The total qualification image for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is predicted to be accomplished inside the subsequent week.
Of the match’s 48 qualifying berths, 42 have already been crammed. Within the coming days, the final six can be decided by way of playoffs held round Europe and Mexico.
4 slots can be decided by European playoffs, with one other two awarded by inter-confederation playoffs in Mexico.
Right here’s what it’s good to know relating to qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, together with which international locations might safe spots subsequent.
Who has certified for the World Cup 2026?
The 2026 World Cup will characteristic 48 groups, a big enhance from the 32 that competed in Qatar 2022.
Right here’s an entire listing of all 42 international locations that certified for the 2026 World Cup:
- Host nations: Canada, Mexico, United States
- Asia: Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Uzbekistan
- Africa: Algeria, Cape Verde, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia
- Concacaf: Curaçao, Haiti, Panama
- Europe: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland
- Oceania: New Zealand
- South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay
World Cup qualifying: Who may clinch a 2026 spot subsequent?
The next 16 groups have superior to the UEFA World Cup qualification playoffs, with 4 international locations poised to realize World Cup spots.
European playoff Groups
The next 16 groups have superior to the UEFA World Cup qualification playoffs, with 4 international locations poised to realize World Cup spots.
- Slovakia
- Kosovo
- Denmark
- Ukraine
- Turkey
- Republic of Eire
- Poland
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Italy
- Wales
- Albania
- Czechia
- Romania
- Sweden
- North Macedonia
- Northern Eire
Intercontinental Playoff Groups
The next six groups will compete within the intercontinental playoff, with two further World Cup spots on the road.
- Bolivia
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- New Caledonia
- Congo
- Suriname
World Cup qualifiers: What number of spots for every area?
Right here’s an entire breakdown of how FIFA distributed the 48 spots for the 2026 World Cup:
- Host nations (3): Canada, Mexico, and the USA certified as quickly as they had been chosen to host the match.
- Asia (8): Eight Asian international locations have certified, and Iraq defeated the UAE to advance to the intercontinental playoffs.
- Africa: The African qualifying divided 54 international locations into 9 {groups} of six (nevertheless Eritrea withdrew from Group E earlier than play started). The 9 group winners have certified, whereas Congo superior from a playoff to the intercontinental playoff.
- Concacaf (3): The area’s third spherical, consisting of three {groups} of 4, started play in September. Curaçao, Haiti, and Panama superior on to the World Cup, whereas Jamaica and Suriname, the very best runners-up, will compete in an intercontinental playoff.
- Europe (16): UEFA qualifying included 54 groups divided into 12 {groups}. Group winners superior to the World Cup, whereas the second-place finishers (along with the highest 4 groups from the UEFA Nations League who didn’t win their qualifying {groups}) will compete in a playoff for Europe’s remaining 4 slots.
- Oceania (1): New Zealand has already secured Oceania’s single assured spot on the 2026 World Cup, whereas New Caledonia has superior to the intercontinental playoff.
- South America (6): CONMEBOL’s lengthy qualifying competitors has accomplished, with six international locations incomes spots within the World Cup. A seventh (Bolivia) secured the area’s place within the intercontinental playoffs.
- Intercontinental playoff (2): Six groups will compete for 2 berths within the intercontinental playoff, held in Guadalajara and Monterrey, Mexico.