Jordan trains in Amman as 2026 World Cup nears
Mousa Al-Tamari and Nizar Al-Rashdan were among the players training in Amman as Jordan moved deeper into its first World Cup build-up.
Mousa Al-Tamari and Nizar Al-Rashdan were among the players training in Amman as Jordan moved deeper into preparation for its first FIFA World Cup, turning a routine session into a marker of national progress. The image from the capital captured not a match day rush, but the discipline of a squad trying to convert a historic breakthrough into a credible 2026 campaign.
Jordan’s place at the tournament was secured on June 6, 2025, after a 3-0 win over Oman and Korea Republic’s victory over Iraq confirmed qualification. FIFA said Jordan finished the Group B campaign with 16 points from a possible 27, a tally that underlined how the team earned its first World Cup berth rather than simply benefiting from a fortunate path. The appearance in 2026 will come 40 years after Jordan’s first qualifying campaign, giving this run a longer arc than one successful month of results.
That context makes the Amman training ground more than a pre-tournament stop. The 2026 World Cup will be shared by Canada, Mexico and the United States, and Jordan’s presence adds another layer to a tournament already widening football’s geography. For a country whose football profile has risen steadily in Asia and across the Arab world, every session now carries the weight of representation as well as preparation.
The Asian Football Confederation has described Jordan as one of the debutants for 2026, and the team entered the qualifiers with clear ambition. The AFC said the target in Group B was at least a top-two finish, while team administrator Khalil Gharios said the goal was to win the group. That ambition now feeds into a different challenge: building a squad that can handle the demands of the world stage, not just the pressure of qualification.
Recent training images have also shown head coach Jamal Sellami, goalkeeper Yazeed Abulaila and midfielder Noor Al-Rawabdeh in camp, reinforcing the sense of an organized build-up rather than a symbolic appearance. With Sellami overseeing the preparations and core players already back on the training pitch, Jordan’s World Cup story is shifting from the thrill of qualification to the harder task of proving it belongs among the game’s established powers.
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