France missed a chance to secure a spot at the 2026 World Cup on Monday after being held to 2-2 at Iceland.

The result in Reykjavik halted France's perfect start in European qualifying after three straight victories. The two-time world champion could have sealed qualification if it had beaten Iceland and Ukraine failed to defeat Azerbaijan. Ukraine won 2-1.

Runner-up at the 2022 World Cup , France still leads Group D with 10 points, three more than Ukraine.

Switzerland also had a chance to secure a World Cup spot but it couldn't manage more than 0-0 at Slovenia.

Switzerland would have qualified if it had beaten Slovenia and Kosovo failed to defeat Sweden. Kosovo won 1-0.

In other results, Germany won at Northern Ireland 1-0, Slovakia beat Luxembourg 2-0 and North Macedonia drew with

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