Washington DC, June 6 -- The 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to showcase one of the widest generational divides in the tournament's history, with more than 25 years separating the youngest and oldest players named in the 48 participating nations' final squads.

According to FIFA, Mexico midfielder Gilberto Mora will be the youngest player at the expanded tournament, aged just 17 years and 240 days when the competition kicks off on June 11 in North America. The teenager will not celebrate his 18th birthday until October.

Among the other teenage talents expected to attract attention are Czech Republic midfielder Hugo Sochurek, who will be 18 years and four days old at the start of the tournament, and Bayern Munich prodigy Lennart Karl, whose br...