Find out who will compete in the World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada.
The 2026 World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada will, in fact, be the biggest yet.
Forty-eight teams will compete for football’s biggest prize next summer; An expansion from the 32-team format that has been in place since 1998.
The tournament, which runs from 11 June to 19 July on 19 November, will be the second time the competition has been held – following Japan and South Korea in 2002 – and the first time three nations will share hosting duties.
With qualifying for the showpiece event in full swing, and the Main Draw Set For 5 December, we look at the nations that have booked their place in next year’s finals.
How many places do each get?
The three host countries qualify automatically, while the other six UEFA clubs (Europe (South America), Conc (Africa), Cape (Oceania) and Cat (Oceania) and Cat (Oceania) and Cat (Oceania) and CAFS).
UEFA (Europe) has been awarded 16 guaranteed places, with the 12 group winners advancing directly to the Finals. The 12 runners-up and the top four teams based on the competition for their respective league positions will enter four play-offs, each providing another place in the finals.
Nine spots are given to CAF (Africa), eight to AFC (ESIA), and a minimum of Conmebol (South America) and Consacaf (North / Central America and the Caribbean). In another first, OFC (Oceania) has been given a guaranteed slot for the finals.
The final two places will be decided in a six-team playo-confederation playoff, made up of one team from each confederation.
Only one European group has obtained clinical qualifications. No team from North / Central America or the Caribbean is eligible to join the three forces in this tournament yet.
Who has already qualified?
Kings
By virtue of their status as host nations, the USA, Mexico and Canada have automatically carved out their place in the top spots.
Discussions around geopolitics will not dominate the positive topics but, in the valley, the US team, boasting a team full of talented players full of high-level trade in Europe, will be hoping for a strong competition.
Results under former Tottenham and Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino were largely ignored to begin with, but things have picked up in recent months.
After a disappointing showing in the Copa America, Mexico hit back with victories in both Ccacaf Nations courts this summer, beating strong rivals in the USA in the final.
Javier Aguirre Side, with former Barcelona player and Icon Rafael Marquez as assistant coach, saw the enthusiasm to keep the unofficial coach in October with the loss of Colombia.
At that time, Canada, placed by the dark horses before their appearance in the World Cup of the World Cup before crashing without registering a single place, will be looking for an improved display on home soil.
The harvest
Morocco made history in 2022 by becoming the first African nation to reach the men’s World Cup trophy, where they eventually fell to France.
The Atlas Lions will be hoping to go deeper into the competition after booking their place in the Finals next year on the line.
Tunisia reached the finals as they qualified without conceding a goal, while Egypt qualified last week with a 3-0 win over Djibouti.
They are joined by another North African side in Algeria, who will host their fans for the first time since 2014 after sealing their place with a 3-0 defeat of Somalia last Thursday.
Ghana saw off the Comoros to win their qualifying group and will be hoping to repeat their run to the quarter-finals in 2010.
There were exciting scenes in Praia as Cape Verde reached the finals for the first time in their history, beating Eswatini 3-0. South Africa, meanwhile, will appear in the World Cup for the first time to be hosted in 2010.
Bafana Bafana denied Benin the first Fenals Berth, beating them 3-0 to win the NIVISIA team.
Ivory Coast sealed their place with a 3-0 win over Kenya, with the Elephants aiming to bounce back after losing the finals in 2018 and 2022.
Dr Congo, who has made the World Coud World only once – in 1974 when the country was called Zaire – will be one of the six countries that will participate in the joint playoffs in Meva.
They beat Nigeria 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw; The result means one of the heavyweights will be missing out on back-to-back World Cups for the first time since 1990.
Eric Chelle, the manager of the Super Eagles, said his team was defeated by “Voodoo”.
Eligibility:
Morocco
It’s a mess
Egypt
Algeria
Laughter
Cape Verde
South Africa
Ivory Coast
He’s right
Inter-Confederation Playoff
Dr. Congo
In Asia
There will be regular contention from Asia next summer in the form of Australia, Iran, Japan and South Korea, all of whom have made multiple appearances in the Finals.
However, the 2026 Finals will see the debuts of Jordan and Uzbekistan, both of whom have been strong throughout the offense.
Qatar, who are banned until 2022, will return with a repeat appearance after beating the UAE on Tuesday, while a 0-0 draw with Iraq was enough for Saudi Arabia to book their place.
Iraq booked their place in the inter-playoff after Netwoti Decner in the mouth of the 17th time to stop the decline of the United Arab Emirates and secure a combined victory.
Eligibility:
Australia
What is it
Japan
Jordan
South Korea
Uzbekistan
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Inter-Confederation Playoff
Iraq
North / Central America and the Caribbean
Following the Gloalless draw against Jamaica, Curacao trained for their fals for the World Cup and, in doing so, made more history by being the smallest nation – by area of ​​the world and by country – to reach the fans.
They will be joined by Haiti, who put their stamp on their place in the next event of the Summielielieciece with Nicaragua, despite their French coach Sebastien Migne has never visited the island due to the continuation of the conflict between the islands.
For Haiti, forced to play their games 500 kilometers away in Curacao, it will be their first World Cup appearance in 52 years, with their previous participation coming in the 1974 tournament.
Panama also booked their place and will appear in the finals for the second time after qualifying for the 2018 edition in Russia.
Eligibility:
Ibakaya
Haiti
Panorama
Inter-Confederation Playoff
Jamaica
Suriname
The ocean
New Zealand placed one of Oceania’s guaranteed spots in their qualifying group, winning all three games, scoring 19 goals and conceding one in the process.
New Caledonia will develop into inter-confederation connections.
Eligibility:
New Zealand
Inter-Confederation Playoff
New Caledonia
South America
Days are coming when the world champion gets an automatic chance to defend their crown four years later. But that seemed to be little for the Argentine hosts, who qualified for the following year’s Finals clear at the top of the group.
While it remains to be seen whether the 38-year-old Lionel – who was the highest person in qualifying with eight GOLTS – will play for a certain record: Argentina will have a shot to be only the third, behind Italy and Brazil, to successfully retain the medal.
Brazil were frustrated by qualifying for Fifth but remain the only nation to have appeared in every World Cup qualifier.
Carlo Accelotti’s side have lost a third of their games but with the likes of Raphinha, Vinicius Jr., and Estevao in their positions, the bettors have a long way to go in the next competition.
Elsewhere in the South American qualifiers, Ecuador turned a few heads by finishing second, while Colombia and Uruguay – managed later by Marcelo Bielsa – and came fals.
Paraguay will be making their first appearance since the 2010 Champions League final against Spain, and Bolivia, whose last Copa del Rey experience was held in 1994, secured a place in the Confederations Cup at the InterContinental
Eligibility:
It’s a sign
Brazil
Ecuador
Unduluay
The place was
Release
Inter-Confederation Playoff
A man’s charm
Europe
England became the first team from UEFA’s half to qualify as Thomas Tuchel’s side built up a charge after recording 100% qualification without conceding a single goal.
Another team to fly away with a complete record was Norway, who reached their first World Cup for 28 years.
Striker Erling Haaland finished as the Top Scorer in European Qualifying with 16 goals as Stale Solbakken’s side made a double light work of Euro 2020 Champions Italy.
There were also campaigns set for Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Croatia, the Netherlands and France, all Austrany, Portugal and Austria were all protected because of a major problem without a major problem without a major problem without a major problem without a major problem.
Scotland scored twice in Stop-Half Halftime in their final game as the Tartans completed their Dreamatic World Cup triumph over Denmark at Hampden Park.
The Republic of Ireland, who had left it late and beat Hungary 3-2 in Budapest to secure a playoff spot thanks to a Troy Parrott Hat-Trick.
They will be joined in the battle for Europe’s last four spots by Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, Albech Republic, Sweden, North Macedonia and Northern Ireland.
Eligibility:
Asustria
Belgium
Croatia
England
France
Germany
The Netherlands
A bird standing there
Kind of white
Scotland
Spain
Switzerland
European Playoffs
AlbaniA
Bosnia and Herzegovina
A type of Czechia
Debt
Salmon
Kosovo
Politics
Republic of Ireland
Slovakia
garlic
Ukraine
Wales
Romania (Via Meation League)
Sweden (Via IziNaice)
Northern Ireland (Via NATESS LEAGE)
North Macedonia (Via NATESS League)
