Teams Eliminated From The 2026 World Cup

{"title":"Germany and Netherlands Fall in 2026 World Cup Exit — Teams Eliminated From The 2026 World Cup","meta_description":"Germany and the Netherlands were eliminated from the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, with Paraguay beating Germany and Morocco ousting the Dutch on penalties.","content_html":"<p>Germany and the Netherlands were eliminated from the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, with Paraguay stunning Germany and Morocco sending the Dutch home on penalties. The exits ended two major runs on the same night and left the knockout picture changed fast.</p><p>Cody Gakpo scored for the Netherlands, but the result still went against them after Morocco won a dramatic penalty shoot-out. Gakpo played after the announcement that he and his partner had lost their unborn son, and Denzel Dumfries comforted him after the goal.</p><h2>Cody Gakpo’s 72nd-minute lead</h2><p>Nick Ames wrote that "Football is a vessel for myriad thoughts and feelings so it was an intensely affecting moment when, after he had rammed his team into a 72nd-minute lead, the entire Dutch squad piled on to the pitch in joy." That lead briefly put the Netherlands in control before the shoot-out turned everything.</p><p>The contrast came quickly. Cody Gakpo had done the hard part for the Dutch, then Morocco finished the job from the spot and sent the Netherlands out. Germany met the same fate after Paraguay beat them, making Tuesday a double exit for Germany and the Netherlands.</p><h2>The Hague after Morocco’s win</h2><p>AFP reporters saw fans in The Hague celebrating Morocco’s win, and the scene turned after about one hour into the festivities. Around a dozen arrests were made in The Hague after clashes with police.</p><p>"Morocco’s dramatic penalty shoot-out win over the Netherlands sparked scenes of joy Tuesday in The Hague, home to a large Moroccan community, but also violent arrests amid clashes with police."</p><h2>Germany and England on Wednesday</h2><p>The exits also fed into the wider World Cup rhythm, with the tournament moving on while the knockout field kept shrinking. On Wednesday, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was one of England’s opponents.</p><p>"The DRC is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Africa."</p><p>For Germany and the Netherlands, the same night brought the same end: out of the World Cup, one after Paraguay’s result and the other after Morocco held nerve in the penalty shoot-out.</p></content_html>","image_url":null,"image_page_url":null,"image_alt":null,"tags":{"persons":["Cody Gakpo","Denzel Dumfries","Nick Ames","Louis Mukoma"],"places":["The Hague","Monterrey","Kinshasa","Schilderswijk","Eastern Congo"],"organizations":["Morocco","Netherlands","Germany","Paraguay","England"],"events":["World Cup 2026","World Cup","Germany v Paraguay shootout","Côte d’Ivoire v Norway"]},"social_embeds":[]}