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- Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Italy 4-1 on penalties to book a place at the FIFA World Cup 2026 as UEFA qualifying drew to a close.
- The match was played at Stadion Bilino Polje in Zenica, Bosnia, where the teams were level at 1-1 after extra time.
- Italy have won the World Cup four times but have fallen from grace at both the international and domestic football levels.
- Bosnia had only once before reached the World Cup finals, but did not make it out of their group stage on the occasion in 2014.
- Czechia beat Denmark, Turkiye beat Kosovo, and Sweden overcame Poland in the day’s other European deciders for a place at the 2026 edition in the United States, Canada and Mexico in June and July.
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