. 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw, latest matches, groups, and schedule
The draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup occurred on Friday, December 5, 2025, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The subsequent 42 nations are in the final draw:
Co-hosts: Canada, Mexico, USA
AFC: Australia, IR Iran, Japan, Jordan, Korea Republic, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan
CAF: Algeria, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia
Concacaf: Curaçao, Haiti, Panama
CONMEBOL: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay
OFC: New Zealand
UEFA: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland
Remaining spots
Six of the 48 teams participating in the FIFA World Cup 2026 remain to be determined. The final selections will be announced in March 2026.
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The current scenario is as follows: Four teams will qualify from the 16-team UEFA play-offs, which will feature Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, Denmark, Italy, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Türkiye, Ukraine, and Wales.
The remaining two positions will be contested by six teams: Bolivia, Congo DR, Iraq, Jamaica, New Caledonia, and Suriname – during the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Play-Off Tournament.
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Pots and procedures
The teams representing the host countries will be assigned to positions A1 (Mexico), B1 (Canada) and D1 (USA), as per the match schedule released last year.
The full list of pots is as follows:
Pot 1: Canada, Mexico, USA, Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
. Pot 2: Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, IR Iran, Korea Republic, Ecuador, Austria, Australia
Pot 3: Norway, Panama, Egypt, Algeria, Scotland, Paraguay, Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa
Pot 4: Jordan, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Curaçao, Haiti, New Zealand, European Play-Off A, B, C and D, FIFA Play-Off Tournament 1 and 2
The draw will begin with all the teams from pot 1 being drawn to groups A to L. Then, it will continue with pots 2, 3, and 4 in that order.
✅ Group A: Mexico, South Africa, Korea Republic, Winner UEFA Play-off D
✅ Group B: Canada, Winner UEFA Play-off A, Qatar,
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✅ Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland
✅ Group D: USA, Paraguay, Australia, Winner UEFA Play-off C
✅ Group E: Germany, Curaçao, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador
✅ Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Winner UEFA Play-off B, Tunisia
✅ Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand
✅ Group H: Spain, Cabo Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay
✅ Group I: France, Senegal, Winner FIFA Play-off 2, Norway
✅ Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan
✅ Group K: Portugal, Winner FIFA Play-off 1, Uzbekistan, Colombia
✅ Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, Panama
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✅ Final Draw
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