Uzbekistan and Colombia are set to face off in their opening Group K match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at the Mexico City Stadium on FS1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This match represents a historic milestone for Uzbekistan, as it became the first Central Asian nation to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Uzbekistan reached the tournament after decades of near misses in AFC competition, having remained a consistent contender in Asian qualifying since joining FIFA in the 1990s.<\/p>\n
It qualified for the 2026 World Cup by finishing among the top two teams in the third round of AFC qualifying, ending two points behind Iran. They won six of their ten matches, recording three draws and just one loss.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Colombia returns to the global stage after missing out on the World Cup in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The nation has been one of South America\u2019s most consistent sides, qualifying for six World Cups since 1990 and reaching the quarterfinals in 2014, its best finish at the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Colombia also won the 2001 Copa Am\u00e9rica and has remained a regular contender in the competition, finishing third in 2021 and reaching the final in 2024.<\/p>\n
Los Cafeteros secured its place at the 2026 World Cup by finishing inside the top six of the CONMEBOL standings, earning direct qualification under the expanded format.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They will return to World Cup action after an impressive qualifying campaign, finishing third in the table behind Argentina and Ecuador, and ahead of traditional powers like Uruguay and Brazil.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s check out the odds for the Uzbekistan vs. Colombia Verde Group K matchup at FanDuel Sportsbook as of June 17.<\/p>\n
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Luis D\u00edaz is +135 to score in Colombia’s opening 2026 FIFA World Cup opening match against Uzbekistan (Photo by: Sebastian Barros\/Long Visual Press\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images).<\/span> <\/p>\n From FOX Sports Wagering Analyst, Chris \u2018The Bear\u2019 Fallica:<\/p>\n Let’s take a look at some other bets for the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Uzbekistan and Colombia are set to face off in their opening Group K match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at the Mexico City Stadium on FS1.\u00a0 This match represents a historic milestone for Uzbekistan, as it became the first Central Asian nation to qualify for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}