Which teams have qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026?

The latest circular of qualifiers for the FIFA 2026 World Cup has travel to a close, with a clearer representation of who tin marque it to the planetary showpiece lawsuit adjacent year.

Morocco, who became the archetypal African squad to scope the semifinals of a World Cup successful 2022, tin nary longer beryllium caught for apical spot successful Group E of their Confederation of African Football (CAF) qualifiers. Tunisia person besides made it done arsenic array toppers successful Group H, the brace being the archetypal 2 African sides to corroborate their advancement for next year’s competition.

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South Africa are connected the verge of qualifying, pursuing their 1-1 gully with Nigeria, portion the Super Eagles present request to topple Benin, whom they play successful their last radical game.

The European qualifiers person seen immoderate of the top-tier teams conscionable opening their four-team groups, portion England and Norway are well-positioned successful their five-team groups.

Below is the breakdown of however the qualifying process stands astir the globe:

Which teams are successful the FIFA World Cup 2026?

After the latest circular of qualifying matches, present is simply a breakdown of the confirmed contenders from each of the six regions:

Asia: Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, and Uzbekistan.

South America: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Colombia.

Africa: Morocco and Tunisia.

Europe: None of the 54 European teams vying for 16 qualification spots person confirmed their berths arsenic their first-round matches volition tally until November 18.

North, Central America and the Caribbean: Canada, Mexico and USA. With the World Cup big nations taking 3 spots, lone 3 are near up for grabs and volition beryllium decided connected November 18.

Oceania: New Zealand. With 1 spot up for grabs and 11 nations warring for it, New Zealand emerged victorious, taking the spot by winning the third-round playoff last against New Caledonia connected March 24.

South Africa’s Mohau Nkota celebrates aft Nigeria’s William Troost-Ekong scored an ain extremity successful the teams’ latest CAF qualifier [File: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]

Which large teams person been eliminated from qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026?

Peru are the latest large sanction to beryllium eliminated from the qualification process, pursuing connected from Chile, who were third-place finishers successful 1962, already missing retired successful the South America qualifiers. Venezuela person besides been eliminated.

While China are not considered among the shot powerhouses successful Asia, their absorption connected gathering the crippled astatine location and seeing themselves successful different World Cup, pursuing their 2002 appearance, was crushed connected June 5.

Which teams tin inactive suffice for the FIFA World Cup 2026?

Apart from the 7 African and 16 European spots inactive up for grabs, the others that are inactive successful the contention for a World Cup spot are:

Asia: Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Iraq, and Oman are vying for the 2 nonstop qualification slots for the World Cup and 1 intercontinental playoffs spot. The adjacent signifier of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifiers begins connected October 8.

South America: Bolivia person qualified for the intercontinental playoffs, having missed retired connected 1 of the six automatic qualifying positions.

North, Central America and Caribbean: Honduras, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao, Haiti, Panama, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Guatemala, Suriname and El Salvador person each precocious to the 3rd round, from wherever 3 teams volition straight suffice for the World Cup. The 3 second-placed teams from each radical volition past combat for the intercontinental playoffs spot.

Oceania: New Caledonia person qualified for the intercontinental playoffs.

When volition each the teams for the FIFA World Cup 2026 beryllium confirmed?

As precocious arsenic March 31, 2026. With the European qualification rounds stretching to March and the intercontinental playoff last besides scheduled for the aforesaid month, we volition not cognize our last 48 teams for the World Cup until little than 3 months earlier the tournament.

When and wherever is the gully for the FIFA World Cup 2026?

US President Donald Trump confirmed, successful August, that the gully for the World Cup volition instrumentality spot connected December 5 astatine the Kennedy Center successful Washington, and didn’t regularisation retired that helium himself mightiness oversee the event.

“It’s the biggest, astir apt the biggest lawsuit successful sports, I guess,” said Trump, who made the announcement successful an Oval Office lawsuit wherever helium was joined by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Vice President JD Vance.

When is the FIFA World Cup 2026 scheduled?

The tourney begins successful Mexico City connected June 11 and ends with the last successful New Jersey connected July 19.

Argentina’s Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy aft receiving the Golden Ball grant arsenic helium celebrates the 2022 World Cup triumph successful Qatar [File: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters]