part of the World Cup, which will be held in the USA, Mexico and Canada with the participation of 48 prefabricated. 16 vouchers will be played in Europe: 12 will go to the winners of the groups, 4 more – according to the results of the playoffs, in which the teams that took the second places and representatives of the League of Nations.