Algeria’s confrontation with Italy is subject to one condition – a new Algeria

The Algerian national team is expected to play a friendly match against its Italian counterpart next June, before the start of the 2026 World Cup finals.

The FIFA World Cup Finals will be held from June 11 to July 19 of this year, in the United States of America, Mexico and Canada.

The national team will participate in the first round of the competition, within… Eighth groupalong with the teams of Argentina, the defending champion, Austria and Jordan.

The Algerian national team will hold a preparatory camp at the beginning of next June, in the United States of America, which may include two friendly matches against the Dutch and Italian national teams.

Confirmation of these two matches remains subject to some conditions. Therefore, with regard to the friendly match against Italy, according to what was reported by the newspaper “Competition“Today, Monday, the Algerian Football Federation has settled all the details with its Italian counterpart, but with one condition to determine matters, which is the success of the “Squadra Azzurra” team in obtaining the visa to qualify for the 2026 World Cup finals.

This condition is represented by the impossibility of holding the match in Europe for the Algerian national team, which will be present in the United States in June. Therefore, playing the match will be linked to the success of the Italian national team in qualifying for the final round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The Italian national team needs to win two matches in the European stage to seize the qualification ticket.

Algeria qualified for the 2026 World Cup after topping Group Seven of the African qualifiers with 25 points. And 7 points behind the direct follower, Uganda.

Algeria is participating in the World Cup for the fifth time in its history, after the 1982, 1986, 2010 and 2014 sessions. During the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the national team reached the quarter-finals, before being eliminated by the world champion, Germany (2-1 after extra time).

The Algerian national team will begin the 2026 World Cup on June 17 by facing the Argentine national team at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, USA. Then he will face Jordan on June 23 in Santa Clara, California. This is before the group stage concludes with a match against Austria on the 28th of the same month, in Kansas City.