DUBAI (Reuters) -Belgium are one game away from a first-ever World Cup finals appearance, having set up a deciding match against Samoa on Tuesday in the final qualification tournament in Dubai for the 2027 finals in Australia.

It would be an upset were Belgium to overcome Samoa, twice World Cup quarter-finalists, but the ‘Diables Noirs’ have already eliminated another perennial contender, Namibia, and emerged as a rapidly improving outfit.