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title: "West Ham captain officially misses out on England’s 2026 World Cup squad"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2026/05/22/west-ham-jarrod-bowen-misses-out-world-cup-england-squad-confirmed/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Matt Bottomley"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2026-05-22T09:30:00Z"
modified: "2026-09-22T17:45:44Z"
---

# West Ham captain officially misses out on England’s 2026 World Cup squad

- **West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen misses out on England’s World Cup squad**
- **The Hammers captain had hoped to make the 26-man squad**
- **Bowen joins a number of high profile names to miss out**

West Ham United’s Jarrod Bowen has officially been left out of England’s 2026 World Cup squad. [The Hammers captain had dreamt of going to this summer’s tournament](https://readwestham.com/2026/05/21/west-ham-jarrod-bowen-left-out-england-world-cup-squad/) but Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel has chosen not to select the 29-year-old.

Reported by [talkSPORT’s Alex Crook](https://x.com/alex_crook/status/2057529937947459655) last night, the news of Bowen’s exclusion was confirmed this morning with the official England squad announcement.

> It’s official. Your [#ThreeLions](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThreeLions?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) players heading to the [@FIFAWorldCup](https://twitter.com/FIFAWorldCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! 🏆 [pic.twitter.com/lqsDBYSP4X](https://t.co/lqsDBYSP4X)
>
> — England (@England) [May 22, 2026](https://twitter.com/England/status/2057749785843576894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Bowen has had a below par year in terms of his standards and yet, sits second in goal involvements for an Englishman in the Premier League this season. The 29-year-old is only behind Morgan Gibbs-White in the rankings, who is another big name to be left out of the 26-man squad.

The pair join Phil Foden, Harry Maguire, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Lewis Hall, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Cole Palmer as the big names to be left out of the England squad this summer.

[West](https://readwestham.com/2026/05/22/west-ham-vs-leeds-united-preview-and-prediction-premier-league/)[Ham](https://readwestham.com/2026/05/22/west-ham-vs-leeds-united-preview-and-prediction-premier-league/) may have other things on their mind but Bowen is not the only [Hammer](https://readwestham.com/) to miss out on this summer’s tournament. [Mateus Fernandes](https://readwestham.com/2026/05/19/west-ham-mateus-fernanes-left-out-of-portugal-world-cup-squad/), who made his Portugal debut earlier this summer, is not included in their squad.

[El Hadji Malick Diouf](https://readwestham.com/2026/05/21/west-ham-el-hadji-malick-diouf-senegal-preliminary-world-cup-squad/), [Aaron Wan-Bissaka](https://readwestham.com/2026/05/19/west-ham-aaron-wan-bissaka-dr-congo-world-cup-squa/) and [Tomas Soucek](https://readwestham.com/2026/05/22/tomas-soucek-west-ham-one-thing-to-think-about/) are the three confirmed Irons to make the trip North America for the World Cup.