The Iraqi national team will start its first qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico tomorrow, Thursday, when it meets its guest, the Omani national team, at the Palm Trunk Stadium in the city of Basra.

Iraqis are eagerly awaiting this purely Arab confrontation, as Iraq will play on its land and among its fans after long years of being banned due to the international embargo and the wars that the country has fought.

The Iraqi national team arrived in the city of Basra after completing a training camp in the State of Qatar that lasted several days